Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Belgium
Belgium: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 63.71 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Belgium, 2000–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2025, planted forest — share in forest land in Belgium stood at 63.71 %. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Belgium peaked at 63.71 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 58.91 %, in 2010.
Belgium ranks 18th of 191 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 60.12 % | 59.12 % | 61.13 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 62.2 % | 58.91 % | 63.69 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 63.71 % | 63.71 % | 63.71 % | 6 |
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More environment data for Belgium
- Standard Deviation 0.574 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 2.19 °C (2025)
- Recovered paper — Production 1.46 million t (2024)
- Total fibre furnish — Production 1.70 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import value 33,603 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard, not elsewhere specified — Import quantity 4,041 t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export value 1.29 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Export quantity 1.62 million t (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import value 1.75 million 1000 USD (2024)
- Other paper and paperboard — Import quantity 2.27 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Belgium?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Belgium was 63.71 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 63.71 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.91 % in 2010.
- How does Belgium rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Belgium ranks 18th out of 191 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Planted Forest — Share in Forest land. 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.