Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Belarus
Belarus: Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita was 0.3% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Annual change in forest area vs. GDP per capita in Belarus, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Belarus stood at 0.3%.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 3,537.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Belarus peaked at 0.6% in 1991 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2015.
Belarus ranks 34th of 227 countries on this measure, in the top 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 | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 6 |
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More environment data for Belarus
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 87.49 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 9.58 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 12.24 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2254 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 2.24 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0084 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 18.41 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0469 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0381 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 3.6 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Belarus?
- Annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita in Belarus was 0.3% 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 1991.
- What is the lowest annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2015.
- How does Belarus rank for annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita?
- Belarus ranks 34th out of 227 countries with data for 2025.
- Is annual change in forest area vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3,537.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belarus 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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.