Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga
Tonga: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 0.98 million t in 2025. ▬ Flat
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga, 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 Tonga is 0.98 million t, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga peaked at 0.98 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.98 million t, in 1990.
That places Tonga 211th out of 249 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.98 million t | — |
| 1991 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.98 million t | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.98 million t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 208.83 million t, 0% of the median. (55 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.98 million t is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 143.68 million t, 1% of the median. (31 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 0.98 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 208 Iceland 1.07 million t compare
- 209 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.06 million t compare
- 210 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.04 million t compare
- 211 Northern Mariana Islands 0.98 million t compare
- 213 Lesotho 0.96 million t compare
- 214 Cook Islands 0.94 million t compare
More climate change data for Tonga
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 0 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 138.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 28.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 110.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.1068 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Tonga was 0.98 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.98 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.98 million t in 1990.
- How does Tonga rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Tonga ranks 211th out of 249 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga 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.