Guyana vs World: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre

Guyana
0.0252 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0024 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Guyana rank
2nd
World rank
1st

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

  • Guyana
  • World
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How they compare

Guyana currently reports 0.0252 million t per square kilometre against 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in World, a difference of 0.0228 million t per square kilometre.

That makes Guyana's figure about 10.4 times World's.

Across all 34 years both countries report, Guyana has been ahead every year.

Guyana ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 200 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Guyana World Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0273 million t per square kilometre 0.0025 million t per square kilometre 0.0247 million t per square kilometre Guyana
2000s 0.0272 million t per square kilometre 0.0024 million t per square kilometre 0.0248 million t per square kilometre Guyana
2010s 0.0271 million t per square kilometre 0.0024 million t per square kilometre 0.0247 million t per square kilometre Guyana
2020s 0.0252 million t per square kilometre 0.0024 million t per square kilometre 0.0228 million t per square kilometre Guyana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre, Guyana or World?
Guyana, at 0.0252 million t per square kilometre against 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in World as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between Guyana and World?
0.0228 million t per square kilometre, with Guyana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and World?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do Guyana and World rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
Guyana ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 200 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre. 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 square kilometre
Unit
million t per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
202 places, 6,712 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

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