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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Senegal: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area

Democratic Republic of Congo
0.2%
in 2020
Senegal
0.2%
in 2020
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
38th
Senegal rank
36th

Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Senegal
0.20.30.40.50.60.7199020052020

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 0.2% against 0.2% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 0.0%.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 38th and Senegal ranks 36th of 105 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
105 places, 525 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Annual deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.