Forest area in Paraguay
Paraguay: Forest area was 14.30 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Paraguay, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 14.30 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Paraguay peaked at 25.68 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 14.30 million hectares, in 2025.
Paraguay ranks 43rd of 235 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 23.98 million hectares | 22.29 million hectares | 25.68 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.21 million hectares | 18.52 million hectares | 21.91 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 16.65 million hectares | 15.37 million hectares | 18.14 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.71 million hectares | 14.30 million hectares | 15.12 million hectares | 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 forest area in Paraguay?
- Forest area in Paraguay was 14.30 million 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 forest area recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 25.68 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.30 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Paraguay rank for forest area?
- Paraguay ranks 43rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.