Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre was 0.0013 million t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per square kilometre.
Analysis
In 2023, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka stood at 0.0013 million t per square kilometre.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.0014 million t per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0012 million t per square kilometre, in 2014.
Sri Lanka ranks 118th of 200 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0012 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
Sri Lanka compared with similar countries
- Sri Lanka's 0.0013 million t per square kilometre is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0026 million t per square kilometre, 50% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Sri Lanka's 0.0013 million t per square kilometre is above the median for South Asia, which is 0.0012 million t per square kilometre, 1.1× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0014 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0012 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 0.0013 million t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 115 Mauritius 0.0014 million t per square kilometre compare
- 116 Tonga 0.0014 million t per square kilometre compare
- 117 Norway 0.0013 million t per square kilometre compare
- 119 Australia 0.0013 million t per square kilometre compare
- 120 Madagascar 0.0012 million t per square kilometre compare
- 121 Eswatini 0.0012 million t per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Sri Lanka
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 327.09 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,418 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 618.46 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,800 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 100 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,168 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,071 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,097 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.82 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sri Lanka was 0.0013 million t per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0014 million t per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0012 million t per square kilometre in 2014.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Sri Lanka ranks 118th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre. 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 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.