Belize vs Brazil: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita
Belize
-0.6%
in 2025
Brazil
-0.7%
in 2025
Belize rank
197th
Brazil rank
200th
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita over time
- Belize
- Brazil
How they compare
Belize currently reports -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 197th and Brazil ranks 200th of 227 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 3 and Brazil in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -1.0% | 0.5% | Belize |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -0.7% | 0.2% | Belize |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.5% | 0.1% | Brazil |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.6% | 0.1% | Belize |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita, Belize or Brazil?
- Belize, at -0.6% against -0.7% in Brazil as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita between Belize and Brazil?
- 0.1%, with Belize ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Brazil?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Brazil rank globally for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Belize ranks 197th and Brazil ranks 200th of 227 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.