Brazil vs China: Land area in hectares

Brazil
835.81 million hectares
in 2023
China
938.82 million hectares
in 2023
Brazil rank
5th
China rank
2nd

Land area in hectares over time

  • Brazil
  • China
0200.0M400.0M600.0M800.0M1.0B196119922023

How they compare

China currently reports 938.82 million hectares against 835.81 million hectares in Brazil, a difference of 103.01 million hectares.

That makes China's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

Across all 63 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.

Brazil ranks 5th and China ranks 2nd of 233 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Land area in hectares
Unit
hectares
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
239 places, 13,636 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Total land area, measured in hectares. 100 hectares is one square kilometer. Land area is a country's total area, excluding area under inland water bodies, national claims to continental shelf, and exclusive economic zones. In most cases the definition of inland water bodies includes major rivers and lakes.