China vs Sweden: Consumption-based deforestation per person

China
3.79 square meters
in 2023
Sweden
3.75 square meters
in 2023
China rank
89th
Sweden rank
90th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • China
  • Sweden
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How they compare

China currently reports 3.79 square meters against 3.75 square meters in Sweden, a difference of 0.042 square meters.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Sweden ahead.

China ranks 89th and Sweden ranks 90th 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.