Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).
What the numbers show
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — UNFCCC is currently reported for 59 countries. The highest value is 920,084 kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0.1815 kt in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 756.28 kt, and the mean is 19,514 kt.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Lithuania (up 2,520.1%), and the largest decrease in Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) (down 95.5%).
Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 920,084 kt | 2022 | up 117.5% | falling |
| 2 | Indonesia | 39,420 kt | 2022 | down 79.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Paraguay | 26,952 kt | 2021 | down 31.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Argentina | 25,257 kt | 2022 | up 7.2% | falling |
| 5 | Malaysia | 23,097 kt | 2021 | up 1,507.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Namibia | 11,622 kt | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 7 | Mexico | 11,175 kt | 2022 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 8 | Kenya | 9,960 kt | 2022 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 9 | Papua New Guinea | 9,594 kt | 2015 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 10 | France | 9,396 kt | 2022 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 11 | Russian Federation | 8,501 kt | 2022 | up 25.1% | falling |
| 12 | Australia | 7,086 kt | 2022 | down 78.9% | falling |
| 13 | Panama | 6,050 kt | 2021 | up 24.0% | falling |
| 14 | Guyana | 5,992 kt | 2022 | down 59.4% | falling |
| 15 | Canada | 5,304 kt | 2022 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 3,550 kt | 2022 | up 65.3% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 2,950 kt | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 18 | New Zealand | 2,597 kt | 2022 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Japan | 2,251 kt | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 1,971 kt | 2022 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Norway | 1,924 kt | 2022 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 22 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1,479 kt | 2022 | up 42.8% | rising |
| 23 | Türkiye | 1,247 kt | 2020 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 24 | Austria | 1,219 kt | 2022 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 25 | Ecuador | 1,177 kt | 2022 | up 207.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Latvia | 1,127 kt | 2022 | up 59.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Romania | 979.08 kt | 2022 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 28 | Finland | 950.74 kt | 2022 | down 44.8% | rising |
| 29 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 768.19 kt | 2022 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 30 | Switzerland | 756.28 kt | 2022 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 31 | Belgium | 731.26 kt | 2022 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 32 | Spain | 705.88 kt | 2022 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 33 | Costa Rica | 696.73 kt | 2021 | down 86.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Germany | 619.57 kt | 2022 | up 338.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Poland | 491.27 kt | 2022 | up 117.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Ghana | 479.48 kt | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Rwanda | 418.93 kt | 2022 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 38 | Republic of Moldova | 291.35 kt | 2022 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Estonia | 278.5 kt | 2022 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Portugal | 269.42 kt | 2022 | down 62.9% | volatile |
| 41 | Morocco | 252.18 kt | 2022 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 42 | Czechia | 247.29 kt | 2022 | up 31.8% | falling |
| 43 | Slovenia | 235.71 kt | 2022 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 44 | Serbia | 216.18 kt | 2022 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 45 | Hungary | 157.09 kt | 2022 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Denmark | 149.26 kt | 2022 | up 289.0% | volatile |
| 47 | Lithuania | 136.67 kt | 2021 | up 2,520.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Singapore | 126.28 kt | 2022 | up 58.8% | rising |
| 49 | Ireland | 82.93 kt | 2022 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Slovakia | 55.04 kt | 2022 | down 34.1% | falling |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 54.68 kt | 2022 | down 21.9% | volatile |
| 52 | Croatia | 50.75 kt | 2022 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 53 | Ukraine | 46.35 kt | 2022 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 54 | Greece | 44.24 kt | 2022 | down 54.7% | rising |
| 55 | Luxembourg | 12.39 kt | 2022 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 56 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 7.41 kt | 2022 | down 95.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Liechtenstein | 5.55 kt | 2022 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 58 | Cyprus | 1.76 kt | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Iceland | 0.1815 kt | 2022 | up 69.2% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- United States of America 105,443 kt
- South Africa 11,847 kt
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions from Forests consists of CO2 emissions and removals corresponding to forest carbon stock changes (aboveground and belowground living biomass). Estimates are computed following the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 2006).