Annual afforestation in Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan: Annual afforestation was 37,000 hectares per year in 2020. ▲ Rising
Annual afforestation in Uzbekistan, 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 Uzbekistan stood at 37,000 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is up 19.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual afforestation in Uzbekistan peaked at 37,000 hectares per year in 2020 and was at its lowest, 27,000 hectares per year, in 2015.
Uzbekistan ranks 6th of 106 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 32,000 hectares per year | 32,000 hectares per year | 32,000 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2000s | 29,000 hectares per year | 29,000 hectares per year | 29,000 hectares per year | 1 |
| 2010s | 29,000 hectares per year | 27,000 hectares per year | 31,000 hectares per year | 2 |
| 2020s | 37,000 hectares per year | 37,000 hectares per year | 37,000 hectares per year | 1 |
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More environment data for Uzbekistan
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 227.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 6.26 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 37.79 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.4301 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 19.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0098 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 64.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0396 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.1706 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 6.45 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual afforestation in Uzbekistan?
- Annual afforestation in Uzbekistan was 37,000 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 Uzbekistan?
- The highest recorded value was 37,000 hectares per year in 2020.
- What is the lowest annual afforestation recorded in Uzbekistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 27,000 hectares per year in 2015.
- How does Uzbekistan rank for annual afforestation?
- Uzbekistan ranks 6th out of 106 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual afforestation rising or falling in Uzbekistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uzbekistan 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.