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Belgium — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Belgium, 2000–2023.
Latest value · 2023
22.60%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · +2.8% since 2000
Forest area for Belgium was 22.60% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 24 years, from 2000 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 22.74% in 2010. The lowest was 22.00% in 2000 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.12% per year.
Belgium ranks 125 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 58%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 31.08%, so Belgium sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 1% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 1%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
22.60%
First (2000)
22.00%
Change
+2.8%
Highest
22.74%
in 2010
Lowest
22.00%
in 2000
Average
22.53%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.12%
Years of data
24
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 22.6% |
| 2022 | 22.6% |
| 2021 | 22.6% |
| 2020 | 22.6% |
| 2019 | 22.6% |
| 2018 | 22.61% |
| 2017 | 22.72% |
| 2016 | 22.72% |
| 2015 | 22.72% |
| 2014 | 22.73% |
| 2013 | 22.73% |
| 2012 | 22.74% |
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.