Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB
Venezuela, RB: Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods was -49,292 hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB is -49,292 hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 51.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB peaked at -49,292 hectares in 2021 and was at its lowest, -125,200 hectares, in 1991.
That places Venezuela, RB 206th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 | -125,200 hectares | -125,200 hectares | -125,200 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -88,977 hectares | -125,200 hectares | -84,953 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -102,340 hectares | -108,906 hectares | -84,953 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -59,228 hectares | -108,906 hectares | -49,292 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Venezuela, RB
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 167.32 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 5.89 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 32.46 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0873 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 12.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0155 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 53 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0881 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 7.94 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB?
- Change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods in Venezuela, RB was -49,292 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 Venezuela, RB?
- The highest recorded value was -49,292 hectares in 2021.
- What is the lowest change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods recorded in Venezuela, RB?
- The lowest recorded value was -125,200 hectares in 1991.
- How does Venezuela, RB rank for change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods?
- Venezuela, RB ranks 206th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is change in domestic forest area vs. deforestation embedded in imported goods rising or falling in Venezuela, RB?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Venezuela, RB 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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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.