Forest area in Uruguay
Uruguay: Forest area was 2.02 million hectares in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest area in Uruguay, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest area in Uruguay is 2.02 million hectares, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Uruguay peaked at 2.02 million hectares in 2025 and was at its lowest, 879,440 hectares, in 1990.
Uruguay ranks 111th of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.09 million hectares | 879,440 hectares | 1.29 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.50 million hectares | 1.34 million hectares | 1.66 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.81 million hectares | 1.70 million hectares | 1.91 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.98 million hectares | 1.93 million hectares | 2.02 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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 forest area in Uruguay?
- Forest area in Uruguay was 2.02 million hectares 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 forest area recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.02 million hectares in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 879,440 hectares in 1990.
- How does Uruguay rank for forest area?
- Uruguay ranks 111th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.