What is the difference in forest area between Croatia and Uruguay?

77,800 hectares, with Uruguay ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Uruguay?

36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Croatia vs Uruguay: Forest area

Croatia

1.95 million hectares

in 2025

Uruguay

2.02 million hectares

in 2025

Croatia rank

112th

Uruguay rank

111th

Forest area over time

Croatia
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 2.02 million hectares against 1.95 million hectares in Croatia, a difference of 77,800 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 112th and Uruguay ranks 111th of 235 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Croatia averaged higher in 3 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.87 million hectares	1.09 million hectares	780,728 hectares	Croatia
2000s	1.90 million hectares	1.50 million hectares	402,622 hectares	Croatia
2010s	1.92 million hectares	1.81 million hectares	112,540 hectares	Croatia
2020s	1.94 million hectares	1.98 million hectares	35,115 hectares	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Croatia or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 2.02 million hectares against 1.95 million hectares in Croatia as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Croatia and Uruguay?: 77,800 hectares, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Uruguay?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Croatia and Uruguay rank globally for forest area?: Croatia ranks 112th and Uruguay ranks 111th of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Forest area
Unit: hectares
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: 235 places, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.