Deforestation statistics for Uruguay

Uruguay: Demographic data

Population (2022)	3,473,730
Annual population growth rate (2022)	0.40%
Population density (people/sq km)	20
Net migration	-3,000
Fertility rate	2
Median age	36
Urban population share	96%

Uruguay: Land cover and land use change data

Land area (sq km): 175,020

Tree cover (30%)
Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 1,697,318
Tree cover extent as % of land area: 9.7%

Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 373,556
Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 22.0%

Uruguay: Annual forest and tree cover data

Uruguay: Tree cover loss by year

30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares

Year: Hectares
2001: 7,647
2002: 6,870
2003: 10,611
2004: 15,126
2005: 15,919
2006: 21,029
2007: 21,530
2008: 23,597
2009: 19,280
2010: 17,826
2011: 28,001
2012: 31,387
2013: 19,263
2014: 25,643
2015: 17,548
2016: 23,688
2017: 21,859
2018: 19,528
2019: 14,519
2020: 12,682

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)

Sub-national admin area 1	Tree cover extent (2001) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Artigas	81,174	367	438	977	104	1,887	2.3%
Montevideo	3,946	154	196	68	164	582	14.7%
Paysandú	167,477	6,834	13,073	18,973	12,039	50,918	30.4%
Río Negro	128,894	16,037	20,532	16,255	9,994	62,818	48.7%
Rivera	143,711	3,263	7,032	15,039	15,466	40,799	28.4%
Rocha	117,523	2,303	1,888	5,952	5,433	15,576	13.3%
Salto	86,578	611	786	997	389	2,783	3.2%
San José	30,914	757	1,176	925	1,443	4,301	13.9%
Soriano	79,817	5,346	7,465	5,650	3,714	22,176	27.8%
Tacuarembó	196,987	2,811	15,352	17,039	6,963	42,165	21.4%
Treinta y Tres	67,774	324	589	2,195	640	3,748	5.5%
Canelones	47,735	2,145	2,223	1,929	5,244	11,541	24.2%
Cerro Largo	123,899	639	4,389	7,400	2,884	15,312	12.4%
Colonia	46,884	1,551	2,418	3,277	2,301	9,547	20.4%
Durazno	66,431	2,461	6,627	7,686	6,592	23,366	35.2%
Flores	16,260	406	558	587	515	2,066	12.7%
Florida	56,649	1,973	4,493	5,326	2,742	14,534	25.7%
Lavalleja	133,267	5,173	11,083	6,860	10,087	33,203	24.9%
Maldonado	101,402	3,019	2,944	4,708	5,563	16,234	16.0%

Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)

Sub-national admin area 1	Admin area 2	Tree cover extent (2000) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha	Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha	Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha	Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha	Tree cover loss (2001-20) %
Maldonado	n.a523	15,285	493	669	1,100	930	3,192	20.9%
Artigas	n.a3	6,095	27	56	169	16	268	4.4%
Artigas	n.a4	13,298	60	61	281	9	411	3.1%
Artigas	n.a5	2,863	31	39	74	8	152	5.3%
Artigas	n.a6	8,128	42	40	60	32	174	2.1%
Artigas	n.a7	10,144	31	44	30	8	114	1.1%
Artigas	n.a8	7,943	103	81	161	22	367	4.6%
Artigas	n.a9	18,785	58	81	51	5	195	1.0%
Montevideo	n.a354	3,946	154	196	68	164	582	14.7%
Paysandú	n.a26	22,359	298	401	1,838	960	3,497	15.6%
Paysandú	n.a49	38,304	2,707	3,897	7,176	4,384	18,164	47.4%
Paysandú	n.a50	10,426	262	1,472	989	1,216	3,938	37.8%
Paysandú	n.a56	6,216	83	358	297	67	806	13.0%
Paysandú	n.a31	5,950	103	43	198	9	352	5.9%
Paysandú	n.a35	3,204	77	149	457	10	693	21.6%
Paysandú	n.a37	10,177	89	502	502	55	1,147	11.3%
Paysandú	n.a39	22,906	1,049	831	2,455	2,143	6,478	28.3%
Paysandú	n.a40	1,767	50	42	232	0	325	18.4%
Paysandú	n.a41	17,272	995	1,385	2,436	2,235	7,051	40.8%
Paysandú	n.a45	9,201	411	1,183	724	397	2,715	29.5%
Paysandú	n.a48	19,695	709	2,810	1,668	563	5,750	29.2%
Río Negro	n.a58	12,804	1,399	3,505	1,047	2,550	8,502	66.4%
Río Negro	n.a76	29,358	8,033	4,537	2,769	1,135	16,474	56.1%
Río Negro	n.a84	5,820	149	844	341	276	1,610	27.7%
Río Negro	n.a99	9,507	239	302	452	225	1,218	12.8%
Río Negro	n.a59	1,858	120	228	199	60	607	32.7%
Río Negro	n.a60	20,837	3,575	3,875	5,148	1,765	14,364	68.9%
Río Negro	n.a64	7,147	774	1,841	1,479	995	5,089	71.2%
Río Negro	n.a69	6,429	29	232	273	30	565	8.8%
Río Negro	n.a70	8,604	101	550	296	129	1,077	12.5%
Río Negro	n.a73	11,096	638	2,618	1,431	496	5,183	46.7%
Río Negro	n.a74	9,481	278	1,179	497	1,624	3,578	37.7%
Río Negro	n.a75	5,954	701	820	2,322	710	4,553	76.5%
Rivera	n.a12	8,500	171	186	507	276	1,140	13.4%
Rivera	n.a15	35,473	1,434	2,186	4,761	7,395	15,777	44.5%
Rivera	n.a16	48,456	925	2,553	5,899	5,926	15,304	31.6%
Rivera	n.a17	16,900	384	1,516	3,610	1,505	7,015	41.5%
Rivera	n.a22	14,158	106	219	88	19	432	3.1%
Rivera	n.a23	3,821	21	45	19	30	115	3.0%
Rivera	n.a25	5,868	125	147	84	302	658	11.2%
Rivera	n.a28	10,534	96	179	71	13	359	3.4%
Rocha	n.a103	20,639	148	84	84	81	397	1.9%
Rocha	n.a521	8,085	205	200	491	570	1,466	18.1%
Rocha	n.a128	10,201	137	183	68	98	487	4.8%
Rocha	n.a289	12,384	984	334	696	647	2,661	21.5%
Rocha	n.a291	20,459	234	286	241	916	1,677	8.2%
Rocha	n.a294	10,630	249	251	1,771	1,024	3,295	31.0%
Rocha	n.a308	10,152	12	42	1,075	444	1,573	15.5%
Rocha	n.a317	9,680	108	103	382	475	1,068	11.0%
Rocha	n.a320	10,936	84	118	915	925	2,044	18.7%
Rocha	n.a328	4,358	142	287	228	254	910	20.9%
Salto	n.a11	4,259	8	45	128	72	253	5.9%
Salto	n.a27	4,643	20	21	34	7	82	1.8%
Salto	n.a13	10,456	20	22	76	5	122	1.2%
Salto	n.a14	7,884	62	47	20	1	130	1.6%
Salto	n.a150	8,618	123	189	169	91	573	6.6%
Salto	n.a151	12,823	160	278	262	192	892	7.0%
Salto	n.a18	14,937	33	25	35	2	95	0.6%
Salto	n.a19	7,060	56	52	65	7	181	2.6%
Salto	n.a21	12,303	91	52	182	10	336	2.7%
Salto	n.a250	3,595	39	54	26	0	119	3.3%
San José	n.a142	3,875	89	49	66	114	318	8.2%
San José	n.a153	1,835	176	88	90	120	474	25.8%
San José	n.a154	9,945	147	505	311	494	1,458	14.7%
San José	n.a159	1,800	21	25	28	125	199	11.1%
San José	n.a167	2,005	11	20	27	15	73	3.6%
San José	n.a312	4,027	85	103	108	141	437	10.9%
San José	n.a336	7,427	228	386	296	433	1,343	18.1%
Soriano	n.a105	7,278	1,175	1,097	327	965	3,565	49.0%
Soriano	n.a129	4,148	448	548	530	216	1,743	42.0%
Soriano	n.a136	3,202	177	29	482	192	880	27.5%
Soriano	n.a90	7,895	602	725	1,763	574	3,665	46.4%
Soriano	n.a96	7,517	942	2,094	261	175	3,472	46.2%
Soriano	n.a98	11,364	112	306	379	242	1,040	9.2%
Soriano	n.a107	2,211	40	46	200	16	302	13.7%
Soriano	n.a111	8,845	82	588	419	141	1,229	13.9%
Soriano	n.a112	6,930	828	1,172	698	643	3,341	48.2%
Soriano	n.a120	6,304	600	312	104	309	1,325	21.0%
Soriano	n.a122	845	19	12	23	23	77	9.1%
Soriano	n.a123	4,759	127	159	116	37	439	9.2%
Soriano	n.a125	5,841	94	178	290	87	650	11.1%
Soriano	n.a126	2,678	100	199	58	92	449	16.8%
Tacuarembó	n.a20	32,443	59	289	99	556	1,002	3.1%
Tacuarembó	n.a43	3,645	26	44	137	16	224	6.1%
Tacuarembó	n.a44	17,339	216	1,181	3,168	292	4,856	28.0%
Tacuarembó	n.a51	15,813	88	944	1,921	122	3,077	19.5%
Tacuarembó	n.a53	1,131	43	28	199	3	273	24.1%
Tacuarembó	n.a68	1,556	21	28	131	14	194	12.5%
Tacuarembó	n.a24	17,783	332	574	407	274	1,587	8.9%
Tacuarembó	n.a29	5,098	48	48	33	165	294	5.8%
Tacuarembó	n.a30	25,057	368	2,825	2,851	2,236	8,280	33.0%
Tacuarembó	n.a32	1,805	36	88	46	36	206	11.4%
Tacuarembó	n.a33	10,268	79	347	347	481	1,254	12.2%
Tacuarembó	n.a36	37,115	1,272	8,050	7,096	2,484	18,903	50.9%
Tacuarembó	n.a38	22,009	164	483	217	112	975	4.4%
Tacuarembó	n.a42	5,924	59	421	389	173	1,041	17.6%
Treinta y Tres	n.a1	6,645	71	41	39	182	333	5.0%
Treinta y Tres	n.a91	7,695	23	199	195	120	538	7.0%
Treinta y Tres	n.a104	11,373	49	52	73	90	263	2.3%
Treinta y Tres	n.a108	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%
Treinta y Tres	n.a78	15,142	38	18	527	37	621	4.1%
Treinta y Tres	n.a82	6,389	9	39	146	13	207	3.2%
Treinta y Tres	n.a83	4,178	9	46	89	51	195	4.7%
Treinta y Tres	n.a86	4,328	11	15	900	13	938	21.7%
Treinta y Tres	n.a87	7,208	52	31	133	107	323	4.5%
Treinta y Tres	n.a88	4,816	62	148	94	27	330	6.9%
Canelones	n.a162	3,132	75	60	89	82	306	9.8%
Canelones	n.a338	3,590	87	127	132	117	463	12.9%
Canelones	n.a340	2,064	86	74	90	145	395	19.1%
Canelones	n.a342	9,344	906	926	818	1,414	4,064	43.5%
Canelones	n.a343	4,143	253	219	167	1,006	1,646	39.7%
Canelones	n.a344	1,915	46	69	25	61	201	10.5%
Canelones	n.a346	215	2	8	4	3	18	8.4%
Canelones	n.a347	450	5	6	4	9	25	5.6%
Canelones	n.a348	2,349	196	197	100	123	616	26.2%
Canelones	n.a349	1,359	26	50	23	48	148	10.9%
Canelones	n.a165	2,304	28	22	73	12	136	5.9%
Canelones	n.a171	2,590	29	12	11	5	57	2.2%
Canelones	n.a172	1,317	10	11	21	36	78	5.9%
Canelones	n.a175	2,775	200	253	149	814	1,416	51.0%
Canelones	n.a181	2,832	101	75	87	1,293	1,555	54.9%
Canelones	n.a182	2,549	52	48	40	22	162	6.4%
Canelones	n.a183	848	23	22	47	18	110	13.0%
Canelones	n.a324	3,960	19	44	49	35	146	3.7%
Cerro Largo	n.a34	18,042	47	180	122	33	383	2.1%
Cerro Largo	n.a65	25,706	101	2,189	5,337	1,993	9,619	37.4%
Cerro Largo	n.a66	2,296	33	32	37	23	124	5.4%
Cerro Largo	n.a67	14,822	68	116	166	278	628	4.2%
Cerro Largo	n.a46	4,744	27	46	44	15	132	2.8%
Cerro Largo	n.a47	13,710	44	119	84	17	264	1.9%
Cerro Largo	n.a52	3,505	45	70	102	71	288	8.2%
Cerro Largo	n.a54	9,265	14	18	29	37	98	1.1%
Cerro Largo	n.a55	1,431	20	78	76	7	181	12.6%
Cerro Largo	n.a57	7,519	105	146	145	93	489	6.5%
Cerro Largo	n.a61	13,155	112	1,346	755	290	2,503	19.0%
Cerro Largo	n.a62	9,703	23	49	504	26	603	6.2%
Colonia	n.a139	2,089	19	57	84	28	188	9.0%
Colonia	n.a382	2,303	65	79	177	72	393	17.1%
Colonia	n.a461	5,709	73	370	510	109	1,062	18.6%
Colonia	n.a528	1,755	78	66	57	58	258	14.7%
Colonia	n.a531	1,081	19	108	106	36	269	24.9%
Colonia	n.a540	2,651	39	109	72	87	307	11.6%
Colonia	n.a145	2,324	182	133	227	282	824	35.5%
Colonia	n.a146	3,121	183	93	482	199	957	30.7%
Colonia	n.a152	6,906	622	781	708	663	2,774	40.2%
Colonia	n.a197	1,073	23	33	14	28	98	9.1%
Colonia	n.a310	5,111	115	303	242	406	1,067	20.9%
Colonia	n.a314	3,078	15	35	56	106	212	6.9%
Colonia	n.a315	1,901	9	19	41	50	119	6.3%
Colonia	n.a356	7,783	110	233	501	176	1,019	13.1%
Durazno	n.a114	2,976	102	23	102	48	275	9.2%
Durazno	n.a92	6,991	377	1,087	1,708	1,165	4,337	62.0%
Durazno	n.a93	1,366	31	135	23	413	602	44.1%
Durazno	n.a95	3,747	134	428	200	556	1,318	35.2%
Durazno	n.a97	5,448	343	1,171	695	935	3,143	57.7%
Durazno	n.a63	15,189	148	457	1,104	775	2,485	16.4%
Durazno	n.a71	7,396	110	667	799	462	2,038	27.6%
Durazno	n.a72	4,738	412	289	960	250	1,911	40.3%
Durazno	n.a79	3,075	146	247	41	149	583	19.0%
Durazno	n.a80	3,811	229	935	64	408	1,636	42.9%
Durazno	n.a81	2,171	8	4	35	196	243	11.2%
Durazno	n.a85	2,226	24	216	121	161	522	23.5%
Durazno	n.a89	7,296	397	968	1,834	1,073	4,273	58.6%
Flores	n.a100	4,635	167	282	346	264	1,058	22.8%
Flores	n.a102	2,353	108	96	134	128	466	19.8%
Flores	n.a106	5,077	17	41	33	44	135	2.7%
Flores	n.a118	383	3	14	10	26	54	14.1%
Flores	n.a124	2,143	69	46	31	30	176	8.2%
Flores	n.a130	1,669	42	78	34	23	176	10.5%
Florida	n.a101	4,874	132	269	201	285	887	18.2%
Florida	n.a141	1,128	18	21	11	36	85	7.5%
Florida	n.a147	758	25	9	12	20	67	8.8%
Florida	n.a149	7,343	90	95	93	82	359	4.9%
Florida	n.a169	617	4	7	7	8	25	4.1%
Florida	n.a113	4,884	78	71	431	204	784	16.1%
Florida	n.a116	8,772	217	314	594	240	1,365	15.6%
Florida	n.a117	4,230	40	16	104	44	203	4.8%
Florida	n.a119	2,867	124	510	60	376	1,069	37.3%
Florida	n.a131	14,874	996	2,965	3,578	1,292	8,832	59.4%
Florida	n.a132	1,281	7	49	14	12	82	6.4%
Florida	n.a135	1,936	53	36	52	24	166	8.6%
Florida	n.a140	3,086	188	132	169	120	609	19.7%
Lavalleja	n.a109	9,691	60	1,042	76	719	1,897	19.6%
Lavalleja	n.a157	14,712	325	679	830	781	2,615	17.8%
Lavalleja	n.a161	15,353	867	1,133	1,153	1,109	4,262	27.8%
Lavalleja	n.a166	2,514	101	83	187	109	479	19.1%
Lavalleja	n.a179	12,034	858	721	708	784	3,071	25.5%
Lavalleja	n.a110	7,640	238	372	375	422	1,407	18.4%
Lavalleja	n.a115	4,571	30	144	116	34	324	7.1%
Lavalleja	n.a121	10,391	734	1,567	554	605	3,460	33.3%
Lavalleja	n.a133	5,914	60	516	769	138	1,483	25.1%
Lavalleja	n.a137	18,952	211	459	309	384	1,363	7.2%
Lavalleja	n.a138	18,330	546	1,582	908	3,085	6,121	33.4%
Lavalleja	n.a144	7,235	531	1,421	462	1,007	3,420	47.3%
Lavalleja	n.a156	5,931	613	1,365	414	908	3,300	55.6%
Maldonado	n.a307	13,236	23	161	122	257	562	4.2%
Maldonado	n.a321	16,171	147	142	405	1,218	1,912	11.8%
Maldonado	n.a332	17,578	571	533	1,004	645	2,753	15.7%
Maldonado	n.a337	11,764	351	334	380	574	1,639	13.9%
Maldonado	n.a339	18,565	914	727	1,137	1,426	4,203	22.6%
Maldonado	n.a341	2,005	158	62	54	184	458	22.8%
Maldonado	n.a345	3,609	267	161	337	226	991	27.5%
Maldonado	n.a351	3,189	95	157	169	104	524	16.4%
Artigas	n.a2	13,919	15	36	150	4	205	1.5%

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2019 forest data for Uruguay | Archived forest data for Uruguay | Forest data for Uruguay

Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.

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