Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uruguay

Uruguay: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 7,822 1000 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
7,822 1000 ha
Change on year
up 18.7%
World rank
70th
of 240 countries
All-time high
7,822 1000 ha
in 2024
All-time low
5,170 1000 ha
in 2011
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Uruguay, 2001–2024

02.0k4.0k6.0k8.0k2001201220242001: 7.2k 1000 ha2002: 6.7k 1000 ha2003: 6.5k 1000 ha2004: 5.7k 1000 ha2005: 6.5k 1000 ha2006: 6.4k 1000 ha2007: 6.5k 1000 ha2008: 5.8k 1000 ha2009: 5.3k 1000 ha2010: 5.6k 1000 ha2011: 5.2k 1000 ha2012: 5.4k 1000 ha2013: 5.8k 1000 ha2014: 6.6k 1000 ha2015: 5.8k 1000 ha2016: 6.1k 1000 ha2017: 6.6k 1000 ha2018: 7.0k 1000 ha2019: 7.0k 1000 ha2020: 6.2k 1000 ha2021: 6.5k 1000 ha2022: 6.8k 1000 ha2023: 6.6k 1000 ha2024: 7.8k 1000 ha

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 70th out of 240 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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

  1. 67 Nepal 8,473 1000 ha compare
  2. 68 French Guiana 8,184 1000 ha compare
  3. 69 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 7,856 1000 ha compare
  4. 71 Cuba 7,543 1000 ha compare
  5. 72 Mongolia 7,232 1000 ha compare
  6. 73 Greece 7,007 1000 ha compare

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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 70th out of 240 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

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — 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

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.