Australia and New Zealand vs Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs): Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass

Australia and New Zealand
11,290 million t
in 2025
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
66,146 million t
in 2025
Australia and New Zealand rank
8th
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank
5th

Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass over time

  • Australia and New Zealand
  • Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
20.0k40.0k60.0k80.0k199020072025

How they compare

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) currently reports 66,146 million t against 11,290 million t in Australia and New Zealand, a difference of 54,856 million t.

That makes Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)'s figure about 5.9 times Australia and New Zealand's.

Across all 36 years both countries report, Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has been ahead every year.

Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th of 249 countries.

Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Australia and New Zealand Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) Difference Ahead
1990s 11,284 million t 74,901 million t 63,616 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2000s 11,202 million t 72,006 million t 60,805 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2010s 11,201 million t 68,926 million t 57,726 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)
2020s 11,274 million t 66,714 million t 55,440 million t Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, Australia and New Zealand or Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs), at 66,146 million t against 11,290 million t in Australia and New Zealand as of 2025.
What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass between Australia and New Zealand and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
54,856 million t, with Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and New Zealand and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs)?
36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
How do Australia and New Zealand and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
Australia and New Zealand ranks 8th and Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) ranks 5th 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.