Forest area in Uruguay
Forests covered 11.5% of the land area of Uruguay in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Uruguay, 2024
11.5%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
161st of 209
Forest area in Uruguay over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Uruguay | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.5% | – |
| 2023 | 11.4% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 11.2% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 11.1% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 11.0% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 10.9% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 10.8% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 10.6% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 10.5% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 10.3% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 10.2% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 10.0% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 9.8% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 9.7% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 9.5% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 9.3% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 9.1% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 8.9% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 8.7% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 8.3% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 8.0% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 7.8% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 7.6% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 11.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.3%, the figure has changed by +1.1 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Uruguay has the 161st highest value.