Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland
Greenland: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 0.0026 million t in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Greenland recorded 0.0026 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland peaked at 0.0026 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0 million t, in 1991.
That places Greenland 214th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0026 million t | — |
| 1991 | 0 million t | -100.0% |
| 1992 | 0 million t | — |
| 1993 | 0 million t | — |
| 1994 | 0 million t | — |
| 1995 | 0 million t | — |
| 1996 | 0 million t | — |
| 1997 | 0 million t | — |
| 1998 | 0 million t | — |
| 1999 | 0 million t | — |
| 2000 | 0.0026 million t | — |
| 2001 | 0 million t | -100.0% |
| 2002 | 0 million t | — |
| 2003 | 0 million t | — |
| 2004 | 0 million t | — |
| 2005 | 0 million t | — |
| 2006 | 0 million t | — |
| 2007 | 0 million t | — |
| 2008 | 0 million t | — |
| 2009 | 0 million t | — |
| 2010 | 0.0026 million t | — |
| 2011 | 0 million t | -100.0% |
| 2012 | 0 million t | — |
| 2013 | 0 million t | — |
| 2014 | 0 million t | — |
| 2015 | 0.0026 million t | — |
| 2016 | 0 million t | -100.0% |
| 2017 | 0 million t | — |
| 2018 | 0 million t | — |
| 2019 | 0 million t | — |
| 2020 | 0.0026 million t | — |
| 2021 | 0 million t | -100.0% |
| 2022 | 0 million t | — |
| 2023 | 0 million t | — |
| 2024 | 0 million t | — |
| 2025 | 0.0026 million t | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0003 million t | 0 million t | 0.0026 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0003 million t | 0 million t | 0.0026 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0005 million t | 0 million t | 0.0026 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0009 million t | 0 million t | 0.0026 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 211 Malta 0.022 million t compare
- 212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.02 million t compare
- 213 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.0199 million t compare
- 215 Faroe Islands 0.0009 million t compare
More climate change data for Greenland
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0031 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.8215 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions 0.0031 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Direct emissions 0.0023 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that) 0.0002 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Indirect emissions (N2O that leaches) 0.0005 kt (2050)
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers 0.0023 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Greenland was 0.0026 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 Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0026 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 million t in 1991.
- How does Greenland rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Greenland ranks 214th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greenland 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.