Annual change in forest area in Belize
Belize: Annual change in forest area was -7,532 hectares in 2025. ▬ Flat
Annual change in forest area in Belize, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area in Belize stood at -7,532 hectares. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 0.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area in Belize peaked at -7,532 hectares in 2021 and was at its lowest, -7,590 hectares, in 2001.
Belize ranks 189th of 235 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -7,590 hectares | -7,590 hectares | -7,590 hectares | 9 |
| 2000s | -7,590 hectares | -7,590 hectares | -7,590 hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | -7,538 hectares | -7,590 hectares | -7,532 hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | -7,532 hectares | -7,532 hectares | -7,532 hectares | 6 |
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More environment data for Belize
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.03 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 2.48 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.2047 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0084 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.0073 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0013 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 0.5226 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0017 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0006 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.2985 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area in Belize?
- Annual change in forest area in Belize was -7,532 hectares in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual change in forest area recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was -7,532 hectares in 2021.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was -7,590 hectares in 2001.
- How does Belize rank for annual change in forest area?
- Belize ranks 189th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual change in forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.