Forest land — Share in Land area in Belarus
Belarus: Forest land — Share in Land area was 44.09 % in 2024. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Share in Land area in Belarus, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded 44.09 % for forest land — share in land area in 2024. That is the highest value across all 33 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — share in land area in Belarus peaked at 44.09 % in 2024 and was at its lowest, 38.82 %, in 1992.
That places Belarus 85th out of 249 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Forest land — Share in Land area in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 38.82 % | — |
| 1993 | 39.07 % | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 39.32 % | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 39.57 % | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 39.81 % | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 40.05 % | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 40.3 % | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 40.54 % | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 40.78 % | +0.6% |
| 2001 | 40.96 % | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 41.14 % | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 41.32 % | +0.4% |
| 2004 | 41.49 % | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 41.67 % | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 41.83 % | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 42.01 % | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 42.18 % | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 42.36 % | +0.4% |
| 2010 | 42.53 % | +0.4% |
| 2011 | 42.53 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 42.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 42.54 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 42.53 % | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 42.53 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 42.74 % | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 42.95 % | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 43.15 % | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 43.36 % | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 43.57 % | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 43.7 % | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 43.82 % | +0.3% |
| 2023 | 43.96 % | +0.3% |
| 2024 | 44.09 % | +0.3% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's 44.09 % is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 38.73 %, 1.1× the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Belarus's 44.09 % is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 32.85 %, 1.3× the median. (53 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 39.69 % | 38.82 % | 40.54 % | 8 |
| 2000s | 41.57 % | 40.78 % | 42.36 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 42.74 % | 42.53 % | 43.36 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.83 % | 43.57 % | 44.09 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
- 82 Senegal 45.01 % compare
- 83 Georgia 44.62 % compare
- 84 Trinidad and Tobago 44.16 % compare
- 86 Nepal 43.6 % compare
- 87 French Polynesia 42.45 % compare
- 88 Bosnia and Herzegovina 42.21 % compare
More environment data for Belarus
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -0.1734 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -0.1993 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.869 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.57 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0.1172 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 0.6422 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 0.239 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — share in land area in Belarus?
- Forest land — share in land area in Belarus was 44.09 % in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — share in land area recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was 44.09 % in 2024.
- What is the lowest forest land — share in land area recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was 38.82 % in 1992.
- How does Belarus rank for forest land — share in land area?
- Belarus ranks 85th out of 249 countries with data for 2024.
- Is forest land — share in land area rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belarus data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Share in Land area. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.