Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Norway
Norway: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 479.68 million t in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Norway, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Norway recorded 479.68 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 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Norway peaked at 479.68 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 330.37 million t, in 1990.
Norway ranks 56th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Norway, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 330.37 million t | — |
| 1991 | 334.79 million t | +1.3% |
| 1992 | 339.21 million t | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 343.64 million t | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 348.06 million t | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 352.48 million t | +1.3% |
| 1996 | 356.9 million t | +1.3% |
| 1997 | 361.32 million t | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 365.75 million t | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 370.17 million t | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 374.59 million t | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 381.14 million t | +1.7% |
| 2002 | 387.69 million t | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 394.24 million t | +1.7% |
| 2004 | 400.79 million t | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 407.34 million t | +1.6% |
| 2006 | 413.89 million t | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 420.44 million t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 426.99 million t | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 433.54 million t | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 440.09 million t | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 445.55 million t | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 451.01 million t | +1.2% |
| 2013 | 456.47 million t | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 461.93 million t | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 467.39 million t | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 469.85 million t | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 472.31 million t | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 474.76 million t | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 477.22 million t | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 479.68 million t | +0.5% |
| 2021 | 479.68 million t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 479.68 million t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 479.68 million t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 479.68 million t | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 479.68 million t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 350.27 million t | 330.37 million t | 370.17 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 404.06 million t | 374.59 million t | 433.54 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 461.66 million t | 440.09 million t | 477.22 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 479.68 million t | 479.68 million t | 479.68 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Norway
More climate change data for Norway
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,074 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 927.05 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,147 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 112.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 904.43 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 902.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.4 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0856 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Norway?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Norway was 479.68 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 Norway?
- The highest recorded value was 479.68 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Norway?
- The lowest recorded value was 330.37 million t in 1990.
- How does Norway rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Norway ranks 56th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Norway?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Norway 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.