Belgium vs Spain: Forest area

Forest area in 2024: 22% in Belgium and 38.2% in Spain, by FAO estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Spain, by 16.2 percentage points, or 1.74 times that in Belgium.

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% of land · FAO

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What the numbers say

Spain has been higher in every year both have figures for since 2000.
In 2024, Belgium ranked 127 and Spain ranked 86 of 209 countries, counting from the highest.

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Belgium	Spain	World
2024	22	38.2	–
2023	22	38.2	31.1
2022	22	38.1	31.1
2021	22	38	31.2
2020	22	38	31.2
2019	22.1	37.8	31.2
2018	22.2	37.7	31.3
2017	22.5	37.5	31.3
2016	22.6	37.4	31.3
2015	22.7	37.2	31.4
2014	22.7	37.1	31.4
2013	22.7	37.1	31.4
2012	22.7	37.1	31.5
2011	22.7	37.1	31.9
2010	22.7	37.1	32
2009	22.7	36.9	32
2008	22.6	36.6	32
2007	22.5	36.3	32.1
2006	22.5	36	32.1
2005	22.4	35.7	32.1
2004	22.3	35.4	32.2
2003	22.2	35.1	32.3
2002	22.2	34.8	32.3
2001	22.1	34.6	32.3
2000	22	34.3	32.4
1999	–	33.6	32.5
1998	–	33	32.5
1997	–	32.3	32.6
1996	–	31.7	32.7
1995	–	31	32.7
1994	–	30.4	32.8
1993	–	29.8	32.8
1992	–	29.1	33
1991	–	28.5	–
1990	–	27.8	–

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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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