Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Hungary

Hungary: Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) was -4,745 kt in 2025. ▼ Falling

Latest (2025)
-4,745 kt
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
195th
of 223 countries
All-time high
-3,575 kt
in 2001
All-time low
-4,745 kt
in 2016
Years of data
36
1990–2025

Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Hungary, 1990–2025

-4.8k-4.5k-4.2k-4.0k-3.8k-3.5k1990200720251990: -4.0k kt1991: -4.0k kt1992: -4.0k kt1993: -4.0k kt1994: -4.0k kt1995: -4.0k kt1996: -4.0k kt1997: -4.0k kt1998: -4.0k kt1999: -4.0k kt2000: -4.0k kt2001: -3.6k kt2002: -3.6k kt2003: -3.6k kt2004: -3.6k kt2005: -3.6k kt2006: -3.6k kt2007: -3.6k kt2008: -3.6k kt2009: -3.6k kt2010: -3.6k kt2011: -4.3k kt2012: -4.3k kt2013: -4.3k kt2014: -4.3k kt2015: -4.3k kt2016: -4.7k kt2017: -4.7k kt2018: -4.7k kt2019: -4.7k kt2020: -4.7k kt2021: -4.7k kt2022: -4.7k kt2023: -4.7k kt2024: -4.7k kt2025: -4.7k kt

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.

Analysis

In 2025, carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Hungary stood at -4,745 kt. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.

The figure is down 10.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Hungary peaked at -3,575 kt in 2001 and was at its lowest, -4,745 kt, in 2016.

That places Hungary 195th out of 223 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.

Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Hungary, year by year

Annual values for Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) in Hungary, 1990 to 2025.
Year kt Change
1990 -4,022 kt
1991 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1992 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1993 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1994 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1995 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1996 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1997 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1998 -4,022 kt -0.0%
1999 -4,022 kt -0.0%
2000 -4,022 kt -0.0%
2001 -3,575 kt -11.1%
2002 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2003 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2004 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2005 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2006 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2007 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2008 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2009 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2010 -3,575 kt -0.0%
2011 -4,305 kt +20.4%
2012 -4,305 kt -0.0%
2013 -4,305 kt -0.0%
2014 -4,305 kt -0.0%
2015 -4,305 kt -0.0%
2016 -4,745 kt +10.2%
2017 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2018 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2019 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2020 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2021 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2022 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2023 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2024 -4,745 kt -0.0%
2025 -4,745 kt -0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s -4,022 kt -4,022 kt -4,022 kt 10
2000s -3,620 kt -4,022 kt -3,575 kt 10
2010s -4,408 kt -4,745 kt -3,575 kt 10
2020s -4,745 kt -4,745 kt -4,745 kt 6

Countries ranked near Hungary

  1. 192 Nepal -4,143 kt compare
  2. 193 Georgia -4,363 kt compare
  3. 194 Belgium-Luxembourg -4,734 kt compare
  4. 196 Lithuania -4,928 kt compare
  5. 197 Austria -5,097 kt compare
  6. 198 Congo -7,084 kt compare

See the full ranking of 275 places →

More climate change data for Hungary

All data for Hungary →

Frequently asked questions

What is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Hungary?
Carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Hungary was -4,745 kt in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in Hungary?
The highest recorded value was -3,575 kt in 2001.
What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in Hungary?
The lowest recorded value was -4,745 kt in 2016.
How does Hungary rank for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2)?
Hungary ranks 195th out of 223 countries with data for 2025.
Is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) rising or falling in Hungary?
Over the last ten years it is down 10.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Hungary data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 36 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Hungary. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 08 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/carbon-stock-change-in-forests-net-emissions-removals-co2-forest-land-fao-tier-1/hungary/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/stat/carbon-stock-change-in-forests-net-emissions-removals-co2-forest-land-fao-tier-1/hungary/">Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Hungary</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land)
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,600 data points, 1990–2025
Last refreshed

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).