Brazil vs India: Annual deforestation as a share of forest area
Brazil
0.6%
in 2020
India
0.8%
in 2020
Brazil rank
24th
India rank
21st
Annual deforestation as a share of forest area over time
- Brazil
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 0.8% against 0.6% in Brazil, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes India's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 24th and India ranks 21st of 105 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and India in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.0% | 0.6% | 0.4% | Brazil |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 0.0% | India |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | India |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.8% | 0.2% | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual deforestation as a share of forest area, Brazil or India?
- India, at 0.8% against 0.6% in Brazil as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual deforestation as a share of forest area between Brazil and India?
- 0.2%, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and India?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Brazil and India rank globally for annual deforestation as a share of forest area?
- Brazil ranks 24th and India ranks 21st of 105 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 deforestation 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 deforestation as share of forest area represents the yearly percentage of forest area lost due to deforestation relative to the total forest area.