Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Belgium-Luxembourg

Belgium-Luxembourg: Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC was 765.7 1000 ha in 1999. ▬ Flat

Latest (1999)
765.7 1000 ha
Change on year
down 2.1%
World rank
132nd
of 241 countries
All-time high
802.99 1000 ha
in 1994
All-time low
765.7 1000 ha
in 1999
Years of data
8
1992–1999

Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC in Belgium-Luxembourg, 1992–1999

02004006008001992199519991992: 802 1000 ha1993: 802.4 1000 ha1994: 803 1000 ha1995: 794.6 1000 ha1996: 793.8 1000 ha1997: 794.4 1000 ha1998: 782.2 1000 ha1999: 765.7 1000 ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.

Analysis

The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Belgium-Luxembourg is 765.7 1000 ha, measured in 1999. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.

That represents a change of down 2.1% on the previous year and down 4.5% over ten years.

Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 132nd of 241 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Countries ranked near Belgium-Luxembourg

  1. 129 Albania 881.6 1000 ha compare
  2. 130 Niger 861.8 1000 ha compare
  3. 131 Jamaica 778.25 1000 ha compare
  4. 133 Montenegro 717.8 1000 ha
  5. 134 Belgium 672.1 1000 ha
  6. 135 Armenia 657.99 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Belgium-Luxembourg?
Tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc in Belgium-Luxembourg was 765.7 1000 ha in 1999, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
The highest recorded value was 802.99 1000 ha in 1994.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc recorded in Belgium-Luxembourg?
The lowest recorded value was 765.7 1000 ha in 1999.
How does Belgium-Luxembourg rank for tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc?
Belgium-Luxembourg ranks 132nd out of 241 countries with data for 1999.
Is tree-covered areas — area from cci_lc rising or falling in Belgium-Luxembourg?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium-Luxembourg data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from CCI_LC
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
270 places, 8,231 data points, 1992–2022
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Land Cover data under the Agri-Environmental Indicators section contains land cover information organized by the land cover classes of the international standard system for Environmental and Economic Accounting Central Framework (SEEA CF). The land cover information is compiled from publicly available Global Land Cover (GLC) maps: a) MODIS land cover types based on the Land Cover Classification System, LCCS; b) The European Spatial Agency (ESA) Climate Change Initiative (CCI) annual land cover maps produced by the Université catholique de Louvain (UCL)-Geomatics and now under the European Copernicus Program; c) The annual land cover maps which were produced under the European Copernicus Global Land Service (CGLS) (CGLS land cover, containing discrete land cover categorization), with spatial resolution 100m; and d) the WorldCover maps of the European Space Agency, produced at 10m resolution.