Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Zambia
Zambia: Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate was -0.2157 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Zambia, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
In 2025, carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Zambia stood at -0.2157 % change on previous year.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and up 47.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Zambia peaked at -0.0755 % change on previous year in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.409 % change on previous year, in 2016.
Zambia ranks 183rd of 236 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.0755 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.0755 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1993 | -0.0756 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1994 | -0.0756 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1995 | -0.0757 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1996 | -0.0757 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1997 | -0.0758 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1998 | -0.0759 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1999 | -0.0759 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2000 | -0.076 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2001 | -0.076 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2002 | -0.0761 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2003 | -0.0761 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2004 | -0.0762 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2005 | -0.0763 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2006 | -0.0763 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2007 | -0.0764 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2008 | -0.0764 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2009 | -0.0765 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2010 | -0.0765 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2011 | -0.0768 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2012 | -0.403 % change on previous year | +424.6% |
| 2013 | -0.4047 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2014 | -0.4063 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2015 | -0.408 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2016 | -0.409 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
| 2017 | -0.1727 % change on previous year | -57.8% |
| 2018 | -0.173 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
| 2019 | -0.1733 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
| 2020 | -0.1736 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
| 2021 | -0.1741 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2022 | -0.2143 % change on previous year | +23.1% |
| 2023 | -0.2145 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2024 | -0.2152 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2025 | -0.2157 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Carbon stock change in forests — Area, annual growth rate in Zambia 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 | -424.6% | -0.0768 % change on previous year | -0.403 % change on previous year |
| 2017 | +57.8% | -0.409 % change on previous year | -0.1727 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0757 % change on previous year | -0.0759 % change on previous year | -0.0755 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.0762 % change on previous year | -0.0765 % change on previous year | -0.076 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2703 % change on previous year | -0.409 % change on previous year | -0.0765 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2012 % change on previous year | -0.2157 % change on previous year | -0.1736 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 180 Mexico -0.192 % change on previous year compare
- 181 Guinea-Bissau -0.2011 % change on previous year compare
- 182 Democratic Republic of the Congo -0.2025 % change on previous year compare
- 184 Colombia -0.2232 % change on previous year compare
- 185 Sri Lanka -0.2323 % change on previous year compare
- 186 Ecuador -0.2433 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Zambia?
- Carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate in Zambia was -0.2157 % 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.0755 % change on previous year in 1991.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.409 % change on previous year in 2016.
- How does Zambia rank for carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate?
- Zambia ranks 183rd out of 236 countries with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — area, annual growth rate rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Zambia 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.