What is the difference in above-ground forest biomass between Belgium and Poland?

3.64 tonnes per hectare, with Belgium ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Poland?

10 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Above-ground forest biomass. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belgium vs Poland: Above-ground forest biomass

Belgium

167.53 tonnes per hectare

in 2025

Poland

163.89 tonnes per hectare

in 2025

Belgium rank

58th

Poland rank

59th

Above-ground forest biomass over time

Belgium
Poland

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 167.53 tonnes per hectare against 163.89 tonnes per hectare in Poland, a difference of 3.64 tonnes per hectare.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 58th and Poland ranks 59th of 215 countries.

Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belgium	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	118.98 tonnes per hectare	93.25 tonnes per hectare	25.73 tonnes per hectare	Belgium
2000s	148.48 tonnes per hectare	106.87 tonnes per hectare	41.61 tonnes per hectare	Belgium
2010s	171.01 tonnes per hectare	157.2 tonnes per hectare	13.81 tonnes per hectare	Belgium
2020s	167.53 tonnes per hectare	163.1 tonnes per hectare	4.43 tonnes per hectare	Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher above-ground forest biomass, Belgium or Poland?: Belgium, at 167.53 tonnes per hectare against 163.89 tonnes per hectare in Poland as of 2025.
What is the difference in above-ground forest biomass between Belgium and Poland?: 3.64 tonnes per hectare, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Poland?: 10 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Belgium and Poland rank globally for above-ground forest biomass?: Belgium ranks 58th and Poland ranks 59th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data, published as Above-ground forest biomass. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Belgium vs Poland: Above-ground forest biomass. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 02 October 2026, from https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/above-ground-biomass-in-forest-per-hectare/belgium/poland/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://environment.statizoid.com/compare/above-ground-biomass-in-forest-per-hectare/belgium/poland/">Belgium vs Poland: Above-ground forest biomass</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Above-ground forest biomass
Unit: tonnes per hectare
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 1,311 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Above-ground biomass in forest (tonnes per hectare).