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Brazil — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Brazil, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
58.98%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -16.3% since 1990
Forest area for Brazil was 58.98% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 70.46% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.54% per year.
Brazil ranks 29 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 14%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Brazil sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 16% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 3%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
58.98%
First (1990)
70.46%
Change
-16.3%
Highest
70.46%
in 1990
Lowest
58.98%
in 2023
Average
63.61%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.54%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 58.98% |
| 2022 | 59.13% |
| 2021 | 59.27% |
| 2020 | 59.42% |
| 2019 | 59.56% |
| 2018 | 59.71% |
| 2017 | 59.83% |
| 2016 | 60.07% |
| 2015 | 60.29% |
| 2014 | 60.47% |
| 2013 | 60.66% |
| 2012 | 60.84% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.