How does Uruguay rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?

Uruguay ranks 68th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.

Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Uruguay?

Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Uruguay data come from?

The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay

Name: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Uruguay: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded was 100.75 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

100.75 1000 ha

Change on year

up 26.1%

World rank

68th

of 240 countries

All-time high

227.87 1000 ha

in 2001

All-time low

68.85 1000 ha

in 2009

Years of data

2001–2024

Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay, 2001–2024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

In 2024, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay stood at 100.75 1000 ha.

That represents a change of up 26.1% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay peaked at 227.87 1000 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 68.85 1000 ha, in 2009.

That places Uruguay 68th out of 240 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
2000s	110.8 1000 ha	68.85 1000 ha	227.87 1000 ha	9
2010s	92.13 1000 ha	73.63 1000 ha	106.97 1000 ha	10
2020s	83.55 1000 ha	76.27 1000 ha	100.75 1000 ha	5

Countries ranked near Uruguay

65 Melanesia 108.28 1000 ha compare
66 Malawi 105.43 1000 ha compare
67 Pakistan 102.56 1000 ha compare
69 Niger 96.69 1000 ha compare
70 Guinea-Bissau 91.66 1000 ha compare
71 Papua New Guinea 90.05 1000 ha compare

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More environment data for Uruguay

Land area equipped for irrigation — Share in Cropland 13.88 % (2024)
Land area equipped for irrigation — Area 306.54 1000 ha (2024)
Inland waters — Area 119.9 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Land area 74.74 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Share in Agricultural land 85.56 % (2024)
Permanent meadows and pastures — Area 13,081 1000 ha (2024)
Permanent crops — Share in Agricultural land 0.26 % (2024)
Permanent crops — Area 39 1000 ha (2024)
Arable land — Share in Agricultural land 14.19 % (2024)
Arable land — Area 2,169 1000 ha (2024)

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Frequently asked questions

What is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay?: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded in Uruguay was 100.75 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Uruguay?: The highest recorded value was 227.87 1000 ha in 2001.
What is the lowest shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded recorded in Uruguay?: The lowest recorded value was 68.85 1000 ha in 2009.
How does Uruguay rank for shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded?: Uruguay ranks 68th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded rising or falling in Uruguay?: Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Uruguay data come from?: The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator: Shrubs and/or herbaceous vegetation, aquatic or regularly flooded — Area from MODIS
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
Last refreshed: 12 August 2026

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.