Uruguay - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Uruguay was 20,310 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 20,310 in 2020 and a minimum value of 7,980 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 7,980
1991 8,551
1992 9,122
1993 9,693
1994 10,264
1995 10,835
1996 11,406
1997 11,977
1998 12,548
1999 13,119
2000 13,690
2001 14,052
2002 14,415
2003 14,777
2004 15,139
2005 15,502
2006 15,864
2007 16,226
2008 16,588
2009 16,951
2010 17,313
2011 17,690
2012 18,068
2013 18,445
2014 18,823
2015 19,200
2016 19,470
2017 19,680
2018 19,890
2019 20,100
2020 20,310

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Uruguay was 11.60 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 11.60 in 2020, while its lowest value was 4.56 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 4.56
1991 4.89
1992 5.21
1993 5.54
1994 5.86
1995 6.19
1996 6.52
1997 6.84
1998 7.17
1999 7.50
2000 7.82
2001 8.03
2002 8.24
2003 8.44
2004 8.65
2005 8.86
2006 9.06
2007 9.27
2008 9.48
2009 9.69
2010 9.89
2011 10.11
2012 10.32
2013 10.54
2014 10.75
2015 10.97
2016 11.12
2017 11.24
2018 11.36
2019 11.48
2020 11.60

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use