Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Argentina
Argentina: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Argentina, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Argentina recorded -0.4% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Argentina peaked at -0.4% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -0.7%, 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.4% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
More environment data for Argentina
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 374.35 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 8.19 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 105.38 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1666 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.58 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0355 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 136.72 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0924 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.2452 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 18.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Argentina?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Argentina was -0.4% 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 as a share of forest area recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7% in 2010.
- How does Argentina rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Argentina ranks 192nd out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area 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 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 as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.