Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate was -3.93 % change on previous year in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso is -3.93 % change on previous year, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.9% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso peaked at -2.18 % change on previous year in 2001 and was at its lowest, -3.93 % change on previous year, in 2025.
That places Burkina Faso 242nd out of 249 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -2.36 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -2.42 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 1993 | -2.48 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 1994 | -2.54 % change on previous year | +2.7% |
| 1995 | -2.61 % change on previous year | +2.6% |
| 1996 | -2.68 % change on previous year | +2.7% |
| 1997 | -2.75 % change on previous year | +2.8% |
| 1998 | -2.83 % change on previous year | +2.7% |
| 1999 | -2.91 % change on previous year | +3.0% |
| 2000 | -3 % change on previous year | +3.0% |
| 2001 | -2.18 % change on previous year | -27.4% |
| 2002 | -2.23 % change on previous year | +2.2% |
| 2003 | -2.28 % change on previous year | +2.3% |
| 2004 | -2.33 % change on previous year | +2.3% |
| 2005 | -2.38 % change on previous year | +2.2% |
| 2006 | -2.45 % change on previous year | +2.6% |
| 2007 | -2.51 % change on previous year | +2.5% |
| 2008 | -2.57 % change on previous year | +2.6% |
| 2009 | -2.64 % change on previous year | +2.6% |
| 2010 | -2.71 % change on previous year | +2.7% |
| 2011 | -2.51 % change on previous year | -7.4% |
| 2012 | -2.57 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 2013 | -2.64 % change on previous year | +2.8% |
| 2014 | -2.71 % change on previous year | +2.5% |
| 2015 | -2.79 % change on previous year | +3.0% |
| 2016 | -2.88 % change on previous year | +3.1% |
| 2017 | -2.96 % change on previous year | +3.0% |
| 2018 | -3.06 % change on previous year | +3.3% |
| 2019 | -3.15 % change on previous year | +3.0% |
| 2020 | -3.25 % change on previous year | +3.3% |
| 2021 | -3.39 % change on previous year | +4.4% |
| 2022 | -3.51 % change on previous year | +3.5% |
| 2023 | -3.63 % change on previous year | +3.4% |
| 2024 | -3.78 % change on previous year | +4.0% |
| 2025 | -3.93 % change on previous year | +3.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +27.4% | -3 % change on previous year | -2.18 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -2.62 % change on previous year | -2.91 % change on previous year | -2.36 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -2.46 % change on previous year | -3 % change on previous year | -2.18 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -2.8 % change on previous year | -3.15 % change on previous year | -2.51 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -3.58 % change on previous year | -3.93 % change on previous year | -3.25 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 239 Italy -2.48 % change on previous year compare
- 240 Gambia -2.95 % change on previous year compare
- 241 Chad -3.44 % change on previous year compare
- 243 Cambodia -4.65 % change on previous year compare
- 244 Curacao -4.65 % change on previous year compare
- 244 Sudan -4.65 % change on previous year compare
- 244 Curaçao -4.65 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Burkina Faso
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 118.69 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 29,986 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,729 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,257 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 40.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 687.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,646 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,267 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,379 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.78 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Burkina Faso was -3.93 % change on previous year in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was -2.18 % change on previous year in 2001.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was -3.93 % change on previous year in 2025.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Burkina Faso ranks 242nd out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.