Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption by country

The share of national deforestation that is driven by the production of goods that are consumed within domestic markets i.e. not exported to other countries.

Countries reporting

114

Highest

100.0%

Equatorial Guinea

Lowest

31.6%

Namibia

Median

92.7%

Years covered

2005–2013

Data points

1,030

What the numbers show

Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption is currently reported for 114 countries. The highest value is 100.0% in Equatorial Guinea; the lowest is 31.6% in Namibia.

The median across all reporting countries is 92.7%, and the mean is 85.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 37 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Grenada (up 243.4%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 56.9%).

Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption: full country ranking

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	Equatorial Guinea	100.0%	2013	unchanged	flat
1	French Guiana	100.0%	2013	unchanged	flat
1	Reunion	100.0%	2013	unchanged	flat
6	Libya	100.0%	2013	up 0.1%	flat
7	Cuba	100.0%	2013	up 0.2%	flat
8	Somalia	100.0%	2013	up 1.0%	flat
9	Afghanistan	100.0%	2013	up 1.2%	flat
10	Lesotho	100.0%	2013	down 0.0%	flat
11	Bhutan	100.0%	2013	up 1.6%	flat
12	Mauritania	100.0%	2009	—	flat
13	Angola	100.0%	2013	down 0.0%	flat
14	Algeria	100.0%	2013	up 0.1%	flat
15	Iran	100.0%	2013	up 1.4%	flat
16	Haiti	99.9%	2013	up 0.2%	flat
17	Bahamas	99.8%	2013	down 0.2%	flat
18	Cape Verde	99.8%	2013	up 0.0%	flat
19	Nigeria	99.7%	2013	up 1.8%	flat
20	Bangladesh	99.7%	2013	down 0.2%	flat
21	Armenia	99.6%	2013	up 1.2%	flat
22	Saint Lucia	99.5%	2013	up 87.0%	rising
23	Chad	99.5%	2013	down 0.3%	flat
24	Senegal	99.4%	2013	down 0.2%	flat
25	Democratic Republic of Congo	99.4%	2013	down 0.2%	flat
26	Japan	99.4%	2013	down 0.6%	flat
27	East Timor	99.2%	2013	up 0.1%	flat
28	Burundi	99.0%	2013	up 4.3%	flat
29	Gambia	99.0%	2013	down 1.0%	falling
30	Barbados	98.9%	2013	down 0.8%	falling
31	Guinea	98.8%	2013	up 3.0%	flat
32	Mali	98.7%	2013	up 3.3%	flat
33	Rwanda	98.5%	2013	down 0.7%	flat
34	Yemen	98.5%	2013	down 1.5%	flat
35	Iraq	98.4%	2013	down 0.7%	flat
36	Madagascar	98.4%	2013	up 0.5%	flat
37	Dominican Republic	98.3%	2013	down 0.4%	flat
38	Sierra Leone	98.2%	2013	down 1.6%	flat
39	Albania	98.1%	2013	up 5.0%	flat
40	Nepal	97.7%	2013	down 2.3%	flat
41	Kenya	96.7%	2013	up 7.1%	rising
42	Trinidad and Tobago	96.7%	2013	up 5.9%	rising
43	Brunei	96.5%	2013	up 36.1%	rising
44	Gabon	96.4%	2013	down 3.1%	flat
45	Guatemala	96.2%	2013	up 57.8%	rising
46	Cameroon	95.7%	2013	up 4.7%	flat
47	Central African Republic	95.5%	2013	down 4.3%	flat
48	Colombia	95.3%	2013	down 3.1%	flat
49	Morocco	94.8%	2013	down 0.0%	flat
50	Syria	94.5%	2013	up 6.7%	rising
51	Niger	94.4%	2013	down 5.5%	falling
52	India	94.4%	2013	down 4.2%	flat
53	Tunisia	94.1%	2013	down 5.2%	falling
54	Mexico	94.0%	2013	up 5.3%	rising
55	Singapore	94.0%	2013	—	flat
56	Ethiopia	93.8%	2013	up 22.1%	rising
57	Turkey	93.8%	2013	down 2.3%	flat
58	Venezuela	93.6%	2013	down 0.8%	flat
59	Zimbabwe	92.9%	2013	down 3.2%	flat
60	Cambodia	92.5%	2013	down 7.5%	falling
61	Jamaica	92.1%	2013	down 6.9%	falling
62	Sri Lanka	91.8%	2013	down 2.2%	flat
63	Tanzania	91.5%	2013	up 1.2%	flat
64	Oman	91.4%	2012	—	flat
65	Peru	90.6%	2013	down 4.1%	flat
66	Egypt	90.4%	2013	up 0.9%	flat
67	Ecuador	90.1%	2013	down 9.9%	falling
68	South Africa	90.0%	2013	down 5.7%	flat
69	Georgia	89.7%	2013	up 19.6%	rising
70	Laos	89.2%	2013	up 2.9%	rising
71	Lebanon	89.0%	2013	down 8.7%	falling
72	Uganda	89.0%	2013	down 5.1%	flat
73	Philippines	88.9%	2013	down 3.9%	flat
74	Pakistan	88.8%	2013	down 10.7%	falling
75	Jordan	87.8%	2013	down 1.2%	falling
76	Myanmar	87.7%	2013	down 0.7%	flat
77	Mozambique	86.6%	2013	down 10.3%	flat
78	Malawi	86.2%	2013	down 7.2%	falling
79	Burkina Faso	86.0%	2013	down 11.1%	falling
80	Italy	84.4%	2013	down 5.8%	flat
81	Panama	83.8%	2013	up 8.6%	rising
83	Israel	80.6%	2013	down 18.2%	falling
84	Guyana	80.4%	2013	down 19.2%	falling
85	Benin	80.3%	2013	down 11.5%	falling
86	Congo	80.0%	2013	down 13.2%	falling
87	Suriname	79.8%	2013	down 20.2%	falling
88	Portugal	79.8%	2013	down 14.5%	falling
89	Guinea-Bissau	78.9%	2013	down 2.0%	falling
90	Brazil	78.5%	2013	up 3.9%	rising
91	Togo	77.7%	2013	down 7.8%	falling
92	Cote d'Ivoire	72.6%	2013	up 34.8%	rising
93	El Salvador	72.4%	2013	down 25.4%	falling
94	Ghana	71.9%	2013	up 8.2%	rising
95	Zambia	69.4%	2013	down 9.5%	falling
96	Belize	68.0%	2013	down 5.4%	falling
97	Papua New Guinea	67.5%	2013	down 10.9%	falling
98	Botswana	62.1%	2013	down 14.4%	rising
99	Vietnam	61.7%	2013	down 21.7%	falling
100	Greece	61.0%	2013	down 35.9%	falling
101	Costa Rica	60.3%	2013	down 13.2%	flat
102	Fiji	59.7%	2013	up 17.3%	rising
103	Liberia	58.4%	2013	down 25.8%	falling
104	Spain	57.4%	2013	down 25.4%	falling
105	Honduras	57.3%	2013	down 34.1%	falling
106	Cyprus	57.0%	2013	down 33.6%	falling
107	Mauritius	56.2%	2013	down 42.4%	falling
108	Australia	52.1%	2013	down 10.0%	falling
109	Nicaragua	50.8%	2013	down 5.1%	falling
110	Indonesia	49.2%	2013	down 16.8%	falling
111	Thailand	48.9%	2013	down 38.0%	falling
112	Uruguay	43.3%	2013	up 10.4%	rising
113	Argentina	43.3%	2013	down 11.6%	falling
114	Malaysia	36.3%	2013	down 2.2%	flat
115	Grenada	36.1%	2013	up 243.4%	rising
116	Paraguay	32.4%	2013	down 17.7%	falling
117	Namibia	31.6%	2013	down 56.9%	falling

About this data

Indicator: Share of deforestation that is driven by domestic consumption
Unit: %
Source: Pendrill et al. (2019) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 117 places, 1,030 data points, 2005–2013
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of national deforestation that is driven by the production of goods that are consumed within domestic markets i.e. not exported to other countries.