Argentina vs India: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass

Argentina
3,850 million t
in 2025
India
3,327 million t
in 2025
Argentina rank
20th
India rank
23rd

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass over time

  • Argentina
  • India
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How they compare

Argentina currently reports 3,850 million t against 3,327 million t in India, a difference of 523 million t.

That makes Argentina's figure about 1.2 times India's.

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

Argentina ranks 20th and India ranks 23rd of 249 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Argentina India Difference Ahead
1990s 4,480 million t 2,498 million t 1,982 million t Argentina
2000s 4,234 million t 2,840 million t 1,394 million t Argentina
2010s 3,992 million t 2,946 million t 1,046 million t Argentina
2020s 3,878 million t 3,222 million t 655.94 million t Argentina

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, Argentina or India?
Argentina, at 3,850 million t against 3,327 million t in India as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass between Argentina and India?
523 million t, with Argentina ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Argentina and India?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Argentina and India rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
Argentina ranks 20th and India ranks 23rd of 249 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. 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
Unit
million t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
281 places, 9,788 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.