Forest area in Belarus
Forests covered 44.1% of the land area of Belarus in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1992.
Belarus, 2024
44.1%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
69th of 209
Forest area in Belarus over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of land area. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Belarus | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 44.1% | – |
| 2023 | 44.0% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 43.8% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 43.7% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 43.6% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 43.4% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 43.2% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 42.9% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 42.7% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 42.5% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 42.5% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 42.5% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 42.5% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 42.5% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 42.5% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 42.4% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 42.2% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 42.0% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 41.8% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 41.7% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 41.5% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 41.3% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 41.1% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 41.0% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 40.8% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 44.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 42.5%, the figure has changed by +1.6 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Belarus has the 69th highest value.