Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador
Ecuador: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 1,360 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador is 1,360 million t, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador peaked at 1,617 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,360 million t, in 2025.
Ecuador ranks 32nd of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,617 million t | — |
| 1991 | 1,607 million t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,597 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,587 million t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,577 million t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,567 million t | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,557 million t | -0.6% |
| 1997 | 1,547 million t | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 1,537 million t | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 1,527 million t | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 1,517 million t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,510 million t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 1,502 million t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,494 million t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 1,486 million t | -0.5% |
| 2005 | 1,479 million t | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 1,471 million t | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 1,463 million t | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 1,455 million t | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 1,448 million t | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 1,440 million t | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 1,435 million t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 1,431 million t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 1,426 million t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 1,421 million t | -0.3% |
| 2015 | 1,417 million t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 1,409 million t | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 1,401 million t | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 1,393 million t | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 1,385 million t | -0.6% |
| 2020 | 1,377 million t | -0.6% |
| 2021 | 1,374 million t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,370 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,367 million t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,364 million t | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,360 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,572 million t | 1,527 million t | 1,617 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,482 million t | 1,448 million t | 1,517 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,416 million t | 1,385 million t | 1,440 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,369 million t | 1,360 million t | 1,377 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Ecuador
More climate change data for Ecuador
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 19,195 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,758 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 14,437 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17.95 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 515.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,911 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,488 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,423 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 5.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 86.54 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Ecuador was 1,360 million t in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 1,617 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,360 million t in 2025.
- How does Ecuador rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Ecuador ranks 32nd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Ecuador data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.