Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre by country
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
200
Highest
0.6325 million t per square kilometre
Curacao
Lowest
0 million t per square kilometre
Greenland
Median
0.0019 million t per square kilometre
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
6,712
What the numbers show
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre is currently reported for 200 countries. The highest value is 0.6325 million t per square kilometre in Curacao; the lowest is 0 million t per square kilometre in Greenland.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0019 million t per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0061 million t per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 81 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 111.8%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 70.2%).
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curacao | 0.6325 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 2 | Guyana | 0.0252 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 3 | Solomon Islands | 0.0163 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 4 | Suriname | 0.0161 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | flat |
| 5 | Gabon | 0.016 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 6 | Palau | 0.0114 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 7 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0108 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 8 | Central African Republic | 0.0106 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 9 | Brunei | 0.0104 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 10 | Liberia | 0.0102 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 11 | Saint Lucia | 0.0101 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 12 | Dominica | 0.0094 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 13 | Belize | 0.0093 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 14 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0092 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 15 | Congo | 0.0088 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 16 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0084 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0083 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 18 | Bhutan | 0.0083 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 19 | Slovenia | 0.0082 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 20 | Fiji | 0.0078 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.0% | rising |
| 21 | Malaysia | 0.0071 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 22 | American Samoa | 0.0068 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 23 | Costa Rica | 0.0067 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 24 | Colombia | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.0062 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 27 | Indonesia | 0.0059 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 28 | Cameroon | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 29 | New Zealand | 0.0058 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 30 | Japan | 0.0056 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 0.0055 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 32 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0054 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 33 | Vanuatu | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 34 | East Timor | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 35 | Panama | 0.0053 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 36 | Jamaica | 0.0052 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 37 | Marshall Islands | 0.0051 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 38 | Czechia | 0.005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 39 | Austria | 0.0049 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 40 | Liechtenstein | 0.0047 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.3% | falling |
| 41 | Latvia | 0.0047 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 42 | Seychelles | 0.0047 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 43 | Romania | 0.0045 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 0.0045 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 45 | Belarus | 0.0044 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 46 | Laos | 0.0043 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 0.0041 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 48 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0041 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.0041 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 50 | New Caledonia | 0.0041 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 51 | Slovakia | 0.0041 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.004 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 53 | Switzerland | 0.0038 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 54 | French Polynesia | 0.0037 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Andorra | 0.0037 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 56 | Guatemala | 0.0037 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 0.0037 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 58 | Estonia | 0.0036 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 59 | Croatia | 0.0036 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 60 | Cayman Islands | 0.0035 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | flat |
| 61 | Luxembourg | 0.0035 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 62 | Philippines | 0.0035 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 63 | Montenegro | 0.0035 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 64 | Germany | 0.0034 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 65 | Grenada | 0.0033 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Sweden | 0.0033 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 67 | Zimbabwe | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 68 | Chile | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 69 | Rwanda | 0.0031 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.7% | rising |
| 70 | Lithuania | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 71 | Nepal | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 72 | Finland | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 74 | Poland | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 75 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 76 | Russia | 0.0027 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 77 | Tuvalu | 0.0027 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | France | 0.0026 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 79 | Samoa | 0.0026 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 80 | Botswana | 0.0026 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 81 | Guam | 0.0026 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 82 | United States | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 83 | Puerto Rico | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 84 | Vietnam | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 85 | Cuba | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 87 | Cambodia | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 88 | North Macedonia | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 89 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0023 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 54.7% | rising |
| 90 | Canada | 0.0023 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 91 | Belgium | 0.0022 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 92 | El Salvador | 0.0022 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 93 | Nicaragua | 0.0021 million t per square kilometre | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 94 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0021 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 95 | Bahamas | 0.0021 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 96 | Myanmar | 0.0021 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 97 | Ethiopia | 0.0021 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 98 | Italy | 0.002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 99 | Honduras | 0.002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 100 | Singapore | 0.0019 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 101 | Ghana | 0.0019 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 102 | Mozambique | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 103 | Spain | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 104 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 105 | Paraguay | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 106 | Zambia | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 107 | Sierra Leone | 0.0016 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 108 | Guinea | 0.0016 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 109 | Benin | 0.0015 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 110 | Ukraine | 0.0015 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 111 | Nigeria | 0.0015 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 112 | Hungary | 0.0015 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 113 | Argentina | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 114 | Senegal | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 115 | Mauritius | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 116 | Tonga | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Norway | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 118 | Sri Lanka | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 119 | Australia | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 120 | Madagascar | 0.0012 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 121 | Eswatini | 0.0012 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 122 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0012 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 123 | Azerbaijan | 0.0011 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 124 | India | 0.0011 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 125 | Denmark | 0.0011 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 126 | Mexico | 0.0011 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 0.001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 128 | China | 0.001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 129 | United Kingdom | 0.001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 130 | Barbados | 0.001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 2.3% | flat |
| 131 | Maldives | 0.001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 132 | Bermuda | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 133 | Portugal | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 134 | Angola | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 135 | Turkey | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 136 | Ireland | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 137 | Albania | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 138 | Togo | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 139 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0009 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | San Marino | 0.0008 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 141 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.0008 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Haiti | 0.0008 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 143 | Burundi | 0.0008 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 144 | Moldova | 0.0008 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 145 | South Africa | 0.0007 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 146 | Greece | 0.0007 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 0.0007 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 148 | Comoros | 0.0007 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 149 | Uganda | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 150 | Armenia | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 151 | Uruguay | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 152 | South Sudan | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 153 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 154 | Gambia | 0.0006 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 155 | Morocco | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 156 | Eritrea | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 157 | Cyprus | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 18.8% | rising |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 159 | Mali | 0.0005 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 10.4% | falling |
| 160 | Kenya | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 161 | Lebanon | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 162 | Namibia | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 163 | Isle of Man | 0.0004 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 164 | Mongolia | 0.0003 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 165 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0003 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 166 | Israel | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 167 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 168 | Niger | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 169 | Pakistan | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 70.2% | falling |
| 171 | Aruba | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Sudan | 0.0002 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 173 | Syria | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 174 | Bahrain | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 111.8% | rising |
| 175 | Chad | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 176 | Uzbekistan | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 177 | Kiribati | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Afghanistan | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Tunisia | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 180 | Palestine | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 181 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 182 | Malta | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Kazakhstan | 0.0001 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 184 | Turkmenistan | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 185 | Saudi Arabia | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 186 | Lesotho | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Mauritania | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 188 | Iraq | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 189 | Jordan | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 190 | Algeria | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 191 | Kuwait | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 192 | Djibouti | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 193 | Yemen | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Iceland | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 77.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Qatar | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 196 | Libya | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 197 | Oman | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Egypt | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Faroe Islands | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 199 | Greenland | 0 million t per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0024 million t per square kilometre
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.0024 million t per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass divided by Land area (sq. km), 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 ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
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 Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.