Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net square in Somalia

Somalia: Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net square was 0.01 kt per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
0.01 kt per square kilometre
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
62nd
of 191 countries
All-time high
0.0552 kt per square kilometre
in 2011
All-time low
0.01 kt per square kilometre
in 2021
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) in Somalia, 1990–2023

0.010.020.030.040.050.061990200620231990: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1991: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1992: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1993: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1994: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1995: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1996: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1997: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1998: 0.028 kt per square kilometre1999: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2000: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2001: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2002: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2003: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2004: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2005: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2006: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2007: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2008: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2009: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2010: 0.028 kt per square kilometre2011: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2012: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2013: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2014: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2015: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2016: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2017: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2018: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2019: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2020: 0.055 kt per square kilometre2021: 0.01 kt per square kilometre2022: 0.01 kt per square kilometre2023: 0.01 kt per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in kt per square kilometre.

Analysis

Somalia recorded 0.01 kt per square kilometre for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.

The figure is down 81.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Somalia peaked at 0.0552 kt per square kilometre in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.01 kt per square kilometre, in 2021.

Somalia ranks 62nd of 191 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Net Forest conversion: Net emissions/removals (CO2) … Net square in Somalia, year by year

Annual values for Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per square kilometre in Somalia, 1990 to 2023.
Year kt per square kilometre Change
1990 0.0275 kt per square kilometre —
1991 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1992 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1993 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1994 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1995 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1996 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1997 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1998 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
1999 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2000 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2001 0.0275 kt per square kilometre -0.0%
2002 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2003 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2004 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2005 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2006 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2007 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2008 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2009 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2010 0.0275 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2011 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +100.5%
2012 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2013 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2014 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2015 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2016 0.0552 kt per square kilometre -0.0%
2017 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2018 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2019 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2020 0.0552 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2021 0.01 kt per square kilometre -81.8%
2022 0.01 kt per square kilometre +0.0%
2023 0.01 kt per square kilometre +0.0%

Somalia compared with similar countries

  • Somalia's 0.01 kt per square kilometre is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0171 kt per square kilometre, 59% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
  • Somalia's 0.01 kt per square kilometre is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0142 kt per square kilometre, 71% of the median. (44 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.0524 kt per square kilometre 0.0275 kt per square kilometre 0.0552 kt per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.0213 kt per square kilometre 0.01 kt per square kilometre 0.0552 kt per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near Somalia

  1. 59 Sri Lanka 0.0109 kt per square kilometre compare
  2. 60 Canada 0.0105 kt per square kilometre compare
  3. 61 Togo 0.0102 kt per square kilometre compare
  4. 63 Eritrea 0.0078 kt per square kilometre compare
  5. 64 Mexico 0.0076 kt per square kilometre compare
  6. 65 Ethiopia 0.0071 kt per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Somalia?
Net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) in Somalia was 0.01 kt per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Somalia?
The highest recorded value was 0.0552 kt per square kilometre in 2011.
What is the lowest net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) recorded in Somalia?
The lowest recorded value was 0.01 kt per square kilometre in 2021.
How does Somalia rank for net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land)?
Somalia ranks 62nd out of 191 countries with data for 2023.
Is net forest conversion — net emissions/removals (co2) (forest land) rising or falling in Somalia?
Over the last ten years it is down 81.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Somalia data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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)

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Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 6,341 data points, 1990–2023
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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.