New Zealand vs Sao Tome and Principe: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre

New Zealand
0.0058 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
Sao Tome and Principe
0.0054 million t per square kilometre
in 2023
New Zealand rank
29th
Sao Tome and Principe rank
32nd

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

  • New Zealand
  • Sao Tome and Principe
00.0020.0040.006199020062023

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 0.0058 million t per square kilometre against 0.0054 million t per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.0004 million t per square kilometre.

That makes New Zealand's figure about 1.1 times Sao Tome and Principe's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 34 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Sao Tome and Principe ahead.

New Zealand ranks 29th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd of 200 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, New Zealand averaged higher in 2 and Sao Tome and Principe in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade New Zealand Sao Tome and Principe Difference Ahead
1990s 0.0052 million t per square kilometre 0.0058 million t per square kilometre 0.0005 million t per square kilometre Sao Tome and Principe
2000s 0.0055 million t per square kilometre 0.0057 million t per square kilometre 0.0003 million t per square kilometre Sao Tome and Principe
2010s 0.0057 million t per square kilometre 0.0055 million t per square kilometre 0.0002 million t per square kilometre New Zealand
2020s 0.0058 million t per square kilometre 0.0054 million t per square kilometre 0.0004 million t per square kilometre New Zealand

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, New Zealand or Sao Tome and Principe?
New Zealand, at 0.0058 million t per square kilometre against 0.0054 million t per square kilometre in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2023.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre between New Zealand and Sao Tome and Principe?
0.0004 million t per square kilometre, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for New Zealand and Sao Tome and Principe?
34 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2023.
How do New Zealand and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
New Zealand ranks 29th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 32nd 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.