Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Belize
Belize: Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area was -0.6% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area as a share of 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 %.
Analysis
Belize recorded -0.6% for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Belize peaked at -0.5% in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.6%, in 2025.
That places Belize 198th out of 228 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.5% | -0.5% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.5% | -0.6% | -0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.6% | -0.6% | -0.6% | 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 as a share of forest area in Belize?
- Annual change in forest area as a share of forest area in Belize was -0.6% 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 as a share of forest area recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was -0.5% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area as a share of forest area recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.6% in 2025.
- How does Belize rank for annual change in forest area as a share of forest area?
- Belize ranks 198th out of 228 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area as a share of forest area rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- 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 as a share of forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual net change in forest area measures forest expansion (the sum of afforestation and natural expansion) minus deforestation.