Malawi vs Uruguay: Forest area

Malawi

2.03 million hectares

in 2025

Uruguay

2.02 million hectares

in 2025

Malawi rank

110th

Uruguay rank

111th

Forest area over time

Malawi
Uruguay

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 2.03 million hectares against 2.02 million hectares in Uruguay, a difference of 7,700 hectares.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.

Malawi ranks 110th and Uruguay ranks 111th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Malawi
Forest area in Uruguay
Full country ranking

About this data

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: 07 August 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.