Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 5,339 million t in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Southern Asia, 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 Southern Asia is 5,339 million t, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.8% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Southern Asia peaked at 5,339 million t in 2025 and was at its lowest, 4,140 million t, in 1990.
Southern Asia ranks 19th of 31 groups 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 Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 4,140 million t | — |
| 1991 | 4,207 million t | +1.6% |
| 1992 | 4,274 million t | +1.6% |
| 1993 | 4,341 million t | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 4,408 million t | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 4,475 million t | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 4,542 million t | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 4,609 million t | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 4,676 million t | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 4,743 million t | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 4,810 million t | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 4,813 million t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,815 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 4,817 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 4,820 million t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 4,822 million t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 4,824 million t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 4,827 million t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 4,829 million t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 4,831 million t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 4,834 million t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 4,852 million t | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 4,870 million t | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 4,889 million t | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 4,907 million t | +0.4% |
| 2015 | 4,925 million t | +0.4% |
| 2016 | 4,965 million t | +0.8% |
| 2017 | 5,005 million t | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 5,044 million t | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 5,084 million t | +0.8% |
| 2020 | 5,124 million t | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 5,167 million t | +0.8% |
| 2022 | 5,210 million t | +0.8% |
| 2023 | 5,253 million t | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 5,296 million t | +0.8% |
| 2025 | 5,339 million t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,442 million t | 4,140 million t | 4,743 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,821 million t | 4,810 million t | 4,831 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,937 million t | 4,834 million t | 5,084 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,231 million t | 5,124 million t | 5,339 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
More climate change data for Southern Asia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 933,596 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 178,099 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 755,497 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 672.07 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 26,982 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 403,904 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 246,070 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 157,834 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 928.57 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 5,637 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Southern Asia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Southern Asia was 5,339 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 Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 5,339 million t in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,140 million t in 1990.
- How does Southern Asia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Southern Asia ranks 19th out of 31 groups with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.