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Trees & air quality in Belgium
How much tree cover Belgium's major cities have, what their air quality is right now, and how many more trees each one needs. Every report covers the same 2 km area, so the cities compare like for like.
- Cities tracked
- 5
- National forest cover
- 22.6%vs 30% target
- Worst air right now
- Historisch centrumAQI 36
5 cities in Belgium
Brussels
2 km around Ste Catherine
Tree cover
14%
49.0K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Antwerp
2 km around Historisch centrum
Tree cover
23%
18.3K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Gent
2 km around Arrondissement of Ghent
Tree cover
26%
12.6K
trees needed
to reach 30%
Charleroi
2 km around Arrondissement of Charleroi
Tree cover
39%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Liège
2 km around Liège
Tree cover
45%
None
trees needed
Healthy tree cover
Belgium as a whole
22.6% of Belgium was forested as of 2023, against a 30% benchmark. Closing that gap nationally would take roughly 225.5M trees across 226K hectares. Source: World Bank (FAO).
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