Brazil vs Democratic Republic of Congo: Share of global annual deforestation

Brazil

38.4%

in 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.3%

in 2020

Brazil rank

1st

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Brazil currently reports 38.4% against 3.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 35.0%.

That makes Brazil's figure about 11.5 times Democratic Republic of Congo's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 1st and Democratic Republic of Congo ranks 4th of 112 countries.

Indicator: Share of global annual deforestation
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: 112 places, 560 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of global deforestation represents the proportion of a country's deforestation relative to the total global deforestation.