Forest area in Belize
Belize: Forest area was 1.32 million hectares in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest area in Belize, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in hectares.
Analysis
Belize recorded 1.32 million hectares for forest area in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and down 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest area in Belize peaked at 1.58 million hectares in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1.32 million hectares, in 2025.
That places Belize 117th out of 235 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.55 million hectares | 1.51 million hectares | 1.58 million hectares | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.47 million hectares | 1.44 million hectares | 1.50 million hectares | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.39 million hectares | 1.36 million hectares | 1.43 million hectares | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.33 million hectares | 1.32 million hectares | 1.35 million hectares | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 114 Bangladesh 1.87 million hectares compare
- 115 Algeria 1.69 million hectares compare
- 116 Eritrea 1.44 million hectares compare
- 118 Switzerland 1.27 million hectares compare
- 119 Kyrgyzstan 1.26 million hectares compare
- 120 Slovenia 1.24 million hectares compare
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 forest area in Belize?
- Forest area in Belize was 1.32 million 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 forest area recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1.58 million hectares in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest area recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.32 million hectares in 2025.
- How does Belize rank for forest area?
- Belize ranks 117th out of 235 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest area rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.4%. 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 Forest area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.