Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil
Brazil: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil stood at -0.7%.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 80.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil peaked at -0.4% in 2011 and was at its lowest, -1.0%, in 2000.
Brazil ranks 201st 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 | -1.0% | -1.0% | -0.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.7% | -1.0% | -0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.7% | -0.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.7% | -0.5% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More environment data for Brazil
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1,299 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.13 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 471.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 4.06 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 33.69 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 2.37 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 621.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.3941 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.7906 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 107.92 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Brazil was -0.7% 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 Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was -0.4% in 2011.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.0% in 2000.
- How does Brazil rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Brazil ranks 201st out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 80.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.