Share of global forest area in Uganda
Uganda: Share of global forest area was 0.1% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Share of global forest area in Uganda, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 0.1% for share of global forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 1.1% on the previous year and down 9.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global forest area in Uganda peaked at 0.1% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 2025.
Uganda ranks 102nd of 235 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 99 Estonia 0.1% compare
- 100 Sierra Leone 0.1% compare
- 101 Equatorial Guinea 0.1% compare
- 103 Turkmenistan 0.1% compare
- 104 Dominican Republic 0.1% compare
- 105 Lithuania 0.1% 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 share of global forest area in Uganda?
- Share of global forest area in Uganda was 0.1% 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 share of global forest area recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global forest area recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 2025.
- How does Uganda rank for share of global forest area?
- Uganda ranks 102nd out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is share of global forest area rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.7%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of global forest area represents the proportion of a country's forest area relative to the total global forest area.