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