Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa
Samoa: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 7.18 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa, 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 Samoa is 7.18 million t, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa peaked at 7.94 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 7.18 million t, in 2025.
Samoa ranks 152nd of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 7.94 million t | — |
| 1991 | 7.92 million t | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 7.9 million t | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 7.88 million t | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 7.86 million t | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 7.84 million t | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 7.81 million t | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 7.79 million t | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 7.77 million t | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 7.75 million t | -0.3% |
| 2000 | 7.73 million t | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 7.71 million t | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 7.69 million t | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 7.66 million t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 7.64 million t | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 7.62 million t | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 7.6 million t | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 7.58 million t | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 7.55 million t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 7.53 million t | -0.3% |
| 2010 | 7.51 million t | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 7.49 million t | -0.3% |
| 2012 | 7.46 million t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 7.44 million t | -0.3% |
| 2014 | 7.41 million t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 7.39 million t | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 7.37 million t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 7.35 million t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 7.32 million t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 7.3 million t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 7.28 million t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 7.26 million t | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 7.24 million t | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 7.22 million t | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 7.2 million t | -0.3% |
| 2025 | 7.18 million t | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.85 million t | 7.75 million t | 7.94 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.63 million t | 7.53 million t | 7.73 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 7.4 million t | 7.3 million t | 7.51 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.23 million t | 7.18 million t | 7.28 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 149 Tajikistan 10.58 million t compare
- 150 Martinique 9.48 million t compare
- 151 Luxembourg 9.04 million t compare
- 153 Dominica 7.03 million t compare
- 154 Saint Lucia 6.34 million t compare
- 155 Libya 5.73 million t compare
More climate change data for Samoa
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 319.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 61.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 258.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0004 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Samoa was 7.18 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 Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 7.94 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.18 million t in 2025.
- How does Samoa rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Samoa ranks 152nd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.