Carbon stock change in forests — Area by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
Countries reporting
216
Highest
1.12 million 1000 ha
OECD
Lowest
0.07 1000 ha
Curaçao
Median
1,792 1000 ha
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
9,600
What the numbers show
Carbon stock change in forests — Area is currently reported for 216 countries. The highest value is 1.12 million 1000 ha in OECD; the lowest is 0.07 1000 ha in Curaçao.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,792 1000 ha, and the mean is 23,203 1000 ha.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 89 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 219.0%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 28.3%).
Carbon stock change in forests — Area: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 1.12 million 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 2 | Russian Federation | 832,630 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 3 | Brazil | 489,343 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 4 | Canada | 369,282 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 5 | China (People’s Republic of) | 227,153 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 5 | China, mainland | 227,153 1000 ha | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 7 | Australia and New Zealand | 143,871 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 8 | Australia | 133,568 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 9 | Indonesia | 95,969 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 10 | India | 72,739 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Peru | 67,465 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 66,397 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 13 | Angola | 63,772 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 59,590 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 15 | Argentina | 46,793 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 45,142 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 17 | Zambia | 44,971 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.1% | falling |
| 18 | Papua New Guinea | 34,034 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 19 | Mozambique | 32,512 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 20 | Sudan (former) | 31,733 1000 ha | 2011 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 21 | Sweden | 27,988 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 22 | Myanmar | 27,416 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 23 | Ethiopia | 26,772 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 24 | Japan | 24,917 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 25 | Gabon | 23,562 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 26 | South Africa | 22,881 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 27 | Finland | 22,543 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 28 | Sudan | 22,154 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 29 | Congo | 21,855 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 30 | Thailand | 19,786 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 31 | Cameroon | 19,260 1000 ha | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 32 | Spain | 19,133 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 33 | Malaysia | 19,003 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 34 | Guyana | 18,385 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 35 | Chile | 18,167 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 36 | France | 17,795 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 37 | Nigeria | 17,287 1000 ha | 2025 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 38 | Botswana | 15,730 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 39 | Suriname | 14,692 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 40 | Paraguay | 14,515 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 41 | Mongolia | 14,178 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 13,819 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 12,340 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 44 | Norway | 12,111 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 45 | Germany | 11,481 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 46 | Mali | 10,587 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 47 | New Zealand | 10,303 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 10,090 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 10,046 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 50 | Poland | 9,495 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 51 | Italy | 9,424 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 8,975 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 53 | Senegal | 8,668 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 54 | Namibia | 8,044 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 55 | French Guiana | 7,986 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 56 | Philippines | 7,439 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 57 | South Sudan | 7,160 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 58 | Ghana | 7,056 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 59 | Romania | 7,001 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | Cambodia | 6,649 1000 ha | 2025 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 61 | Liberia | 6,367 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 62 | Republic of Korea | 6,283 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 63 | Nepal | 6,266 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 64 | Honduras | 5,914 1000 ha | 2025 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 65 | Morocco | 5,697 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 66 | Guinea | 4,925 1000 ha | 2025 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 67 | Somalia | 4,906 1000 ha | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 4,854 1000 ha | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 69 | Greece | 4,763 1000 ha | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 4,620 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 3,968 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 72 | Kenya | 3,914 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.4% | flat |
| 73 | Austria | 3,908 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 74 | Uzbekistan | 3,894 1000 ha | 2025 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 75 | Chad | 3,739 1000 ha | 2025 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 76 | Cuba | 3,622 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 77 | Guatemala | 3,574 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 78 | Kazakhstan | 3,521 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 79 | Serbia | 3,475 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 80 | Latvia | 3,467 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 81 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3,408 1000 ha | 2005 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 82 | Portugal | 3,363 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.5% | flat |
| 83 | Burkina Faso | 3,357 1000 ha | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 84 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 3,278 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 85 | Pakistan | 3,192 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 86 | Benin | 3,171 1000 ha | 2025 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 87 | Georgia | 3,100 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 2,993 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 89 | Czechia | 2,968 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 2,776 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 91 | Bhutan | 2,683 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 92 | Solomon Islands | 2,515 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 93 | Sierra Leone | 2,457 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 94 | Estonia | 2,451 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 95 | Equatorial Guinea | 2,415 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 96 | Uganda | 2,406 1000 ha | 2025 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 97 | Turkmenistan | 2,330 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 98 | Dominican Republic | 2,257 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 99 | Lithuania | 2,216 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 100 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,162 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 101 | Sri Lanka | 2,126 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea-Bissau | 2,104 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 103 | Hungary | 2,087 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 104 | Malawi | 2,074 1000 ha | 2025 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 105 | Uruguay | 2,024 1000 ha | 2025 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 106 | Croatia | 1,946 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 107 | Slovak Republic | 1,940 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 108 | Bangladesh | 1,892 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 109 | Algeria | 1,693 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 110 | Eritrea | 1,448 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 1,323 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 112 | Switzerland | 1,267 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,255 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 114 | Slovenia | 1,245 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 115 | Togo | 1,228 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 1,214 1000 ha | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 117 | Afghanistan | 1,209 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Fiji | 1,137 1000 ha | 2025 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 119 | Niger | 1,075 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 120 | North Macedonia | 1,029 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 121 | Mauritania | 1,025 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | 941 1000 ha | 2025 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 123 | Vanuatu | 909.82 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 124 | New Caledonia | 892.61 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 125 | Ireland | 832.85 1000 ha | 2025 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 126 | Montenegro | 827 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 127 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 758.77 1000 ha | 1999 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 128 | Iraq | 699.6 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 129 | Tunisia | 689.79 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 130 | El Salvador | 684.84 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 131 | Belgium | 670.52 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 132 | Denmark | 642.56 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 133 | Rwanda | 634.63 1000 ha | 2025 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 134 | Jamaica | 616.31 1000 ha | 2025 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 135 | Yemen | 549 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Western Sahara | 530.02 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 137 | Bahamas | 509.86 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 138 | Puerto Rico | 441.27 1000 ha | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 139 | Eswatini | 434.57 1000 ha | 2025 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 424.5 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 141 | Brunei Darussalam | 380.05 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 142 | Haiti | 372.1 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 143 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 369.33 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 144 | Armenia | 334.1 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 145 | United Arab Emirates | 324.58 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 146 | Burundi | 279.64 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 226.47 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 148 | Gambia | 216 1000 ha | 2025 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 149 | Libya | 205.67 1000 ha | 2025 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 150 | Cyprus | 171.87 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 151 | Samoa | 160.24 1000 ha | 2025 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 152 | Israel | 151 1000 ha | 2025 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 153 | French Polynesia | 149.46 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Lebanon | 141.32 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 155 | Luxembourg | 88.7 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 156 | Réunion | 77.15 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 157 | Guadeloupe | 75.6 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 158 | Jordan | 70.7 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 159 | Iceland | 61.48 1000 ha | 2025 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 160 | Dominica | 57.39 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 55.28 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 162 | Martinique | 52.67 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 163 | Palau | 41.87 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 164 | Mauritius | 38.29 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 165 | Lesotho | 34.52 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 166 | Comoros | 33.37 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 167 | Saint Lucia | 32.84 1000 ha | 2025 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 168 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 28.56 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 169 | Guam | 28.27 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Seychelles | 26.74 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 171 | Northern Mariana Islands | 24.36 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | United States Virgin Islands | 20.66 1000 ha | 2025 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 173 | Niue | 18.87 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 174 | Andorra | 18.22 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 175 | Grenada | 17.7 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | American Samoa | 15.85 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 177 | Singapore | 15.8 1000 ha | 2025 | down 5.5% | flat |
| 178 | Cook Islands | 15.59 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Cayman Islands | 12.72 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Palestine, State of | 11.1 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 11 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 10.52 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | British Virgin Islands | 9.97 1000 ha | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 184 | Marshall Islands | 9.71 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 185 | Mayotte | 9.66 1000 ha | 2025 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 186 | Tonga | 8.73 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.86 1000 ha | 2025 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 188 | Barbados | 6.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Kuwait | 6.3 1000 ha | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 190 | Liechtenstein | 5.98 1000 ha | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 191 | Djibouti | 5.93 1000 ha | 2025 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 192 | Anguilla | 5.5 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Bahrain | 4.37 1000 ha | 2025 | up 219.0% | rising |
| 194 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 4.21 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 195 | Egypt | 4.11 1000 ha | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 196 | Maldives | 3.72 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 197 | Pitcairn | 3.69 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Isle of Man | 3.67 1000 ha | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 199 | Montserrat | 2.42 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 200 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 2.02 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Oman | 1.6 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Qatar | 1.4 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Saint Martin (French part) | 1.24 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 1.12 1000 ha | 2025 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 205 | Kiribati | 1.07 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 206 | Tuvalu | 1.03 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | San Marino | 1 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Bermuda | 0.78 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Jersey | 0.68 1000 ha | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 210 | Aruba | 0.49 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Norfolk Island | 0.49 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 212 | Malta | 0.47 1000 ha | 2025 | up 34.3% | rising |
| 213 | Sint Maarten | 0.3 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Greenland | 0.22 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Faroe Islands | 0.08 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 216 | Curaçao | 0.07 1000 ha | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Non-Annex I countries 2.24 million 1000 ha
- Annex I countries 1.91 million 1000 ha
- Americas 1.63 million 1000 ha
- Eastern Europe 879,526 1000 ha
- South America 853,064 1000 ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 770,193 1000 ha
- Northern America 678,251 1000 ha
- Africa 665,818 1000 ha
- Türkiye 22,806 1000 ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 473,806 1000 ha
- United States of America 308,967 1000 ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 299,153 1000 ha
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).