Belgium vs El Salvador: Forest land — Area

Belgium
670.52 1000 ha
in 2025
El Salvador
684.84 1000 ha
in 2025
Belgium rank
142nd
El Salvador rank
141st

Forest land — Area over time

  • Belgium
  • El Salvador
0200400600800199020072025

How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 684.84 1000 ha against 670.52 1000 ha in Belgium, a difference of 14.32 1000 ha.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 2000 it was El Salvador ahead.

Belgium ranks 142nd and El Salvador ranks 141st of 231 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Belgium averaged higher in 1 and El Salvador in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium El Salvador Difference Ahead
2000s 677.46 1000 ha 692.44 1000 ha 14.99 1000 ha El Salvador
2010s 685.71 1000 ha 677.21 1000 ha 8.5 1000 ha Belgium
2020s 670.52 1000 ha 682.75 1000 ha 12.23 1000 ha El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — area, Belgium or El Salvador?
El Salvador, at 684.84 1000 ha against 670.52 1000 ha in Belgium as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — area between Belgium and El Salvador?
14.32 1000 ha, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and El Salvador?
26 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2025.
How do Belgium and El Salvador rank globally for forest land — area?
Belgium ranks 142nd and El Salvador ranks 141st of 231 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Area. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Forest land — Area
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
267 places, 9,311 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.