Germany vs South Korea: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Germany
5.73 square meters
in 2023
South Korea
5.39 square meters
in 2023
Germany rank
62nd
South Korea rank
65th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Germany
  • South Korea
02.557.51012.5200520142023

How they compare

Germany currently reports 5.73 square meters against 5.39 square meters in South Korea, a difference of 0.3373 square meters.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times South Korea's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Germany ahead.

Germany ranks 62nd and South Korea ranks 65th 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.