Finland vs Germany: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Finland
5.4 square meters
in 2023
Germany
5.73 square meters
in 2023
Finland rank
64th
Germany rank
62nd

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Finland
  • Germany
051015200520142023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 5.73 square meters against 5.4 square meters in Finland, a difference of 0.327 square meters.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Finland's.

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

Finland ranks 64th and Germany ranks 62nd 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.