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Carbon stock change in forests — Area, per square kilometre by country

Carbon stock change in forests — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
0.0918 1000 ha per square kilometre
Suriname
Lowest
0 1000 ha per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,341

What the numbers show

Carbon stock change in forests — Area, per square kilometre is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 0.0918 1000 ha per square kilometre in Suriname; the lowest is 0 1000 ha per square kilometre in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0326 1000 ha per square kilometre.

Over the past decade 83 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 139.6%), and the largest decrease in Cambodia (down 27.1%).

Carbon stock change in forests — Area, per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 0.0918 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% flat
2 Gabon 0.0915 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
3 Palau 0.0906 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.1% rising
4 Solomon Islands 0.0899 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% flat
5 Guyana 0.0871 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
6 Equatorial Guinea 0.0867 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
7 American Samoa 0.0793 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% falling
8 Dominica 0.0766 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% flat
9 Papua New Guinea 0.0752 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
10 Guinea-Bissau 0.0751 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.0% falling
11 Vanuatu 0.075 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% falling
12 Finland 0.0742 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% flat
13 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0732 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
14 Central African Republic 0.0726 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.9% flat
15 Bhutan 0.0708 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.5% rising
16 Sweden 0.0687 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% flat
17 Japan 0.0684 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% flat
18 Liberia 0.0669 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.7% falling
19 British Virgin Islands 0.0665 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
20 Congo 0.0639 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% flat
21 Panama 0.0624 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% falling
22 Slovenia 0.0618 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.2% flat
23 Fiji 0.0617 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.3% rising
24 Montenegro 0.0615 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
25 Zambia 0.0608 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.5% flat
26 Brazil 0.0593 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% falling
27 Seychelles 0.0591 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.4% falling
28 Belize 0.0586 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% falling
29 Costa Rica 0.0585 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.8% rising
30 Malaysia 0.0582 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% falling
31 United States Virgin Islands 0.0582 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.9% flat
32 Samoa 0.058 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% falling
33 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0575 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.8% falling
34 Estonia 0.0573 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.4% rising
35 Jamaica 0.0562 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.8% rising
36 Latvia 0.0555 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% rising
37 Colombia 0.0539 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% falling
38 Marshall Islands 0.0539 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% flat
39 Honduras 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% falling
40 Saint Lucia 0.0537 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
41 Peru 0.0532 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% falling
42 Cayman Islands 0.053 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
43 Northern Mariana Islands 0.053 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.1% rising
44 Guam 0.0524 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 6.4% rising
45 Grenada 0.0521 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
46 Angola 0.052 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
47 Bahamas 0.0509 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
48 Puerto Rico 0.0509 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.8% rising
49 Indonesia 0.0506 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.8% falling
50 Ecuador 0.0499 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% falling
51 New Caledonia 0.0488 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
52 Austria 0.0473 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
53 Dominican Republic 0.0466 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% rising
54 Senegal 0.0452 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
55 Georgia 0.0446 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
56 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0443 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.8% falling
57 Belarus 0.044 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
58 Nepal 0.0435 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% rising
59 French Polynesia 0.0431 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged rising
60 Myanmar 0.0429 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
61 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0423 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
62 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0422 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% flat
63 Mozambique 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.5% falling
64 Canada 0.042 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.7% flat
65 Cameroon 0.0412 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.2% falling
66 Cambodia 0.0412 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 27.1% falling
67 North Macedonia 0.0411 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.6% rising
68 Serbia 0.0404 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% rising
69 Nicaragua 0.0403 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.4% falling
70 Slovakia 0.0403 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% flat
71 Thailand 0.0393 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
72 Andorra 0.0387 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% rising
73 New Zealand 0.0386 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% rising
74 Czechia 0.0382 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.2% flat
75 Spain 0.0382 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
76 Paraguay 0.0375 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 14.6% falling
77 Greece 0.0369 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 20.7% rising
78 Portugal 0.0366 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
79 Bulgaria 0.0363 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
80 Liechtenstein 0.0363 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
81 Zimbabwe 0.036 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.8% falling
82 Lithuania 0.0353 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% rising
83 Cuba 0.0349 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% rising
84 Croatia 0.0347 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% flat
85 Sierra Leone 0.0346 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.3% falling
86 Sri Lanka 0.0345 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.5% falling
87 Luxembourg 0.0345 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
88 Albania 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 18.9% rising
89 Tuvalu 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
90 Mexico 0.0343 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% falling
91 Guatemala 0.0336 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.4% falling
92 Norway 0.0333 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
93 El Salvador 0.033 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% falling
94 Germany 0.0328 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.3% flat
95 France 0.0327 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.7% rising
96 Switzerland 0.032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.6% rising
97 Italy 0.0318 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.7% rising
98 Poland 0.031 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% rising
99 Ghana 0.0307 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.4% rising
100 Romania 0.0304 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.5% rising
101 Benin 0.0288 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 18.1% falling
102 Botswana 0.0278 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
103 Eswatini 0.0254 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 3.3% falling
104 Saint Martin (French part) 0.0248 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
105 Philippines 0.0247 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% falling
106 Rwanda 0.0245 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 31.7% rising
107 Chile 0.0245 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
108 India 0.0244 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.2% rising
109 China 0.0239 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.5% rising
110 Ethiopia 0.0237 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.7% falling
111 Malawi 0.0229 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 16.3% falling
112 Hungary 0.0227 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% rising
113 Gambia 0.0226 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 20.6% falling
114 Togo 0.0225 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.0% falling
115 Singapore 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.7% flat
116 Belgium 0.022 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% flat
117 Guinea 0.0206 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% falling
118 Nigeria 0.0193 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 6.7% falling
119 Mauritius 0.0192 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
120 South Africa 0.0187 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.0% rising
121 Cyprus 0.0186 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% rising
122 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0182 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.6% falling
123 Comoros 0.0178 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% falling
124 Madagascar 0.0177 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% falling
125 Australia 0.0174 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
126 Ukraine 0.0173 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 3.9% rising
127 Argentina 0.0172 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.2% falling
128 San Marino 0.0167 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
129 Denmark 0.016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 4.8% rising
130 Barbados 0.0147 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
131 Bangladesh 0.0146 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
132 Bermuda 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
133 Azerbaijan 0.0144 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 12.6% rising
134 Lebanon 0.0138 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
135 Haiti 0.0134 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.2% flat
136 Burkina Faso 0.0131 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 25.0% falling
137 Morocco 0.0128 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.0% flat
138 Maldives 0.0125 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% flat
139 Uganda 0.0123 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 12.4% falling
140 Tonga 0.0121 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
141 Eritrea 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 4.0% falling
142 Sudan 0.012 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 7.2% falling
143 Ireland 0.0119 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 10.3% rising
144 Armenia 0.0118 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% flat
145 Uruguay 0.0114 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 11.7% rising
146 South Sudan 0.0113 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.1% flat
147 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0111 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
148 Burundi 0.0109 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 14.0% rising
149 Namibia 0.0098 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% falling
150 Mongolia 0.0091 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.1% flat
151 Mali 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.7% falling
152 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0088 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
153 Uzbekistan 0.0087 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.7% rising
154 Somalia 0.0081 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 21.5% falling
155 Israel 0.0068 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% rising
156 Kyrgyzstan 0.0065 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
157 Kenya 0.0065 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.8% falling
158 Isle of Man 0.0064 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.1% flat
159 Turkmenistan 0.005 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
160 United Arab Emirates 0.0046 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
161 Tunisia 0.0045 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.5% rising
162 Bahrain 0.0043 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 139.6% rising
163 Pakistan 0.0041 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.2% falling
164 Chad 0.0032 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 24.3% falling
165 Tajikistan 0.0031 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.5% rising
166 Aruba 0.0027 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
167 Afghanistan 0.0019 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
168 Palestine 0.0018 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 7.3% rising
169 Iraq 0.0016 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 9.3% falling
170 Malta 0.0015 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 33.1% rising
171 Kiribati 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
172 Kazakhstan 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
173 Saudi Arabia 0.0013 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.2% flat
174 Lesotho 0.0011 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
175 Yemen 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
176 Mauritania 0.001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% rising
177 Niger 0.0009 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% falling
178 Jordan 0.0008 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.0% flat
179 Algeria 0.0007 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 0.4% flat
180 Iceland 0.0006 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
181 Kuwait 0.0004 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 8.4% rising
182 Djibouti 0.0003 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 5.0% flat
183 Qatar 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.0% flat
184 Libya 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 1.6% falling
185 Faroe Islands 0.0001 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 1.9% flat
186 Oman 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged flat
187 Egypt 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 0.4% rising
188 Greenland 0 1000 ha per square kilometre 2023 unchanged falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • World 0.0321 1000 ha per square kilometre

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Carbon stock change in forests — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Carbon stock change in forests — Area ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
Carbon stock change in forests — Area, per square kilometre
Unit
1000 ha per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 6,341 data points, 1990–2023
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Carbon stock change in forests — Area divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.