Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Belize
Belize: Planted Forest — Share in Forest land was 0.1 % in 2025. ▲ Rising
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Belize, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for planted forest — share in forest land in Belize is 0.1 %, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, planted forest — share in forest land in Belize peaked at 0.1 % in 2017 and was at its lowest, 0.08 %, in 1990.
Belize ranks 198th of 207 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Planted Forest — Share in Forest land in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.08 % | — |
| 1991 | 0.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.08 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.09 % | +12.5% |
| 1997 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.09 % | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1 % | +11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.1 % | +0.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 0.1 % is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 8.72 %, 1% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Belize's 0.1 % is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.63 %, 6% of the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.084 % | 0.08 % | 0.09 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.09 % | 0.09 % | 0.09 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.093 % | 0.09 % | 0.1 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 0.1 % | 6 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 195 Papua New Guinea 0.17 % compare
- 196 Zambia 0.12 % compare
- 197 Burkina Faso 0.11 % compare
- 198 Suriname 0.1 % compare
- 200 Angola 0.09 % compare
- 200 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.09 % compare
More environment data for Belize
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.66 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -2.87 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.287 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.4 °C (2025)
- Wood-based panels — Production, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 3.35 % 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 0.0489 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is planted forest — share in forest land in Belize?
- Planted forest — share in forest land in Belize was 0.1 % in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1 % in 2017.
- What is the lowest planted forest — share in forest land recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.08 % in 1990.
- How does Belize rank for planted forest — share in forest land?
- Belize ranks 198th out of 207 countries with data for 2025.
- Is planted forest — share in forest land rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Belize 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
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.