Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in South America
South America: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 93,322 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in South America, 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 South America is 93,322 million t, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.4% on the previous year and down 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in South America peaked at 106,909 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 93,322 million t, in 2025.
That places South America 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in South America, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 106,909 million t | — |
| 1991 | 106,355 million t | -0.5% |
| 1992 | 105,801 million t | -0.5% |
| 1993 | 105,247 million t | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 104,693 million t | -0.5% |
| 1995 | 104,139 million t | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 103,585 million t | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 103,031 million t | -0.5% |
| 1998 | 102,477 million t | -0.5% |
| 1999 | 101,923 million t | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 101,369 million t | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 100,980 million t | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 100,590 million t | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 100,200 million t | -0.4% |
| 2004 | 99,811 million t | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 99,421 million t | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 99,031 million t | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 98,642 million t | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 98,252 million t | -0.4% |
| 2009 | 97,862 million t | -0.4% |
| 2010 | 97,472 million t | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 97,286 million t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 97,100 million t | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 96,914 million t | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 96,728 million t | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 96,542 million t | -0.2% |
| 2016 | 96,247 million t | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 95,952 million t | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 95,657 million t | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 95,362 million t | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 95,067 million t | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 94,718 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 94,369 million t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 94,020 million t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 93,671 million t | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 93,322 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 104,416 million t | 101,923 million t | 106,909 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 99,616 million t | 97,862 million t | 101,369 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 96,526 million t | 95,362 million t | 97,472 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 94,194 million t | 93,322 million t | 95,067 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 1 OECD 72,286 million t compare
- 2 Brazil 51,037 million t compare
- 3 Russian Federation 44,584 million t compare
- 4 Canada 20,007 million t compare
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 20,766 million t compare
- 5 Australia and New Zealand 11,290 million t compare
- 6 Indonesia 11,152 million t compare
- 7 China 10,126 million t compare
- 7 China, mainland 10,126 million t compare
More climate change data for South America
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1.01 million kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 224,200 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 781,384 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 846.04 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 27,907 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 123,748 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 96,422 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 27,326 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 363.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 975.93 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in South America?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in South America was 93,322 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 106,909 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 93,322 million t in 2025.
- How does South America rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- South America ranks 4th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South America 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.