Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia
Somalia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate was -0.8966 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia, 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 Somalia is -0.8966 % change on previous year, measured in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.9% on the previous year and up 64.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia peaked at -0.8657 % change on previous year in 2021 and was at its lowest, -29.7 % change on previous year, in 2020.
Somalia ranks 225th of 249 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.9268 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.9355 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 1993 | -0.9443 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 1994 | -0.9533 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 1995 | -0.9605 % change on previous year | +0.7% |
| 1996 | -0.9718 % change on previous year | +1.2% |
| 1997 | -0.9814 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 1998 | -0.9911 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 1999 | -1 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 2000 | -1.01 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 2001 | -1.02 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 2002 | -1.03 % change on previous year | +1.0% |
| 2003 | -1.04 % change on previous year | +0.8% |
| 2004 | -1.05 % change on previous year | +1.3% |
| 2005 | -1.06 % change on previous year | +1.1% |
| 2006 | -1.08 % change on previous year | +1.1% |
| 2007 | -1.09 % change on previous year | +1.1% |
| 2008 | -1.1 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 2009 | -1.11 % change on previous year | +1.3% |
| 2010 | -1.12 % change on previous year | +1.1% |
| 2011 | -2.28 % change on previous year | +102.9% |
| 2012 | -2.34 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 2013 | -2.39 % change on previous year | +2.3% |
| 2014 | -2.45 % change on previous year | +2.6% |
| 2015 | -2.51 % change on previous year | +2.4% |
| 2016 | -13.57 % change on previous year | +440.3% |
| 2017 | -15.71 % change on previous year | +15.7% |
| 2018 | -18.63 % change on previous year | +18.6% |
| 2019 | -22.9 % change on previous year | +22.9% |
| 2020 | -29.7 % change on previous year | +29.7% |
| 2021 | -0.8657 % change on previous year | -97.1% |
| 2022 | -0.8732 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
| 2023 | -0.8723 % change on previous year | -0.1% |
| 2024 | -0.8887 % change on previous year | +1.9% |
| 2025 | -0.8966 % change on previous year | +0.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -440.3% | -2.51 % change on previous year | -13.57 % change on previous year |
| 2011 | -102.9% | -1.12 % change on previous year | -2.28 % change on previous year |
| 2021 | +97.1% | -29.7 % change on previous year | -0.8657 % change on previous year |
| 2020 | -29.7% | -22.9 % change on previous year | -29.7 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.9629 % change on previous year | -1 % change on previous year | -0.9268 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | -1.06 % change on previous year | -1.11 % change on previous year | -1.01 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | -8.39 % change on previous year | -22.9 % change on previous year | -1.12 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -5.68 % change on previous year | -29.7 % change on previous year | -0.8657 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 222 Sierra Leone -0.8012 % change on previous year compare
- 223 Mozambique -0.8212 % change on previous year compare
- 224 Kazakhstan -0.8635 % change on previous year compare
- 226 Myanmar -1.06 % change on previous year compare
- 227 United Republic of Tanzania -1.07 % change on previous year compare
- 228 Mali -1.07 % change on previous year 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 forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Somalia was -0.8966 % 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was -0.8657 % change on previous year in 2021.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was -29.7 % change on previous year in 2020.
- How does Somalia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Somalia ranks 225th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 64.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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.