Brazil vs China: Land use

Brazil
63.40 million hectares
in 2023
China
127.58 million hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
China rank
3rd

Land use over time

  • Brazil
  • China
25.0M50.0M75.0M100.0M125.0M196119922023

How they compare

China currently reports 127.58 million hectares against 63.40 million hectares in Brazil, a difference of 64.18 million hectares.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times Brazil's.

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

Brazil ranks 5th and China ranks 3rd 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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