Forest area in Uganda

Forests covered 11.9% of the land area of Uganda in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Measure: Forest area as a share of land area Unit: % of land area Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Uganda, 2024 11.9% % of land area
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 12.1%
World, 2023 31.1% Official aggregate Not the same period as Uganda (2024).
Position in 2024 158th of 209 See the full ranking

Forest area in Uganda over time

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% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Forest area as a share of land area (% of land area), 2000 to 2024
Period UgandaWorld
2024 11.9% –
2023 12.1% 31.1%
2022 12.2% 31.1%
2021 12.4% 31.2%
2020 12.5% 31.2%
2019 12.6% 31.2%
2018 12.8% 31.3%
2017 12.9% 31.3%
2016 13.1% 31.3%
2015 13.2% 31.4%
2014 13.5% 31.4%
2013 13.7% 31.4%
2012 14.0% 31.5%
2011 14.2% 31.9%
2010 14.5% 31.9%
2009 14.8% 32.0%
2008 15.0% 32.0%
2007 15.3% 32.1%
2006 15.5% 32.1%
2005 15.8% 32.1%
2004 16.0% 32.2%
2003 16.3% 32.3%
2002 16.5% 32.3%
2001 16.8% 32.3%
2000 17.0% 32.4%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 12.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.5%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Uganda has the 158th highest value.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
AG.LND.FRST.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Uganda
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)