Forest area in Belarus

Forest area in Belarus: 38.8% in 1992 and 44.1% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024: 44.1%
Since 1992: +5.3 percentage points
Rank, 2024: 69 of 209; counting from the highest

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% of land · FAO

Estimates, FAOWorld

Every year

% of land · FAO

Year	Belarus	World
2024	44.1	–
2023	44	31.1
2022	43.8	31.1
2021	43.7	31.2
2020	43.6	31.2
2019	43.4	31.2
2018	43.2	31.3
2017	43	31.3
2016	42.7	31.3
2015	42.5	31.4
2014	42.5	31.4
2013	42.5	31.4
2012	42.5	31.5
2011	42.5	31.9
2010	42.5	32
2009	42.4	32
2008	42.2	32
2007	42	32.1
2006	41.8	32.1
2005	41.7	32.1
2004	41.5	32.2
2003	41.3	32.3
2002	41.1	32.3
2001	41	32.3
2000	40.8	32.4
1999	40.5	32.5
1998	40.3	32.5
1997	40.1	32.6
1996	39.8	32.7
1995	39.6	32.7
1994	39.3	32.8
1993	39.1	32.8
1992	38.8	33

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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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