Chile vs Malaysia: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Chile
13.85 square meters
in 2023
Malaysia
12.47 square meters
in 2023
Chile rank
23rd
Malaysia rank
26th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Chile
  • Malaysia
0102030200520142023

How they compare

Chile currently reports 13.85 square meters against 12.47 square meters in Malaysia, a difference of 1.37 square meters.

That makes Chile's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 23rd and Malaysia ranks 26th of 178 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Consumption-based deforestation per person
Unit
square meters
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
178 places, 3,320 data points, 2005–2023
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Estimated average deforestation for agricultural and forestry products, per person. This is adjusted for trade, so it reflects deforestation caused by consumption, not domestic production.