Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Brazil
Brazil: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 597,725 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Brazil, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil stood at 597,725 1000 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil peaked at 625,037 1000 ha in 2002 and was at its lowest, 593,920 1000 ha, in 2018.
Brazil ranks 2nd of 240 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 618,236 1000 ha | 611,947 1000 ha | 625,037 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 608,316 1000 ha | 593,920 1000 ha | 618,315 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 596,434 1000 ha | 594,295 1000 ha | 599,611 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
- 1 Russian Federation 922,274 1000 ha compare
- 3 Canada 501,610 1000 ha compare
- 4 China 270,880 1000 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 268,203 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Brazil
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 14.41 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 9,183 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 15,763 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 20.74 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 73.12 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 173,361 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 3.41 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 8,088 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 23.47 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 55,642 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Brazil was 597,725 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 625,037 1000 ha in 2002.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 593,920 1000 ha in 2018.
- How does Brazil rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Brazil ranks 2nd out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. 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 MODIS. 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.