Brazil vs Russia: Tree cover loss

How they compare

Russia currently reports 5.18 million hectares against 4.39 million hectares in Brazil, a difference of 789,750 hectares.

That makes Russia's figure about 1.2 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 3rd and Russia ranks 1st of 197 countries.