Argentina vs Uruguay: Annual forest expansion
Argentina
15,800 hectares per year
in 2020
Uruguay
18,370 hectares per year
in 2020
Argentina rank
21st
Uruguay rank
20th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Argentina
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 18,370 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina, a difference of 2,570 hectares per year.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Argentina's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Argentina ranks 21st and Uruguay ranks 20th of 110 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Argentina | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31,100 hectares per year | 45,690 hectares per year | 14,590 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 11,300 hectares per year | 35,960 hectares per year | 24,660 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 10,800 hectares per year | 23,610 hectares per year | 12,810 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 15,800 hectares per year | 18,370 hectares per year | 2,570 hectares per year | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Argentina or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 18,370 hectares per year against 15,800 hectares per year in Argentina as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Argentina and Uruguay?
- 2,570 hectares per year, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and Uruguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Argentina and Uruguay rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Argentina ranks 21st and Uruguay ranks 20th of 110 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 forest expansion. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).