Niger vs Uruguay: Annual forest expansion
Niger
15,000 hectares per year
in 2020
Uruguay
18,370 hectares per year
in 2020
Niger rank
22nd
Uruguay rank
20th
Annual forest expansion over time
- Niger
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 18,370 hectares per year against 15,000 hectares per year in Niger, a difference of 3,370 hectares per year.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.2 times Niger's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Niger ranks 22nd 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 | Niger | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,500 hectares per year | 45,690 hectares per year | 43,190 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 7,500 hectares per year | 35,960 hectares per year | 28,460 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 7,500 hectares per year | 23,610 hectares per year | 16,110 hectares per year | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 15,000 hectares per year | 18,370 hectares per year | 3,370 hectares per year | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual forest expansion, Niger or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 18,370 hectares per year against 15,000 hectares per year in Niger as of 2020.
- What is the difference in annual forest expansion between Niger and Uruguay?
- 3,370 hectares per year, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Niger and Uruguay?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2020.
- How do Niger and Uruguay rank globally for annual forest expansion?
- Niger ranks 22nd 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).