Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Mozambique
Mozambique: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 1,420 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Mozambique, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1,420 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.8% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Mozambique peaked at 1,832 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,420 million t, in 2025.
Mozambique ranks 31st 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 Mozambique, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,832 million t | — |
| 1991 | 1,820 million t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,808 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,797 million t | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 1,785 million t | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 1,773 million t | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,761 million t | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,750 million t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,738 million t | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,726 million t | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,714 million t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,703 million t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,691 million t | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,679 million t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,667 million t | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,656 million t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,644 million t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,632 million t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,620 million t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,608 million t | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,597 million t | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,585 million t | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 1,573 million t | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 1,561 million t | -0.7% |
| 2014 | 1,550 million t | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 1,538 million t | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 1,526 million t | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 1,514 million t | -0.8% |
| 2018 | 1,503 million t | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 1,491 million t | -0.8% |
| 2020 | 1,479 million t | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 1,467 million t | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 1,456 million t | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 1,444 million t | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 1,432 million t | -0.8% |
| 2025 | 1,420 million t | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,779 million t | 1,726 million t | 1,832 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,661 million t | 1,608 million t | 1,714 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,544 million t | 1,491 million t | 1,597 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,450 million t | 1,420 million t | 1,479 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More climate change data for Mozambique
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 12,495 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,629 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 5,867 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 209.52 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,596 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 923.79 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,672 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 59.72 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Mozambique?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Mozambique was 1,420 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1,832 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,420 million t in 2025.
- How does Mozambique rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Mozambique ranks 31st out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.