Madagascar vs Netherlands: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Madagascar
10.61 square meters
in 2023
Netherlands
9.76 square meters
in 2023
Madagascar rank
32nd
Netherlands rank
35th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Madagascar
  • Netherlands
0102030200520142023

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 10.61 square meters against 9.76 square meters in Netherlands, a difference of 0.8501 square meters.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

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

Madagascar ranks 32nd and Netherlands ranks 35th 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.