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
249
Highest
72,286 million t
OECD
Lowest
0.0009 million t
Faroe Islands
Median
108.04 million t
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
9,788
What the numbers show
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass is currently reported for 249 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 108.04 million t, and the mean is 1,854 million t.
Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 104 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% | rising |
| 2 | Brazil | 51,037 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 3 | Russia | 44,584 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 44,584 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 23,013 million t | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 20,766 million t | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 7 | Canada | 20,007 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 8 | Australia and New Zealand | 11,290 million t | 2025 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 9 | Indonesia | 11,152 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 10 | China | 10,126 million t | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 10 | China, mainland | 10,126 million t | 2025 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 12 | Australia | 9,759 million t | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 13 | Peru | 7,827 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 14 | Colombia | 6,851 million t | 2025 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 6,600 million t | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 16 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5,830 million t | 2025 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 17 | Guyana | 5,306 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 18 | Melanesia | 4,516 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Gabon | 4,122 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 20 | Argentina | 3,850 million t | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 21 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3,806 million t | 2025 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 3,777 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 23 | India | 3,327 million t | 2025 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 24 | Congo | 3,016 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 25 | Cameroon | 2,716 million t | 2025 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 26 | Suriname | 2,580 million t | 2025 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 27 | Chile | 2,390 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 2,380 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 29 | Malaysia | 2,301 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 30 | Thailand | 2,086 million t | 2025 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 31 | Japan | 2,050 million t | 2025 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 32 | Mexico | 2,040 million t | 2025 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 33 | French Guiana | 1,716 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 34 | New Zealand | 1,531 million t | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 35 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1,493 million t | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 36 | Botswana | 1,469 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 37 | France | 1,421 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 38 | Mozambique | 1,420 million t | 2025 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 39 | Ecuador | 1,360 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 40 | Myanmar | 1,352 million t | 2025 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 41 | Sweden | 1,325 million t | 2025 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 42 | Nigeria | 1,316 million t | 2025 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 43 | Zimbabwe | 1,243 million t | 2025 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 44 | Zambia | 1,239 million t | 2025 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 45 | Germany | 1,189 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 46 | Angola | 1,093 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 47 | Philippines | 1,060 million t | 2025 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 48 | Romania | 1,049 million t | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 49 | Laos | 993.34 million t | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 49 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 993.34 million t | 2025 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 51 | Belarus | 975.8 million t | 2025 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 52 | Liberia | 970.81 million t | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 53 | Spain | 935.85 million t | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 53 | South Africa | 935.85 million t | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 55 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 888.46 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 56 | Finland | 888.2 million t | 2025 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 57 | Poland | 877.67 million t | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 58 | Ukraine | 856.94 million t | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 59 | Vietnam | 777.07 million t | 2025 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 59 | Viet Nam | 777.07 million t | 2025 | up 48.7% | rising |
| 61 | Madagascar | 684.73 million t | 2025 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 62 | Turkey | 670.12 million t | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 62 | Türkiye | 670.12 million t | 2025 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 64 | Paraguay | 658.82 million t | 2025 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 65 | Sudan (former) | 634.31 million t | 2011 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 66 | Republic of Korea | 611.21 million t | 2025 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 67 | Italy | 572.85 million t | 2025 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 68 | Mali | 571.44 million t | 2025 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 69 | Caribbean | 557.54 million t | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 70 | Mongolia | 515.52 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Norway | 479.68 million t | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 72 | Ghana | 461.77 million t | 2025 | up 12.9% | flat |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 454.9 million t | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 74 | Nepal | 426.55 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 410.63 million t | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 76 | Austria | 405.88 million t | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 77 | Guatemala | 394.34 million t | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 78 | Panama | 391.78 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 79 | Cambodia | 391.77 million t | 2025 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 80 | Czechia | 385.89 million t | 2025 | up 1.8% | flat |
| 81 | South Sudan | 379.55 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 82 | Guinea | 371.49 million t | 2025 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 83 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 370.63 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 84 | Cote d'Ivoire | 367.9 million t | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 84 | Côte d'Ivoire | 367.9 million t | 2025 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 86 | Serbia | 362.36 million t | 2025 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 87 | Costa Rica | 341.15 million t | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 88 | Namibia | 326.14 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 89 | Georgia | 315.57 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 90 | Bhutan | 313.18 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Equatorial Guinea | 300.88 million t | 2025 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 92 | Latvia | 293.41 million t | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 93 | Senegal | 271.41 million t | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 94 | Serbia and Montenegro | 264.86 million t | 2005 | up 28.8% | rising |
| 95 | Kenya | 262.7 million t | 2025 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 257.14 million t | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 97 | Curacao | 255.85 million t | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 97 | Sudan | 255.85 million t | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 97 | Curaçao | 255.85 million t | 2025 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 100 | Niger | 253.62 million t | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 101 | Cuba | 251.86 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 102 | United Kingdom | 240.7 million t | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 102 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 240.7 million t | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 104 | Honduras | 238.79 million t | 2025 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 105 | Morocco | 232.14 million t | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 106 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 213.44 million t | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 107 | Belize | 208.83 million t | 2025 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 108 | Croatia | 202.68 million t | 2025 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 109 | Slovakia | 198 million t | 2025 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 110 | Lithuania | 189.94 million t | 2025 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 111 | Kazakhstan | 165.33 million t | 2025 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 112 | Slovenia | 164.78 million t | 2025 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 113 | Benin | 164.06 million t | 2025 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 114 | Chad | 158.46 million t | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 115 | Estonia | 151.23 million t | 2025 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 116 | Switzerland | 149.04 million t | 2025 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 117 | Pakistan | 146.35 million t | 2025 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 118 | Fiji | 143.68 million t | 2025 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 119 | Hungary | 135.99 million t | 2025 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 120 | Uganda | 125.51 million t | 2025 | down 28.7% | falling |
| 121 | Burkina Faso | 124.3 million t | 2025 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 122 | Dominican Republic | 118.51 million t | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 123 | Somalia | 112.74 million t | 2025 | down 69.3% | falling |
| 124 | Sierra Leone | 112.67 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 125 | Uruguay | 108.04 million t | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 126 | Bangladesh | 95.09 million t | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 127 | Greece | 94.54 million t | 2025 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 128 | Malawi | 93.25 million t | 2025 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 129 | Azerbaijan | 92.54 million t | 2025 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 130 | Rwanda | 83.08 million t | 2025 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 131 | Portugal | 82.26 million t | 2025 | down 5.3% | flat |
| 132 | East Timor | 79.29 million t | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 132 | Timor-Leste | 79.29 million t | 2025 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 134 | Sri Lanka | 79.02 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 135 | Guinea-Bissau | 78.31 million t | 2025 | down 2.0% | falling |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 75.31 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 137 | Saudi Arabia | 69.56 million t | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 138 | Belgium | 67.77 million t | 2025 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 139 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 65.35 million t | 1999 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 140 | Vanuatu | 64.81 million t | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 141 | Afghanistan | 62.79 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 142 | Eritrea | 61.96 million t | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 143 | North Macedonia | 60.16 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | flat |
| 144 | Ireland | 59.29 million t | 2025 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 145 | Jamaica | 57.4 million t | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 146 | Brunei | 54.7 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 146 | Brunei Darussalam | 54.7 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 148 | Uzbekistan | 49.89 million t | 2025 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 149 | Algeria | 46.95 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 150 | Togo | 46.73 million t | 2025 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 151 | Montenegro | 46.67 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 152 | El Salvador | 44.87 million t | 2025 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 153 | Denmark | 44.18 million t | 2025 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 154 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 39.9 million t | 2025 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 155 | Kyrgyzstan | 38.78 million t | 2025 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 32.7 million t | 2025 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 157 | Syria | 27.89 million t | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 157 | Syrian Arab Republic | 27.89 million t | 2025 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 159 | Polynesia | 26.08 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 160 | Moldova | 24.74 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 160 | Republic of Moldova | 24.74 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 162 | Albania | 23.52 million t | 2025 | up 4.6% | falling |
| 163 | Haiti | 21.93 million t | 2025 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 164 | United Arab Emirates | 21.84 million t | 2025 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 165 | Puerto Rico | 21.78 million t | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 166 | Western Sahara | 21.57 million t | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 167 | Bahamas | 21.23 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 168 | Eswatini | 20.61 million t | 2025 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 169 | Burundi | 20.06 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 170 | Armenia | 18.02 million t | 2025 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 171 | Turkmenistan | 17.35 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 172 | Micronesia | 16.26 million t | 2025 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 173 | Guadeloupe | 15.27 million t | 2025 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 174 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.8 million t | 2025 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 175 | Tunisia | 13.95 million t | 2025 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 176 | Iraq | 13.79 million t | 2025 | down 50.6% | falling |
| 177 | French Polynesia | 13.01 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 178 | Tajikistan | 10.58 million t | 2025 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 179 | Martinique | 9.48 million t | 2025 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 180 | Luxembourg | 9.04 million t | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 181 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 7.62 million t | 2025 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 182 | Samoa | 7.18 million t | 2025 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 183 | Dominica | 7.03 million t | 2025 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 184 | Saint Lucia | 6.34 million t | 2025 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 185 | Libya | 5.73 million t | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 186 | Reunion | 5.28 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 186 | Réunion | 5.28 million t | 2025 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 188 | Palau | 5.27 million t | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 189 | Gambia | 5.26 million t | 2025 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 190 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.2 million t | 2025 | up 0.4% | falling |
| 191 | Yemen | 5.16 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Cyprus | 4.7 million t | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 193 | Israel | 4.46 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 194 | Lebanon | 4.22 million t | 2025 | down 5.8% | flat |
| 195 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3.58 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 196 | Mauritius | 2.72 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 197 | Jordan | 2.42 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 198 | Seychelles | 2.09 million t | 2025 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 199 | Andorra | 1.87 million t | 2025 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 200 | Guam | 1.39 million t | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 201 | Singapore | 1.38 million t | 2025 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 202 | American Samoa | 1.36 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 203 | Mayotte | 1.3 million t | 2025 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 204 | British Virgin Islands | 1.26 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 205 | Comoros | 1.25 million t | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 206 | Niue | 1.19 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Grenada | 1.12 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 208 | Iceland | 1.07 million t | 2025 | up 67.2% | volatile |
| 209 | Wallis and Futuna Islands | 1.06 million t | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 210 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.98 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 211 | Tonga | 0.98 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 213 | Lesotho | 0.96 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 214 | Cook Islands | 0.94 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 215 | Marshall Islands | 0.92 million t | 2025 | up 3.4% | flat |
| 216 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.88 million t | 2025 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 217 | Cayman Islands | 0.8445 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 218 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.81 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 219 | Liechtenstein | 0.77 million t | 2025 | up 2.7% | falling |
| 220 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.74 million t | 2025 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 221 | Anguilla | 0.69 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 222 | Palestine | 0.4901 million t | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 222 | Palestine | 0.4901 million t | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 224 | Barbados | 0.4183 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 225 | Maldives | 0.29 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 225 | Cabo Verde | 0.29 million t | 2025 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 227 | Pitcairn | 0.2846 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 228 | Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0.2795 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 229 | Djibouti | 0.23 million t | 2025 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 230 | Kuwait | 0.22 million t | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 231 | Isle of Man | 0.2084 million t | 2025 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 232 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0.1902 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 233 | Egypt | 0.17 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 234 | Montserrat | 0.1607 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 235 | Bahrain | 0.14 million t | 2025 | up 180.0% | rising |
| 236 | Oman | 0.1 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 237 | Kiribati | 0.0825 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 238 | Tuvalu | 0.0794 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 239 | Bermuda | 0.0518 million t | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 240 | San Marino | 0.05 million t | 2025 | down 16.7% | rising |
| 241 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 241 | Qatar | 0.04 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 243 | Norfolk Island | 0.0378 million t | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 244 | Aruba | 0.0325 million t | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 245 | Malta | 0.022 million t | 2025 | up 34.1% | flat |
| 246 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0.02 million t | 2025 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 247 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0.0199 million t | 2025 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 248 | Greenland | 0.0026 million t | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 249 | 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
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 43,859 million t
- Northern America 43,019 million t
- Asia 40,792 million t
- Middle Africa 38,777 million t
- United States of America 23,013 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 22,016 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 20,247 million t
- Oceania 15,848 million t
- Eastern Asia 13,673 million t
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 13,380 million t
- European Union (27) 11,198 million t
- Eastern Africa 9,612 million t
- Southern Asia 5,339 million t
- Western Africa 5,149 million t
- Central America 3,913 million t
- Northern Europe 3,673 million t
- Western Europe 3,282 million t
- Southern Europe 2,761 million t
- Southern Africa 2,753 million t
- Western Asia 1,251 million t
- Northern Africa 576.36 million t
- Central Asia 281.93 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.