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Forestland — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 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
234
Highest
53,089 kt
Italy
Lowest
-1.15 million kt
Russian Federation
Median
-14.67 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,006

What the numbers show

Forestland — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 234 countries. The highest value is 53,089 kt in Italy; the lowest is -1.15 million kt in Russian Federation.

The median across all reporting countries is -14.67 kt, and the mean is -19,445 kt.

Over the past decade 101 countries rose and 85 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 3,003.7%), and the largest decrease in Thailand (down 437,445.0%).

Forestland — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Italy 53,089 kt 2023 up 346.2% volatile
2 Sudan 36,910 kt 2023 up 643.8% volatile
3 Madagascar 18,693 kt 2023 down 35.0% falling
4 Canada 10,737 kt 2023 down 55.1% volatile
5 Cuba 5,485 kt 2023 up 251.1% volatile
6 Kazakhstan 5,295 kt 2023 up 149.4% volatile
7 Benin 5,251 kt 2023 down 12.3% volatile
8 Morocco 5,000 kt 2023 up 297.0% volatile
9 Estonia 2,901 kt 2023 up 133.1% volatile
10 Caribbean 1,523 kt 2023 up 123.6% volatile
11 Burkina Faso 1,472 kt 2023 up 56.5% rising
12 Latvia 1,364 kt 2023 up 111.4% rising
13 Spain 1,320 kt 2023 up 115.0% volatile
14 Mali 990.73 kt 2023 up 63.0% volatile
15 Germany 711.33 kt 2023 up 101.3% volatile
16 Western Sahara 507.58 kt 2023 up 264.8% volatile
17 Seychelles 87.41 kt 2023 up 881.5% volatile
18 Switzerland 80.67 kt 2023 up 104.6% volatile
19 Chad 71.31 kt 2023 up 3,003.7% volatile
20 Eswatini 23.84 kt 2023 down 20.9% flat
21 Trinidad and Tobago 22.67 kt 2023 down 23.2% flat
22 Chile 19.64 kt 2023 up 100.1% volatile
23 San Marino 7.33 kt 2023 up 200.0% volatile
24 Cayman Islands 7.25 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
25 Guinea-Bissau 7.01 kt 2023 up 192.6% volatile
26 Eritrea 4.42 kt 2023 up 236.5% volatile
27 Suriname 4.3 kt 2023 up 204.1% volatile
28 Barbados 3.59 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
29 Palestine 2.99 kt 2023 up 110.7% volatile
30 Bhutan 2.26 kt 2023 up 100.3% volatile
31 Dominica 2.22 kt 2023 up 133.2% volatile
32 Zambia 2 kt 2023 down 87.4% volatile
33 United Republic of Tanzania 1.39 kt 2023 up 132.1% volatile
34 Montserrat 1.38 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
35 Malawi 1.01 kt 2023 up 18.7% volatile
36 Bermuda 0.4447 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
37 Aruba 0.2794 kt 2023 down 60.9% volatile
38 Vanuatu 0.0814 kt 2023 up 105.6% volatile
39 Afghanistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Albania 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
39 Burundi 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Belgium 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Bahamas 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Botswana 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Egypt 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Finland 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% rising
39 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Greece 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Guam 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Lesotho 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Monaco 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Mongolia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
39 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 New Caledonia 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Oman 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Qatar 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Singapore 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
39 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2023 up 100.0% volatile
39 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
39 Yemen 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Cook Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Niue 0 kt 2023 — volatile
39 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Holy See 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2023 — flat
39 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
90 Gambia -0.0545 kt 2023 up 98.8% volatile
91 Zimbabwe -0.245 kt 2023 down 104.9% volatile
92 Belize -0.2921 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
93 Malta -0.3438 kt 2023 — volatile
94 Namibia -0.418 kt 2023 up 0.6% volatile
95 Jordan -0.502 kt 2023 — volatile
96 Iran (Islamic Republic of) -0.606 kt 2023 — volatile
97 Sri Lanka -0.7997 kt 2023 down 100.9% volatile
98 Antigua and Barbuda -0.9483 kt 2023 up 88.4% volatile
99 Saint Pierre and Miquelon -1.45 kt 2023 up 20.1% volatile
100 French Guiana -2.41 kt 2023 down 223.5% volatile
101 Liberia -3.68 kt 2023 down 27.5% volatile
102 Guyana -3.97 kt 2023 down 272.2% volatile
103 Isle of Man -4.01 kt 2023 up 14.0% rising
104 Equatorial Guinea -4.26 kt 2023 down 107.7% volatile
105 Angola -4.84 kt 2023 down 279.4% volatile
106 Libya -5.01 kt 2023 down 285.9% volatile
107 Samoa -5.35 kt 2023 down 160.6% volatile
108 Gabon -5.5 kt 2023 down 275.3% volatile
109 Timor-Leste -6.48 kt 2023 down 346.5% volatile
110 Lebanon -7.33 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
110 Sao Tome and Principe -7.33 kt 2023 down 2,537.1% volatile
110 Cabo Verde -7.33 kt 2023 unchanged falling
113 Cameroon -7.47 kt 2023 up 99.3% volatile
114 Ecuador -8.46 kt 2023 up 99.8% volatile
115 Mayotte -8.95 kt 2023 down 192.0% volatile
116 Solomon Islands -9.63 kt 2023 down 165.8% falling
117 Comoros -14.67 kt 2023 down 849.1% volatile
117 Liechtenstein -14.67 kt 2023 — volatile
117 Micronesia (Federated States of) -14.67 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
120 Brunei Darussalam -28.5 kt 2023 up 80.4% volatile
121 Tajikistan -33.81 kt 2023 down 111.6% volatile
122 Wallis and Futuna Islands -38.1 kt 2023 up 1.9% volatile
123 Polynesia -43.45 kt 2023 up 14.7% volatile
124 Palau -44 kt 2023 unchanged rising
125 Martinique -51.33 kt 2023 up 63.2% falling
126 Bahrain -58.67 kt 2023 — volatile
126 Micronesia -58.67 kt 2023 down 125.0% volatile
128 Colombia -60.26 kt 2023 up 98.5% volatile
129 United Arab Emirates -66 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
130 Algeria -66.31 kt 2023 down 12.4% flat
131 Tunisia -89.11 kt 2023 down 101.5% volatile
132 Sierra Leone -108.19 kt 2023 up 6.3% volatile
133 Israel -116.81 kt 2023 down 99.1% volatile
134 United States Virgin Islands -117.33 kt 2023 down 23.1% volatile
135 Republic of Moldova -140.98 kt 2023 up 75.0% volatile
136 Iceland -161.33 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
137 Saudi Arabia -183.33 kt 2023 — volatile
138 El Salvador -198 kt 2023 down 800.0% volatile
138 Guadeloupe -198 kt 2023 unchanged volatile
140 Ireland -212.67 kt 2023 up 96.1% rising
141 Andorra -220 kt 2023 down 2,900.0% volatile
142 Guinea -246.33 kt 2023 up 55.6% rising
143 Saint Lucia -271.33 kt 2023 up 22.9% flat
144 Cyprus -272.2 kt 2023 up 18.0% falling
145 Haiti -293.33 kt 2023 down 20,350.8% volatile
145 South Sudan -293.33 kt 2023 up 63.6% volatile
147 Mozambique -317.73 kt 2023 up 13.8% volatile
148 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) -352 kt 2023 up 80.3% volatile
149 Norway -353.19 kt 2023 up 98.3% rising
150 Mexico -375.24 kt 2023 up 98.9% volatile
151 Papua New Guinea -387.56 kt 2023 down 14,525.8% volatile
152 Senegal -400.69 kt 2023 up 4.0% volatile
153 Puerto Rico -464.42 kt 2023 up 9.6% rising
154 Armenia -491.33 kt 2023 down 179.2% volatile
155 Panama -583.59 kt 2023 down 69.0% rising
156 North Macedonia -686.53 kt 2023 up 72.3% volatile
157 Iraq -784.34 kt 2023 up 38.6% volatile
158 Portugal -858 kt 2023 down 1.7% volatile
159 Slovenia -973.43 kt 2023 down 129.1% volatile
160 Togo -981.15 kt 2023 down 437.3% volatile
161 Mauritania -1,049 kt 2023 down 15.8% flat
162 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) -1,108 kt 2023 down 217.6% volatile
163 Democratic Republic of the Congo -1,267 kt 2023 down 25.0% volatile
164 Dominican Republic -1,269 kt 2023 up 17.4% falling
165 Nicaragua -1,320 kt 2023 up 11.5% volatile
166 Jamaica -1,335 kt 2023 down 2,933.3% volatile
167 Niger -1,353 kt 2023 down 517.6% volatile
168 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland -1,613 kt 2023 up 86.5% rising
169 Cambodia -1,626 kt 2023 up 90.8% volatile
170 Slovakia -1,819 kt 2023 up 76.6% rising
171 Syrian Arab Republic -1,885 kt 2023 down 17.4% falling
172 Uganda -1,910 kt 2023 up 20.1% volatile
173 Fiji -2,002 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
174 Uzbekistan -2,119 kt 2023 down 280.3% volatile
175 Uruguay -2,244 kt 2023 up 78.2% volatile
176 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -2,343 kt 2023 up 0.3% rising
177 Melanesia -2,399 kt 2023 up 57.7% flat
178 Denmark -2,435 kt 2023 up 21.1% volatile
179 Czechia -2,501 kt 2023 up 0.3% volatile
180 Somalia -2,566 kt 2023 down 5,815.1% volatile
181 Peru -2,669 kt 2023 up 11.7% volatile
182 Costa Rica -2,713 kt 2023 up 70.3% volatile
183 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) -2,838 kt 2023 up 31.4% rising
184 Azerbaijan -2,934 kt 2023 down 15.6% volatile
185 Bosnia and Herzegovina -3,073 kt 2023 up 22.4% volatile
186 Bangladesh -3,207 kt 2023 down 16.8% volatile
187 Pakistan -3,498 kt 2023 down 6,186.4% volatile
188 Croatia -4,104 kt 2023 down 169.1% volatile
189 Côte d'Ivoire -4,112 kt 2023 up 61.5% volatile
190 Nepal -4,143 kt 2023 down 366.9% rising
191 Georgia -4,363 kt 2023 down 8.6% rising
192 Hungary -4,745 kt 2023 down 9.2% falling
193 Lithuania -4,928 kt 2023 up 60.8% falling
194 Myanmar -5,674 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
195 Belgium-Luxembourg -5,741 kt 1999 unchanged flat
196 Austria -6,544 kt 2023 down 0.7% rising
197 Ethiopia -6,705 kt 2023 down 36.0% falling
198 Türkiye -6,908 kt 2023 up 88.4% volatile
199 Congo -7,590 kt 2023 down 224,902.0% volatile
200 Sudan (former) -7,594 kt 2011 down 14.2% falling
201 Lao People's Democratic Republic -7,633 kt 2023 down 378.7% volatile
202 Poland -8,257 kt 2023 up 80.9% volatile
203 Nigeria -8,409 kt 2023 up 0.1% flat
204 New Zealand -8,492 kt 2023 up 60.5% rising
205 Thailand -8,503 kt 2023 down 437,445.0% volatile
206 Paraguay -9,108 kt 2023 down 270,728.0% volatile
207 Sweden -9,427 kt 2023 up 81.5% rising
208 Viet Nam -10,275 kt 2023 up 63.0% volatile
209 Guatemala -10,485 kt 2023 down 535.0% volatile
210 Ukraine -11,829 kt 2023 up 57.0% rising
211 Rwanda -12,738 kt 2023 down 325.7% volatile
212 Kenya -15,869 kt 2023 down 20.5% volatile
213 Australia -16,086 kt 2023 up 39.2% falling
214 Argentina -18,080 kt 2023 down 57.0% falling
215 Bulgaria -19,766 kt 2023 down 48.6% rising
216 Malaysia -22,777 kt 2023 up 85.4% volatile
217 Australia and New Zealand -24,578 kt 2023 up 48.7% falling
218 Serbia -25,263 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
219 Philippines -26,943 kt 2023 down 30.1% falling
220 Serbia and Montenegro -31,611 kt 2005 down 166.8% volatile
221 Japan -31,848 kt 2023 up 60.7% rising
222 Romania -31,900 kt 2023 up 29.3% falling
223 France -31,988 kt 2023 up 51.8% falling
224 Indonesia -34,709 kt 2023 down 99.5% volatile
225 Honduras -34,796 kt 2023 up 22.5% volatile
226 Republic of Korea -47,069 kt 2023 up 14.5% falling
227 Ghana -55,227 kt 2023 down 437.0% volatile
228 Belarus -146,469 kt 2023 down 246.0% volatile
229 India -154,418 kt 2023 down 117.2% volatile
230 Brazil -336,460 kt 2023 up 46.6% rising
231 OECD -520,654 kt 2023 up 65.2% rising
232 China -838,933 kt 2023 down 17.9% falling
232 China, mainland -838,933 kt 2023 down 17.9% falling
234 Russian Federation -1.15 million kt 2023 down 24.0% rising

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 (CO2eq) (AR5) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
271 places, 9,006 data points, 1990–2023
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