Compare forest area from 1990 to 2025 and separate global loss from country-level recovery.
🇧🇷Brazil618 → 486 million ha
01 · 1990—2025
The story without hidden formulas
-132change across the period
61819905612000525201050220204862025
FAO FRA 20251990–2025
FAO country reports at benchmark years; this chart does not interpolate between them.
Forest area includes naturally regenerating and planted forests. A national increase does not by itself describe biodiversity or forest quality.
02 · COMPARISON
24 countries in one comparison
🇷🇺 Russia833+21🇧🇷 Brazil486-132🇨🇦 Canada369+8🇺🇸 United States309+6🇨🇳 China227+70🇦🇺 Australia134-1🇮🇩 Indonesia96-20🇮🇳 India73+9🇲🇽 Mexico66-6🇦🇷 Argentina47-9🇯🇵 Japan25-0.04🇿🇦 South Africa23+3🇹🇷 Türkiye23+3🇪🇸 Spain19+5🇫🇷 France18+3🇳🇬 Nigeria17-4🇻🇳 Vietnam15+5🇩🇪 Germany11+0.18🇮🇹 Italy9+2🇵🇭 Philippines7-0.34🇬🇧 United Kingdom3+0.50🇵🇰 Pakistan3-0.27🇧🇩 Bangladesh2-0.12🇪🇬 Egypt0.0041+0.0002
03 · SOURCE & LIMITS
FAO Global Forest Resources Assessment 2025
FAO country reports at benchmark years; this chart does not interpolate between them. Forest area includes naturally regenerating and planted forests. A national increase does not by itself describe biodiversity or forest quality.