Colombia vs Peru: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Colombia
22.92 square meters
in 2023
Peru
20.68 square meters
in 2023
Colombia rank
9th
Peru rank
11th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Colombia
  • Peru
0102030200520142023

How they compare

Colombia currently reports 22.92 square meters against 20.68 square meters in Peru, a difference of 2.24 square meters.

That makes Colombia's figure about 1.1 times Peru's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Colombia ahead.

Colombia ranks 9th and Peru ranks 11th 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
Last refreshed

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.