
Deforested area in the Amazon rainforest in Brazil 2000-2021
comprising nine Brazilian states.
In 2021, the deforestation rate of the Legal Amazon region in Brazil reached the highest level in 15 years. It was estimated that more than 13 thousand square kilometers were destroyed that year, the highest figure reported since 2006. In comparison to the previous year, this represented a 20 percent growth. The Legal Amazon is an area of more than five million square kilometers