Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Carbon stock change in forests — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
207
Highest
12.34 % change on previous year
Bahrain
Lowest
-4.44 % change on previous year
Cambodia
Median
0 % change on previous year
Years covered
35
1991–2025
Data points
9,080
What the numbers show
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 12.34 % change on previous year in Bahrain; the lowest is -4.44 % change on previous year in Cambodia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 % change on previous year, and the mean is -0.0323 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.
Over the past decade 70 countries rose and 118 fell. The largest increase was in New Zealand (up 21,746.8%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 1,886.3%).
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 12.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Rwanda | 2.35 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1.79 % change on previous year | 2005 | up 215.4% | volatile |
| 4 | Kenya | 1.67 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 160.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Iceland | 1.59 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Liechtenstein | 1.46 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 7 | Israel | 1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Cabo Verde | 1.23 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.5% | flat |
| 9 | Serbia | 1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 10 | Uzbekistan | 1.07 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 11 | Ireland | 0.9584 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 4.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0.9169 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 40.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 0.8719 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 0.8385 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 15 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.7314 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 16 | China | 0.7143 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 16 | China, mainland | 0.7143 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 18 | New Zealand | 0.6595 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 21,746.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Pakistan | 0.6555 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 178.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Jamaica | 0.6345 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Philippines | 0.5739 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Türkiye | 0.5161 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 23 | Ghana | 0.5088 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 24 | France | 0.5049 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 25 | Malta | 0.4274 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 26 | Fiji | 0.409 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 27 | Kazakhstan | 0.3964 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 28 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3859 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 29 | South Africa | 0.3839 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 30 | Ukraine | 0.378 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 31 | Haiti | 0.3777 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 144.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Guadeloupe | 0.3584 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Bulgaria | 0.3186 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Denmark | 0.3075 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 35 | Czechia | 0.3055 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 242.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Comoros | 0.3006 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 119.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Belarus | 0.2958 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 3,553.1% | falling |
| 38 | Jersey | 0.295 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Dominican Republic | 0.2941 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Hungary | 0.2916 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 107.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Nepal | 0.2653 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 362.1% | falling |
| 42 | Mauritania | 0.2572 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 43 | Togo | 0.2481 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 203.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Palau | 0.2154 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 45 | Latvia | 0.1899 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Djibouti | 0.1689 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.7% | volatile |
| 47 | Portugal | 0.1683 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Spain | 0.1581 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 1,531.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Viet Nam | 0.1528 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 84.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Saint Lucia | 0.1525 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 75.7% | falling |
| 51 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.1472 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Egypt | 0.1462 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 53 | Switzerland | 0.1446 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 54 | Martinique | 0.1445 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 63.1% | rising |
| 55 | Italy | 0.1327 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 149.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Lithuania | 0.1279 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.1222 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 987.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.122 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 126.0% | volatile |
| 59 | India | 0.1184 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 68.6% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.1178 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 61 | Caribbean | 0.106 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.2% | falling |
| 62 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1036 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 63 | Russian Federation | 0.101 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 143.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Slovakia | 0.0954 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 138.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Indonesia | 0.085 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 131.8% | volatile |
| 66 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.0849 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Romania | 0.0803 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Austria | 0.0722 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 69 | Tajikistan | 0.0707 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 87.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Micronesia | 0.0707 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 93.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Lebanon | 0.068 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 72 | Croatia | 0.0679 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 226.0% | falling |
| 73 | Andorra | 0.0659 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 71.4% | volatile |
| 74 | Poland | 0.0649 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 75 | Congo | 0.0641 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 169.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Cuba | 0.0605 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0541 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0481 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 91.1% | volatile |
| 79 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0471 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 104.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.0465 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 81 | Germany | 0.0418 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 82 | Australia | 0.0412 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 79.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Estonia | 0.0233 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.7% | volatile |
| 84 | South Sudan | 0.021 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Réunion | 0.0207 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 96.2% | falling |
| 86 | OECD | 0.0196 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 87 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0061 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.0054 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Armenia | 0.0048 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 95.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0048 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 98.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Albania | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | American Samoa | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Burundi | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Belgium | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Botswana | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Cayman Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Finland | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Georgia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Guam | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Isle of Man | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Jordan | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Kuwait | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Luxembourg | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Montenegro | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Mauritius | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | New Caledonia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Palestine | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | French Polynesia | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Singapore | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Sweden | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Cook Islands | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Montserrat | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Niue | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Brunei Darussalam | 0 % change on previous year | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 150 | Canada | -0.0027 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 101.9% | volatile |
| 151 | Slovenia | -0.0048 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 130.1% | volatile |
| 152 | Melanesia | -0.0056 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 129.0% | volatile |
| 153 | Namibia | -0.0081 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 154 | Japan | -0.0088 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 49.9% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | -0.0109 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 156 | Ethiopia | -0.0146 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 93.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Norway | -0.0198 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 158 | Chile | -0.0264 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 113.5% | volatile |
| 159 | Gabon | -0.0284 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 160 | Solomon Islands | -0.0294 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 161 | Algeria | -0.0396 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 162 | Guyana | -0.0413 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 34.2% | falling |
| 163 | Bangladesh | -0.0523 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 0.5% | volatile |
| 164 | French Guiana | -0.0523 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 165 | Republic of Korea | -0.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 61.8% | flat |
| 166 | Panama | -0.0651 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Dominica | -0.0766 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Timor-Leste | -0.0805 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 169 | Cyprus | -0.0977 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 549.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Polynesia | -0.1014 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 171 | Central African Republic | -0.1029 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 172 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | -0.1045 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.1% | rising |
| 173 | Belgium-Luxembourg | -0.1211 % change on previous year | 1999 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 174 | Suriname | -0.1237 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 290.8% | volatile |
| 175 | Western Sahara | -0.1503 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 278.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Republic of Moldova | -0.1561 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 125.2% | volatile |
| 177 | Libya | -0.1621 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 178 | Senegal | -0.179 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 179 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1869 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 180 | Mexico | -0.192 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 181 | Guinea-Bissau | -0.2011 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 182 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -0.2025 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 183 | Zambia | -0.2157 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 47.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Colombia | -0.2232 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 45.8% | rising |
| 185 | Sri Lanka | -0.2323 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 57.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Ecuador | -0.2433 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 187 | Vanuatu | -0.2613 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 188 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | -0.2688 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.8% | falling |
| 189 | Samoa | -0.2987 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 190 | North Macedonia | -0.3147 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 145.8% | volatile |
| 191 | Malaysia | -0.3148 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 159.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Bhutan | -0.3154 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 532.2% | volatile |
| 193 | Tunisia | -0.3326 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 882.3% | volatile |
| 194 | Eswatini | -0.344 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 195 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.345 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 196 | Mayotte | -0.3507 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 197 | Guatemala | -0.3676 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 19.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Zimbabwe | -0.3821 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 199 | Argentina | -0.3821 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 200 | Eritrea | -0.4113 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 201 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | -0.4372 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 53.4% | rising |
| 202 | Peru | -0.4418 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 3.6% | rising |
| 203 | Nicaragua | -0.4539 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 204 | Niger | -0.4556 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 205 | Sudan (former) | -0.5326 % change on previous year | 2011 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 206 | Belize | -0.5661 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 207 | Cameroon | -0.6033 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 123.4% | falling |
| 208 | Liberia | -0.6333 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 209 | Brazil | -0.661 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 79.4% | rising |
| 210 | Thailand | -0.6926 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 1,886.3% | volatile |
| 211 | Nigeria | -0.7287 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 212 | Sudan | -0.7802 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 213 | Angola | -0.7934 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 214 | Sierra Leone | -0.7967 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 215 | Seychelles | -0.8087 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 216 | Mozambique | -0.8149 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 217 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.8331 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 218 | Honduras | -0.8421 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 219 | Iraq | -0.9351 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 20.5% | volatile |
| 220 | Mali | -0.9403 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 221 | Myanmar | -1.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 222 | United Republic of Tanzania | -1.06 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 223 | Paraguay | -1.12 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 224 | Uganda | -1.15 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 225 | Benin | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 70.7% | rising |
| 226 | Puerto Rico | -1.17 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 773.4% | volatile |
| 227 | Madagascar | -1.22 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 228 | Guinea | -1.34 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 229 | Somalia | -1.52 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 37.7% | falling |
| 230 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | -1.92 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 231 | Malawi | -1.99 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 232 | Côte d'Ivoire | -2.05 % change on previous year | 2025 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 233 | Gambia | -2.94 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 234 | Chad | -3.31 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 235 | Burkina Faso | -3.45 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 34.5% | falling |
| 236 | Cambodia | -4.44 % change on previous year | 2025 | down 22.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Eastern Asia 0.5803 % change on previous year
- Central Asia 0.4864 % change on previous year
- Western Asia 0.3821 % change on previous year
- Western Europe 0.2801 % change on previous year
- Asia 0.1935 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 0.1816 % change on previous year
- Southern Europe 0.1806 % change on previous year
- European Union (27) 0.1286 % change on previous year
- Europe 0.1118 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 0.1082 % change on previous year
- Eastern Europe 0.1074 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries 0.0665 % change on previous year
- Oceania 0.0653 % change on previous year
- Northern Europe 0.041 % change on previous year
- Northern America -0.0121 % change on previous year
- United States of America -0.0233 % change on previous year
- Small island developing States (SIDS) -0.0368 % change on previous year
- World -0.1206 % change on previous year
- Central America -0.2425 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries -0.2792 % change on previous year
- Americas -0.2851 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -0.3259 % change on previous year
- South-Eastern Asia -0.333 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa -0.3387 % change on previous year
- Africa -0.4256 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -0.4381 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -0.4748 % change on previous year
- South America -0.5094 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa -0.5538 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa -0.5711 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -0.5824 % change on previous year
- Western Africa -0.7862 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Carbon stock change in forests — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Carbon stock change in forests — Area Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Carbon stock change in forests — Area. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.