Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uruguay
Uruguay: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,199 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uruguay, 1992–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
In 2022, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uruguay stood at 2,199 1000 ha. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 6.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uruguay peaked at 2,199 1000 ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 1,757 1000 ha, in 1998.
Uruguay ranks 99th of 224 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,776 1000 ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,776 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1,776 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1,766 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,762 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 1,760 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,757 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 1,777 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 1,794 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 1,826 1000 ha | +1.8% |
| 2002 | 1,839 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,850 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,904 1000 ha | +2.9% |
| 2005 | 1,925 1000 ha | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 1,937 1000 ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 1,986 1000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,987 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,005 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 2,045 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 2,041 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 2,068 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 2,077 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 2,096 1000 ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 2,096 1000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 2,138 1000 ha | +2.0% |
| 2017 | 2,141 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 2,134 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 2,143 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 2,154 1000 ha | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 2,180 1000 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 2,199 1000 ha | +0.9% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 2,199 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 419.21 1000 ha, 5.2× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 2,199 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,692 1000 ha, 1.3× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,769 1000 ha | 1,757 1000 ha | 1,777 1000 ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,905 1000 ha | 1,794 1000 ha | 2,005 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,098 1000 ha | 2,041 1000 ha | 2,143 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,178 1000 ha | 2,154 1000 ha | 2,199 1000 ha | 3 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
- 96 Sierra Leone 2,233 1000 ha compare
- 97 Slovakia 2,226 1000 ha compare
- 98 China, Taiwan Province of 2,211 1000 ha compare
- 100 Lithuania 2,178 1000 ha compare
- 101 Guinea-Bissau 1,948 1000 ha compare
- 102 Sri Lanka 1,822 1000 ha compare
More environment data for Uruguay
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.58 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.3 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.385 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.622 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 3.64 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uruguay?
- Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Uruguay was 2,199 1000 ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2,199 1000 ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,757 1000 ha in 1998.
- How does Uruguay rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
- Uruguay ranks 99th out of 224 countries with data for 2022.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.3%. 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, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.