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Belarus — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Belarus, 1992–2023.
Latest value · 2023
43.41%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +11.8% since 1992
Forest area for Belarus was 43.41% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 32 years, from 1992 to 2023. The latest year is also the highest value on record for this series. The lowest was 38.82% in 1992 (about 1.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.36% per year.
Belarus ranks 65 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 30%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Belarus sits above it. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved up 2%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
43.41%
First (1992)
38.82%
Change
+11.8%
Highest
43.41%
in 2023
Lowest
38.82%
in 1992
Average
41.68%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.36%
Years of data
32
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 43.41% |
| 2022 | 43.34% |
| 2021 | 43.27% |
| 2020 | 43.19% |
| 2019 | 43.13% |
| 2018 | 43.05% |
| 2017 | 42.98% |
| 2016 | 42.91% |
| 2015 | 42.53% |
| 2014 | 42.53% |
| 2013 | 42.54% |
| 2012 | 42.54% |
Reading this correctly. Land under naturally regenerated or planted stands of trees of at least five meters in situ, as a share of total land area. Figures are in % of land area. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
AG.LND.FRST.ZS — Forest Area (% of Land Area). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.