Belarus vs Ukraine: Annual change in forest area

Belarus

26,470 hectares

in 2025

Ukraine

38,000 hectares

in 2025

Belarus rank

17th

Ukraine rank

14th

Annual change in forest area over time

Ukraine currently reports 38,000 hectares against 26,470 hectares in Belarus, a difference of 11,530 hectares.

That makes Ukraine's figure about 1.4 times Belarus's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Belarus ahead.

Belarus ranks 17th and Ukraine ranks 14th of 235 countries.

Indicator: Annual change in forest area
Unit: hectares
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 235 places, 8,225 data points, 1991–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.