Rwanda vs Uganda

Rwanda vs Uganda: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 26.1% in Rwanda and 12% in Uganda, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 14.1 percentage points, or 2.18 times that in Uganda.

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% of land · FAO

Rwanda vs Uganda: Forest areaForest area in 2024: 26.1% in Rwanda and 12% in Uganda, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Rwanda, by 14.1 percentage points, or 2.18 times that in Uganda.
RwandaUgandaWorld

What the numbers say

  • Rwanda has been higher since 2002, when it overtook Uganda.
  • In 2024, Rwanda ranked 116 and Uganda ranked 158 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearRwandaUgandaWorld
202426.112–
202325.512.131.1
202224.912.231.1
202124.312.431.2
202022.812.531.2
201922.212.731.2
201821.612.831.3
20172112.931.3
201620.413.131.3
201519.813.231.4
201419.213.531.4
201318.613.731.4
201218.11431.5
201117.514.231.9
201016.914.532
200916.814.832
200816.81532
200716.815.332.1
200616.815.532.1
200516.715.832.1
200416.71632.2
200316.716.332.3
200216.616.532.3
200116.616.832.3
200016.61732.4
199916.717.632.5
199816.818.232.5
199716.918.732.6
19961719.332.7
199517.219.932.7
199417.320.532.8
199317.42132.8
199217.521.633
199117.622.2–
199017.722.8–

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of land under trees at least 5 metres tall, natural or planted, leaving out orchards and city parks.
  • Source: FAO, via the World Bank.
  • Ranks count the 209 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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