Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Somalia
Somalia: Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) was 3,733 kt in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Somalia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kt.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 3,733 kt for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
The figure is down 89.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Somalia peaked at 182,541 kt in 2016 and was at its lowest, 3,733 kt, in 2021.
Somalia ranks 42nd of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) in Somalia, year by year
| Year | kt | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 17,266 kt | — |
| 1991 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 17,266 kt | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 17,263 kt | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 17,263 kt | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 34,665 kt | +100.8% |
| 2012 | 34,665 kt | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 34,665 kt | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 34,665 kt | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 34,665 kt | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 182,541 kt | +426.6% |
| 2017 | 182,541 kt | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 182,541 kt | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 182,541 kt | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 182,541 kt | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 3,733 kt | -98.0% |
| 2022 | 3,733 kt | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 3,733 kt | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 3,733 kt | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 3,733 kt | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 17,266 kt | 17,266 kt | 17,266 kt | 10 |
| 2000s | 17,263 kt | 17,263 kt | 17,266 kt | 10 |
| 2010s | 92,075 kt | 17,263 kt | 182,541 kt | 10 |
| 2020s | 33,534 kt | 3,733 kt | 182,541 kt | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 39 Nicaragua 4,297 kt compare
- 40 Estonia 3,850 kt compare
- 41 Equatorial Guinea 3,828 kt compare
- 43 Bhutan 3,645 kt compare
- 44 Sierra Leone 3,351 kt compare
- 45 French Guiana 3,293 kt compare
More climate change data for Somalia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 76.68 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 40,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,404 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 29,465 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 43.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,052 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 530.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 497.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.88 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Somalia?
- Carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) in Somalia was 3,733 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 182,541 kt in 2016.
- What is the lowest carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,733 kt in 2021.
- How does Somalia rank for carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2)?
- Somalia ranks 42nd out of 223 countries with data for 2025.
- Is carbon stock change in forests — net emissions/removals (co2) rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 89.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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).