Brazil vs United States: Tree cover loss

How they compare

Brazil currently reports 4.39 million hectares against 1.59 million hectares in United States, a difference of 2.79 million hectares.

That makes Brazil's figure about 2.8 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 24 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 3rd and United States ranks 5th of 197 countries.