Ethiopia vs Uruguay: Share of annual global forest expansion

Ethiopia

0.6%

in 2020

Uruguay

0.3%

in 2020

Ethiopia rank

17th

Uruguay rank

20th

Share of annual global forest expansion over time

Ethiopia currently reports 0.6% against 0.3% in Uruguay, a difference of 0.3%.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.9 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uruguay ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 17th and Uruguay ranks 20th of 110 countries.

Indicator: Share of annual global forest expansion
Unit: %
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: 110 places, 550 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of annual global forest expansion indicates the proportion of a country's forest expansion relative to the total global forest expansion.