Belgium vs Rwanda: Forest area

Belgium

670,520 hectares

in 2025

Rwanda

634,630 hectares

in 2025

Belgium rank

137th

Rwanda rank

139th

Forest area over time

Belgium
Rwanda

How they compare

Belgium currently reports 670,520 hectares against 634,630 hectares in Rwanda, a difference of 35,890 hectares.

That makes Belgium's figure about 1.1 times Rwanda's.

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

Belgium ranks 137th and Rwanda ranks 139th of 235 countries.

Individual pages

Forest area in Belgium
Forest area in Rwanda
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.