Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay
Uruguay: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was 0.9% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay stood at 0.9%. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and down 39.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay peaked at 4.9% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.9%, in 2025.
That places Uruguay 11th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.2% | 3.5% | 4.9% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 2.2% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 8 Serbia 1.1% compare
- 9 Uzbekistan 1.1% compare
- 12 Azerbaijan 0.9% compare
- 13 Wallis and Futuna 0.8% compare
- 14 United States Virgin Islands 0.7% compare
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 change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Uruguay was 0.9% in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 4.9% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9% in 2025.
- How does Uruguay rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Uruguay ranks 11th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 change in forest area as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.