Which has higher tree cover loss, North Korea or Uruguay?

North Korea, at 9,517 hectares against 9,399 hectares in Uruguay as of 2025.

What is the difference in tree cover loss between North Korea and Uruguay?

118 hectares, with North Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Uruguay?

25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA), published as Tree Cover Loss (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

North Korea vs Uruguay: Tree Cover Loss

North Korea

9,517 hectares

in 2025

Uruguay

9,399 hectares

in 2025

North Korea rank

86th

Uruguay rank

88th

Tree Cover Loss over time

North Korea
Uruguay

How they compare

North Korea currently reports 9,517 hectares against 9,399 hectares in Uruguay, a difference of 118 hectares.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 25 shared years of data; in 2001 it was North Korea ahead.

North Korea ranks 86th and Uruguay ranks 88th of 190 countries.

Uruguay has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	North Korea	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
2000s	12,255 hectares	15,759 hectares	3,504 hectares	Uruguay
2010s	12,312 hectares	21,956 hectares	9,643 hectares	Uruguay
2020s	11,536 hectares	14,580 hectares	3,043 hectares	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher tree cover loss, North Korea or Uruguay?: North Korea, at 9,517 hectares against 9,399 hectares in Uruguay as of 2025.
What is the difference in tree cover loss between North Korea and Uruguay?: 118 hectares, with North Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for North Korea and Uruguay?: 25 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2025.
How do North Korea and Uruguay rank globally for tree cover loss?: North Korea ranks 86th and Uruguay ranks 88th of 190 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA), published as Tree Cover Loss (hectares). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Tree Cover Loss (hectares)
Unit: hectares
Source: Global Forest Watch. Tree Cover Loss (Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 190 places, 4,725 data points, 2001–2025
Last refreshed: 21 September 2026

Shows year-by-year tree cover loss, defined as stand level replacement of vegetation greater than 5 meters, within the selected area. The tree cover loss data set is a collaboration of the University of Maryland, Google, USGS, and NASA, and uses Landsat satellite images to map annual tree cover loss at a 30 × 30 meter resolution. Note that “tree cover loss” is not the same as “deforestation” – tree cover loss includes change in both natural and planted forest, and does not need to be human caused. The data from 2011 onward were produced with an updated methodology that may capture additional loss. Comparisons between the original 2001-2010 data and future years should be performed with caution.