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 109th out of 241 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.

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uruguay

Name: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Uruguay
Creator: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)

Uruguay: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 2,199 1000 ha in 2022. ▲ Rising

Latest (2022)

2,199 1000 ha

Change on year

up 0.9%

World rank

109th

of 241 countries

All-time high

2,199 1000 ha

in 2022

All-time low

1,757 1000 ha

in 1998

Years of data

1992–2022

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 109th of 241 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.

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

106 Sierra Leone 2,233 1000 ha compare
107 Slovakia 2,226 1000 ha compare
108 China, Taiwan Province of 2,211 1000 ha compare
110 Lithuania 2,178 1000 ha compare
111 Guinea-Bissau 1,948 1000 ha compare
112 Sri Lanka 1,822 1000 ha compare

See the full ranking of 270 places →

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)

All data for Uruguay →

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 109th out of 241 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

Indicator: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit: 1000 ha
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage: 270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
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.