Forest area in Belize
Forests covered 58.0% of the land area of Belize in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Belize, 2024
58.0%
Change from 2023
−0.3percentage points
World, 2023
31.1%
Position in 2024
36th of 209
Forest area in Belize 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 | Belize | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 58.0% | – |
| 2023 | 58.3% | 31.1% |
| 2022 | 58.6% | 31.1% |
| 2021 | 59.0% | 31.2% |
| 2020 | 59.3% | 31.2% |
| 2019 | 59.6% | 31.2% |
| 2018 | 60.0% | 31.3% |
| 2017 | 60.3% | 31.3% |
| 2016 | 60.6% | 31.3% |
| 2015 | 61.0% | 31.4% |
| 2014 | 61.3% | 31.4% |
| 2013 | 61.6% | 31.4% |
| 2012 | 61.9% | 31.5% |
| 2011 | 62.3% | 31.9% |
| 2010 | 62.6% | 31.9% |
| 2009 | 62.9% | 32.0% |
| 2008 | 63.3% | 32.0% |
| 2007 | 63.6% | 32.1% |
| 2006 | 63.9% | 32.1% |
| 2005 | 64.3% | 32.1% |
| 2004 | 64.6% | 32.2% |
| 2003 | 64.9% | 32.3% |
| 2002 | 65.3% | 32.3% |
| 2001 | 65.6% | 32.3% |
| 2000 | 65.9% | 32.4% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 58.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 61.3%, the figure has changed by −3.3 percentage points.
- Among the 209 countries with data for 2024, Belize has the 36th highest value.