Gabon vs Sub-Saharan Africa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita

Gabon
0.0016 million t per person
in 2025
Sub-Saharan Africa
0 million t per person
in 2025
Gabon rank
4th
Sub-Saharan Africa rank
1st

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita over time

  • Gabon
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
00.0010.0020.0030.004199020072025

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 0.0016 million t per person against 0 million t per person in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 0.0016 million t per person.

That makes Gabon's figure about 37.3 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Gabon has been ahead every year.

Gabon ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0038 million t per person 0.0001 million t per person 0.0037 million t per person Gabon
2000s 0.0029 million t per person 0.0001 million t per person 0.0028 million t per person Gabon
2010s 0.0021 million t per person 0.0001 million t per person 0.002 million t per person Gabon
2020s 0.0017 million t per person 0 million t per person 0.0016 million t per person Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita, Gabon or Sub-Saharan Africa?
Gabon, at 0.0016 million t per person against 0 million t per person in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita between Gabon and Sub-Saharan Africa?
0.0016 million t per person, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gabon and Sub-Saharan Africa?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Gabon and Sub-Saharan Africa rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita?
Gabon ranks 4th and Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 1st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita. 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, per capita
Unit
million t per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
202 places, 7,114 data points, 1961–2025
Last refreshed

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.