Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa
Samoa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate was -0.2778 % change on previous year in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa, 1991–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.
Analysis
Samoa recorded -0.2778 % change on previous year for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa peaked at -0.2519 % change on previous year in 1991 and was at its lowest, -0.4082 % change on previous year, in 2018.
Samoa ranks 191st of 249 countries on this measure, 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 Samoa, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.2519 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.2525 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 1993 | -0.2532 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 1994 | -0.2538 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 1995 | -0.2545 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 1996 | -0.3827 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 1997 | -0.2561 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 1998 | -0.2567 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 1999 | -0.2574 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2000 | -0.2581 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2001 | -0.2587 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2002 | -0.2594 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2003 | -0.3901 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 2004 | -0.2611 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 2005 | -0.2618 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2006 | -0.2625 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2007 | -0.2632 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2008 | -0.3958 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 2009 | -0.2649 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 2010 | -0.2656 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2011 | -0.2663 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2012 | -0.4005 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 2013 | -0.2681 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 2014 | -0.4032 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 2015 | -0.2699 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 2016 | -0.2706 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2017 | -0.2714 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2018 | -0.4082 % change on previous year | +50.4% |
| 2019 | -0.2732 % change on previous year | -33.1% |
| 2020 | -0.274 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2021 | -0.2747 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2022 | -0.2755 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2023 | -0.2762 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2024 | -0.277 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
| 2025 | -0.2778 % change on previous year | +0.3% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | -50.4% | -0.2714 % change on previous year | -0.4082 % change on previous year |
| 2014 | -50.4% | -0.2681 % change on previous year | -0.4032 % change on previous year |
| 2012 | -50.4% | -0.2663 % change on previous year | -0.4005 % change on previous year |
| 2008 | -50.4% | -0.2632 % change on previous year | -0.3958 % change on previous year |
| 2003 | -50.4% | -0.2594 % change on previous year | -0.3901 % change on previous year |
| 1996 | -50.4% | -0.2545 % change on previous year | -0.3827 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.2687 % change on previous year | -0.3827 % change on previous year | -0.2519 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -0.2875 % change on previous year | -0.3958 % change on previous year | -0.2581 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.3097 % change on previous year | -0.4082 % change on previous year | -0.2656 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.2759 % change on previous year | -0.2778 % change on previous year | -0.274 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 188 Vanuatu -0.2616 % change on previous year compare
- 189 Laos -0.2701 % change on previous year compare
- 189 Lao People's Democratic Republic -0.2701 % change on previous year compare
- 192 Argentina -0.2883 % change on previous year compare
- 193 Bhutan -0.3151 % change on previous year compare
- 194 Equatorial Guinea -0.3445 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Samoa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 18,792 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 319.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 61.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 258.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0004 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Samoa was -0.2778 % 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was -0.2519 % change on previous year in 1991.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4082 % change on previous year in 2018.
- How does Samoa rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Samoa ranks 191st out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.