Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Belarus
Belarus: Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade was -7.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Belarus, 2002–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belarus recorded -7.8% for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in 2023.
The figure is up 2.6% on the previous year and down 154.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Belarus peaked at -2.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, -8.0%, in 2022.
That places Belarus 201st out of 225 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade in Belarus, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | -3.9% | — |
| 2003 | -3.9% | +0.9% |
| 2004 | -4.2% | +5.8% |
| 2005 | -4.2% | +0.3% |
| 2006 | -4.0% | -3.8% |
| 2007 | -4.2% | +4.3% |
| 2008 | -4.2% | -0.0% |
| 2009 | -3.8% | -9.0% |
| 2010 | -3.8% | +0.3% |
| 2011 | -2.8% | -27.6% |
| 2012 | -2.5% | -8.5% |
| 2013 | -3.1% | +20.5% |
| 2014 | -3.7% | +21.6% |
| 2015 | -4.2% | +12.6% |
| 2016 | -4.7% | +13.4% |
| 2017 | -4.7% | -0.3% |
| 2018 | -5.2% | +9.9% |
| 2019 | -6.0% | +16.2% |
| 2020 | -6.9% | +14.6% |
| 2021 | -7.9% | +13.9% |
| 2022 | -8.0% | +1.0% |
| 2023 | -7.8% | -2.6% |
Belarus compared with similar countries
- Belarus's -7.8% is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is -0.7%, 11.9× the median. (54 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -4.0% | -4.2% | -3.8% | 8 |
| 2010s | -4.1% | -6.0% | -2.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | -7.6% | -8.0% | -6.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belarus
More agriculture & rural data for Belarus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.45 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 709.2 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.13 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2051 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.6% (2021)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2021)
Frequently asked questions
- What is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Belarus?
- Is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade in Belarus was -7.8% in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Belarus?
- The highest recorded value was -2.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade recorded in Belarus?
- The lowest recorded value was -8.0% in 2022.
- How does Belarus rank for is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade?
- Belarus ranks 201st out of 225 countries with data for 2023.
- Is is agricultural land expanding? change over the prior decade rising or falling in Belarus?
- Over the last ten years it is down 154.2%. 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 (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Is agricultural land expanding? Change over the prior decade. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Percentage change in surface area devoted to agriculture with respect to 10 years before. Negative values imply that surface area has decreased with respect to the previous decade. This data is used to assess which countries may have already peaked in their agricultural land use.