Brazil vs Liberia: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Brazil
-0.7%
in 2025
Liberia
-0.6%
in 2025
Brazil rank
201st
Liberia rank
200th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Brazil
- Liberia
How they compare
Liberia currently reports -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Liberia ahead.
Brazil ranks 201st and Liberia ranks 200th of 228 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Liberia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Liberia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.0% | 0.0% | 1.0% | Liberia |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.4% | 0.2% | Liberia |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -1.5% | 1.0% | Brazil |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.8% | 0.1% | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Brazil or Liberia?
- Liberia, at -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Brazil and Liberia?
- 0.1%, with Liberia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Liberia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Brazil and Liberia rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Brazil ranks 201st and Liberia ranks 200th of 228 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.