Forest land area rose 1.25% to 18.5 '000 sq km in Uruguay in 2015, according to Faostat.
Historically, forest land area in Uruguay reached an all time high of 18.5 '000 sq km in 2015 and an all time low of 9.20 '000 sq km in 1990. When compared to Uruguay's main peers, forest land area in Argentina amounted to 271 '000 sq km, 4,935 '000 sq km in Brazil, 177 '000 sq km in Chile and 153 '000 sq km in Paraguay in 2015.
Uruguay has been ranked 109th within the group of 173 countries we follow in terms of forest land area, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Forest Land Area | Unit | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Argentina | '000 sq km | 296 | 286 | 283 | 280 | 277 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bolivia | '000 sq km | 575 | 562 | 559 | 556 | 553 | ||||||||||||||||
| Brazil | '000 sq km | 5,217 | 4,985 | 4,975 | 4,965 | 4,955 | ||||||||||||||||
| Chile | '000 sq km | 162 | 162 | 165 | 168 | 171 | ||||||||||||||||
| Paraguay | '000 sq km | 178 | 170 | 166 | 163 | 160 | ||||||||||||||||
| Peru | '000 sq km | 681 | 748 | 746 | 745 | 743 | ||||||||||||||||
| Uruguay | '000 sq km | 17.0 | 17.3 | 17.5 | 17.8 | 18.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Venezuela | '000 sq km | 466 | 475 | 473 | 472 | 470 |
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