Annual forest expansion in Uganda
Uganda: Annual forest expansion was 9,840 hectares per year in 2020. ▬ Flat
Annual forest expansion 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 forest expansion in Uganda stood at 9,840 hectares per year. That is the highest value across all 5 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual forest expansion in Uganda peaked at 9,840 hectares per year in 1990 and was at its lowest, 9,840 hectares per year, in 1990.
That places Uganda 30th out of 110 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
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
- 27 Czechia 11,680 hectares per year compare
- 28 Cote d'Ivoire 11,520 hectares per year compare
- 29 Venezuela 10,810 hectares per year compare
- 31 Hungary 9,030 hectares per year compare
- 32 Burkina Faso 8,050 hectares per year compare
- 33 Costa Rica 8,020 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 forest expansion in Uganda?
- Annual forest expansion 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 forest expansion recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 9,840 hectares per year in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual forest expansion recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,840 hectares per year in 1990.
- How does Uganda rank for annual forest expansion?
- Uganda ranks 30th out of 110 countries with data for 2020.
- Is annual forest expansion 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 forest expansion. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest expansion is the sum of afforestation (the establishment of forest through planting and/or deliberate seeding) and natural forest expansion (expansion of forests through natural succession on land that, until then, was under another land use).