Congo vs Malaysia: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Congo
11.93 square meters
in 2023
Malaysia
12.47 square meters
in 2023
Congo rank
28th
Malaysia rank
26th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Congo
  • Malaysia
204060200520142023

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 12.47 square meters against 11.93 square meters in Congo, a difference of 0.545 square meters.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Malaysia ahead.

Congo ranks 28th 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.