Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in India
India: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 3,327 million t in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in India, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
India recorded 3,327 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 up 1.3% on the previous year and up 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in India peaked at 3,327 million t in 2025 and was at its lowest, 2,219 million t, in 1990.
That places India 17th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in India, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,219 million t | — |
| 1991 | 2,281 million t | +2.8% |
| 1992 | 2,343 million t | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 2,405 million t | +2.6% |
| 1994 | 2,467 million t | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 2,529 million t | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 2,591 million t | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 2,653 million t | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 2,715 million t | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 2,777 million t | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 2,839 million t | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 2,839 million t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2,840 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 2,840 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 2,840 million t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,841 million t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 2,841 million t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,841 million t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 2,842 million t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 2,842 million t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 2,842 million t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 2,862 million t | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 2,881 million t | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 2,901 million t | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2,920 million t | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 2,939 million t | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 2,975 million t | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 3,010 million t | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 3,046 million t | +1.2% |
| 2019 | 3,081 million t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 3,117 million t | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 3,159 million t | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 3,201 million t | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 3,243 million t | +1.3% |
| 2024 | 3,285 million t | +1.3% |
| 2025 | 3,327 million t | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,498 million t | 2,219 million t | 2,777 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,840 million t | 2,839 million t | 2,842 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,946 million t | 2,842 million t | 3,081 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,222 million t | 3,117 million t | 3,327 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near India
More climate change data for India
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 602,760 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 105,678 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 497,082 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 398.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 279,594 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 176,015 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 103,578 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 664.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3,699 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in India?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in India was 3,327 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 India?
- The highest recorded value was 3,327 million t in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,219 million t in 1990.
- How does India rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- India ranks 17th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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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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.