Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita was 0.0004 million t per person in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per person.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.0004 million t per person for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.7% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.001 million t per person in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0004 million t per person, in 2025.
That places Papua New Guinea 13th out of 200 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | million t per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.001 million t per person | — |
| 1991 | 0.001 million t per person | -3.2% |
| 1992 | 0.0009 million t per person | -3.5% |
| 1993 | 0.0009 million t per person | -3.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0009 million t per person | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0008 million t per person | -3.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0008 million t per person | -3.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0008 million t per person | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0007 million t per person | -3.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0007 million t per person | -3.5% |
| 2000 | 0.0007 million t per person | -3.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0007 million t per person | -3.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0006 million t per person | -3.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0006 million t per person | -3.3% |
| 2004 | 0.0006 million t per person | -3.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0006 million t per person | -3.2% |
| 2006 | 0.0006 million t per person | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 0.0005 million t per person | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0005 million t per person | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0005 million t per person | -3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0005 million t per person | -3.0% |
| 2011 | 0.0005 million t per person | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 0.0005 million t per person | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 0.0005 million t per person | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.4% |
| 2019 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0004 million t per person | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.9% |
| 2023 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.8% |
| 2024 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.8% |
| 2025 | 0.0004 million t per person | -1.7% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0004 million t per person is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0 million t per person, 28.7× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.0004 million t per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0 million t per person, 10.7× the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0008 million t per person | 0.0007 million t per person | 0.001 million t per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0006 million t per person | 0.0005 million t per person | 0.0007 million t per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0005 million t per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 0.0004 million t per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
More climate change data for Papua New Guinea
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 18.97 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,290 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 396.23 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,894 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 67.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 108.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105.81 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.88 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3993 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita in Papua New Guinea was 0.0004 million t per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.001 million t per person in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0004 million t per person in 2025.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 13th out of 200 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per capita rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.