Mali vs Uruguay: Annual afforestation
Mali
14,540 hectares per year
in 2020
Uruguay
15,980 hectares per year
in 2020
Mali rank
12th
Uruguay rank
9th
Annual afforestation over time
- Mali
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 15,980 hectares per year against 14,540 hectares per year in Mali, a difference of 1,440 hectares per year.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.
Mali ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 9th of 106 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Mali averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3,630 hectares per year | 41,990 hectares per year | 38,360 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 44,500 hectares per year | 27,150 hectares per year | 17,350 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2010s | 51,490 hectares per year | 21,665 hectares per year | 29,825 hectares per year | Mali |
| 2020s | 14,540 hectares per year | 15,980 hectares per year | 1,440 hectares per year | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual afforestation, Mali or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 15,980 hectares per year against 14,540 hectares per year in Mali as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual afforestation between Mali and Uruguay?
- 1,440 hectares per year, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Uruguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Mali and Uruguay rank globally for annual afforestation?
- Mali ranks 12th and Uruguay ranks 9th 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
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.