Americas vs Uruguay: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land

Americas
4.13 %
in 2025
Uruguay
57.66 %
in 2025
Americas rank
20th
Uruguay rank
23rd

Planted Forest — Share in Forest land over time

  • Americas
  • Uruguay
0204060199020072025

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 57.66 % against 4.13 % in Americas, a difference of 53.53 %.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 14.0 times Americas's.

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

Americas ranks 20th and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 35 groups.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Americas Uruguay Difference Ahead
1990s 1.98 % 33.04 % 31.05 % Uruguay
2000s 2.78 % 48 % 45.22 % Uruguay
2010s 3.59 % 53.81 % 50.22 % Uruguay
2020s 4.02 % 56.97 % 52.95 % Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher planted forest — share in forest land, Americas or Uruguay?
Uruguay, at 57.66 % against 4.13 % in Americas as of 2025.
What is the difference in planted forest — share in forest land between Americas and Uruguay?
53.53 %, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Uruguay?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Americas and Uruguay rank globally for planted forest — share in forest land?
Americas ranks 20th and Uruguay ranks 23rd of 35 groups.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
226 places, 7,796 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.