Forest area in Brazil

Forests covered 58.5% of the land area of Brazil in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 58.5% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.4percentage points 2023: 58.9%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Brazil (2024).
Median of G20 countries, 2024 32.8% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 34th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Brazil over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 58.5% –
2023 58.9% 31.1%
2022 59.3% 31.1%
2021 59.7% 31.2%
2020 60.1% 31.2%
2019 60.4% 31.2%
2018 60.7% 31.3%
2017 61.0% 31.3%
2016 61.4% 31.3%
2015 61.7% 31.4%
2014 61.9% 31.4%
2013 62.1% 31.4%
2012 62.4% 31.5%
2011 62.6% 31.9%
2010 62.8% 31.9%
2009 63.2% 32.0%
2008 63.7% 32.0%
2007 64.1% 32.1%
2006 64.5% 32.1%
2005 65.0% 32.1%
2004 65.4% 32.2%
2003 65.8% 32.3%
2002 66.2% 32.3%
2001 66.7% 32.3%
2000 67.1% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.4 percentage points from 58.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.9%, the figure has changed by −3.4 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 34th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)