Ireland vs Uruguay: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area

Ireland

0.9%

in 2025

Uruguay

0.9%

in 2025

Ireland rank

10th

Uruguay rank

11th

Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time

Ireland currently reports 0.9% against 0.9% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0%.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Uruguay ahead.

Ireland ranks 10th and Uruguay ranks 11th of 228 regions.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Unit: %
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: 228 places, 7,980 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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