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Democratic Republic of Congo vs United States: Drivers of deforestation

Democratic Republic of Congo
44,747 hectares
in 2023
United States
39,492 hectares
in 2023
Democratic Republic of Congo rank
6th
United States rank
7th

Drivers of deforestation over time

  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • United States
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How they compare

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 44,747 hectares against 39,492 hectares in United States, a difference of 5,255 hectares.

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

The two have swapped places 3 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was United States ahead.

Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 6th and United States ranks 7th 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.