Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia
Melanesia: Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate was -0.0056 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Melanesia recorded -0.0056 % change on previous year for carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in 2025.
That represents a change of down 129.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia peaked at 0.0195 % change on previous year in 2012 and was at its lowest, -0.0496 % change on previous year, in 2021.
Melanesia ranks 152nd of 236 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.0443 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.0441 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 1993 | -0.0444 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 1994 | -0.0444 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 1995 | -0.0444 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 1996 | -0.0444 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 1997 | -0.0444 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 1998 | -0.0445 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 1999 | -0.0442 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2000 | -0.0445 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2001 | -0.0475 % change on previous year | +6.8% |
| 2002 | -0.0473 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2003 | -0.0476 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2004 | -0.0476 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 2005 | -0.0474 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2006 | -0.0476 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2007 | -0.0474 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2008 | -0.0477 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2009 | -0.0477 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 2010 | -0.0475 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2011 | -0.0217 % change on previous year | -54.2% |
| 2012 | 0.0195 % change on previous year | -189.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0192 % change on previous year | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.0192 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.0192 % change on previous year | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -0.0083 % change on previous year | -143.4% |
| 2017 | -0.0492 % change on previous year | +491.0% |
| 2018 | -0.0495 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2019 | -0.0493 % change on previous year | -0.5% |
| 2020 | -0.0493 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
| 2021 | -0.0496 % change on previous year | +0.6% |
| 2022 | -0.0056 % change on previous year | -88.8% |
| 2023 | -0.0058 % change on previous year | +4.6% |
| 2024 | -0.0056 % change on previous year | -4.3% |
| 2025 | -0.0056 % change on previous year | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Melanesia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | -491.0% | -0.0083 % change on previous year | -0.0492 % change on previous year |
| 2012 | +189.6% | -0.0217 % change on previous year | 0.0195 % change on previous year |
| 2016 | -143.4% | 0.0192 % change on previous year | -0.0083 % change on previous year |
| 2022 | +88.8% | -0.0496 % change on previous year | -0.0056 % change on previous year |
| 2011 | +54.2% | -0.0475 % change on previous year | -0.0217 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0443 % change on previous year | -0.0445 % change on previous year | -0.0441 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.0472 % change on previous year | -0.0477 % change on previous year | -0.0445 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.0149 % change on previous year | -0.0495 % change on previous year | 0.0195 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.0202 % change on previous year | -0.0496 % change on previous year | -0.0056 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More climate change data for Melanesia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 27.63 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,815 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,051 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,764 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 134.44 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 187.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 156.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 31.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.591 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia?
- Carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Melanesia was -0.0056 % 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0195 % change on previous year in 2012.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0496 % change on previous year in 2021.
- How does Melanesia rank for carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate?
- Melanesia ranks 152nd out of 236 countries with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 129.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.