Annual forest expansion in Paraguay
Paraguay: Annual forest expansion was 53,910 hectares per year in 2020. ◆ Volatile
Annual forest expansion in Paraguay, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual forest expansion in Paraguay stood at 53,910 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 417.4% over five years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Paraguay peaked at 53,910 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0 hectares per year, in 1990.
Paraguay ranks 8th of 110 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 5,210 hectares per year | 0 hectares per year | 10,420 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 53,910 hectares per year | 53,910 hectares per year | 53,910 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Paraguay
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 41.44 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.98 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 24.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.3165 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0479 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 26.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0016 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0283 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.6091 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual forest expansion in Paraguay?
- Annual forest expansion in Paraguay was 53,910 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual forest expansion recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 53,910 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Paraguay rank for annual forest expansion?
- Paraguay ranks 8th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Where does this Paraguay 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 forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).