Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate was -0.5824 % change on previous year in 2025. ▼ Falling
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2025, carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at -0.5824 % change on previous year.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 22.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at -0.478 % change on previous year in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.7653 % change on previous year, in 2016.
Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 31st of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.478 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.4804 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1993 | -0.4827 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1994 | -0.4851 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1995 | -0.4873 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1996 | -0.4898 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1997 | -0.4922 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1998 | -0.4945 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 1999 | -0.4971 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2000 | -0.4996 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2001 | -0.4967 % change on previous year | -0.6% |
| 2002 | -0.538 % change on previous year | +8.3% |
| 2003 | -0.5407 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2004 | -0.5437 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2005 | -0.5467 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2006 | -0.5498 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2007 | -0.5527 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2008 | -0.5558 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2009 | -0.5589 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2010 | -0.5622 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2011 | -0.5453 % change on previous year | -3.0% |
| 2012 | -0.7315 % change on previous year | +34.2% |
| 2013 | -0.7369 % change on previous year | +0.7% |
| 2014 | -0.7424 % change on previous year | +0.7% |
| 2015 | -0.748 % change on previous year | +0.7% |
| 2016 | -0.7653 % change on previous year | +2.3% |
| 2017 | -0.5591 % change on previous year | -26.9% |
| 2018 | -0.5623 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2019 | -0.5656 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2020 | -0.5687 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2021 | -0.5703 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2022 | -0.5726 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.5759 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2024 | -0.5792 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2025 | -0.5824 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -34.2% | -0.5453 % change on previous year | -0.7315 % change on previous year |
| 2017 | +26.9% | -0.7653 % change on previous year | -0.5591 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.4875 % change on previous year | -0.4971 % change on previous year | -0.478 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.5383 % change on previous year | -0.5589 % change on previous year | -0.4967 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.6519 % change on previous year | -0.7653 % change on previous year | -0.5453 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.5748 % change on previous year | -0.5824 % change on previous year | -0.5687 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- 28 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.3859 % change on previous year compare
- 29 South Africa 0.3839 % change on previous year compare
- 30 Ukraine 0.378 % change on previous year compare
- 31 Haiti 0.3777 % change on previous year compare
- 32 Guadeloupe 0.3584 % change on previous year compare
- 33 Bulgaria 0.3186 % change on previous year compare
- 34 Denmark 0.3075 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 4.70 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 708,280 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 216,438 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 491,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 816.75 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17,566 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 179,120 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 48,410 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 130,710 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 182.68 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was -0.5824 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was -0.478 % change on previous year in 1991.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7653 % change on previous year in 2016.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 31st out of 32 groups with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 22.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
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.