Brazil · Amapá · 2 cities
Air quality in Amapá today The AQI right now, city by city
Right now, Santana has the cleanest air of the 2 cities we track in Amapá (AQI 27, Good), and Macapá the worst (AQI 38, Good). Santana has the most tree cover, at 22.7% — #156 of 304 cities measured in Brazil.
Every city is measured the same way, over the same 2 km around its center: the air quality right now, from ground stations where there are any, and its tree cover.
- cities tracked
- 2
- average tree cover
- 16.0%
- Brazil: 25.9%
- worst air now: Macapá
- 38
- cleanest air now: Santana
- 27
Lower is better on the US EPA index: 0–50 is Good, above 300 is Hazardous. Measured by Airleaf, refreshed hourly.
Amapá
Air quality today across Amapá, city by city
| Macapá | 38Good | 9.2% | 65.3K | #286 of 304 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Santana | 27Good | 22.7% | 22.9K | #156 of 304 |
Air quality is the US AQI from ground monitoring stations via OpenAQ where available, otherwise the Open-Meteo / CAMS model, refreshed hourly. Tree cover is measured within 2 km of each city center from Sentinel-2 imagery; the rank compares every city measured in Brazil.
Deforestation · 2001–2025
How much forest has Amapá lost?
Since 2001, Amapá has lost about 408,000 hectares of forest (about 4,100 km²): 3.4% of the forest it had in 2000. The biggest cause was farms, pasture and plantations (42%). About 180,000 hectares (44%) was deforestation: forest cleared for good for farms, mines or towns.
- Forest lost since 2001
- 408,000 haabout 4,100 km²
- Share of its forest
- 3.4%of what there was in 2000
- Cleared for good
- 180,000 hadeforestation: turned into farms, mines or towns
Hectares of forest lost each year
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| Year | Cleared for good | Can grow back | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 6,580 ha | 7,410 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 2002 | 7,390 ha | 6,560 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 2003 | 5,570 ha | 4,120 ha | 9,690 ha |
| 2004 | 7,570 ha | 9,550 ha | 17,100 ha |
| 2005 | 6,430 ha | 7,740 ha | 14,200 ha |
| 2006 | 6,670 ha | 6,370 ha | 13,000 ha |
| 2007 | 5,950 ha | 5,100 ha | 11,000 ha |
| 2008 | 7,430 ha | 6,460 ha | 13,900 ha |
| 2009 | 13,500 ha | 8,910 ha | 22,400 ha |
| 2010 | 5,540 ha | 5,470 ha | 11,000 ha |
| 2011 | 6,140 ha | 7,870 ha | 14,000 ha |
| 2012 | 9,540 ha | 11,100 ha | 20,600 ha |
| 2013 | 6,930 ha | 7,750 ha | 14,700 ha |
| 2014 | 6,760 ha | 9,180 ha | 15,900 ha |
| 2015 | 5,040 ha | 9,300 ha | 14,300 ha |
| 2016 | 12,900 ha | 25,000 ha | 37,900 ha |
| 2017 | 13,900 ha | 22,700 ha | 36,600 ha |
| 2018 | 6,860 ha | 6,170 ha | 13,000 ha |
| 2019 | 4,720 ha | 4,740 ha | 9,450 ha |
| 2020 | 4,370 ha | 3,930 ha | 8,300 ha |
| 2021 | 3,160 ha | 2,650 ha | 5,810 ha |
| 2022 | 5,090 ha | 2,870 ha | 7,960 ha |
| 2023 | 7,800 ha | 13,000 ha | 20,800 ha |
| 2024 | 8,230 ha | 22,200 ha | 30,500 ha |
| 2025 | 6,350 ha | 11,700 ha | 18,000 ha |
Forest loss has stayed about the same: about 16,600 hectares a year in 2021–2025, against 21,100 hectares a year in 2016–2020. The worst year was 2016, when about 37,900 hectares of forest were lost.
What is causing deforestation in Amapá?
- Farms, pasture and plantationscleared for good42% · 171,000 ha
- Loggingcan grow back17% · 69,200 ha
- Wildfirescan grow back16% · 64,700 ha
Also: storms, floods and other natural causes, shifting farming, mining and energy, towns and roads, unknown causes.
Causes for 2025 are estimates, based on what caused forest loss in the same places up to 2024.
Source: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA, Global Forest Change (GFC-2025-v1.13); causes: WRI/Google DeepMind drivers of forest loss; both CC BY 4.0, summed by Airleaf for each area. How it's measured
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