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Democratic Republic of Congo vs Peru: Drivers of deforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo
44,747 hectares
in 2023
Peru
49,590 hectares
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
6th
Peru rank
3rd

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Peru
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How they compare

Peru currently reports 49,590 hectares against 44,747 hectares in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 4,842 hectares.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th and Peru ranks 3rd of 166 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Drivers of deforestation
Unit
hectares
Source
Singh et al. (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
166 places, 2,829 data points, 2001–2023
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Estimates of commodity-driven deforestation, measured in hectares per year. This includes deforestation caused by the production of agricultural products and forestry, which account for approximately 90% of the world's deforestation.