Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uruguay
Uruguay: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,822 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uruguay, 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 Uruguay is 7,822 1000 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.
The figure is up 18.7% on the previous year and up 18.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uruguay peaked at 7,822 1000 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5,170 1000 ha, in 2011.
That places Uruguay 61st out of 223 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uruguay, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7,227 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 6,726 1000 ha | -6.9% |
| 2003 | 6,469 1000 ha | -3.8% |
| 2004 | 5,665 1000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2005 | 6,451 1000 ha | +13.9% |
| 2006 | 6,370 1000 ha | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 6,456 1000 ha | +1.4% |
| 2008 | 5,816 1000 ha | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 5,270 1000 ha | -9.4% |
| 2010 | 5,604 1000 ha | +6.3% |
| 2011 | 5,170 1000 ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 5,433 1000 ha | +5.1% |
| 2013 | 5,761 1000 ha | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 6,627 1000 ha | +15.0% |
| 2015 | 5,806 1000 ha | -12.4% |
| 2016 | 6,092 1000 ha | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 6,617 1000 ha | +8.6% |
| 2018 | 6,971 1000 ha | +5.4% |
| 2019 | 6,963 1000 ha | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 6,204 1000 ha | -10.9% |
| 2021 | 6,524 1000 ha | +5.2% |
| 2022 | 6,770 1000 ha | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 6,590 1000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2024 | 7,822 1000 ha | +18.7% |
Uruguay compared with similar countries
- Uruguay's 7,822 1000 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 456.91 1000 ha, 17.1× the median. (73 countries reporting)
- Uruguay's 7,822 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 4.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 6,272 1000 ha | 5,270 1000 ha | 7,227 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 6,104 1000 ha | 5,170 1000 ha | 6,971 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,782 1000 ha | 6,204 1000 ha | 7,822 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uruguay
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 modis in Uruguay?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Uruguay was 7,822 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 7,822 1000 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,170 1000 ha in 2011.
- How does Uruguay rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Uruguay ranks 61st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.0%. 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 MODIS. 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.