Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uganda
Uganda: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 9,555 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uganda, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uganda is 9,555 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and down 5.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uganda peaked at 10,485 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 9,314 1000 ha, in 2023.
That places Uganda 55th out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uganda, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10,229 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 10,334 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 10,438 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2004 | 10,256 1000 ha | -1.7% |
| 2005 | 10,111 1000 ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 10,151 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 10,485 1000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 10,374 1000 ha | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 9,861 1000 ha | -5.0% |
| 2010 | 9,989 1000 ha | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 10,086 1000 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 10,114 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 10,099 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 10,053 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 9,922 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 9,508 1000 ha | -4.2% |
| 2017 | 9,475 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 9,485 1000 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 9,811 1000 ha | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 10,088 1000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 9,793 1000 ha | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 9,500 1000 ha | -3.0% |
| 2023 | 9,314 1000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 9,555 1000 ha | +2.6% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 9,555 1000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 1,595 1000 ha, 6.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 9,555 1000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 2,469 1000 ha, 3.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,249 1000 ha | 9,861 1000 ha | 10,485 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 9,854 1000 ha | 9,475 1000 ha | 10,114 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 9,650 1000 ha | 9,314 1000 ha | 10,088 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
More environment data for Uganda
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -11.7 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -12.54 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.255 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.23 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 1.23 % 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 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uganda?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uganda was 9,555 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 10,485 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,314 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Uganda rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Uganda ranks 55th out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.0%. 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 Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 24 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.