Deforestation statistics for Uruguay

Tree cover loss data for Uruguay

"Tree cover threshold" is used for defining the tree cover area. For example, 75% includes only areas with more than 75% tree cover, whereas 10% includes all areas with more than 10% tree cover. 75% tree cover reflects a dense canopy.

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% land area	Tree cover loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% tree cover loss since 2000	Avg tree cover loss/year (ha)	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
10	17790210	1880515	10.60%	2544505	14.30%	2348279	13.20%	357064	19.00%	19837	16084	24528
15	17790210	1837596	10.30%	2485230	14.00%	2291340	12.90%	354477	19.30%	19693	16059	24236
20	17790210	1781458	10.00%	2364610	13.30%	2173525	12.20%	351405	19.70%	19523	16032	23886
25	17790210	1749231	9.80%	2257935	12.70%	2068562	11.60%	349559	20.00%	19420	16019	23672
30	17790210	1701754	9.60%	2124685	11.90%	1937370	10.90%	347153	20.40%	19286	15984	23414
50	17790210	1391656	7.80%	1608692	9.00%	1438364	8.10%	324090	23.30%	18005	15376	21291
75	17790210	854406	4.80%	1109550	6.20%	995292	5.60%	244412	28.60%	13578	13015	14282

Biomass and land use carbon emissions data for Uruguay

Tree cover threshold (%)	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Biomass loss 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg biomass loss/year (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year (Mt)
10	17790210	1880515	2544505	270428240	33151826	1841768	60778395	3376578
15	17790210	1837596	2485230	267558881	33057744	1836541	60605928	3366996
20	17790210	1781458	2364610	263549520	32935823	1829768	60382417	3354579
25	17790210	1749231	2257935	261095974	32857795	1825433	60239380	3346632
30	17790210	1701754	2124685	257353798	32754908	1819717	60050771	3336154
50	17790210	1391656	1608692	228665360	31562795	1753489	57865136	3214730
75	17790210	854406	1109550	156233652	25462701	1414595	46681648	2593425

Tree cover data for subnational administrative areas in Uruguay

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2018 (ha)	% cover in 2018	Loss 2001-2018 (ha)	% loss since 2000	Avg loss/year since 2000 (ha)	Loss 2001-2010 (ha)	loss between 2000-2010	Avg loss/year 2001-2010 (ha)	Loss 2011-2018 (ha)	loss between 2011-2018	Avg loss/year 2011-2018 (ha)
Artigas	962288	81670	80316	79270	8%	1856	2%	103	810	1%	81	1046	1%	131
Canelones	487190	47868	61125	54805	11%	10705	22%	595	4385	9%	439	6320	10%	790
Cerro Largo	1321637	124190	153745	144082	11%	14700	12%	817	5037	4%	504	9663	6%	1,208
Colonia	638239	47030	54203	49498	8%	8687	18%	483	3982	8%	398	4705	9%	588
Durazno	1243503	66560	78741	66656	5%	21197	32%	1,178	9112	14%	911	12085	15%	1,511
Flores	516647	16308	21643	20744	4%	1864	11%	104	965	6%	97	899	4%	112
Florida	1075454	56784	61260	54203	5%	13544	24%	752	6487	11%	649	7057	12%	882
Lavalleja	1154702	133559	136561	123249	11%	29599	22%	1,644	16287	12%	1,629	13312	10%	1,664
Maldonado	509497	101670	117218	108009	21%	15185	15%	844	5976	6%	598	9209	8%	1,151
Montevideo	47694	3954	5355	5191	11%	514	13%	29	350	9%	35	164	3%	21
Paysandú	1337776	167896	201293	172792	13%	48469	29%	2,693	19968	12%	1,997	28501	14%	3,563
Rivera	981549	144067	218810	193742	20%	35378	25%	1,965	10310	7%	1,031	25068	11%	3,134
Rocha	1091104	117729	171680	162160	15%	13715	12%	762	4195	4%	420	9520	6%	1,190
Río Negro	883671	129233	178846	155019	18%	60495	47%	3,361	36668	28%	3,667	23827	13%	2,978
Salto	1588415	86775	82154	80908	5%	2647	3%	147	1401	2%	140	1246	2%	156
San José	548187	31007	44599	42583	8%	3956	13%	220	1940	6%	194	2016	5%	252
Soriano	884323	80051	106689	98347	11%	21205	26%	1,178	12863	16%	1,286	8342	8%	1,043
Tacuarembó	1570706	197435	254044	232345	15%	39884	20%	2,216	18185	9%	1,819	21699	9%	2,712
Treinta y Tres	947628	67968	96403	93767	10%	3553	5%	197	917	1%	92	2636	3%	330
Saint Croix	22450	10273	10365	9240	41%	1529	15%	85	404	4%	40	1125	11%	141
Saint John	5456	4129	4039	3946	72%	113	3%	6	20	0%	2	93	2%	12
Saint Thomas	9301	4759	4403	4317	46%	143	3%	8	57	1%	6	86	2%	11

Carbon dioxide emissions data for subnational administrative areas in Uruguay

"This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg carbon emissions/year 2011-18 (Mt)
Artigas	962288	81670	80316	12164753	308936	17163	13902	21239
Canelones	487190	47868	61125	6984198	1779260	98848	79356	123213
Cerro Largo	1321637	124190	153745	17956609	2472638	137369	92884	192975
Colonia	638239	47030	54203	6681019	1382926	76829	65258	91293
Durazno	1243503	66560	78741	9924796	3661887	203438	172236	242441
Flores	516647	16308	21643	2403337	314144	17452	17495	17400
Florida	1075454	56784	61260	8396200	2186814	121490	112584	132622
Lavalleja	1154702	133559	136561	20147485	4912199	272900	292284	248670
Maldonado	509497	101670	117218	16278983	2589319	143851	111671	184076
Montevideo	47694	3954	5355	537205	83130	4618	5738	3219
Paysandú	1337776	167896	201293	25287570	8269081	459393	367831	573847
Rivera	981549	144067	218810	22921032	6716118	373118	216106	569382
Rocha	1091104	117729	171680	17631586	2222053	123447	74670	184419
Río Negro	883671	129233	178846	20220417	10878693	604372	705475	477994
Salto	1588415	86775	82154	13102127	436578	24254	23490	25210
San José	548187	31007	44599	4494690	627035	34835	32200	38130
Soriano	884323	80051	106689	11850126	3546367	197020	228152	158106
Tacuarembó	1570706	197435	254044	30339098	7104507	394695	335433	468773
Treinta y Tres	947628	67968	96403	10032567	559086	31060	15776	50166
Saint Croix	22450	10273	10365	2842558	500014	27779	11494	48135
Saint John	5456	4129	4039	1328367	40957	2275	620	4345
Saint Thomas	9301	4759	4403	1246293	41842	2325	1741	3054

Biomass data for subnational administrative areas in Uruguay

This data is based on a definition of 30% tree cover. Areas with less than 30% canopy cover are excluded.

Administrative area	Total area (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2000 (ha)	Tree cover Extent in 2010 (ha)	Carbon biomass (Mt)	Avg biomass per ha (Mt)	Carbon emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-18 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2001-10 (Mt)	Avg annual emissions 2011-18 (Mt)
Artigas	962288	81670	80316	6635321	81	168512	9362	7583	11586
Canelones	487190	47868	61125	3809564	80	970500	53917	43284	67207
Cerro Largo	1321637	124190	153745	9794515	79	1348710	74928	50664	105259
Colonia	638239	47030	54203	3644193	77	754316	41906	35595	49796
Durazno	1243503	66560	78741	5413525	81	1997392	110966	93947	132241
Flores	516647	16308	21643	1310911	81	171348	9519	9543	9490
Florida	1075454	56784	61260	4579743	80	1192803	66267	61409	72339
Lavalleja	1154702	133559	136561	10989536	82	2679385	148855	159427	135639
Maldonado	509497	101670	117218	8879445	87	1412359	78464	60912	100405
Montevideo	47694	3954	5355	293021	74	45344	2519	3130	1756
Paysandú	1337776	167896	201293	13793218	82	4510390	250577	200634	313006
Rivera	981549	144067	218810	12502381	87	3663338	203519	117876	310573
Rocha	1091104	117729	171680	9617228	82	1212029	67335	40729	100592
Río Negro	883671	129233	178846	11029318	85	5933824	329657	384803	260724
Salto	1588415	86775	82154	7146614	82	238128	13229	12813	13750
San José	548187	31007	44599	2451650	79	342019	19001	17563	20798
Soriano	884323	80051	106689	6463705	81	1934380	107466	124447	86239
Tacuarembó	1570706	197435	254044	16548597	84	3875182	215288	182963	255694
Treinta y Tres	947628	67968	96403	5472311	80	304949	16942	8604	27364
Saint Croix	22450	10273	10365	1550487	151	272737	15152	6269	26256
Saint John	5456	4129	4039	724564	176	22338	1241	338	2370
Saint Thomas	9301	4759	4403	679797	143	22822	1268	950	1666

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.

Citation: Mongabay. "Deforestation statistics for [selected country name]". Accessed on [date] from worldrainforests.com.

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