Uruguay vs United States Virgin Islands: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area
Uruguay
0.9%
in 2025
United States Virgin Islands
0.7%
in 2025
Uruguay rank
11th
United States Virgin Islands rank
14th
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area over time
- Uruguay
- United States Virgin Islands
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 0.9% against 0.7% in United States Virgin Islands, a difference of 0.2%.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.3 times United States Virgin Islands's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Uruguay has been ahead every year.
Uruguay ranks 11th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 14th of 228 countries.
Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Uruguay | United States Virgin Islands | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | -0.6% | 4.7% | Uruguay |
| 2000s | 2.5% | -0.5% | 3.0% | Uruguay |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.8% | Uruguay |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.7% | 0.2% | Uruguay |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area as a share of forest area, Uruguay or United States Virgin Islands?
- Uruguay, at 0.9% against 0.7% in United States Virgin Islands as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area as a share of forest area between Uruguay and United States Virgin Islands?
- 0.2%, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Uruguay and United States Virgin Islands?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Uruguay and United States Virgin Islands rank globally for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Uruguay ranks 11th and United States Virgin Islands ranks 14th of 228 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.