Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Paraguay
Paraguay: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -1.1% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Paraguay, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded -1.1% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025.
The figure is down 1.1% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Paraguay peaked at -1.1% in 2021 and was at its lowest, -2.2%, in 2015.
Paraguay ranks 215th 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 | -1.6% | -1.7% | -1.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.9% | -2.0% | -1.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.9% | -2.2% | -1.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | -1.2% | -1.7% | -1.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
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 change in forest area as a share of forest area in Paraguay?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Paraguay was -1.1% 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 Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was -1.1% in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was -2.2% in 2015.
- How does Paraguay rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Paraguay ranks 215th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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.