Deforestation statistics for Belgium
Belgium: Demographic data
Population (2022) | 11,589,623 |
Annual population growth rate (2022) | 0.40% |
Population density (people/sq km) | 383 |
Net migration | 48,000 |
Fertility rate | 1.7 |
Median age | 42 |
Urban population share | 98% |
Belgium: Land cover and land use change data
Land area (sq km): 30,280 |
Tree cover (30%) Tree cover extent in 2000 (ha): 865,430 Tree cover extent as % of land area: 28.6% Tree cover loss from 2001-20 (ha): 95,124 Tree cover extent as % of 2000 tree cover: 11.0% |
Belgium: Annual forest and tree cover data
Belgium: Tree cover loss by year
30% tree cover threshold; all figures in hectares
Year: Hectares 2001: 971 2002: 2,348 2003: 1,890 2004: 4,793 2005: 3,028 2006: 6,916 2007: 5,985 2008: 7,214 2009: 5,176 2010: 10,909 2011: 5,016 2012: 5,635 2013: 3,315 2014: 4,239 2015: 3,420 2016: 4,512 2017: 4,137 2018: 4,631 2019: 5,577 2020: 5,409 |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 1)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Tree cover extent (2001) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
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Bruxelles | 3,619 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 76 | 2.1% |
Vlaanderen | 243,871 | 1,950 | 4,487 | 1,920 | 4,565 | 12,922 | 5.3% |
Wallonie | 617,935 | 11,075 | 31,678 | 19,695 | 19,677 | 82,125 | 13.3% |
Tree cover loss by year at the subnational level (administrative level 2)
Sub-national admin area 1 | Admin area 2 | Tree cover extent (2000) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-05) ha | Tree cover loss (2006-10) ha | Tree cover loss (2011-15) ha | Tree cover loss (2016-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) ha | Tree cover loss (2001-20) % |
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Wallonie | Namur | 145,738 | 1,644 | 5,390 | 2,810 | 3,845 | 13,689 | 9.4% |
Vlaanderen | Antwerpen | 82,929 | 497 | 1,298 | 675 | 1,637 | 4,107 | 5.0% |
Vlaanderen | Limburg | 68,729 | 726 | 2,035 | 796 | 1,683 | 5,241 | 7.6% |
Vlaanderen | Oost-Vlaanderen | 34,226 | 281 | 474 | 206 | 624 | 1,585 | 4.6% |
Vlaanderen | Vlaams Brabant | 41,710 | 374 | 573 | 166 | 502 | 1,615 | 3.9% |
Vlaanderen | West-Vlaanderen | 16,278 | 73 | 105 | 77 | 119 | 374 | 2.3% |
Wallonie | Brabant Wallon | 17,860 | 182 | 310 | 144 | 254 | 891 | 5.0% |
Wallonie | Hainaut | 69,318 | 700 | 1,140 | 508 | 930 | 3,277 | 4.7% |
Wallonie | Liège | 142,315 | 2,240 | 6,630 | 4,740 | 4,676 | 18,287 | 12.8% |
Wallonie | Luxembourg | 242,704 | 6,309 | 18,208 | 11,494 | 9,971 | 45,981 | 18.9% |
Bruxelles | Bruxelles | 3,619 | 6 | 35 | 11 | 24 | 76 | 2.1% |
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2019 forest data for Belgium | Archived forest data for Belgium | Forest data for Belgium
Data Source: Tree cover loss: Hansen/UMD/Google/USGS/NASA via Global Forest Watch. Administrative boundaries: Global Administrative Areas database (GADM), version 3.6.
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