Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Somalia
Somalia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 112.74 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Somalia, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 112.74 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.9% on the previous year and down 69.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Somalia peaked at 508.19 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 112.74 million t, in 2025.
Somalia ranks 103rd 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 508.19 million t | — |
| 1991 | 503.48 million t | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 498.77 million t | -0.9% |
| 1993 | 494.06 million t | -0.9% |
| 1994 | 489.35 million t | -1.0% |
| 1995 | 484.65 million t | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 479.94 million t | -1.0% |
| 1997 | 475.23 million t | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 470.52 million t | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 465.81 million t | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 461.1 million t | -1.0% |
| 2001 | 456.39 million t | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 451.68 million t | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 446.98 million t | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 442.27 million t | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 437.56 million t | -1.1% |
| 2006 | 432.85 million t | -1.1% |
| 2007 | 428.14 million t | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 423.44 million t | -1.1% |
| 2009 | 418.73 million t | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 414.02 million t | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 404.57 million t | -2.3% |
| 2012 | 395.11 million t | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 385.66 million t | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 376.2 million t | -2.5% |
| 2015 | 366.75 million t | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 316.97 million t | -13.6% |
| 2017 | 267.18 million t | -15.7% |
| 2018 | 217.4 million t | -18.6% |
| 2019 | 167.61 million t | -22.9% |
| 2020 | 117.83 million t | -29.7% |
| 2021 | 116.81 million t | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 115.79 million t | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 114.78 million t | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 113.76 million t | -0.9% |
| 2025 | 112.74 million t | -0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 487 million t | 465.81 million t | 508.19 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 439.91 million t | 418.73 million t | 461.1 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 331.15 million t | 167.61 million t | 414.02 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 115.29 million t | 112.74 million t | 117.83 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 100 Uganda 125.51 million t compare
- 101 Burkina Faso 124.3 million t compare
- 102 Dominican Republic 118.51 million t compare
- 104 Sierra Leone 112.67 million t compare
- 105 Uruguay 108.04 million t compare
- 106 Bangladesh 95.09 million t compare
More climate change data for Somalia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 40,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,404 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 29,465 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 43.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,052 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 530.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 497.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.88 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.17 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Somalia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Somalia was 112.74 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 508.19 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 112.74 million t in 2025.
- How does Somalia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Somalia ranks 103rd out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 69.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia 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.