Annual afforestation in Uruguay
Uruguay: Annual afforestation was 15,980 hectares per year in 2020. ▼ Falling
Annual afforestation in Uruguay, 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
Uruguay recorded 15,980 hectares per year for annual afforestation in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is down 36.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Uruguay peaked at 41,990 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 15,980 hectares per year, in 2020.
That places Uruguay 9th out of 106 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 41,990 hectares per year | 41,990 hectares per year | 41,990 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 27,150 hectares per year | 27,150 hectares per year | 27,150 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 21,665 hectares per year | 18,340 hectares per year | 24,990 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 15,980 hectares per year | 15,980 hectares per year | 15,980 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Uruguay
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 44.63 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 13.18 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 22.96 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.1213 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0428 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0578 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 28.5 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0117 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0191 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 5.28 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Uruguay?
- Annual afforestation in Uruguay was 15,980 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 41,990 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,980 hectares per year in 2020.
- How does Uruguay rank for annual afforestation?
- Uruguay ranks 9th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.