Belarus vs Poland: Forest area

Belarus

8.98 million hectares

in 2025

Poland

9.49 million hectares

in 2025

Belarus rank

57th

Poland rank

55th

Forest area over time

Belarus
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 9.49 million hectares against 8.98 million hectares in Belarus, a difference of 519,600 hectares.

That makes Poland's figure about 1.1 times Belarus's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Belarus ranks 57th and Poland ranks 55th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Belarus
Forest area in Poland
Full country ranking

About this data

Indicator: 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, 8,460 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems.