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Uganda — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Uganda, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
11.04%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -38.3% since 1990
Forest area for Uganda was 11.04% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 17.89% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -1.45% per year.
Uganda ranks 161 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 75%. The median for Sub-Saharan Africa is 22.44%, so Uganda sits below it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 38% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 16%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
11.04%
First (1990)
17.89%
Change
-38.3%
Highest
17.89%
in 1990
Lowest
11.04%
in 2023
Average
14.47%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-1.45%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 11.04% |
| 2022 | 11.25% |
| 2021 | 11.45% |
| 2020 | 11.66% |
| 2019 | 11.86% |
| 2018 | 12.07% |
| 2017 | 12.28% |
| 2016 | 12.48% |
| 2015 | 12.69% |
| 2014 | 12.89% |
| 2013 | 13.1% |
| 2012 | 13.3% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.