Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Belgium

Belgium: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,334 1000 ha in 2024. ▬ Flat

Latest (2024)
1,334 1000 ha
Change on year
up 0.5%
World rank
119th
of 240 countries
All-time high
1,393 1000 ha
in 2020
All-time low
1,117 1000 ha
in 2010
Years of data
24
2001–2024

Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Belgium, 2001–2024

05001.0k1.5k2001201220242001: 1.3k 1000 ha2002: 1.3k 1000 ha2003: 1.3k 1000 ha2004: 1.3k 1000 ha2005: 1.3k 1000 ha2006: 1.4k 1000 ha2007: 1.4k 1000 ha2008: 1.3k 1000 ha2009: 1.2k 1000 ha2010: 1.1k 1000 ha2011: 1.2k 1000 ha2012: 1.2k 1000 ha2013: 1.2k 1000 ha2014: 1.2k 1000 ha2015: 1.3k 1000 ha2016: 1.3k 1000 ha2017: 1.3k 1000 ha2018: 1.3k 1000 ha2019: 1.3k 1000 ha2020: 1.4k 1000 ha2021: 1.3k 1000 ha2022: 1.3k 1000 ha2023: 1.3k 1000 ha2024: 1.3k 1000 ha

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

Analysis

In 2024, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belgium stood at 1,334 1000 ha.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belgium peaked at 1,393 1000 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 1,117 1000 ha, in 2010.

Belgium ranks 119th of 240 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 1,315 1000 ha 1,237 1000 ha 1,383 1000 ha 9
2010s 1,247 1000 ha 1,117 1000 ha 1,340 1000 ha 10
2020s 1,339 1000 ha 1,311 1000 ha 1,393 1000 ha 5

Countries ranked near Belgium

  1. 116 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1,486 1000 ha compare
  2. 117 Haiti 1,455 1000 ha compare
  3. 118 Fiji 1,443 1000 ha compare
  4. 120 Timor-Leste 1,309 1000 ha compare
  5. 121 Algeria 1,273 1000 ha compare
  6. 122 North Macedonia 1,215 1000 ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belgium?
Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belgium was 1,334 1000 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Belgium?
The highest recorded value was 1,393 1000 ha in 2020.
What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Belgium?
The lowest recorded value was 1,117 1000 ha in 2010.
How does Belgium rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
Belgium ranks 119th out of 240 countries with data for 2024.
Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Belgium?
Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Belgium data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS
Unit
1000 ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
269 places, 6,390 data points, 2001–2024
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.