Ecuador vs Ghana: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Ecuador
11.97 square meters
in 2023
Ghana
13.05 square meters
in 2023
Ecuador rank
27th
Ghana rank
24th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Ecuador
  • Ghana
510152025200520142023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 13.05 square meters against 11.97 square meters in Ecuador, a difference of 1.08 square meters.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Ecuador ahead.

Ecuador ranks 27th and Ghana ranks 24th 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.