Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru
Peru: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate was -0.4438 % change on previous year in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Peru recorded -0.4438 % change on previous year for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru peaked at -0.2582 % change on previous year in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.4438 % change on previous year, in 2025.
Peru ranks 202nd of 249 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.3886 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.39 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1993 | -0.3916 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1994 | -0.3932 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1995 | -0.3946 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1996 | -0.3963 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1997 | -0.3979 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1998 | -0.3994 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 1999 | -0.4009 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2000 | -0.4027 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2001 | -0.4043 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2002 | -0.4059 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2003 | -0.4075 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2004 | -0.4093 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2005 | -0.4109 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2006 | -0.4126 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2007 | -0.4143 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2008 | -0.4159 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2009 | -0.4178 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2010 | -0.4196 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2011 | -0.4213 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2012 | -0.4231 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2013 | -0.4248 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2014 | -0.4267 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2015 | -0.4285 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2016 | -0.2582 % change on previous year | -39.8% |
| 2017 | -0.2589 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2018 | -0.2596 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2019 | -0.2602 % change on previous year | +0.2% |
| 2020 | -0.2609 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2021 | -0.436 % change on previous year | +67.1% |
| 2022 | -0.4379 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2023 | -0.4397 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
| 2024 | -0.4418 % change on previous year | +0.5% |
| 2025 | -0.4438 % change on previous year | +0.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -67.1% | -0.2609 % change on previous year | -0.436 % change on previous year |
| 2016 | +39.8% | -0.4285 % change on previous year | -0.2582 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.3947 % change on previous year | -0.4009 % change on previous year | -0.3886 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.4101 % change on previous year | -0.4178 % change on previous year | -0.4027 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3581 % change on previous year | -0.4285 % change on previous year | -0.2582 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.41 % change on previous year | -0.4438 % change on previous year | -0.2609 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Peru
- 199 Barbados -0.4048 % change on previous year compare
- 200 Eritrea -0.4179 % change on previous year compare
- 201 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -0.4389 % change on previous year compare
- 203 Nicaragua -0.4529 % change on previous year compare
- 204 Niger -0.4592 % change on previous year compare
- 205 Brazil -0.4816 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Peru
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 397.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 25,757 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,197 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 24.76 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 685.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,265 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,780 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,484 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 10.49 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Peru was -0.4438 % 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 Peru?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2582 % change on previous year in 2016.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4438 % change on previous year in 2025.
- How does Peru rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Peru ranks 202nd out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.