Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru
Peru: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods was -299,339 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Peru recorded -299,339 hectares for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru peaked at -179,602 hectares in 2016 and was at its lowest, -299,339 hectares, in 2021.
Peru ranks 231st of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru, year by year
| Year | hectares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -299,337 hectares | — |
| 1992 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1993 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1994 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1995 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1996 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1997 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1998 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 1999 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2000 | -299,337 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2001 | -299,338 hectares | +0.0% |
| 2002 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2003 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2004 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2005 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2006 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2007 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2008 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2009 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2011 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2012 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2013 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -299,338 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -179,602 hectares | -40.0% |
| 2017 | -179,602 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2018 | -179,602 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2019 | -179,602 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -179,602 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -299,339 hectares | +66.7% |
| 2022 | -299,339 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -299,339 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2024 | -299,339 hectares | -0.0% |
| 2025 | -299,339 hectares | -0.0% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's -299,339 hectares is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is -22 hectares, 13606.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -299,337 hectares | -299,337 hectares | -299,337 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -299,338 hectares | -299,338 hectares | -299,337 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -251,444 hectares | -299,338 hectares | -179,602 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -279,383 hectares | -299,339 hectares | -179,602 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Peru
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.4511 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 3.13 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.295 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.18 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 4.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.1844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru?
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Peru was -299,339 hectares 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 change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was -179,602 hectares in 2016.
- What is the lowest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was -299,339 hectares in 2021.
- How does Peru rank for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Peru ranks 231st out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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 Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.