Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre was 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per square kilometre.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa is 0.0024 million t per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa peaked at 0.0032 million t per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0024 million t per square kilometre, in 2023.
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 Sub-Saharan Africa, year by year
| Year | million t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -5.6% |
| 1994 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | -10.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2015 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.6% |
| 2016 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.003 million t per square kilometre | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 0.0032 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | 0.0029 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0025 million t per square kilometre | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 0.0028 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 0.0024 million t per square kilometre | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.0024 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 Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0032 million t per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0024 million t per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Sub-Saharan Africa rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 2nd out of 2 groups with data for 2023.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre rising or falling in Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sub-Saharan Africa 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.