Consumption-based deforestation per person by country
Estimated average deforestation for agricultural and forestry products, per person. This is adjusted for trade, so it reflects deforestation caused by consumption, not domestic production.
Countries reporting
175
Highest
156.37 square meters
Bolivia
Lowest
0 square meters
Taiwan
Median
3.75 square meters
Years covered
19
2005–2023
Data points
3,320
What the numbers show
Consumption-based deforestation per person is currently reported for 175 countries. The highest value is 156.37 square meters in Bolivia; the lowest is 0 square meters in Taiwan.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.75 square meters, and the mean is 7.4 square meters.
Over the past decade 53 countries rose and 99 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 2,844.6%), and the largest decrease in Cyprus (down 92.4%).
Consumption-based deforestation per person: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bolivia | 156.37 square meters | 2023 | up 36.7% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 67.97 square meters | 2023 | up 17.2% | falling |
| 3 | Laos | 56.79 square meters | 2023 | up 159.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Paraguay | 54.24 square meters | 2023 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 5 | Bahamas | 44.53 square meters | 2023 | up 402.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Belize | 37.28 square meters | 2023 | up 101.5% | rising |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 29.3 square meters | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 8 | Cambodia | 24.23 square meters | 2023 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 9 | Colombia | 22.92 square meters | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 10 | Gabon | 21.45 square meters | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 11 | Peru | 20.68 square meters | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 12 | Bhutan | 18.42 square meters | 2023 | up 435.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Nicaragua | 17.95 square meters | 2023 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Uruguay | 17.38 square meters | 2023 | up 27.8% | falling |
| 15 | Singapore | 16.84 square meters | 2023 | down 52.2% | falling |
| 16 | Honduras | 16.67 square meters | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 16.14 square meters | 2023 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Bahrain | 15.21 square meters | 2023 | down 16.2% | rising |
| 19 | Cameroon | 15.02 square meters | 2023 | up 124.8% | rising |
| 20 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.64 square meters | 2023 | down 61.9% | falling |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 14.53 square meters | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 22 | Angola | 14.13 square meters | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 23 | Chile | 13.85 square meters | 2023 | down 42.3% | falling |
| 24 | Ghana | 13.05 square meters | 2023 | up 48.5% | rising |
| 25 | Argentina | 12.88 square meters | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 26 | Malaysia | 12.47 square meters | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 27 | Ecuador | 11.97 square meters | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 28 | Congo | 11.93 square meters | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Equatorial Guinea | 11.25 square meters | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 30 | Qatar | 11.1 square meters | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 31 | New Zealand | 10.68 square meters | 2023 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 32 | Madagascar | 10.61 square meters | 2023 | up 162.6% | falling |
| 33 | Panama | 10.6 square meters | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 34 | Albania | 9.77 square meters | 2023 | up 605.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Netherlands | 9.76 square meters | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 36 | Vietnam | 9.17 square meters | 2023 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 37 | Venezuela | 9.06 square meters | 2023 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 38 | Djibouti | 8.97 square meters | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 39 | Jamaica | 8.71 square meters | 2023 | up 227.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Guatemala | 8.7 square meters | 2023 | up 35.9% | falling |
| 41 | Australia | 8.57 square meters | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 42 | Norway | 8.41 square meters | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 7.89 square meters | 2023 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 45 | North Macedonia | 7.83 square meters | 2023 | up 283.7% | volatile |
| 46 | Armenia | 7.61 square meters | 2023 | up 602.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Zambia | 7.6 square meters | 2023 | down 71.8% | falling |
| 48 | Brunei | 7.53 square meters | 2023 | down 82.5% | falling |
| 49 | Myanmar | 7.04 square meters | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 50 | United States | 7.02 square meters | 2023 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 51 | El Salvador | 6.73 square meters | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 52 | Switzerland | 6.66 square meters | 2023 | down 52.4% | flat |
| 53 | Georgia | 6.43 square meters | 2023 | up 132.9% | rising |
| 54 | Belgium | 6.39 square meters | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 55 | Canada | 6.37 square meters | 2023 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 56 | Namibia | 6.23 square meters | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 6.21 square meters | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 58 | Papua New Guinea | 6.16 square meters | 2023 | down 44.2% | rising |
| 59 | Kuwait | 6.07 square meters | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 5.93 square meters | 2023 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 61 | Oman | 5.9 square meters | 2023 | down 51.6% | falling |
| 62 | Germany | 5.73 square meters | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 63 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5.52 square meters | 2023 | up 394.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Finland | 5.4 square meters | 2023 | down 59.2% | falling |
| 65 | South Korea | 5.39 square meters | 2023 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 66 | Nigeria | 5.1 square meters | 2023 | up 61.2% | rising |
| 67 | Estonia | 5.04 square meters | 2023 | down 52.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Botswana | 5.02 square meters | 2023 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Mongolia | 4.83 square meters | 2023 | up 224.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Mozambique | 4.79 square meters | 2023 | down 72.8% | falling |
| 71 | Eritrea | 4.7 square meters | 2023 | up 2,844.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Thailand | 4.69 square meters | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 73 | Spain | 4.65 square meters | 2023 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 74 | Moldova | 4.6 square meters | 2023 | up 681.7% | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 4.47 square meters | 2023 | up 70.1% | rising |
| 77 | Gambia | 4.47 square meters | 2023 | up 251.6% | volatile |
| 78 | Denmark | 4.45 square meters | 2023 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 79 | France | 4.38 square meters | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 4.38 square meters | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 81 | Liberia | 4.37 square meters | 2023 | down 91.4% | falling |
| 82 | Lebanon | 4.29 square meters | 2023 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 83 | United Kingdom | 4.26 square meters | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 84 | Portugal | 4.14 square meters | 2023 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Austria | 4.06 square meters | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 86 | Italy | 3.88 square meters | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 87 | Algeria | 3.86 square meters | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 88 | Iceland | 3.85 square meters | 2023 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 89 | China | 3.79 square meters | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 90 | Sweden | 3.75 square meters | 2023 | down 46.9% | falling |
| 91 | Mauritania | 3.71 square meters | 2023 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 92 | Israel | 3.67 square meters | 2023 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 93 | Malawi | 3.65 square meters | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 94 | Japan | 3.65 square meters | 2023 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 95 | Indonesia | 3.6 square meters | 2023 | down 79.6% | falling |
| 96 | Turkmenistan | 3.55 square meters | 2023 | up 611.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Burkina Faso | 3.51 square meters | 2023 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 98 | Chad | 3.28 square meters | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 99 | Jordan | 3.2 square meters | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 100 | Palestine | 3.15 square meters | 2023 | up 85.8% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 3.07 square meters | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 102 | Belarus | 2.94 square meters | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 103 | Saudi Arabia | 2.93 square meters | 2023 | down 73.5% | falling |
| 104 | Philippines | 2.93 square meters | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 105 | Sierra Leone | 2.84 square meters | 2023 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 106 | Tanzania | 2.67 square meters | 2023 | down 71.9% | falling |
| 107 | Greece | 2.6 square meters | 2023 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 108 | Slovenia | 2.59 square meters | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 109 | Uganda | 2.45 square meters | 2023 | down 24.8% | flat |
| 110 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.39 square meters | 2023 | up 576.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Mali | 2.34 square meters | 2023 | up 146.5% | rising |
| 112 | Latvia | 2.28 square meters | 2023 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Slovakia | 2.27 square meters | 2023 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 114 | Kenya | 2.25 square meters | 2023 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 2.23 square meters | 2023 | up 634.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Libya | 2.06 square meters | 2023 | down 50.9% | falling |
| 117 | Rwanda | 1.99 square meters | 2023 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Poland | 1.96 square meters | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 119 | Senegal | 1.95 square meters | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 120 | South Africa | 1.87 square meters | 2023 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 121 | Zimbabwe | 1.86 square meters | 2023 | down 70.0% | falling |
| 122 | Togo | 1.85 square meters | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 123 | Bulgaria | 1.82 square meters | 2023 | up 57.8% | rising |
| 124 | Czechia | 1.8 square meters | 2023 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 125 | Russia | 1.75 square meters | 2023 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 126 | Azerbaijan | 1.74 square meters | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Croatia | 1.67 square meters | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 129 | Benin | 1.61 square meters | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 130 | Haiti | 1.6 square meters | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 131 | Cyprus | 1.57 square meters | 2023 | down 92.4% | volatile |
| 132 | Lithuania | 1.43 square meters | 2023 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 133 | Turkey | 1.4 square meters | 2023 | down 72.0% | falling |
| 134 | Hungary | 1.39 square meters | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 135 | Iraq | 1.29 square meters | 2023 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 136 | Ukraine | 1.25 square meters | 2023 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 137 | Nepal | 1.21 square meters | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 138 | Iran | 1.11 square meters | 2023 | down 68.4% | falling |
| 139 | India | 1.05 square meters | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 140 | Niger | 1.05 square meters | 2023 | up 107.3% | rising |
| 141 | Burundi | 0.8853 square meters | 2023 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 142 | Romania | 0.8829 square meters | 2023 | down 18.4% | flat |
| 143 | Uzbekistan | 0.8455 square meters | 2023 | up 261.5% | volatile |
| 144 | Tunisia | 0.7978 square meters | 2023 | down 78.5% | falling |
| 145 | Syria | 0.7799 square meters | 2023 | up 55.2% | volatile |
| 146 | Morocco | 0.768 square meters | 2023 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 147 | Egypt | 0.7255 square meters | 2023 | down 56.0% | falling |
| 148 | Yemen | 0.6577 square meters | 2023 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 149 | Ethiopia | 0.6122 square meters | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 150 | Somalia | 0.5797 square meters | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 151 | Bangladesh | 0.5254 square meters | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 152 | Kazakhstan | 0.4917 square meters | 2023 | down 78.1% | falling |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 0.4774 square meters | 2023 | up 288.8% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 0.3212 square meters | 2023 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 155 | North Korea | 0.2934 square meters | 2023 | down 65.3% | volatile |
| 156 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 square meters | 2022 | — | flat |
| 156 | Barbados | 0 square meters | 2016 | — | flat |
| 156 | Comoros | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Cape Verde | 0 square meters | 2017 | — | flat |
| 156 | Dominica | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Fiji | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Grenada | 0 square meters | 2017 | — | flat |
| 156 | Guyana | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 square meters | 2011 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Lucia | 0 square meters | 2022 | — | flat |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Mauritius | 0 square meters | 2018 | — | flat |
| 156 | New Caledonia | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Puerto Rico | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Solomon Islands | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Suriname | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Eswatini | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | East Timor | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 square meters | 2016 | — | flat |
| 156 | Vanuatu | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
| 156 | Taiwan | 0 square meters | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Estimated average deforestation for agricultural and forestry products, per person. This is adjusted for trade, so it reflects deforestation caused by consumption, not domestic production.