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Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — 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
1.24 million kt
Brazil
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
0 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,006

What the numbers show

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 234 countries. The highest value is 1.24 million kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt, and the mean is 12,525 kt.

Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 25,741.5%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.24 million kt 2023 up 36.2% falling
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 156,015 kt 2023 down 71.7% falling
3 OECD 147,607 kt 2023 up 137.8% falling
4 Peru 130,591 kt 2023 down 0.3% falling
5 Canada 92,700 kt 2023 — volatile
6 Cambodia 71,652 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62,649 kt 2023 up 48.9% falling
8 Cameroon 60,852 kt 2023 up 101.6% rising
9 United Republic of Tanzania 59,157 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
10 Argentina 58,890 kt 2023 down 29.0% falling
11 Myanmar 58,679 kt 2023 down 0.0% falling
12 Colombia 56,373 kt 2023 up 29.3% falling
13 Thailand 53,420 kt 2023 up 1,867.4% volatile
14 Malaysia 52,807 kt 2023 — flat
15 Nigeria 44,152 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
16 Mozambique 43,452 kt 2023 down 0.1% flat
17 Paraguay 36,769 kt 2023 down 39.4% falling
18 Côte d'Ivoire 33,005 kt 2023 down 33.9% falling
19 Madagascar 32,618 kt 2023 down 26.9% rising
20 Angola 32,316 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
21 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27,302 kt 2023 down 48.9% falling
22 Romania 24,017 kt 2023 up 658.0% volatile
23 Liberia 22,832 kt 2023 down 65.2% volatile
24 Mali 21,684 kt 2023 down 23.0% rising
25 Chad 20,638 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
26 Guinea 19,071 kt 2023 down 1.6% flat
27 Zimbabwe 17,549 kt 2023 down 11.2% falling
28 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,511 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
29 Burkina Faso 17,147 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
30 Guatemala 15,875 kt 2023 up 85.3% falling
31 Mexico 14,793 kt 2023 up 6.4% falling
32 Ecuador 12,218 kt 2023 down 40.0% falling
33 Suriname 11,766 kt 2023 up 289.8% volatile
34 Zambia 9,832 kt 2023 down 48.3% volatile
35 Sweden 9,427 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
36 Sudan 8,894 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
37 Guyana 8,078 kt 2023 down 34.7% rising
38 Ethiopia 7,989 kt 2023 down 67.0% falling
39 Benin 7,502 kt 2023 down 77.3% falling
40 Uganda 7,373 kt 2023 down 49.5% falling
41 Malawi 7,068 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
42 Sudan (former) 6,640 kt 2011 up 7.1% rising
43 Somalia 6,299 kt 2023 down 81.8% rising
44 Honduras 6,262 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
45 Nicaragua 5,618 kt 2023 down 3.1% falling
46 Viet Nam 4,863 kt 2023 — volatile
47 Belize 4,386 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
48 Gabon 4,325 kt 2023 down 44.4% rising
49 Equatorial Guinea 3,832 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
50 Bhutan 3,642 kt 2023 — volatile
51 Sierra Leone 3,460 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
52 Bangladesh 3,391 kt 2023 up 16.6% volatile
53 French Guiana 3,295 kt 2023 up 26.7% falling
54 Bulgaria 3,288 kt 2023 — flat
55 Melanesia 3,030 kt 2023 down 9.5% falling
56 Japan 2,543 kt 2023 down 35.6% volatile
57 Chile 2,342 kt 2023 down 34.1% falling
58 Senegal 2,190 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
59 Papua New Guinea 1,913 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
60 Niger 1,793 kt 2023 up 34.5% volatile
61 Australia 1,595 kt 2023 down 8.5% volatile
61 Australia and New Zealand 1,595 kt 2023 down 20.0% volatile
63 Panama 1,522 kt 2023 down 34.5% falling
64 Austria 1,448 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
65 Costa Rica 1,239 kt 2023 down 58.3% volatile
66 Republic of Korea 1,214 kt 2023 down 73.4% rising
67 Caribbean 1,071 kt 2023 down 23.3% volatile
68 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,007 kt 1999 unchanged flat
69 Estonia 949.43 kt 2023 — volatile
70 Eritrea 941.58 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
71 Puerto Rico 926.41 kt 2023 up 868.7% volatile
72 Mauritania 719.15 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
73 North Macedonia 686.53 kt 2023 — volatile
74 Sri Lanka 675.47 kt 2023 down 57.0% volatile
75 Vanuatu 623.25 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
76 Gambia 601.39 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
77 Guinea-Bissau 579.65 kt 2023 up 0.0% falling
78 Togo 555.82 kt 2023 down 7.5% flat
79 Slovenia 518.77 kt 2023 up 25,741.5% volatile
80 Congo 506 kt 2023 down 95.1% rising
81 Solomon Islands 493.63 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
82 Iraq 476.33 kt 2023 down 59.2% volatile
83 Italy 415.43 kt 2023 down 92.9% volatile
84 Norway 353.19 kt 2023 down 18.5% volatile
85 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 347.84 kt 2023 up 0.0% volatile
86 Morocco 331.78 kt 2023 up 22.1% volatile
87 Eswatini 262.16 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
88 Timor-Leste 233.81 kt 2023 down 39.4% falling
89 Tunisia 169.78 kt 2023 up 56.6% rising
90 Republic of Moldova 140.98 kt 2023 — volatile
91 Algeria 132.31 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
92 Western Sahara 123.08 kt 2023 — volatile
93 Israel 116.81 kt 2023 — volatile
94 Trinidad and Tobago 102 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
95 Namibia 95.75 kt 2023 down 0.0% volatile
96 Polynesia 80.11 kt 2023 down 21.7% falling
97 Samoa 78.68 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
98 Seychelles 66.59 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
99 Croatia 41.74 kt 2023 — volatile
100 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 kt 2023 — volatile
101 Libya 34.34 kt 2023 up 1.1% flat
102 Mayotte 30.95 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
103 Brunei Darussalam 28.5 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
104 Antigua and Barbuda 22.95 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
105 Dominica 19.78 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
106 Cyprus 15.53 kt 2023 up 67.6% volatile
107 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.45 kt 2023 down 20.1% rising
108 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.43 kt 2023 down 33.8% volatile
109 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.606 kt 2023 — volatile
110 Jordan 0.502 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Afghanistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Albania 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Andorra 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Armenia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Azerbaijan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Burundi 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Belgium 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Bahrain 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Bahamas 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Belarus 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Barbados 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Botswana 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Switzerland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 China 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% falling
111 Cuba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Czechia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Germany 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Denmark 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Dominican Republic 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Egypt 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Spain 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Finland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Fiji 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 France 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Georgia 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Ghana 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Greece 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Guam 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Haiti 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Hungary 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Indonesia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Isle of Man 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 India 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Iceland 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Jamaica 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Kazakhstan 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Kenya 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Lebanon 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Lesotho 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Lithuania 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Monaco 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Malta 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Mongolia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 New Caledonia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Nepal 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 New Zealand 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Oman 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Pakistan 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Philippines 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Palau 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Poland 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Portugal 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Palestine 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Qatar 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Rwanda 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Singapore 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 El Salvador 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 San Marino 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Serbia 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 South Sudan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Slovakia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Tajikistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Ukraine 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Uruguay 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Uzbekistan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Yemen 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Cook Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Niue 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Micronesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt 2005 — flat
111 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Cabo Verde 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Russian Federation 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Türkiye 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Holy See 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 China, mainland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
111 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2023 — flat
111 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat

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
Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2) — 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