Legal Amazon land area in Brazil 2022, by state

Published by
Bruna Alves,
Sep 13, 2023
The Legal Amazon, known as "Amazônia Legal" in Portuguese, is an area of more than five million square kilometers comprising the Brazilian states of Acre, Amapá, Amazonas, Maranhão, Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondônia, Roraima, and Tocantins. This political and geographical region was created by Brazilian federal law dating back to 1953 in order to promote special protection and development policies for the Amazon area. The Brazilian state occupying the largest area of the Legal Amazon is Amazonas, amounting to almost 1.6 million square kilometers. It is followed by the state of Pará, with 1.25 million square kilometers.

Legal Amazon area in Brazil as of 2022, by state (in 1,000 square kilometers)

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Release date

July 2023

Region

Brazil

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Figures were calculated by Statista based on the sum of Legal Amazon area per municipality provided by the source.
Figures have been rounded.

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