Annual change in forest area in Peru
Peru: Annual change in forest area was -299,339 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area in Peru, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area in Peru stood at -299,339 hectares. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area in Peru peaked at -179,602 hectares in 2016 and was at its lowest, -299,339 hectares, in 2021.
That places Peru 231st out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -299,337 hectares | -299,337 hectares | -299,337 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -299,338 hectares | -299,338 hectares | -299,337 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -251,444 hectares | -299,338 hectares | -179,602 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -279,383 hectares | -299,339 hectares | -179,602 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 103.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.03 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 14.34 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.8482 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.82 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0311 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 25.85 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1323 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.64 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area in Peru?
- Annual change in forest area in Peru was -299,339 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was -179,602 hectares in 2016.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was -299,339 hectares in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for annual change in forest area?
- Peru ranks 231st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.