Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia
Zambia: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 1,239 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia, 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 Zambia is 1,239 million t, measured in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 36 years on record.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia peaked at 1,309 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,239 million t, in 2025.
Zambia ranks 37th of 215 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 36 years of available data.
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,309 million t | — |
| 1991 | 1,308 million t | -0.1% |
| 1992 | 1,307 million t | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 1,306 million t | -0.1% |
| 1994 | 1,305 million t | -0.1% |
| 1995 | 1,304 million t | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 1,303 million t | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 1,302 million t | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,301 million t | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 1,300 million t | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 1,299 million t | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 1,298 million t | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 1,297 million t | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 1,296 million t | -0.1% |
| 2004 | 1,295 million t | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 1,294 million t | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 1,293 million t | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 1,292 million t | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 1,291 million t | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 1,290 million t | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 1,289 million t | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 1,284 million t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,278 million t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,273 million t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,268 million t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,263 million t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,261 million t | -0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,258 million t | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 1,256 million t | -0.2% |
| 2019 | 1,254 million t | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 1,252 million t | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 1,249 million t | -0.2% |
| 2022 | 1,247 million t | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 1,244 million t | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 1,241 million t | -0.2% |
| 2025 | 1,239 million t | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,304 million t | 1,300 million t | 1,309 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,294 million t | 1,290 million t | 1,299 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,268 million t | 1,254 million t | 1,289 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,245 million t | 1,239 million t | 1,252 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More climate change data for Zambia
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 7,547 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,795 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,752 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 10.55 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 169.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,033 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 120.21 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.67 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.29 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zambia was 1,239 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,309 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,239 million t in 2025.
- How does Zambia rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Zambia ranks 37th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zambia 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.