Annual afforestation in Uganda
Uganda: Annual afforestation was 9,840 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual afforestation in Uganda, 1990–2020
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares per year.
Analysis
In 2020, annual afforestation in Uganda stood at 9,840 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Uganda peaked at 9,840 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 9,840 hectares per year, in 1990.
Uganda ranks 17th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 9,840 hectares per year | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 14 Cote d'Ivoire 11,520 hectares per year compare
- 15 Venezuela 10,810 hectares per year compare
- 16 Guatemala 9,940 hectares per year compare
- 18 Mauritania 8,740 hectares per year compare
- 19 Hungary 8,460 hectares per year compare
- 20 Burkina Faso 8,050 hectares per year compare
More environment data for Uganda
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 57.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 1.15 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 20.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 3.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 9.27 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.2833 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 38.19 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0052 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0269 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Uganda?
- Annual afforestation in Uganda was 9,840 hectares per year in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual afforestation recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 9,840 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,840 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Uganda rank for annual afforestation?
- Uganda ranks 17th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual afforestation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Afforestation is the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding on land that, until then, was not classified as forest.