Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara
Western Sahara: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate was -0.782 % change on previous year in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara, 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 Western Sahara is -0.782 % change on previous year, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and down 316.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara peaked at 0.4296 % change on previous year in 2001 and was at its lowest, -0.8148 % change on previous year, in 2023.
That places Western Sahara 220th out of 249 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Western Sahara, year by year
| Year | % change on previous year | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | -0.0947 % change on previous year | — |
| 1992 | -0.0947 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1993 | -0.0474 % change on previous year | -50.0% |
| 1994 | -0.0949 % change on previous year | +100.1% |
| 1995 | -0.095 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1996 | -0.0951 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1997 | -0.0951 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 1998 | -0.0476 % change on previous year | -50.0% |
| 1999 | -0.0953 % change on previous year | +100.1% |
| 2000 | -0.0954 % change on previous year | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.4296 % change on previous year | -550.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3802 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4261 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3772 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2005 | 0.4227 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3742 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2007 | 0.4194 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2008 | 0.3712 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4161 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2010 | 0.3683 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2011 | 0.367 % change on previous year | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.4113 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2013 | 0.3641 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2014 | 0.4082 % change on previous year | +12.1% |
| 2015 | 0.3613 % change on previous year | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 0.18 % change on previous year | -50.2% |
| 2017 | 0.1797 % change on previous year | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.2242 % change on previous year | +24.8% |
| 2019 | 0.179 % change on previous year | -20.2% |
| 2020 | 0.1787 % change on previous year | -0.2% |
| 2021 | -0.7579 % change on previous year | -524.2% |
| 2022 | -0.7637 % change on previous year | +0.8% |
| 2023 | -0.8148 % change on previous year | +6.7% |
| 2024 | -0.7759 % change on previous year | -4.8% |
| 2025 | -0.782 % change on previous year | +0.8% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara 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 | +550.4% | -0.0954 % change on previous year | 0.4296 % change on previous year |
| 2021 | -524.2% | 0.1787 % change on previous year | -0.7579 % change on previous year |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | -0.0844 % change on previous year | -0.0953 % change on previous year | -0.0474 % change on previous year | 9 |
| 2000s | 0.3521 % change on previous year | -0.0954 % change on previous year | 0.4296 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3043 % change on previous year | 0.179 % change on previous year | 0.4113 % change on previous year | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.6193 % change on previous year | -0.8148 % change on previous year | 0.1787 % change on previous year | 6 |
Countries ranked near Western Sahara
- 217 Tuvalu -0.75 % change on previous year compare
- 218 Isle of Man -0.7619 % change on previous year compare
- 219 Mayotte -0.7634 % change on previous year compare
- 221 Angola -0.7995 % change on previous year compare
- 222 Sierra Leone -0.8012 % change on previous year compare
- 223 Mozambique -0.8212 % change on previous year compare
More climate change data for Western Sahara
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals (Greenhouse gas, Total, Metric ton of) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 2.23 (2024)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 0.7354 (2024)
- Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents (2025)
- Emissions-weighted carbon price in emissions trading systems 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents (2025)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions 0 kt (2023)
- IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2023)
- IPCC Agriculture — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2023)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate in Western Sahara was -0.782 % 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 Western Sahara?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4296 % change on previous year in 2001.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate recorded in Western Sahara?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8148 % change on previous year in 2023.
- How does Western Sahara rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate?
- Western Sahara ranks 220th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, annual growth rate rising or falling in Western Sahara?
- Over the last ten years it is down 316.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western Sahara 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.