Brazil vs Indonesia: Land use

Brazil
63.40 million hectares
in 2023
Indonesia
44.12 million hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
Indonesia rank
7th

Land use over time

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

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 63.40 million hectares against 44.12 million hectares in Indonesia, a difference of 19.28 million hectares.

That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Indonesia's.

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

Brazil ranks 5th and Indonesia ranks 7th 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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