Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Belarus

Belarus: Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC was 1.00 million ha in 2020. ▼ Falling

Latest (2020)
1.00 million ha
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
3rd
of 32 countries
All-time high
1.16 million ha
in 1992
All-time low
1.00 million ha
in 2019
Years of data
29
1992–2020

Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC in Belarus, 1992–2020

0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M1992200620201992: 1.2M ha1993: 1.2M ha1994: 1.1M ha1995: 1.1M ha1996: 1.1M ha1997: 1.1M ha1998: 1.1M ha1999: 1.1M ha2000: 1.1M ha2001: 1.1M ha2002: 1.1M ha2003: 1.1M ha2004: 1.1M ha2005: 1.1M ha2006: 1.1M ha2007: 1.1M ha2008: 1.1M ha2009: 1.1M ha2010: 1.1M ha2011: 1.1M ha2012: 1.0M ha2013: 1.0M ha2014: 1.0M ha2015: 1.0M ha2016: 1.0M ha2017: 1.0M ha2018: 1.0M ha2019: 1.0M ha2020: 1.0M ha

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

In 2020, drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Belarus stood at 1.00 million ha. That is the lowest value across all 29 years on record.

That represents a change of down 4.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Belarus peaked at 1.16 million ha in 1992 and was at its lowest, 1.00 million ha, in 2019.

That places Belarus 3rd out of 32 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 29 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.14 million ha 1.12 million ha 1.16 million ha 8
2000s 1.09 million ha 1.06 million ha 1.11 million ha 10
2010s 1.03 million ha 1.00 million ha 1.06 million ha 10
2020s 1.00 million ha 1.00 million ha 1.00 million ha 1

Countries ranked near Belarus

  1. 1 Russian Federation 4.26 million ha compare
  2. 2 Germany 1.28 million ha compare
  3. 4 Poland 921,485 ha compare
  4. 5 Ukraine 471,602 ha compare
  5. 6 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 358,399 ha compare

See the full ranking of 33 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Belarus?
Drained organic soils — area — unfccc in Belarus was 1.00 million ha in 2020, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Belarus?
The highest recorded value was 1.16 million ha in 1992.
What is the lowest drained organic soils — area — unfccc recorded in Belarus?
The lowest recorded value was 1.00 million ha in 2019.
How does Belarus rank for drained organic soils — area — unfccc?
Belarus ranks 3rd out of 32 countries with data for 2020.
Is drained organic soils — area — unfccc rising or falling in Belarus?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Belarus data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Drained organic soils — Area — UNFCCC
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
33 places, 997 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from drained organic soils consists of nitrous oxide (N2O) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions generated from the mineralization and oxidation of organic matter in organic soils that are drained for agricultural activities.