Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass was 1,243 million t in 2025. ▼ Falling
Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass in Zimbabwe, 1990–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million t.
Analysis
Zimbabwe recorded 1,243 million t for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass 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 3.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zimbabwe peaked at 1,510 million t in 1990 and was at its lowest, 1,243 million t, in 2025.
Zimbabwe ranks 36th 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 Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | million t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1,510 million t | — |
| 1991 | 1,500 million t | -0.6% |
| 1992 | 1,490 million t | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 1,481 million t | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 1,471 million t | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 1,462 million t | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 1,452 million t | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 1,443 million t | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 1,433 million t | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,424 million t | -0.7% |
| 2000 | 1,414 million t | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,405 million t | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 1,395 million t | -0.7% |
| 2003 | 1,385 million t | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 1,376 million t | -0.7% |
| 2005 | 1,366 million t | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 1,357 million t | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,347 million t | -0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,338 million t | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 1,328 million t | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 1,319 million t | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 1,313 million t | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 1,308 million t | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 1,302 million t | -0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,297 million t | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,292 million t | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 1,287 million t | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 1,282 million t | -0.4% |
| 2018 | 1,277 million t | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 1,272 million t | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 1,267 million t | -0.4% |
| 2021 | 1,262 million t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 1,258 million t | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 1,253 million t | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 1,248 million t | -0.4% |
| 2025 | 1,243 million t | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,467 million t | 1,424 million t | 1,510 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,371 million t | 1,328 million t | 1,414 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,295 million t | 1,272 million t | 1,319 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,255 million t | 1,243 million t | 1,267 million t | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zimbabwe
More climate change data for Zimbabwe
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 17,716 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,805 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 11,912 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 21.9 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 425.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,483 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,345 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 137.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 5.08 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.93 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zimbabwe?
- Forest land — carbon stock in living biomass in Zimbabwe was 1,243 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,510 million t in 1990.
- What is the lowest forest land — carbon stock in living biomass recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,243 million t in 2025.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for forest land — carbon stock in living biomass?
- Zimbabwe ranks 36th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is forest land — carbon stock in living biomass rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.