Cote d'Ivoire vs Uganda: Annual afforestation

Cote d'Ivoire
11,520 hectares per year
in 2020
Uganda
9,840 hectares per year
in 2020
Cote d'Ivoire rank
14th
Uganda rank
17th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Uganda
020.0k40.0k60.0k199020052020

How they compare

Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 11,520 hectares per year against 9,840 hectares per year in Uganda, a difference of 1,680 hectares per year.

That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.

Cote d'Ivoire ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 17th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cote d'Ivoire Uganda Difference Ahead
1990s 6,830 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 3,010 hectares per year Uganda
2000s 23,280 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 13,440 hectares per year Cote d'Ivoire
2010s 45,950 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 36,110 hectares per year Cote d'Ivoire
2020s 11,520 hectares per year 9,840 hectares per year 1,680 hectares per year Cote d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Cote d'Ivoire or Uganda?
Cote d'Ivoire, at 11,520 hectares per year against 9,840 hectares per year in Uganda as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Cote d'Ivoire and Uganda?
1,680 hectares per year, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Uganda?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Cote d'Ivoire and Uganda rank globally for annual afforestation?
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 17th of 106 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual afforestation. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Annual afforestation
Unit
hectares per year
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
106 places, 530 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.