Change forest area share total in Argentina
Argentina: Change forest area share total was -0.3852 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change forest area share total in Argentina, 1991–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Argentina recorded -0.3852 for change forest area share total in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and up 27.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change forest area share total in Argentina peaked at -0.3794 in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.747, in 2010.
Argentina ranks 192nd of 228 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Change forest area share total in Argentina, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.4571 | — |
| 1992 | -0.4592 | +0.5% |
| 1993 | -0.4613 | +0.5% |
| 1994 | -0.4634 | +0.5% |
| 1995 | -0.4656 | +0.5% |
| 1996 | -0.4677 | +0.5% |
| 1997 | -0.4699 | +0.5% |
| 1998 | -0.4722 | +0.5% |
| 1999 | -0.4744 | +0.5% |
| 2000 | -0.4767 | +0.5% |
| 2001 | -0.7 | +46.8% |
| 2002 | -0.7049 | +0.7% |
| 2003 | -0.7099 | +0.7% |
| 2004 | -0.715 | +0.7% |
| 2005 | -0.7201 | +0.7% |
| 2006 | -0.7254 | +0.7% |
| 2007 | -0.7307 | +0.7% |
| 2008 | -0.736 | +0.7% |
| 2009 | -0.7415 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | -0.747 | +0.7% |
| 2011 | -0.5189 | -30.5% |
| 2012 | -0.5216 | +0.5% |
| 2013 | -0.5243 | +0.5% |
| 2014 | -0.5271 | +0.5% |
| 2015 | -0.5299 | +0.5% |
| 2016 | -0.3931 | -25.8% |
| 2017 | -0.3946 | +0.4% |
| 2018 | -0.3962 | +0.4% |
| 2019 | -0.3978 | +0.4% |
| 2020 | -0.3994 | +0.4% |
| 2021 | -0.3794 | -5.0% |
| 2022 | -0.3808 | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.3823 | +0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.3838 | +0.4% |
| 2025 | -0.3852 | +0.4% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's -0.3852 is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -0.0134, 28.7× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Change forest area share total in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | -46.8% | -0.4767 | -0.7 |
| 2011 | +30.5% | -0.747 | -0.5189 |
| 2016 | +25.8% | -0.5299 | -0.3931 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4656 | -0.4744 | -0.4571 | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.696 | -0.7415 | -0.4767 | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.495 | -0.747 | -0.3931 | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3852 | -0.3994 | -0.3794 | 6 |
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More environment data for Argentina
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0001 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 1.63 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -5.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -4.78 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.306 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.03 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 27.29 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Sawnwood, coniferous — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change forest area share total in Argentina?
- Change forest area share total in Argentina was -0.3852 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest change forest area share total recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was -0.3794 in 2021.
- What is the lowest change forest area share total recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.747 in 2010.
- How does Argentina rank for change forest area share total?
- Argentina ranks 192nd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change forest area share total rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 27.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Change forest area share total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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