Share global forest in Paraguay
Paraguay: Share global forest was 0.3453 in 2025. ▼ Falling
Latest (2025)
0.3453
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
43rd
of 235 countries
All-time high
0.5912
in 1990
All-time low
0.3453
in 2025
Years of data
36
1990–2025
Share global forest in Paraguay, 1990–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, share global forest in Paraguay stood at 0.3453. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 11.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share global forest in Paraguay peaked at 0.5912 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.3453, 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.
Share global forest in Paraguay, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.5912 | — |
| 1991 | 0.584 | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 0.5767 | -1.2% |
| 1993 | 0.5694 | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 0.562 | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 0.5546 | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.5472 | -1.3% |
| 1997 | 0.5398 | -1.4% |
| 1998 | 0.5323 | -1.4% |
| 1999 | 0.5247 | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0.5172 | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0.5087 | -1.6% |
| 2002 | 0.5002 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 0.4917 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 0.4832 | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.4747 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.4661 | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 0.4576 | -1.8% |
| 2008 | 0.449 | -1.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4404 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4318 | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4238 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4157 | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 0.4077 | -1.9% |
| 2014 | 0.3996 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3915 | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3858 | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 0.3801 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3744 | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 0.3686 | -1.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3629 | -1.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3594 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3559 | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3524 | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3489 | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 0.3453 | -1.0% |
Paraguay compared with similar countries
- Paraguay's 0.3453 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0554, 6.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Paraguay's 0.3453 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0242, 14.3× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5582 | 0.5247 | 0.5912 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4789 | 0.4404 | 0.5172 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3979 | 0.3686 | 0.4318 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3541 | 0.3453 | 0.3629 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Paraguay
More environment data for Paraguay
- Grazing land use over the long-term, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per unit of GDP 0.0002 hectares per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per capita 1.71 hectares per person (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -8.73 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -7.6 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.45 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.698 °C (2025)
- Grazing land use over the long-term, per square kilometre 30.26 hectares per square kilometre (2024)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 2.35 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share global forest in Paraguay?
- Share global forest in Paraguay was 0.3453 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share global forest recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5912 in 1990.
- What is the lowest share global forest recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3453 in 2025.
- How does Paraguay rank for share global forest?
- Paraguay ranks 43rd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share global forest rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share global forest. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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