Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Zambia
Zambia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre was 0.0017 million t per square kilometre in 2023. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Zambia, 1990–2023
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in million t per square kilometre.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 0.0017 million t per square kilometre for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Zambia peaked at 0.0018 million t per square kilometre in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0017 million t per square kilometre, in 2023.
Zambia ranks 106th 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | million t per square kilometre | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | — |
| 1991 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | -0.2% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 0.0017 million t per square kilometre is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.0012 million t per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (44 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 0.0017 million t per square kilometre is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0012 million t per square kilometre, 1.4× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0018 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 0.0017 million t per square kilometre | 4 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
- 103 Spain 0.0018 million t per square kilometre compare
- 104 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0017 million t per square kilometre compare
- 105 Paraguay 0.0017 million t per square kilometre compare
- 107 Sierra Leone 0.0016 million t per square kilometre compare
- 108 Guinea 0.0016 million t per square kilometre compare
- 109 Benin 0.0015 million t per square kilometre compare
More climate change data for Zambia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 303.19 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Zambia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre in Zambia was 0.0017 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0018 million t per square kilometre in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0017 million t per square kilometre in 2023.
- How does Zambia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre?
- Zambia ranks 106th out of 200 countries with data for 2023.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass, per square kilometre rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.