Japan vs Malaysia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass over time
- Japan
- Malaysia
How they compare
Malaysia currently reports 2,301 million t against 2,050 million t in Japan, a difference of 251 million t.
That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Japan's.
Across all 36 years both countries report, Malaysia has been ahead every year.
Japan ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 29th of 249 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,259 million t | 2,472 million t | 1,213 million t | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 1,577 million t | 2,270 million t | 692.91 million t | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 1,908 million t | 2,309 million t | 400.92 million t | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 2,030 million t | 2,321 million t | 291.06 million t | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, Japan or Malaysia?
- Malaysia, at 2,301 million t against 2,050 million t in Japan as of 2025.
- What is the difference in forest land — carbon stock in living biomass between Japan and Malaysia?
- 251 million t, with Malaysia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Malaysia?
- 36 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2025.
- How do Japan and Malaysia rank globally for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Japan ranks 31st and Malaysia ranks 29th 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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About this data
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.