Dominican Republic vs Uruguay: Annual forest expansion
Annual forest expansion over time
- Dominican Republic
- Uruguay
How they compare
Dominican Republic currently reports 31,240 hectares per year against 18,370 hectares per year in Uruguay, a difference of 12,870 hectares per year.
That makes Dominican Republic's figure about 1.7 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.
Dominican Republic ranks 18th and Uruguay ranks 20th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Dominican Republic | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 22,090 hectares per year | 45,690 hectares per year | 23,600 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 8,810 hectares per year | 35,960 hectares per year | 27,150 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 21,910 hectares per year | 23,610 hectares per year | 1,700 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 31,240 hectares per year | 18,370 hectares per year | 12,870 hectares per year | Dominican Republic |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Dominican Republic or Uruguay?
- Dominican Republic, at 31,240 hectares per year against 18,370 hectares per year in Uruguay as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Dominican Republic and Uruguay?
- 12,870 hectares per year, with Dominican Republic ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Uruguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Dominican Republic and Uruguay rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Dominican Republic ranks 18th 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).