What is the difference in forest certified for sustainable use between Namibia and Uruguay?

125,350 thousands of hectares, with Uruguay ahead.

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

14 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Namibia vs Uruguay: Forest certified for sustainable use

Namibia

1.55 million thousands of hectares

in 2024

Uruguay

1.68 million thousands of hectares

in 2024

Namibia rank

32nd

Uruguay rank

30th

Forest certified for sustainable use over time

Namibia
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 1.68 million thousands of hectares against 1.55 million thousands of hectares in Namibia, a difference of 125,350 thousands of hectares.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.1 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 14 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.

Namibia ranks 32nd and Uruguay ranks 30th of 246 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Namibia averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Namibia	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0 thousands of hectares	0 thousands of hectares	0 thousands of hectares	—
2000s	173,290 thousands of hectares	66,260 thousands of hectares	107,030 thousands of hectares	Namibia
2010s	232,900 thousands of hectares	1.12 million thousands of hectares	889,550 thousands of hectares	Uruguay
2020s	1.63 million thousands of hectares	1.36 million thousands of hectares	268,780 thousands of hectares	Namibia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest certified for sustainable use, Namibia or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 1.68 million thousands of hectares against 1.55 million thousands of hectares in Namibia as of 2024.
What is the difference in forest certified for sustainable use between Namibia and Uruguay?: 125,350 thousands of hectares, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Namibia and Uruguay?: 14 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Namibia and Uruguay rank globally for forest certified for sustainable use?: Namibia ranks 32nd and Uruguay ranks 30th of 246 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Forest certified for sustainable use. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Forest certified for sustainable use
Unit: thousands of hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 246 places, 3,444 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Forest area certified under an independently verified certification scheme (thousands of hectares).