Democratic Republic of Congo vs Guinea: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Democratic Republic of Congo

14.64 square meters

in 2023

Guinea

16.14 square meters

in 2023

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

20th

Guinea rank

17th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

Democratic Republic of Congo
Guinea

How they compare

Guinea currently reports 16.14 square meters against 14.64 square meters in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 1.5 square meters.

That makes Guinea's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

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

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 20th and Guinea ranks 17th 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: 07 August 2026

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.