Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita in Brazil
Brazil: Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita was 0 1000 ha per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita in Brazil, 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in 1000 ha per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net forest conversion — area, per capita in Brazil is 0 1000 ha per person, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 26.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net forest conversion — area, per capita in Brazil peaked at 0 1000 ha per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 1000 ha per person, in 2015.
That places Brazil 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita in Brazil, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0 1000 ha per person | — |
| 1991 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.7% |
| 1993 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.6% |
| 1995 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1996 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2000 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 0 1000 ha per person | -32.9% |
| 2002 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2003 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 0 1000 ha per person | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 0 1000 ha per person | -38.5% |
| 2012 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2013 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2014 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 0 1000 ha per person | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 0 1000 ha per person | +23.4% |
| 2022 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 0 1000 ha per person | -0.4% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 0 1000 ha per person is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0 1000 ha per person, 62.6× the median. (39 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita in Brazil changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | -38.5% | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person |
| 2001 | -32.9% | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 0 1000 ha per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Brazil
More climate change data for Brazil
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 8.54 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 564,343 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 124,669 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 439,674 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 470.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 15,703 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 67,360 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 60,554 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,806 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 228.5 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net forest conversion — area, per capita in Brazil?
- Net forest conversion — area, per capita in Brazil was 0 1000 ha per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest net forest conversion — area, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest net forest conversion — area, per capita recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 1000 ha per person in 2015.
- How does Brazil rank for net forest conversion — area, per capita?
- Brazil ranks 5th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is net forest conversion — area, per capita rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Brazil data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Net Forest conversion — Area, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net Forest conversion — Area ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Net Forest conversion — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net Forest conversion — Area divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.