Uganda - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Uganda was 23,379 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 35,755 in 1990 and a minimum value of 23,379 in 2020.

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 35,755
1991 35,342
1992 34,930
1993 34,517
1994 34,105
1995 33,692
1996 33,280
1997 32,867
1998 32,455
1999 32,042
2000 31,630
2001 31,217
2002 30,804
2003 30,392
2004 29,979
2005 29,567
2006 29,154
2007 28,742
2008 28,329
2009 27,917
2010 27,504
2011 27,092
2012 26,679
2013 26,267
2014 25,854
2015 25,442
2016 25,029
2017 24,617
2018 24,204
2019 23,792
2020 23,379

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Uganda was 11.66 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 17.89 in 1990, while its lowest value was 11.66 in 2020.

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 17.89
1991 17.69
1992 17.48
1993 17.27
1994 17.07
1995 16.86
1996 16.66
1997 16.45
1998 16.24
1999 16.04
2000 15.83
2001 15.62
2002 15.42
2003 15.21
2004 15.00
2005 14.80
2006 14.59
2007 14.38
2008 14.18
2009 13.97
2010 13.72
2011 13.51
2012 13.30
2013 13.10
2014 12.89
2015 12.69
2016 12.48
2017 12.28
2018 12.07
2019 11.86
2020 11.66

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use