Belgium

Forest area in Belgium

Forest area in Belgium: 22% in 2000 and 22% in 2024, by FAO estimates.

Latest, 2024
22%
Since 2000
−0 percentage points
Rank, 2024
127 of 209
counting from the highest
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% of land · FAO

Forest area in BelgiumForest area in Belgium: 22% in 2000 and 22% in 2024, by FAO estimates. The highest was 22.7% in 2010, the lowest 22% in 2020.
Estimates, FAOWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 22.7% in 2010, the lowest 22% in 2020.

Every year

% of land · FAO

YearBelgiumWorld
202422–
20232231.1
20222231.1
20212231.2
20202231.2
201922.131.2
201822.231.3
201722.531.3
201622.631.3
201522.731.4
201422.731.4
201322.731.4
201222.731.5
201122.731.9
201022.732
200922.732
200822.632
200722.532.1
200622.532.1
200522.432.1
200422.332.2
200322.232.3
200222.232.3
200122.132.3
20002232.4
1999–32.5
1998–32.5
1997–32.6
1996–32.7
1995–32.7
1994–32.8
1993–32.8
1992–33

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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