Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Belize
Belize: Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS was 1,846 1000 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Belize, 2001–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belize is 1,846 1000 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and down 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belize peaked at 1,938 1000 ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 1,837 1000 ha, in 2023.
Belize ranks 101st of 223 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Tree-covered areas — Area from MODIS in Belize, year by year
| Year | 1000 ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 1,937 1000 ha | — |
| 2002 | 1,932 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 1,921 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,935 1000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,925 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,933 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2007 | 1,938 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 1,930 1000 ha | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 1,921 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,912 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,901 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 1,896 1000 ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 1,900 1000 ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 1,906 1000 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,896 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2016 | 1,885 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,872 1000 ha | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1,863 1000 ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 1,858 1000 ha | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 1,841 1000 ha | -0.9% |
| 2021 | 1,849 1000 ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,838 1000 ha | -0.6% |
| 2023 | 1,837 1000 ha | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 1,846 1000 ha | +0.5% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 1,846 1000 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2,768 1000 ha, 67% of the median. (52 countries reporting)
- Belize's 1,846 1000 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1,846 1000 ha, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1,930 1000 ha | 1,921 1000 ha | 1,938 1000 ha | 9 |
| 2010s | 1,889 1000 ha | 1,858 1000 ha | 1,912 1000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,842 1000 ha | 1,837 1000 ha | 1,849 1000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Belize
- 98 Hungary 2,119 1000 ha compare
- 99 Togo 2,095 1000 ha compare
- 100 Switzerland 1,997 1000 ha compare
- 102 New Caledonia 1,717 1000 ha compare
- 103 Slovenia 1,712 1000 ha compare
- 104 El Salvador 1,673 1000 ha 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 tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belize?
- Tree-covered areas — area from modis in Belize was 1,846 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 Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 1,938 1000 ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest tree-covered areas — area from modis recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,837 1000 ha in 2023.
- How does Belize rank for tree-covered areas — area from modis?
- Belize ranks 101st out of 223 countries with data for 2024.
- Is tree-covered areas — area from modis rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize 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
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.