Uruguay vs Uzbekistan: Annual afforestation

Uruguay
15,980 hectares per year
in 2020
Uzbekistan
37,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Uruguay rank
9th
Uzbekistan rank
6th

Annual afforestation over time

  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
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How they compare

Uzbekistan currently reports 37,000 hectares per year against 15,980 hectares per year in Uruguay, a difference of 21,020 hectares per year.

That makes Uzbekistan's figure about 2.3 times Uruguay's.

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

Uruguay ranks 9th and Uzbekistan ranks 6th of 106 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Uruguay averaged higher in 1 and Uzbekistan in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Uruguay Uzbekistan Difference Ahead
1990s 41,990 hectares per year 32,000 hectares per year 9,990 hectares per year Uruguay
2000s 27,150 hectares per year 29,000 hectares per year 1,850 hectares per year Uzbekistan
2010s 21,665 hectares per year 29,000 hectares per year 7,335 hectares per year Uzbekistan
2020s 15,980 hectares per year 37,000 hectares per year 21,020 hectares per year Uzbekistan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual afforestation, Uruguay or Uzbekistan?
Uzbekistan, at 37,000 hectares per year against 15,980 hectares per year in Uruguay as of 2020.
What is the difference in annual afforestation between Uruguay and Uzbekistan?
21,020 hectares per year, with Uzbekistan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and Uzbekistan?
5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
How do Uruguay and Uzbekistan rank globally for annual afforestation?
Uruguay ranks 9th and Uzbekistan ranks 6th 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.