Nepal vs Niger: Consumption-based deforestation per person

Nepal
1.21 square meters
in 2023
Niger
1.05 square meters
in 2023
Nepal rank
137th
Niger rank
140th

Consumption-based deforestation per person over time

  • Nepal
  • Niger
0.511.52200520142023

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 1.21 square meters against 1.05 square meters in Niger, a difference of 0.1612 square meters.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 19 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Niger ahead.

Nepal ranks 137th and Niger ranks 140th 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.