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

Democratic Republic of Congo

3.3%

in 2020

India

6.9%

in 2020

Democratic Republic of Congo rank

4th

India rank

2nd

Share of global annual deforestation over time

India currently reports 6.9% against 3.3% in Democratic Republic of Congo, a difference of 3.6%.

That makes India's figure about 2.1 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 4th and India ranks 2nd 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.