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Above-ground forest biomass by country

Above-ground biomass in forest (tonnes per hectare)

Countries reporting
199
Highest
500.39 tonnes per hectare
Micronesia (country)
Lowest
0 tonnes per hectare
Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Median
109.49 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
21
2000–2020
Data points
1,632

What the numbers show

Above-ground forest biomass is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 500.39 tonnes per hectare in Micronesia (country); the lowest is 0 tonnes per hectare in Svalbard and Jan Mayen.

The median across all reporting countries is 109.49 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 121.69 tonnes per hectare.

Over the past decade 62 countries rose and 39 fell. The largest increase was in Romania (up 93.9%), and the largest decrease in Solomon Islands (down 21.4%).

Above-ground forest biomass: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Micronesia (country) 500.39 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
2 Guyana 498.96 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
3 Palau 416.21 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
4 French Guiana 365 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
5 Suriname 362.88 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
8 New Zealand 294.65 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.8% rising
9 Saint Lucia 294.02 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 12.7% rising
10 Bhutan 269.32 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
11 Cameroon 265.05 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
12 Slovenia 253.1 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 2.7% rising
13 Brunei 247 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
15 Peru 237.79 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
16 Democratic Republic of Congo 231 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
17 Gabon 223.25 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
18 Philippines 219.77 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 5.5% flat
19 Chile 219.27 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.2% flat
20 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 219.13 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
21 Central African Republic 217.09 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
22 Equatorial Guinea 214.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
23 Belize 211 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
24 Antigua and Barbuda 210 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
24 Saint Kitts and Nevis 210 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
24 British Virgin Islands 210 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
24 Anguilla 210 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
28 Malaysia 209.87 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 6.9% flat
29 Romania 207.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 93.9% rising
30 Liberia 205.4 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
31 Venezuela 204.72 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.9% flat
32 Fiji 202.79 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.4% flat
33 Kenya 200.38 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
34 Congo 198.8 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
35 Costa Rica 196 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
36 Tonga 194.44 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
37 Switzerland 193.06 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 2.0% flat
38 Wallis and Futuna 192.6 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.7% flat
39 Argentina 185.74 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 2.0% flat
40 Germany 185.14 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 9.5% rising
41 Colombia 184.13 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
43 Bulgaria 180.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 14.5% rising
44 Indonesia 178.95 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
45 Ecuador 177.02 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
46 Nepal 176.82 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
47 Papua New Guinea 176 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
48 Croatia 174.01 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 3.2% flat
49 Seychelles 172.81 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
50 Austria 172.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.7% rising
50 Belgium 172.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.7% rising
52 Brazil 171.92 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.5% flat
53 Slovakia 171.11 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 6.1% rising
54 Poland 166 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 13.7% rising
55 Czechia 163.23 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.5% rising
56 Madagascar 163.2 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
57 Sao Tome and Principe 162.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
58 Jamaica 158.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 6.1% flat
59 Serbia 156.99 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.4% rising
60 Bosnia and Herzegovina 156.36 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
61 Belarus 156.1 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 14.9% rising
62 Botswana 155.25 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
63 Andorra 154 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
64 American Samoa 150.79 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 9.4% rising
65 East Timor 150 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
66 French Polynesia 148.92 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
67 Rwanda 146.06 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.4% flat
68 New Caledonia 146 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
69 Panama 145.1 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
70 Thailand 142.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.1% flat
71 Ukraine 140 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 6.9% rising
72 Iran 137.67 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.6% flat
73 Singapore 135.71 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 16.3% rising
74 France 135.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 9.3% rising
75 Maldives 135 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
76 Nigeria 134.77 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
77 Lithuania 133.9 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 12.6% rising
78 Turks and Caicos Islands 132.26 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
79 Marshall Islands 132.13 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
80 South Korea 131.69 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 33.8% rising
81 Bolivia 131.26 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
82 Guinea 131.19 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
83 Latvia 128.13 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 3.9% rising
84 Myanmar 125.54 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.6% flat
85 Reunion 125 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
86 Saint Martin (French part) 124.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
87 Mauritius 124.18 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
88 Guatemala 124.05 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
89 Laos 121.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
90 Ethiopia 121.31 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 1.3% flat
91 Togo 120.95 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.3% flat
92 Egypt 120 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
93 Burundi 119.38 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.7% rising
94 Georgia 119.34 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
95 Estonia 115.87 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 3.8% rising
96 United Kingdom 115 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 10.6% rising
97 El Salvador 113.61 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
98 Cuba 113.59 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.5% flat
99 Denmark 113.1 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 5.8% rising
100 Japan 113 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 7.6% rising
101 Niue 112.05 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
102 Guam 112 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 4.0% falling
104 Italy 110.6 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 5.0% rising
105 Hungary 109.49 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 8.6% rising
106 Grenada 109.4 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
107 Oman 107.67 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 3.4% flat
108 Honduras 105.72 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
109 Samoa 105 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.1% flat
110 Benin 103.56 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
111 Somalia 102.49 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
112 Mozambique 101.37 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
113 Uruguay 97 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 4.9% flat
114 Montenegro 96.87 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
115 Ghana 96.64 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 1.9% falling
116 Uganda 96 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
117 Solomon Islands 95.78 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 21.4% falling
118 Cape Verde 95 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
119 Zimbabwe 94.98 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 9.5% falling
120 United States 94.67 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 5.5% rising
121 Haiti 94.53 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.3% flat
122 Cote d'Ivoire 94.45 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
123 Moldova 93.36 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
124 Chad 91.23 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.1% flat
125 Nicaragua 91.02 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
126 San Marino 90.99 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 5.3% rising
127 Canada 90.43 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.8% flat
128 Trinidad and Tobago 90.17 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.8% flat
129 Djibouti 86.51 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 3.4% flat
130 South Africa 85.66 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.2% flat
131 Guinea-Bissau 84 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
132 Australia 83.98 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 2.8% flat
133 Dominican Republic 82.7 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
134 Kazakhstan 82.47 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.7% flat
135 Sierra Leone 82 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
136 Armenia 80.72 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.8% flat
137 Puerto Rico 80.55 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 10.1% rising
138 Sri Lanka 79.16 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.2% flat
139 Curacao 79 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
140 Malawi 78.7 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
141 Russia 77.33 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.7% rising
142 Eswatini 76.05 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.9% flat
143 Pakistan 75.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
144 United Arab Emirates 74.43 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.2% flat
145 Lesotho 73.72 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
146 Eritrea 72.52 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.6% flat
147 Sweden 72.47 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 5.4% rising
148 North Macedonia 71.64 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 3.6% falling
149 Paraguay 69.86 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
150 Cambodia 69.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
151 India 68.7 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.6% flat
152 Namibia 67.4 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
153 Comoros 66 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
154 China 64.72 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 16.2% rising
155 Norway 64.16 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 12.2% rising
156 Bangladesh 62.82 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
157 Vietnam 62.71 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 3.2% falling
158 North Korea 62.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
159 Lebanon 61.27 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
160 Finland 59.77 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 11.4% rising
161 Tunisia 58.74 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 6.4% rising
162 Jordan 56.9 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
163 Sudan 55.98 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
164 Spain 55.87 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 4.4% rising
165 Netherlands 55.13 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 14.9% rising
166 Mongolia 54.9 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
167 Mauritania 53.11 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 28.4% rising
168 United States Virgin Islands 52.5 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 30.8% rising
169 Mexico 52.44 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged rising
170 Iraq 51.11 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 3.0% flat
171 Syria 49.98 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.0% flat
172 Kyrgyzstan 49.66 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 7.9% rising
173 Libya 49.26 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
174 Tanzania 48.58 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
175 Uzbekistan 48.18 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 3.1% rising
176 Turkey 48.11 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 15.7% rising
177 Burkina Faso 47.79 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 11.5% falling
178 Mali 46.36 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
179 Senegal 44.25 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.5% flat
180 Zambia 44 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
181 Cyprus 41.93 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 21.7% rising
182 Gambia 41.8 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
183 Portugal 40.91 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 0.3% flat
184 Morocco 39.89 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.7% rising
184 Western Sahara 39.89 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 1.7% rising
186 Bahamas 39.8 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
187 Niger 38.2 tonnes per hectare 2020 down 1.9% flat
188 Greece 34.24 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
189 Angola 30.3 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
190 Algeria 29.39 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 0.0% flat
191 Saudi Arabia 26.61 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
192 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 26.25 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
193 Iceland 23.66 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 51.4% rising
194 Yemen 13.99 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
195 Israel 7.69 tonnes per hectare 2020 up 2.5% rising
196 Turkmenistan 4.24 tonnes per hectare 2020 unchanged flat
197 Gibraltar 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Monaco 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Nauru 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Qatar 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Falkland Islands 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Tokelau 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Vatican 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat
197 Svalbard and Jan Mayen 0 tonnes per hectare 2020 — flat

About this data

Indicator
Above-ground forest biomass
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
204 places, 1,632 data points, 2000–2020
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Above-ground biomass in forest (tonnes per hectare)