Brazil vs Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Forest land — Area

Brazil
486,087 1000 ha
in 2025
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
471,467 1000 ha
in 2025
Brazil rank
3rd
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank
11th

Forest land — Area over time

  • Brazil
  • Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199020072025

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 486,087 1000 ha against 471,467 1000 ha in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), a difference of 14,620 1000 ha.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 3rd and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th of 215 countries.

Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) Difference Ahead
1990s 592,468 1000 ha 552,043 1000 ha 40,425 1000 ha Brazil
2000s 544,686 1000 ha 525,087 1000 ha 19,598 1000 ha Brazil
2010s 515,754 1000 ha 496,275 1000 ha 19,479 1000 ha Brazil
2020s 494,227 1000 ha 476,680 1000 ha 17,548 1000 ha Brazil

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, Brazil or Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Brazil, at 486,087 1000 ha against 471,467 1000 ha in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between Brazil and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
14,620 1000 ha, with Brazil ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Brazil and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank globally for forest land — area?
Brazil ranks 3rd and Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 11th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Forest land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,311 data points, 1990–2025
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The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.