Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass by country
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of...
Countries reporting
215
Highest
72,286 million t
OECD
Lowest
0.0009 million t
Faroe Islands
Median
93.25 million t
Years covered
65
1961–2025
Data points
9,484
What the numbers show
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass is currently reported for 215 countries. The highest value is 72,286 million t in OECD; the lowest is 0.0009 million t in Faroe Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.25 million t, and the mean is 1,625 million t.
Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 88 fell. The largest increase was in Bahrain (up 180.0%), and the largest decrease in Somalia (down 69.3%).
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OECD | 72,286 million t | 2025 | up 2.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Brazil | 51,037 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 44,584 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 20,007 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 5 | Australia and New Zealand | 11,290 million t | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 6 | Indonesia | 11,152 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 7 | China | 10,126 million t | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 7 | China, mainland | 10,126 million t | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 9 | Australia | 9,759 million t | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 10 | Peru | 7,827 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 11 | Colombia | 6,851 million t | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 6,600 million t | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 13 | Guyana | 5,306 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 14 | Gabon | 4,122 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 15 | Argentina | 3,850 million t | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 16 | Papua New Guinea | 3,777 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 17 | India | 3,327 million t | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 18 | Congo | 3,016 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Cameroon | 2,716 million t | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 20 | Suriname | 2,580 million t | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 21 | Chile | 2,390 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 2,380 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 23 | Malaysia | 2,301 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 2,086 million t | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 25 | Japan | 2,050 million t | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 26 | Mexico | 2,040 million t | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 27 | French Guiana | 1,716 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 28 | New Zealand | 1,531 million t | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 29 | Botswana | 1,469 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 30 | France | 1,421 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 31 | Mozambique | 1,420 million t | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 32 | Ecuador | 1,360 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 33 | Myanmar | 1,352 million t | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 34 | Sweden | 1,325 million t | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 35 | Nigeria | 1,316 million t | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 36 | Zimbabwe | 1,243 million t | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 37 | Zambia | 1,239 million t | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 38 | Germany | 1,189 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 39 | Angola | 1,093 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 40 | Philippines | 1,060 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 41 | Romania | 1,049 million t | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 42 | Belarus | 975.8 million t | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 43 | Liberia | 970.81 million t | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 44 | Spain | 935.85 million t | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 44 | South Africa | 935.85 million t | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Finland | 888.2 million t | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 47 | Poland | 877.67 million t | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 48 | Ukraine | 856.94 million t | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 684.73 million t | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 50 | Paraguay | 658.82 million t | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 51 | Sudan (former) | 634.31 million t | 2011 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 52 | Republic of Korea | 611.21 million t | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 53 | Italy | 572.85 million t | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 54 | Mali | 571.44 million t | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 55 | Mongolia | 515.52 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 56 | Norway | 479.68 million t | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 57 | Ghana | 461.77 million t | 2025 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 454.9 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 59 | Nepal | 426.55 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 60 | Bulgaria | 410.63 million t | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 61 | Austria | 405.88 million t | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 62 | Guatemala | 394.34 million t | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 63 | Panama | 391.78 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 64 | Cambodia | 391.77 million t | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 65 | Czechia | 385.89 million t | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 66 | South Sudan | 379.55 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 67 | Guinea | 371.49 million t | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 68 | Serbia | 362.36 million t | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 69 | Costa Rica | 341.15 million t | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Namibia | 326.14 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 71 | Georgia | 315.57 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 72 | Bhutan | 313.18 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 73 | Equatorial Guinea | 300.88 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 74 | Latvia | 293.41 million t | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 75 | Senegal | 271.41 million t | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 76 | Serbia and Montenegro | 264.86 million t | 2005 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 77 | Kenya | 262.7 million t | 2025 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 78 | Nicaragua | 257.14 million t | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 79 | Sudan | 255.85 million t | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 79 | Curaçao | 255.85 million t | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 81 | Niger | 253.62 million t | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 82 | Cuba | 251.86 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 83 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 240.7 million t | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 84 | Honduras | 238.79 million t | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 85 | Morocco | 232.14 million t | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 86 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 213.44 million t | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 87 | Belize | 208.83 million t | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 88 | Croatia | 202.68 million t | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 89 | Slovakia | 198 million t | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 189.94 million t | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 91 | Kazakhstan | 165.33 million t | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 92 | Slovenia | 164.78 million t | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 93 | Benin | 164.06 million t | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 94 | Chad | 158.46 million t | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 95 | Estonia | 151.23 million t | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 96 | Switzerland | 149.04 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 97 | Pakistan | 146.35 million t | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 98 | Fiji | 143.68 million t | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 99 | Hungary | 135.99 million t | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 100 | Uganda | 125.51 million t | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 124.3 million t | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 118.51 million t | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 103 | Somalia | 112.74 million t | 2025 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 112.67 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 105 | Uruguay | 108.04 million t | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 106 | Bangladesh | 95.09 million t | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 107 | Greece | 94.54 million t | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 108 | Malawi | 93.25 million t | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 109 | Azerbaijan | 92.54 million t | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 110 | Rwanda | 83.08 million t | 2025 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 111 | Portugal | 82.26 million t | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 112 | Sri Lanka | 79.02 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 113 | Guinea-Bissau | 78.31 million t | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 75.31 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 115 | Saudi Arabia | 69.56 million t | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 116 | Belgium | 67.77 million t | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 117 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 65.35 million t | 1999 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 64.81 million t | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 119 | Afghanistan | 62.79 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 120 | Eritrea | 61.96 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 121 | North Macedonia | 60.16 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 122 | Ireland | 59.29 million t | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 123 | Jamaica | 57.4 million t | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 124 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.7 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 125 | Uzbekistan | 49.89 million t | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 126 | Algeria | 46.95 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 127 | Togo | 46.73 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 128 | Montenegro | 46.67 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 129 | El Salvador | 44.87 million t | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 130 | Denmark | 44.18 million t | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 131 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 39.9 million t | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 132 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.78 million t | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 133 | Mauritania | 32.7 million t | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 134 | Albania | 23.52 million t | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 135 | Haiti | 21.93 million t | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 21.84 million t | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 137 | Puerto Rico | 21.78 million t | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 138 | Western Sahara | 21.57 million t | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 139 | Bahamas | 21.23 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 140 | Eswatini | 20.61 million t | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 141 | Burundi | 20.06 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 18.02 million t | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 143 | Turkmenistan | 17.35 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Guadeloupe | 15.27 million t | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.8 million t | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 146 | Tunisia | 13.95 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 147 | Iraq | 13.79 million t | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 148 | French Polynesia | 13.01 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 149 | Tajikistan | 10.58 million t | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 150 | Martinique | 9.48 million t | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 151 | Luxembourg | 9.04 million t | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 152 | Samoa | 7.18 million t | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 153 | Dominica | 7.03 million t | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 154 | Saint Lucia | 6.34 million t | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 155 | Libya | 5.73 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 156 | Réunion | 5.28 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 157 | Palau | 5.27 million t | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 158 | Gambia | 5.26 million t | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 159 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.2 million t | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 160 | Yemen | 5.16 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 161 | Cyprus | 4.7 million t | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 162 | Israel | 4.46 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Lebanon | 4.22 million t | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 164 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.58 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 165 | Mauritius | 2.72 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 166 | Jordan | 2.42 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Seychelles | 2.09 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 168 | Andorra | 1.87 million t | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 169 | Guam | 1.39 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 170 | Singapore | 1.38 million t | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 171 | American Samoa | 1.36 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Mayotte | 1.3 million t | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 173 | British Virgin Islands | 1.26 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 174 | Comoros | 1.25 million t | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 175 | Niue | 1.19 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Grenada | 1.12 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 177 | Iceland | 1.07 million t | 2025 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.98 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Tonga | 0.98 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Lesotho | 0.96 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Cook Islands | 0.94 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 183 | Marshall Islands | 0.92 million t | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 184 | Virgin Islands U.S. | 0.88 million t | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 0.8445 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 186 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.81 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 187 | Liechtenstein | 0.77 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.74 million t | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 189 | Anguilla | 0.69 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 190 | Palestine, State of | 0.4901 million t | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 191 | Barbados | 0.4183 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 192 | Maldives | 0.29 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Pitcairn | 0.2846 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.2795 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 195 | Djibouti | 0.23 million t | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 196 | Kuwait | 0.22 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 197 | Isle of Man | 0.2084 million t | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 198 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.1902 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 199 | Egypt | 0.17 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 200 | Montserrat | 0.1607 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 201 | Bahrain | 0.14 million t | 2025 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 202 | Oman | 0.1 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 203 | Kiribati | 0.0825 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 204 | Tuvalu | 0.0794 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Bermuda | 0.0518 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 206 | San Marino | 0.05 million t | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 207 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Qatar | 0.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 209 | Norfolk Island | 0.0378 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 210 | Aruba | 0.0325 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 211 | Malta | 0.022 million t | 2025 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 212 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.02 million t | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 213 | Sint Maarten | 0.0199 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 214 | Greenland | 0.0026 million t | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 215 | Faroe Islands | 0.0009 million t | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 313,534 million t
- Americas 140,812 million t
- Latin America and the Caribbean 97,792 million t
- South America 93,322 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 66,146 million t
- Europe 59,214 million t
- Africa 56,867 million t
- Sub-Saharan Africa 56,286 million t
- Eastern Europe 49,498 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 46,150 million t
- Northern America 43,019 million t
- United States of America 23,013 million t
About this data
The FAOSTAT Land Use domain contains data on twenty-one land use categories and twenty-three categories of irrigation and agricultural practices. Data are available yearly and by country, regional and global levels. The domain includes Land Use Indicators providing information on the percentage share of agricultural and forest land, and their sub-components, including irrigated areas and areas under organic agriculture, within a country land use matrix. Data are available at country, regional and global level, for the following elements: (in percentage) i) Share in Land area; ii) Share in Agricultural land, iii) Share in Cropland; and iv) Share in Forest land; (in ha/pc) v) Area per capita.