Argentina vs Brazil: Land use

Argentina
41.46 million hectares
in 2023
Brazil
63.40 million hectares
in 2023
Argentina rank
8th
Brazil rank
5th

Land use over time

  • Argentina
  • Brazil
20.0M30.0M40.0M50.0M60.0M196119922023

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 63.40 million hectares against 41.46 million hectares in Argentina, a difference of 21.94 million hectares.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times Argentina's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.

Argentina ranks 8th and Brazil ranks 5th of 223 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land use
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
225 places, 13,015 data points, 1961–2023
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