Climate | We have mostly tropical, but temperate in south |
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Revenue from forest resources | |
Revenue from coal | |
Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 79.07 million tons (2024 est.) |
Total renewable water resources | 8.647 trillion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Total water withdrawal | |
Municipal | 16.397 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Industrial | 10.2 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Agricultural | 41.336 billion cubic meters (2022) |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 26.7% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 6.7% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.9% (2022 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 19.1% (2022 est.) |
Forest | 59.1% (2022 est.) |
Other | 14.2% (2022 est.) |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 87.8% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.87% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 22.620 million São Paulo, 13.728 million Rio de Janeiro, 6.248 million Belo Horizonte, 4.873 million BRASÍLIA (capital), 4.264 million Recife, 4.212 million Porto Alegre (2023). |
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