Congo vs Uruguay: Annual change in forest area

Congo

14,000 hectares

in 2025

Uruguay

18,394 hectares

in 2025

Congo rank

23rd

Uruguay rank

20th

Annual change in forest area over time

Uruguay currently reports 18,394 hectares against 14,000 hectares in Congo, a difference of 4,394 hectares.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times Congo's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.

Congo ranks 23rd and Uruguay ranks 20th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.