Carbon stock change … Carbon Net emissions/removals CO2 in OECD
OECD: Carbon stock change … Carbon Net emissions/removals CO2 was -373,047 kt in 2025. ▲ Rising
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in OECD, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
OECD recorded -373,047 kt for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is up 74.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in OECD peaked at -373,047 kt in 2021 and was at its lowest, -1.44 million kt, in 2011.
That places OECD 240th out of 243 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Carbon stock change … Carbon Net emissions/removals CO2 in OECD, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | -1.19 million kt | — |
| 1991 | -1.19 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1992 | -1.22 million kt | +2.4% |
| 1993 | -1.23 million kt | +0.8% |
| 1994 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1995 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1996 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1997 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1998 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 1999 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2000 | -1.23 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2001 | -1.34 million kt | +8.5% |
| 2002 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2003 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2004 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2005 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2006 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2007 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2008 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2009 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2010 | -1.34 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2011 | -1.44 million kt | +7.3% |
| 2012 | -1.44 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2013 | -1.44 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -1.44 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -1.44 million kt | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -822,389 kt | -42.7% |
| 2017 | -822,389 kt | -0.0% |
| 2018 | -822,389 kt | -0.0% |
| 2019 | -822,389 kt | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -822,389 kt | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -373,047 kt | -54.6% |
| 2022 | -373,047 kt | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -373,047 kt | -0.0% |
| 2024 | -373,047 kt | -0.0% |
| 2025 | -373,047 kt | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -1.22 million kt | -1.23 million kt | -1.19 million kt | 10 |
| 2000s | -1.33 million kt | -1.34 million kt | -1.23 million kt | 10 |
| 2010s | -1.18 million kt | -1.44 million kt | -822,389 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | -447,937 kt | -822,389 kt | -373,047 kt | 6 |
Countries ranked near OECD
- 237 South Africa -74,851 kt compare
- 238 Belarus -146,469 kt compare
- 239 India -154,418 kt compare
- 241 China -838,933 kt compare
- 241 China, mainland -838,933 kt compare
- 243 Russian Federation -1.15 million kt compare
More climate change data for OECD
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 29.42 billion kg (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 3.61 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 139.28 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Burning crop residues 51.58 million t (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 14.64 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 65.07 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 79.71 kt (2050)
- Maize (corn) — Crop residues 4.14 billion kg (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 462.38 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26,568 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in OECD?
- Carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in OECD was -373,047 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 OECD?
- The highest recorded value was -373,047 kt in 2021.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in OECD?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.44 million kt in 2011.
- How does OECD rank for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2)?
- OECD ranks 240th out of 243 countries with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) rising or falling in OECD?
- Over the last ten years it is up 74.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this OECD 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.
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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).