Brazil - Forest Area 2020
59.42%
−0.14% from 2019
Brazil's forest area was 59.42% in 2020, decreased +0.14% from 59.56% in 2019. This was the 29th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2020▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Suriname | 94.68% | -0.1% |
| 2nd | Micronesia, Federated States of | 92.03% | 0.0% |
| 3rd | Gabon | 91.32% | -0.1% |
| 4th | Solomon Islands | 90.14% | 0.0% |
| 5th | Palau | 90.02% | 0.2% |
| 6th | Equatorial Guinea | 87.29% | -0.3% |
| 7th | Guyana | 87.22% | -6.8% |
| 8th | American Samoa | 85.65% | -0.2% |
| 9th | Papua New Guinea | 79.18% | -0.1% |
| 10th | Liberia | 79.08% | -0.4% |
| 11th | Finland | 73.73% | 0.0% |
| 12th | Seychelles | 73.26% | 0.0% |
| 13th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 73.18% | 0.0% |
| 14th | Brunei Darussalam | 72.11% | 0.0% |
| 15th | Lao PDR | 71.90% | -0.2% |
| 16th | Bhutan | 71.45% | 0.1% |
| 17th | Guinea-Bissau | 70.41% | -0.4% |
| 18th | Sweden | 68.70% | 0.0% |
| 19th | Japan | 68.41% | 0.0% |
| 20th | Korea | 64.42% | -0.2% |
| 21st | Congo, Republic of | 64.26% | -0.1% |
| 22nd | Dominica | 63.83% | 0.0% |
| 23rd | Fiji | 62.40% | 0.6% |
| 24th | Timor-Leste | 61.94% | -0.2% |
| 25th | Montenegro | 61.49% | 0.0% |
| 26th | Slovenia | 61.47% | -0.2% |
| 27th | Zambia | 60.28% | -0.4% |
| 28th | Costa Rica | 59.44% | 0.5% |
| 29th | Brazil | 59.42% | -0.2% |
| 30th | Malaysia | 58.18% | -0.3% |
| 31st | Samoa | 58.15% | -0.3% |
| 32nd | Estonia | 57.04% | 0.0% |
| 33rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 56.89% | 0.8% |
| 34th | Honduras | 56.83% | -0.3% |
| 35th | Panama | 56.81% | -0.3% |
| 36th | Peru | 56.51% | -0.2% |
| 37th | Belize | 55.99% | -0.9% |
| 38th | Puerto Rico (US) | 55.96% | 0.1% |
| 39th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 55.65% | -0.9% |
| 40th | Jamaica | 55.11% | 0.7% |
| 41st | Latvia | 54.81% | 0.1% |
| 42nd | São Tomé and Principe | 54.06% | -1.2% |
| 43rd | Angola | 53.43% | -0.8% |
| 44th | Colombia | 53.31% | -0.3% |
| 45th | Cayman Islands | 53.00% | 0.0% |
| 46th | Northern Mariana Islands | 52.96% | 0.0% |
| 47th | Marshall Islands | 52.22% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Grenada | 52.06% | 0.0% |
| 49th | Guam | 51.85% | 0.0% |
| 50th | Tanzania | 51.64% | -1.0% |
| 51st | Bahamas, The | 50.94% | 0.0% |
| 52nd | Ecuador | 50.32% | -0.5% |
| 53rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 50.08% | -0.3% |
| 54th | Russian Federation | 49.78% | 0.0% |
| 55th | Indonesia | 49.07% | -0.7% |
| 56th | Austria | 47.14% | 0.1% |
| 57th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 46.92% | -0.4% |
| 58th | Mozambique | 46.73% | -0.6% |
| 59th | Viet Nam | 46.72% | 0.5% |
| 60th | New Caledonia | 45.84% | 0.0% |
| 61st | Cambodia | 45.71% | -1.9% |
| 62nd | Zimbabwe | 45.09% | -0.3% |
| 63rd | Dominican Republic | 44.49% | 0.4% |
| 64th | Trinidad and Tobago | 44.48% | -0.2% |
| 65th | Myanmar | 43.73% | -1.0% |
| 66th | Belarus | 43.19% | 0.2% |
| 67th | French Polynesia | 43.06% | 0.0% |
| 68th | Cameroon | 43.03% | -0.3% |
| 69th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 42.73% | 0.0% |
| 70th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 42.31% | 0.0% |
| 71st | Senegal | 41.91% | -0.5% |
| 72nd | Liechtenstein | 41.88% | 0.0% |
| 73rd | Nepal | 41.59% | 0.0% |
| 74th | Georgia | 40.62% | 0.0% |
| 75th | Paraguay | 40.53% | -1.7% |
| 76th | Slovak Republic | 40.06% | 0.0% |
| 77th | European Union | 39.84% | 0.1% |
| 78th | North Macedonia | 39.71% | 0.0% |
| 79th | Thailand | 38.90% | -0.2% |
| 80th | Canada | 38.70% | 0.0% |
| 81st | New Zealand | 37.57% | 0.3% |
| 82nd | Spain | 37.18% | 0.0% |
| 83rd | Vanuatu | 36.28% | 0.0% |
| 84th | Portugal | 36.15% | 0.0% |
| 85th | Bulgaria | 35.86% | 0.3% |
| 86th | Central African Republic | 35.80% | -0.1% |
| 87th | Lithuania | 35.15% | 0.0% |
| 88th | Sierra Leone | 35.12% | -0.8% |
| 89th | Ghana | 35.10% | 0.1% |
| 90th | Czechia | 34.68% | 0.1% |
| 91st | Croatia | 34.65% | 0.1% |
| 92nd | Luxembourg | 34.45% | 0.0% |
| 93rd | Sri Lanka | 34.16% | -0.1% |
| 94th | St. Lucia | 34.05% | 0.0% |
| 95th | Andorra | 34.04% | 0.0% |
| 96th | United States | 33.87% | 0.0% |
| 97th | Mexico | 33.79% | -0.2% |
| 98th | Norway | 33.44% | 0.3% |
| 99th | Tuvalu | 33.33% | 0.0% |
| 100th | Guatemala | 32.92% | -0.3% |
| 101st | Germany | 32.68% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Serbia | 32.38% | 4.0% |
| 103rd | Italy | 32.35% | 0.6% |
| 104th | Switzerland | 32.12% | 0.3% |
| 105th | France | 32.01% | 0.5% |
| 106th | Cuba | 31.23% | 0.0% |
| 107th | Poland | 30.98% | 0.1% |
| 108th | Greece | 30.27% | 0.0% |
| 109th | Romania | 30.12% | 0.0% |
| 110th | Eswatini | 28.93% | 0.2% |
| 111th | Türkiye | 28.87% | 0.7% |
| 112th | Albania | 28.79% | 0.0% |
| 113th | Nicaragua | 28.32% | -2.9% |
| 114th | El Salvador | 28.18% | -0.8% |
| 115th | Benin | 27.80% | -1.6% |
| 116th | Botswana | 26.92% | -0.8% |
| 117th | Guinea | 25.19% | -0.6% |
| 118th | St. Martin (French part) | 24.80% | 0.0% |
| 119th | Chile | 24.52% | 0.7% |
| 120th | India | 24.27% | 0.4% |
| 121st | British Virgin Islands | 24.13% | 0.0% |
| 122nd | Philippines | 24.11% | 0.5% |
| 123rd | Gambia, The | 23.98% | -2.3% |
| 124th | Malawi | 23.78% | -1.8% |
| 125th | Nigeria | 23.75% | -0.7% |
| 126th | China | 23.43% | 0.9% |
| 127th | Burkina Faso | 22.72% | -0.8% |
| 128th | Belgium | 22.60% | 0.0% |
| 129th | Hungary | 22.50% | -0.1% |
| 130th | Togo | 22.23% | -0.2% |
| 131st | Singapore | 21.69% | -1.4% |
| 132nd | Madagascar | 21.36% | -0.1% |
| 133rd | Mauritius | 19.41% | 0.1% |
| 134th | Cyprus | 18.67% | 0.0% |
| 135th | Bermuda | 18.52% | 0.0% |
| 136th | Antigua and Barbuda | 18.45% | -0.7% |
| 137th | Comoros | 17.69% | -1.3% |
| 138th | Australia | 17.42% | 0.0% |
| 139th | Ukraine | 16.72% | 0.1% |
| 140th | San Marino | 16.67% | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 15.71% | 0.1% |
| 142nd | Barbados | 14.65% | 0.0% |
| 143rd | Bangladesh | 14.47% | 0.0% |
| 144th | South Africa | 14.06% | -0.2% |
| 145th | Lebanon | 14.01% | 0.4% |
| 146th | Azerbaijan | 13.69% | 1.0% |
| 147th | United Kingdom | 13.19% | 0.3% |
| 148th | Morocco | 12.87% | 0.2% |
| 149th | Haiti | 12.60% | -0.9% |
| 150th | Tonga | 12.43% | 0.0% |
| 151st | Moldova | 11.75% | 0.0% |
| 152nd | Uganda | 11.66% | -1.7% |
| 153rd | Armenia | 11.65% | 0.9% |
| 154th | Uruguay | 11.60% | 1.0% |
| 155th | Ireland | 11.35% | 0.5% |
| 156th | Cabo Verde | 11.34% | 0.7% |
| 157th | South Sudan | 11.33% | 0.0% |
| 158th | Rwanda | 11.19% | 0.4% |
| 159th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 11.07% | 0.0% |
| 160th | Netherlands | 10.97% | 0.3% |
| 161st | Mali | 10.90% | 0.0% |
| 162nd | Burundi | 10.89% | 0.0% |
| 163rd | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 10.88% | 0.0% |
| 164th | Argentina | 10.44% | -0.4% |
| 165th | Sudan | 9.83% | -0.9% |
| 166th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 9.53% | -1.3% |
| 167th | Mongolia | 9.10% | 0.0% |
| 168th | Côte d'Ivoire | 8.92% | -3.8% |
| 169th | Turkmenistan | 8.78% | 0.0% |
| 170th | Eritrea | 8.72% | -0.3% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | 8.37% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Namibia | 8.06% | -1.1% |
| 173rd | Kyrgyz Republic | 6.86% | 1.4% |
| 174th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 6.63% | 0.1% |
| 175th | Israel | 6.47% | 0.0% |
| 176th | Kenya | 6.22% | -0.3% |
| 177th | Isle of Man | 6.07% | 0.0% |
| 178th | Channel Islands | 5.15% | 0.0% |
| 179th | Pakistan | 4.83% | -1.1% |
| 180th | Tunisia | 4.52% | 0.2% |
| 181st | United Arab Emirates | 4.47% | 0.0% |
| 182nd | Chad | 3.43% | -2.5% |
| 183rd | Tajikistan | 3.05% | 0.2% |
| 184th | Syrian Arab Republic | 2.84% | 0.0% |
| 185th | Maldives | 2.73% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Aruba | 2.33% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Iraq | 1.90% | 0.0% |
| 188th | Afghanistan | 1.85% | 0.0% |
| 189th | West Bank and Gaza | 1.68% | 0.0% |
| 190th | Kiribati | 1.46% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Malta | 1.44% | 0.0% |
| 192nd | Kazakhstan | 1.28% | 0.9% |
| 193rd | Lesotho | 1.14% | 0.0% |
| 194th | Jordan | 1.10% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 1.04% | 0.0% |
| 196th | Bahrain | 0.89% | 2.3% |
| 197th | Niger | 0.85% | -1.1% |
| 198th | Algeria | 0.82% | 0.5% |
| 199th | Iceland | 0.51% | 1.3% |
| 200th | Saudi Arabia | 0.45% | 0.0% |
| 201st | Kuwait | 0.35% | 0.0% |
| 202nd | Mauritania | 0.30% | -1.7% |
| 203rd | Djibouti | 0.25% | 1.8% |
| 204th | Curaçao | 0.16% | 0.0% |
| 205th | Libya | 0.12% | 0.0% |
| 206th | Faroe Islands | 0.06% | 2.2% |
| 207th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 0.05% | 0.0% |
| 208th | Oman | 0.01% | 0.0% |
| 209th | Greenland | 0.00% | 0.0% |
| 210th | Gibraltar | 0.00% | - |
| 211th | Monaco | 0.00% | - |
| 212th | Nauru | 0.00% | - |
| 213th | Qatar | 0.00% | - |
FAQ
What was Brazil's forest area in 2020?▾
Brazil's forest area in 2020 was 59.42%. This ranked 29th globally.
How did Brazil's forest area change in 2020?▾
Brazil's forest area decreased by 0.2% in 2020 compared to 2019.
Which country had the highest forest area in 2020?▾
Suriname had the highest forest area in 2020 at 94.68%.
What is the forest area of Brazil in 2020?▾
The forest area of Brazil in 2020 was 59.42%. This ranked 29th globally.
How does 2020 compare to 2019 for Brazil's forest area?▾
Brazil's forest area went from 59.56% in 2019 to 59.42% in 2020, a 0.2% decrease.
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