Deforestation statistics for Brazil

Total land area: Brazil

Total land area	ha
Land area	851,849,027
Tree cover in 2018	471,775,486

Forest and tree cover extent: Brazil

Extent of primary forest cover and tree cover for Brazil. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2000		520,074,678
2001	343,229,843
2010	330,703,124	499,062,352
2018	320,069,365	471,775,486
Primary/Total tree cover 2018	68%
Tree cover/Total land area 2018		55.4%

Primary forest loss and tree cover loss: Brazil

Annual loss of primary forest cover and tree cover for Brazil by year. All area figures are in hectares (ha)

Year	Primary forest	Tree cover (30%)
2001		2,750,399
2002	1,621,764	3,511,492
2003	1,570,574	3,252,334
2004	2,016,476	3,852,915
2005	1,824,424	3,852,915
2006	1,415,579	2,881,038
2007	1,149,563	2,625,890
2008	1,075,145	2,448,311
2009	700,169	1,820,738
2010	1,153,025	2,693,234
2011	803,048	1,926,498
2012	1,116,088	2,923,506
2013	632,093	1,949,096
2014	940,904	2,698,139
2015	828,870	2,226,546
2016	2,830,976	5,387,136
2017	2,134,648	4,528,439
2018	1,347,132	2,954,272
Primary loss 2002-2018	23,160,478
Tree cover loss 2001-2018		51,532,499
Primary loss/ Total tree cover loss	44.9%
Percent loss 2001-2018	6.7%
Loss/year (2001/2-2010)	1,391,857.67	2,968,927
Loss/year (2011-2018)	1,329,219.90	3,074,204

Biodiversity data: Brazil

Species count by taxa for Brazil. For consistency, all data for a given group comes from a single source. Amphibians - amphibiaweb; Reptiles - reptile-database; Fish - fishbase; Birds - birdlife; Mammals - IUCN; and Plants - World Conservation Monitoring Centre of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP-WCMC).

Animal / plant group	Species count
Birds	1813
Amphibians	1022
Reptiles	814
Fishes	4521
Mammals	648
Vascular plants	56215

Conservation data: Brazil

Data on threatened species in Brazil as of 2018, according to the IUCN Red List.

Taxa	Species count
Threatened mammals (2018)	80
Threatened birds (2018)	175
Threatened fishes (2018)	93
Threatened higher plants (2018)	558

Protected areas data: Brazil

Data on threatened species in Brazil as of 2017, according to the World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA) maintained by the United Nations Environment World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC).

Protected areas (2017)	Percentage
Terrestrial protected areas, % of total land area	29.4
Marine protected areas, % of territorial waters

Tree cover loss data for Brazil

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	851849027	549419005	64.50%	523948750	61.50%	498338389	58.50%	55543430	10.10%	3085746	2993307	3201295
15	851849027	542445850	63.70%	518664769	60.90%	493264300	57.90%	55193750	10.20%	3066319	2979328	3175059
20	851849027	533328697	62.60%	513598010	60.30%	488483384	57.30%	54734372	10.30%	3040798	2961975	3139328
25	851849027	527531849	61.90%	507380608	59.60%	482475787	56.60%	54393754	10.30%	3021875	2948893	3113103
30	851849027	520074678	61.10%	499062352	58.60%	474468720	55.70%	53921014	10.40%	2995612	2932738	3074204
50	851849027	476445478	55.90%	454015219	53.30%	431783160	50.70%	49085487	10.30%	2726972	2685343	2779007
75	851849027	429845760	50.50%	410990187	48.20%	392136271	46.00%	41911253	9.80%	2328403	2305734	2356740

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Brazil

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	851849027	549419005	523948750	2.20E+11	10079609745	559978319	18479284259	1026626903
15	851849027	542445850	518664769	2.20E+11	10062273883	559015216	18447502003	1024861222
20	851849027	533328697	513598010	2.19E+11	10039293522	557738529	18405371527	1022520640
25	851849027	527531849	507380608	2.18E+11	10022227604	556790422	18374084036	1020782446
30	851849027	520074678	499062352	2.17E+11	9999442453	555524581	18332311082	1018461727
50	851849027	476445478	454015219	2.12E+11	9735039203	540835511	17847571790	991531766
75	851849027	429845760	410990187	2.05E+11	9130231510	507235084	16738757602	929930978

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Brazil

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Acre	15299494	14402741	14102293	13578832	89%	1142727	8%	63,485	619266	4%	61,927	523461	4%	65,433
Alagoas	2789954	585744	539025	520748	19%	72809	12%	4,045	54532	9%	5,453	18277	3%	2,285
Amapá	14240714	12200229	12391685	12222841	86%	308255	3%	17,125	139411	1%	13,941	168844	1%	21,106
Amazonas	156758301	150751278	150420160	148734795	95%	2855794	2%	158,655	1170429	1%	117,043	1685365	1%	210,671
Bahia	56487930	18978713	17054305	15535308	28%	3144609	17%	174,701	1625612	9%	162,561	1518997	9%	189,875
Ceará	14935439	3001316	3012070	2866504	19%	304642	10%	16,925	159076	5%	15,908	145566	5%	18,196
Distrito Federal	580840	57774	64243	62757	11%	2954	5%	164	1468	3%	147	1486	2%	186
Espírito Santo	4393391	1844552	1898793	1708875	39%	353361	19%	19,631	163443	9%	16,344	189918	10%	23,740
Goiás	34133445	7843523	7328734	6919743	20%	1065120	14%	59,173	656129	8%	65,613	408991	6%	51,124
Maranhão	33115154	21148833	19919047	16948914	51%	4667009	22%	259,278	1696876	8%	169,688	2970133	15%	371,267
Mato Grosso	90601406	57147079	50908916	47192912	52%	10813165	19%	600,731	7097161	12%	709,716	3716004	7%	464,501
Mato Grosso do Sul	35756960	10336035	9313512	8901148	25%	1347535	13%	74,863	935171	9%	93,517	412364	4%	51,546
Minas Gerais	59115008	18592852	18913588	17772744	30%	2641780	14%	146,766	1500936	8%	150,094	1140844	6%	142,606
Paraná	20012051	8041377	8046140	7508583	38%	1113964	14%	61,887	576407	7%	57,641	537557	7%	67,195
Paraíba	5674963	1142333	719265	681200	12%	120114	11%	6,673	82049	7%	8,205	38065	5%	4,758
Pará	124961538	108715029	104530354	98364728	79%	13343429	12%	741,302	7177803	7%	717,780	6165626	6%	770,703
Pernambuco	9859567	1583501	1344231	1285036	13%	178878	11%	9,938	119683	8%	11,968	59195	4%	7,399
Piauí	25176386	11593417	10183498	9473181	38%	1154700	10%	64,150	444383	4%	44,438	710317	7%	88,790
Rio Grande do Norte	5350319	923924	537592	505724	9%	108469	12%	6,026	76601	8%	7,660	31868	6%	3,984
Rio Grande do Sul	27246356	7712304	7856180	7507389	28%	605881	8%	33,660	257090	3%	25,709	348791	4%	43,599
Rio de Janeiro	4389715	1817695	1791961	1750929	40%	71133	4%	3,952	30101	2%	3,010	41032	2%	5,129
Rondônia	23674181	18782592	16815963	15327516	65%	4098494	22%	227,694	2610047	14%	261,005	1488447	9%	186,056
Roraima	22459293	17961208	17831426	17273797	77%	911088	5%	50,616	353459	2%	35,346	557629	3%	69,704
Santa Catarina	9918980	6424634	6513726	6146903	62%	767444	12%	42,636	400621	6%	40,062	366823	6%	45,853
Sergipe	2217378	556645	438849	410562	19%	125051	22%	6,947	96764	17%	9,676	28287	6%	3,536
São Paulo	24874662	6656474	6926013	6612176	27%	822320	12%	45,684	508483	8%	50,848	313837	5%	39,230
Tocantins	27825602	11272876	9660783	8654875	31%	1780289	16%	98,905	774381	7%	77,438	1005908	10%	125,739

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Brazil

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Acre	15299494	14402741	14102293	9064470936	633054908	35169717	33957583	36684885
Alagoas	2789954	585744	539025	129894848	15056511	836473	1120193	481823
Amapá	14240714	12200229	12391685	7424547887	129725520	7206973	6373186	8249207
Amazonas	156758301	150751278	150420160	81738924352	1418817517	78823195	58839870	103802352
Bahia	56487930	18978713	17054305	3180196845	521662325	28981240	28977892	28985426
Ceará	14935439	3001316	3012070	408297009	40795937	2266441	2162721	2396092
Distrito Federal	580840	57774	64243	11071487	610830	33935	28306	40972
Espírito Santo	4393391	1844552	1898793	504921678	102500946	5694497	5509403	5925865
Goiás	34133445	7843523	7328734	1538196987	202702584	11261255	12451005	9774067
Maranhão	33115154	21148833	19919047	5256036069	1200926322	66718129	45623776	93086070
Mato Grosso	90601406	57147079	50908916	20092865186	3802990588	211277255	254662212	157046059
Mato Grosso do Sul	35756960	10336035	9313512	1996866291	259741295	14430072	18382479	9489563
Minas Gerais	59115008	18592852	18913588	3718293994	527930704	29329484	30477085	27894982
Paraná	20012051	8041377	8046140	1796930811	258611776	14367321	13972707	14860588
Paraíba	5674963	1142333	719265	189560723	21545908	1196995	1529052	781924
Pará	124961538	108715029	104530354	53914624598	5816973800	323165211	313778611	334898462
Pernambuco	9859567	1583501	1344231	269642451	29317734	1628763	2031403	1125463
Piauí	25176386	11593417	10183498	1649689129	151929857	8440548	5462867	12162648
Rio Grande do Norte	5350319	923924	537592	126425310	15877890	882105	1156327	539327
Rio Grande do Sul	27246356	7712304	7856180	1466417671	121645384	6758077	5525280	8299073
Rio de Janeiro	4389715	1817695	1791961	498503349	18653974	1036332	811045	1317941
Rondônia	23674181	18782592	16815963	8611741258	1889749773	104986099	119169073	87257380
Roraima	22459293	17961208	17831426	8117619314	401628148	22312675	15755438	30509221
Santa Catarina	9918980	6424634	6513726	1571273193	171843913	9546884	9263599	9900991
Sergipe	2217378	556645	438849	103255720	23830215	1323901	1845569	671816
São Paulo	24874662	6656474	6926013	1745315596	217854650	12103036	14390046	9244274
Tocantins	27825602	11272876	9660783	2078200187	336332073	18685115	14757252	23594945

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Brazil

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Acre	15299494	14402741	14102293	4944256875	343	345302678	19183482	18522318	20009938
Alagoas	2789954	585744	539025	70851738	121	8212642	456258	611014	262813
Amapá	14240714	12200229	12391685	4049753393	332	70759375	3931076	3476284	4499567
Amazonas	156758301	150751278	150420160	44584867828	296	773900453	42994470	32094474	56619464
Bahia	56487930	18978713	17054305	1734652814	91	284543073	15807949	15806122	15810231
Ceará	14935439	3001316	3012070	222707460	74	22252337	1236241	1179666	1306960
Distrito Federal	580840	57774	64243	6038993	105	333179	18510	15439	22348
Espírito Santo	4393391	1844552	1898793	275411819	149	55909598	3106089	3005129	3232289
Goiás	34133445	7843523	7328734	839016533	107	110565054	6142503	6791458	5331309
Maranhão	33115154	21148833	19919047	2866928753	136	655050737	36391708	24885697	50774221
Mato Grosso	90601406	57147079	50908916	10959744650	192	2074358489	115242138	138906661	85661485
Mato Grosso do Sul	35756960	10336035	9313512	1089199798	105	141677082	7870949	10026808	5176126
Minas Gerais	59115008	18592852	18913588	2028160367	109	287962233	15997902	16623866	15215446
Paraná	20012051	8041377	8046140	980144074	122	141060964	7836720	7621477	8105774
Paraíba	5674963	1142333	719265	103396754	91	11752365	652909	834031	426507
Pará	124961538	108715029	104530354	29407977045	270	3172894779	176271932	171151969	182671886
Pernambuco	9859567	1583501	1344231	147077707	93	15991525	888418	1108041	613890
Piauí	25176386	11593417	10183498	899830434	78	82870805	4603934	2979745	6634170
Rio Grande do Norte	5350319	923924	537592	68959261	75	8660657	481148	630723	294178
Rio Grande do Sul	27246356	7712304	7856180	799864184	104	66352055	3686225	3013791	4526769
Rio de Janeiro	4389715	1817695	1791961	271910920	150	10174876	565271	442387	718876
Rondônia	23674181	18782592	16815963	4697313413	250	1030772608	57265145	65001314	47594934
Roraima	22459293	17961208	17831426	4427792353	247	219069894	12170550	8593875	16641393
Santa Catarina	9918980	6424634	6513726	857058100	133	93733011	5207390	5052872	5400536
Sergipe	2217378	556645	438849	56321304	101	12998308	722128	1006674	366446
São Paulo	24874662	6656474	6926013	951990318	143	118829791	6601655	7849116	5042330
Tocantins	27825602	11272876	9660783	1133563739	101	183453885	10191883	8049412	12869970

Archived forest data for Brazil | Forest data for Brazil

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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