Brazil - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Brazil was 4,966,196 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 5,888,980 in 1990 and a minimum value of 4,966,196 in 2020.

Definition: 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 5,888,980
1991 5,851,171
1992 5,813,361
1993 5,775,552
1994 5,737,743
1995 5,699,933
1996 5,662,124
1997 5,624,314
1998 5,586,505
1999 5,548,696
2000 5,510,886
2001 5,471,378
2002 5,431,870
2003 5,392,363
2004 5,352,855
2005 5,313,347
2006 5,273,839
2007 5,234,331
2008 5,194,823
2009 5,155,315
2010 5,115,807
2011 5,100,415
2012 5,085,024
2013 5,069,632
2014 5,054,240
2015 5,038,848
2016 5,020,821
2017 5,000,916
2018 4,990,514
2019 4,977,985
2020 4,966,196

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Brazil was 59.42 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 70.46 in 1990, while its lowest value was 59.42 in 2020.

Definition: 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 (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

See also:

Year Value
1990 70.46
1991 70.01
1992 69.55
1993 69.10
1994 68.65
1995 68.20
1996 67.74
1997 67.29
1998 66.84
1999 66.39
2000 65.93
2001 65.46
2002 64.99
2003 64.52
2004 64.04
2005 63.57
2006 63.10
2007 62.63
2008 62.15
2009 61.68
2010 61.21
2011 61.02
2012 60.84
2013 60.66
2014 60.47
2015 60.29
2016 60.07
2017 59.83
2018 59.71
2019 59.56
2020 59.42

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use