Honduras vs Uruguay: Annual forest expansion
Honduras
20,640 hectares per year
in 2020
Uruguay
18,370 hectares per year
in 2020
Honduras rank
19th
Uruguay rank
20th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Honduras
- Uruguay
How they compare
Honduras currently reports 20,640 hectares per year against 18,370 hectares per year in Uruguay, a difference of 2,270 hectares per year.
That makes Honduras's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.
Honduras ranks 19th and Uruguay ranks 20th of 110 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Honduras averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Honduras | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 15,900 hectares per year | 45,690 hectares per year | 29,790 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 12,250 hectares per year | 35,960 hectares per year | 23,710 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 21,450 hectares per year | 23,610 hectares per year | 2,160 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 20,640 hectares per year | 18,370 hectares per year | 2,270 hectares per year | Honduras |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Honduras or Uruguay?
- Honduras, at 20,640 hectares per year against 18,370 hectares per year in Uruguay as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Honduras and Uruguay?
- 2,270 hectares per year, with Honduras ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Honduras and Uruguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Honduras and Uruguay rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Honduras ranks 19th 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).