Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia
Melanesia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 4,516 million t in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia, 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 Melanesia is 4,516 million t, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia peaked at 4,563 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 4,516 million t, in 2025.
Melanesia ranks 7th of 21 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,563 million t | — |
| 1991 | 4,561 million t | -0.0% |
| 1992 | 4,559 million t | -0.0% |
| 1993 | 4,557 million t | -0.0% |
| 1994 | 4,555 million t | -0.0% |
| 1995 | 4,553 million t | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 4,552 million t | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 4,550 million t | -0.0% |
| 1998 | 4,548 million t | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 4,546 million t | -0.0% |
| 2000 | 4,544 million t | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 4,542 million t | -0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,540 million t | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,538 million t | -0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,536 million t | -0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,534 million t | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,532 million t | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,530 million t | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,528 million t | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,526 million t | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,524 million t | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,525 million t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4,525 million t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 4,526 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 4,527 million t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 4,527 million t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 4,525 million t | -0.0% |
| 2017 | 4,523 million t | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 4,521 million t | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 4,519 million t | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 4,517 million t | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 4,517 million t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 4,516 million t | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 4,516 million t | -0.0% |
| 2024 | 4,516 million t | -0.0% |
| 2025 | 4,516 million t | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,554 million t | 4,546 million t | 4,563 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,535 million t | 4,526 million t | 4,544 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,524 million t | 4,519 million t | 4,527 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,516 million t | 4,516 million t | 4,517 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Melanesia
More climate change data for Melanesia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,815 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,051 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,764 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 134.44 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 187.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 156.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 31.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.591 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.12 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Melanesia was 4,516 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 Melanesia?
- The highest recorded value was 4,563 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Melanesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,516 million t in 2025.
- How does Melanesia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Melanesia ranks 7th out of 21 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Melanesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Melanesia 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.