What percentage of the world’s oxygen does the Amazon produce?
Science hard Data from 2023
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The answer
6.0%
Roughly 6.
The Amazon produces around 6% of the world’s oxygen, not the "20%" that gets repeated everywhere — and it consumes almost all of it again through decomposition. Most atmospheric oxygen comes from ocean phytoplankton.
Where this number comes from
| Source | National Geographic / peer-reviewed carbon cycle research |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | percent |
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