Belarus - Forest area

Forest area (sq. km)

The value for Forest area (sq. km) in Belarus was 87,676 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87,676 in 2020 and a minimum value of 77,800 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 77,800
1991 78,786
1992 78,786
1993 79,279
1994 79,772
1995 80,265
1996 80,758
1997 81,251
1998 81,744
1999 82,237
2000 82,730
2001 83,087
2002 83,444
2003 83,801
2004 84,158
2005 84,515
2006 84,872
2007 85,229
2008 85,586
2009 85,943
2010 86,300
2011 86,307
2012 86,314
2013 86,321
2014 86,328
2015 86,335
2016 87,096
2017 87,241
2018 87,386
2019 87,531
2020 87,676

Forest area (% of land area)

Forest area (% of land area) in Belarus was 43.19 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 43.19 in 2020, while its lowest value was 38.36 in 1990.

Definition: Forest area is land under natural or planted stands of trees of at least 5 meters in situ, whether productive or not, and excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems (for example, in fruit plantations and agroforestry systems) and trees in urban parks and gardens.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, electronic files and web site.

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Year Value
1990 38.36
1991 38.84
1992 38.84
1993 39.08
1994 39.33
1995 39.57
1996 39.81
1997 40.06
1998 40.30
1999 40.54
2000 40.79
2001 40.96
2002 41.14
2003 41.32
2004 41.50
2005 41.67
2006 41.83
2007 42.01
2008 42.18
2009 42.37
2010 42.53
2011 42.53
2012 42.54
2013 42.54
2014 42.53
2015 42.53
2016 42.91
2017 42.98
2018 43.05
2019 43.12
2020 43.19

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Land use