South Sudan vs Uganda: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 11.3% in South Sudan and 12% in Uganda, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Uganda, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.05 times that in South Sudan.

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% of land · FAO

South SudanUgandaWorld

What the numbers say

Uganda has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2012.
In 2024, South Sudan ranked 162 and Uganda ranked 158 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	South Sudan	Uganda	World
2024	11.3	12	–
2023	11.3	12.1	31.1
2022	11.3	12.2	31.1
2021	11.3	12.4	31.2
2020	11.3	12.5	31.2
2019	11.3	12.7	31.2
2018	11.3	12.8	31.3
2017	11.3	12.9	31.3
2016	11.3	13.1	31.3
2015	11.3	13.2	31.4
2014	11.3	13.5	31.4
2013	11.3	13.7	31.4
2012	11.3	14	31.5
2011	–	14.2	31.9
2010	–	14.5	32
2009	–	14.8	32
2008	–	15	32
2007	–	15.3	32.1
2006	–	15.5	32.1
2005	–	15.8	32.1
2004	–	16	32.2
2003	–	16.3	32.3
2002	–	16.5	32.3
2001	–	16.8	32.3
2000	–	17	32.4
1999	–	17.6	32.5
1998	–	18.2	32.5
1997	–	18.7	32.6
1996	–	19.3	32.7
1995	–	19.9	32.7
1994	–	20.5	32.8
1993	–	21	32.8
1992	–	21.6	33
1991	–	22.2	–
1990	–	22.8	–

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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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South Sudan vs Uganda: Forest area

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