Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands
United States Virgin Islands: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 0.88 million t in 2025. ▲ Rising
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
In 2025, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands stood at 0.88 million t. That is the highest value across all 36 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 51.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands peaked at 0.88 million t in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.32 million t, in 1998.
United States Virgin Islands ranks 184th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.34 million t | — |
| 1991 | 0.34 million t | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.34 million t | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.33 million t | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 0.33 million t | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.33 million t | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.33 million t | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.33 million t | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.32 million t | -3.0% |
| 1999 | 0.32 million t | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.32 million t | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.33 million t | +3.1% |
| 2002 | 0.35 million t | +6.1% |
| 2003 | 0.36 million t | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 0.37 million t | +2.8% |
| 2005 | 0.39 million t | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 0.4 million t | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 0.41 million t | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.42 million t | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 0.44 million t | +4.8% |
| 2010 | 0.45 million t | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 0.48 million t | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 0.5 million t | +4.2% |
| 2013 | 0.53 million t | +6.0% |
| 2014 | 0.55 million t | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.58 million t | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.61 million t | +5.2% |
| 2017 | 0.64 million t | +4.9% |
| 2018 | 0.66 million t | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 0.69 million t | +4.5% |
| 2020 | 0.72 million t | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 0.75 million t | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 0.78 million t | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 0.82 million t | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 0.85 million t | +3.7% |
| 2025 | 0.88 million t | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.331 million t | 0.32 million t | 0.34 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.379 million t | 0.32 million t | 0.44 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.569 million t | 0.45 million t | 0.69 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.8 million t | 0.72 million t | 0.88 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near United States Virgin Islands
- 181 Lesotho 0.96 million t compare
- 182 Cook Islands 0.94 million t compare
- 183 Marshall Islands 0.92 million t compare
- 185 Cayman Islands 0.8445 million t compare
- 186 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.81 million t compare
- 187 Liechtenstein 0.77 million t compare
More climate change data for United States Virgin Islands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Urban population 95.4% (2025)
- Urban population 99,006 (2025)
- Urban population growth -0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 103,792 (2025)
- Population growth -0.6% (2025)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.5 (2024)
- Energy use per capita vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 0.0019 (2024)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2023)
- Agricultural Soils — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in United States Virgin Islands was 0.88 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 United States Virgin Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.88 million t in 2025.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in United States Virgin Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.32 million t in 1998.
- How does United States Virgin Islands rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- United States Virgin Islands ranks 184th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in United States Virgin Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 51.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this United States Virgin Islands 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.