Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
49
Highest
14,674 kt
Czechia
Lowest
-774,724 kt
Brazil
Median
-18,067 kt
Years covered
31
1990–2020
Data points
1,507

What the numbers show

Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 49 countries. The highest value is 14,674 kt in Czechia; the lowest is -774,724 kt in Brazil.

The median across all reporting countries is -18,067 kt, and the mean is -66,205 kt.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Czechia (up 368.1%), and the largest decrease in Luxembourg (down 505.7%).

Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Czechia 14,674 kt 2020 up 368.1% volatile
2 Malta -0.286 kt 2020 down 287.5% volatile
3 Liechtenstein -7.81 kt 2020 down 208.2% volatile
4 Cyprus -139.27 kt 2020 down 51.5% volatile
5 Estonia -193.38 kt 2020 up 96.8% rising
6 Luxembourg -382.87 kt 2020 down 505.7% rising
7 Iceland -512.34 kt 2020 down 72.7% volatile
8 Portugal -1,692 kt 2020 up 79.2% volatile
9 Belgium -2,001 kt 2020 down 1.8% flat
10 Denmark -2,200 kt 2020 up 4.2% falling
11 Greece -2,229 kt 2020 down 1.7% falling
12 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -2,262 kt 2020 up 4.2% rising
13 Austria -2,449 kt 2020 up 6.5% volatile
14 Ireland -2,483 kt 2020 up 10.1% falling
15 Switzerland -2,808 kt 2020 up 20.4% volatile
16 Latvia -3,640 kt 2020 up 29.7% volatile
17 Slovenia -4,555 kt 2020 up 36.3% volatile
18 Croatia -6,188 kt 2020 up 19.5% rising
19 Hungary -6,614 kt 2020 down 85.5% falling
20 Lithuania -6,899 kt 2020 up 31.3% falling
21 Slovakia -7,774 kt 2020 down 80.1% rising
22 Bulgaria -8,736 kt 2020 up 19.6% rising
23 Kazakhstan -10,057 kt 2020 down 181.2% volatile
24 Colombia -15,602 kt 2014 down 19.1% falling
25 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -18,067 kt 2020 up 8.1% falling
26 New Zealand -19,983 kt 2020 up 35.5% falling
27 Poland -21,960 kt 2020 up 36.6% falling
28 Paraguay -23,781 kt 2015 down 53.5% volatile
29 Romania -24,342 kt 2020 up 11.3% rising
30 Norway -24,732 kt 2020 up 17.0% falling
31 Mongolia -24,734 kt 2013 up 3.0% flat
32 Italy -30,261 kt 2020 up 16.5% falling
33 Finland -30,351 kt 2020 up 12.9% falling
34 Ukraine -31,812 kt 2020 up 0.4% rising
35 France -32,186 kt 2020 up 46.4% flat
36 Spain -32,345 kt 2020 up 10.2% flat
37 Sweden -39,661 kt 2020 up 11.3% flat
38 Germany -46,252 kt 2020 up 9.4% rising
39 Belarus -48,351 kt 2020 up 19.5% falling
40 Türkiye -49,853 kt 2020 up 26.6% falling
41 Japan -57,140 kt 2020 up 25.2% rising
42 Australia -79,908 kt 2020 down 219.5% volatile
43 Madagascar -111,347 kt 2010 up 35.1% rising
44 Namibia -126,598 kt 2016 down 15.4% falling
45 Canada -133,626 kt 2020 up 6.8% rising
46 Malaysia -259,146 kt 2016 down 10.8% falling
47 Indonesia -355,212 kt 2019 up 14.8% falling
48 Russian Federation -772,938 kt 2020 up 14.1% falling
49 Brazil -774,724 kt 2015 down 96.7% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Forestland — Emissions (CO2) — UNFCCC
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
54 places, 1,507 data points, 1990–2020
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf