Denmark vs Sri Lanka: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Denmark
4.45 square meters
in 2023
Sri Lanka
4.47 square meters
in 2023
Denmark rank
78th
Sri Lanka rank
76th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Denmark
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 4.47 square meters against 4.45 square meters in Denmark, a difference of 0.0133 square meters.

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

Denmark ranks 78th and Sri Lanka ranks 76th 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.