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Belize — Forest area
Forest Area (% of Land Area) for Belize, 1990–2023.
Latest value · 2023
54.52%
Forest Area (% of Land Area) · % of land area · -22.3% since 1990
Forest area for Belize was 54.52% in 2023, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 34 years, from 1990 to 2023. The highest recorded value was 70.15% in 1990. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -0.76% per year.
Belize ranks 40 of 214 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 19%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 44.99%, so Belize sits above it. It peaked in 1990 and has fallen 22% since. Over the last decade (2013–2023) the figure moved down 8%.
Key figures
Latest (2023)
54.52%
First (1990)
70.15%
Change
-22.3%
Highest
70.15%
in 1990
Lowest
54.52%
in 2023
Average
62.01%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-0.76%
Years of data
34
Recent years
| Year | % of land area |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 54.52% |
| 2022 | 55.01% |
| 2021 | 55.5% |
| 2020 | 55.99% |
| 2019 | 56.48% |
| 2018 | 56.96% |
| 2017 | 57.45% |
| 2016 | 57.94% |
| 2015 | 58.43% |
| 2014 | 58.95% |
| 2013 | 59.46% |
| 2012 | 59.97% |
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.