Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per square kilometre by country
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
135
Highest
0.4059 kt per square kilometre
Cambodia
Lowest
0 kt per square kilometre
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0048 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,341
What the numbers show
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per square kilometre is currently reported for 135 countries. The highest value is 0.4059 kt per square kilometre in Cambodia; the lowest is 0 kt per square kilometre in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0048 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.03 kt per square kilometre.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 71 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 25,748.5%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).
Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net square: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cambodia | 0.4059 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 25.9% | volatile |
| 2 | Liberia | 0.237 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Belize | 0.1923 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 4 | Malaysia | 0.1607 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 5 | Brazil | 0.1486 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 36.2% | falling |
| 6 | Guatemala | 0.1481 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 85.3% | falling |
| 7 | Seychelles | 0.1448 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 8 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.1366 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 9 | Cameroon | 0.1287 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 101.6% | rising |
| 10 | Thailand | 0.1046 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1,867.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 0.1044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 868.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Romania | 0.1044 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 657.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Peru | 0.102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 14 | Bhutan | 0.0955 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Paraguay | 0.0928 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.3% | falling |
| 16 | Myanmar | 0.0899 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea | 0.0776 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 18 | Malawi | 0.075 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 19 | Suriname | 0.0733 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 289.8% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 0.0665 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 77.3% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 0.0627 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 22 | Gambia | 0.0594 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 23 | Madagascar | 0.0561 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 26.9% | rising |
| 24 | Honduras | 0.056 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 13.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Mozambique | 0.0553 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0522 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 0.0511 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 28 | Colombia | 0.0508 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 29.3% | falling |
| 29 | Ecuador | 0.0492 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 30 | Nigeria | 0.0485 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 31 | Sierra Leone | 0.0479 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 0.0467 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 33 | Zimbabwe | 0.0454 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 34 | Central African Republic | 0.0402 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.2% | rising |
| 35 | Guyana | 0.0383 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 39.1% | rising |
| 36 | Uganda | 0.0368 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 37 | Bulgaria | 0.0303 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | flat |
| 38 | Samoa | 0.0283 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 39 | North Macedonia | 0.0272 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Dominica | 0.0264 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Bangladesh | 0.0261 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Angola | 0.0259 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 43 | Slovenia | 0.0258 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 25,748.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Costa Rica | 0.0243 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 45 | Sweden | 0.0231 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 46 | Estonia | 0.0222 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 47 | Argentina | 0.0215 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 48 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0206 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 49 | Panama | 0.0205 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 50 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0199 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 51 | Mali | 0.0178 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 52 | Solomon Islands | 0.0176 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 53 | Austria | 0.0175 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 54 | Gabon | 0.0168 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 55 | Chad | 0.0164 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 56 | Eswatini | 0.0152 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 57 | Zambia | 0.0132 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.0114 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 59 | Sri Lanka | 0.0109 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 56.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Canada | 0.0105 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 61 | Togo | 0.0102 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 62 | Somalia | 0.01 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 81.8% | rising |
| 63 | Eritrea | 0.0078 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 64 | Mexico | 0.0076 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 6.4% | falling |
| 65 | Ethiopia | 0.0071 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 67.0% | falling |
| 66 | Japan | 0.007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Israel | 0.0054 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.0048 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 33.9% | rising |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0042 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 70 | Chile | 0.0032 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 71 | Cyprus | 0.0017 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Congo | 0.0015 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 95.1% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Italy | 0.0014 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 92.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Iraq | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Tunisia | 0.0011 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 77 | Norway | 0.001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Croatia | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 79 | Morocco | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 81 | Mauritania | 0.0007 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.5% | flat |
| 82 | Australia | 0.0002 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Namibia | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 0.0001 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 85 | Libya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 86 | Jordan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Albania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Andorra | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Armenia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | American Samoa | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Burundi | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Belgium | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Belarus | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Switzerland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | China | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Comoros | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 87 | Cuba | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Cayman Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Czechia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Denmark | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Spain | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Finland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Haiti | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Hungary | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ireland | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kenya | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Lithuania | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Luxembourg | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Latvia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Marshall Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Mongolia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Mauritius | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | New Caledonia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Nepal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | New Zealand | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Philippines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Portugal | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Rwanda | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Singapore | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | South Sudan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovakia | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | Ukraine | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Uzbekistan | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | British Virgin Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 87 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 kt per square kilometre | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0217 kt per square kilometre
How this figure is calculated
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) ÷ Land area (sq. km)
Computed from
- Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Land area FAOSTAT, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.