India vs Nepal: Consumption-based deforestation per person

India
1.05 square meters
in 2023
Nepal
1.21 square meters
in 2023
India rank
139th
Nepal rank
137th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • India
  • Nepal
00.511.5200520142023

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 1.21 square meters against 1.05 square meters in India, a difference of 0.1546 square meters.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times India's.

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

India ranks 139th and Nepal ranks 137th 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.