Brazil's forest cover fell from 68.6 % in 1994 to 59.0 % in 2023.
Brazil · Environment
Forests, air quality, land, water and protected areas.
10 indicators · 10 with data
Land
Brazil's forest area fell from 5.74M km in 1994 to 4.93M km in 2023.
Brazil's terrestrial protected areas (% of total land area) rose from 26.4 % in 2013 to 30.6 % in 2025.
Brazil's agricultural land (% of land area) rose from 27.4 % in 1994 to 28.3 % in 2023.
Brazil's arable land (% of land area) rose from 5.1 % in 1994 to 6.7 % in 2023.
Air
Brazil's air pollution (pm2.5) fell from 26.8 in 1994 to 13.4 in 2023.
Water
Brazil's water stress rose from 0.9 % in 1993 to 1.2 % in 2022.
Renewable internal freshwater resources per capita
cubic metres per person
24th of 181 · 10th in Latin America
Brazil's renewable internal freshwater resources per capita fell from 36,105 in 1993 to 26,918 in 2022.
Access
Brazil's safe drinking water rose from 75.8 % in 2000 to 88.6 % in 2024.
Brazil's safe sanitation rose from 33.7 % in 2000 to 55.0 % in 2024.