Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil
Brazil: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 439,088 1000 ha in 2022. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 439,088 1000 ha for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in 2022.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and up 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil peaked at 467,313 1000 ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 435,005 1000 ha, in 2013.
That places Brazil 2nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 467,313 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 465,089 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 465,093 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 460,737 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 458,662 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 456,852 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 454,139 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 450,319 1000 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 449,920 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 448,755 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 447,806 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 446,316 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2004 | 436,214 1000 ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 436,045 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 435,774 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 435,826 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 435,674 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 435,618 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 435,613 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 435,219 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2012 | 435,159 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2013 | 435,005 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 435,152 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 435,154 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 435,640 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 435,818 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 435,964 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 436,415 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 436,771 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 437,318 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 439,088 1000 ha | +0.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 439,088 1000 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,359 1000 ha, 186.1× the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 439,088 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,692 1000 ha, 259.6× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 459,776 1000 ha | 450,319 1000 ha | 467,313 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 440,795 1000 ha | 435,618 1000 ha | 449,920 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 435,514 1000 ha | 435,005 1000 ha | 436,415 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 437,726 1000 ha | 436,771 1000 ha | 439,088 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 Russian Federation 939,327 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 436,843 1000 ha compare
- 3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 185,074 1000 ha compare
- 4 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 57,532 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 188,821 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 186,559 1000 ha compare
- 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 51,213 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -6.93 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -8.24 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.221 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.36 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 14.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.155 % 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 -2.73 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Brazil was 439,088 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 467,313 1000 ha in 1992.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 435,005 1000 ha in 2013.
- How does Brazil rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Brazil ranks 2nd out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.