Forest land — Share in Land area in Uganda
Uganda: Forest land — Share in Land area was 11.95 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Share in Land area in Uganda, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, forest land — share in land area in Uganda stood at 11.95 %. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.2% on the previous year and down 11.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Uganda peaked at 22.76 % in 1990 and was at its lowest, 11.95 %, in 2024.
That places Uganda 177th out of 231 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.18 % | 17.59 % | 22.76 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.89 % | 14.76 % | 17.02 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.45 % | 12.65 % | 14.46 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.23 % | 11.95 % | 12.51 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More environment data for Uganda
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 0.1 % (2024)
- Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 11.14 1000 ha (2024)
- Inland waters — Area 4,730 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 22.93 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 28.56 % (2024)
- Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 4,598 1000 ha (2024)
- Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 17.07 % (2024)
- Permanent crops — Area 2,748 1000 ha (2024)
- Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 54.37 % (2024)
- Arable land — Area 8,751 1000 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Uganda?
- Forest land — share in land area in Uganda was 11.95 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 22.76 % in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 11.95 % in 2024.
- How does Uganda rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Uganda ranks 177th out of 231 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.