Pitcairn vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate

Pitcairn
1.64 % change on previous year
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
-0.2446 % change on previous year
in 2025
Pitcairn rank
24th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
21st

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate over time

  • Pitcairn
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
-2-1012199120082025

How they compare

Pitcairn currently reports 1.64 % change on previous year against -0.2446 % change on previous year in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 1.88 % change on previous year.

That makes Pitcairn's figure about 6.7 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Pitcairn ranks 24th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 21st of 249 countries.

Pitcairn has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Pitcairn Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s -0.1796 % change on previous year -0.4218 % change on previous year 0.2422 % change on previous year Pitcairn
2000s 0.0027 % change on previous year -0.4223 % change on previous year 0.425 % change on previous year Pitcairn
2010s 0.0053 % change on previous year -0.4436 % change on previous year 0.4489 % change on previous year Pitcairn
2020s 0.2782 % change on previous year -0.2806 % change on previous year 0.5589 % change on previous year Pitcairn

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate, Pitcairn or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Pitcairn, at 1.64 % change on previous year against -0.2446 % change on previous year in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate between Pitcairn and Sub-Saharan Africa?
1.88 % change on previous year, with Pitcairn ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Pitcairn and Sub-Saharan Africa?
35 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2025.
How do Pitcairn and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
Pitcairn ranks 24th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 21st of 249 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate
Unit
% change on previous year
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
281 places, 9,618 data points, 1962–2025
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The year-on-year percentage change in Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.