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

China

3.2%

in 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.3%

in 2020

China rank

5th

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

Share of global annual deforestation over time

Democratic Republic of Congo currently reports 3.3% against 3.2% in China, a difference of 0.1%.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Democratic Republic of Congo ahead.

China ranks 5th 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.