What is the difference in forest area between Belarus and Senegal?

326,080 hectares, with Belarus ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Senegal?

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

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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Belarus vs Senegal: Forest area

Belarus

8.98 million hectares

in 2025

Senegal

8.65 million hectares

in 2025

Belarus rank

57th

Senegal rank

58th

Forest area over time

Belarus
Senegal

How they compare

Belarus currently reports 8.98 million hectares against 8.65 million hectares in Senegal, a difference of 326,080 hectares.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Senegal ahead.

Belarus ranks 57th and Senegal ranks 58th of 235 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 1 and Senegal in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Belarus	Senegal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.00 million hectares	9.12 million hectares	1.12 million hectares	Senegal
2000s	8.43 million hectares	8.97 million hectares	534,307 hectares	Senegal
2010s	8.67 million hectares	8.81 million hectares	138,152 hectares	Senegal
2020s	8.91 million hectares	8.69 million hectares	221,055 hectares	Belarus

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest area, Belarus or Senegal?: Belarus, at 8.98 million hectares against 8.65 million hectares in Senegal as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest area between Belarus and Senegal?: 326,080 hectares, with Belarus ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Senegal?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Belarus and Senegal rank globally for forest area?: Belarus ranks 57th and Senegal ranks 58th of 235 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 Forest area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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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: 18 September 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.