Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 69.56 million t in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded 69.56 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia peaked at 69.56 million t in 2025 and was at its lowest, 69.31 million t, in 1990.
Saudi Arabia ranks 115th of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 69.31 million t | — |
| 1991 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 69.31 million t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 69.36 million t | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 69.41 million t | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 69.46 million t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 69.51 million t | +0.1% |
| 2025 | 69.56 million t | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 69.31 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.44 million t | 69.31 million t | 69.56 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 112 Sri Lanka 79.02 million t compare
- 113 Guinea-Bissau 78.31 million t compare
- 114 New Caledonia 75.31 million t compare
- 116 Belgium 67.77 million t compare
- 117 Belgium-Luxembourg 65.35 million t compare
- 118 Vanuatu 64.81 million t compare
More climate change data for Saudi Arabia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 4,043 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,830 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,213 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 79.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,017 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,002 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15.05 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.5376 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Saudi Arabia was 69.56 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 Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 69.56 million t in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 69.31 million t in 1990.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 115th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.