Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador
El Salvador: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 44.87 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
El Salvador recorded 44.87 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador peaked at 48.19 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 44.3 million t, in 2010.
El Salvador ranks 129th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 48.19 million t | — |
| 1991 | 48 million t | -0.4% |
| 1992 | 47.8 million t | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 47.61 million t | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 47.41 million t | -0.4% |
| 1995 | 47.22 million t | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 47.03 million t | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 46.83 million t | -0.4% |
| 1998 | 46.64 million t | -0.4% |
| 1999 | 46.44 million t | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 46.25 million t | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 46.06 million t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 45.86 million t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 45.67 million t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 45.47 million t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 45.28 million t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 45.08 million t | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 44.89 million t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 44.69 million t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 44.5 million t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 44.3 million t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 44.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 44.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 44.32 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 44.32 million t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 44.33 million t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 44.38 million t | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 44.44 million t | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 44.49 million t | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 44.55 million t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 44.6 million t | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 44.65 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 44.71 million t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 44.76 million t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 44.82 million t | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 44.87 million t | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 47.32 million t | 46.44 million t | 48.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.38 million t | 44.5 million t | 46.25 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.38 million t | 44.3 million t | 44.55 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 44.73 million t | 44.6 million t | 44.87 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near El Salvador
- 126 Algeria 46.95 million t compare
- 127 Togo 46.73 million t compare
- 128 Montenegro 46.67 million t compare
- 130 Denmark 44.18 million t compare
- 131 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 39.9 million t compare
- 132 Kyrgyzstan 38.78 million t compare
More climate change data for El Salvador
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 5,408 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,253 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,155 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4.73 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 148.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,045 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 999.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 45.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.61 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in El Salvador was 44.87 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 El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 48.19 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.3 million t in 2010.
- How does El Salvador rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- El Salvador ranks 129th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.