Above-ground forest biomass by country
Above-ground biomass in forest (tonnes per hectare).
Countries reporting
208
Highest
498.96 tonnes per hectare
Guyana
Lowest
7.48 tonnes per hectare
Turkmenistan
Median
114.28 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
36
1990–2025
Data points
1,311
What the numbers show
Above-ground forest biomass is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 498.96 tonnes per hectare in Guyana; the lowest is 7.48 tonnes per hectare in Turkmenistan.
The median across all reporting countries is 114.28 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 127.62 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 67.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 53 fell. The largest increase was in United States Virgin Islands (up 84.3%), and the largest decrease in Iraq (down 48.1%).
Above-ground forest biomass: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Guyana | 498.96 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | French Guiana | 365 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 3 | Guadeloupe | 346.96 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 4 | Saint Lucia | 332.22 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 5 | Gabon | 310.75 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 6 | Martinique | 306.44 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 7 | Suriname | 302.6 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 8 | Solomon Islands | 282 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 9 | Romania | 261.59 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 10 | Liberia | 252.54 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 11 | Central African Republic | 251.12 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Brunei | 247 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Belize | 246.25 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 14 | Mayotte | 244.79 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 15 | Philippines | 244.76 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 16 | New Zealand | 241.24 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 17 | Slovenia | 230.61 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 18 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 228.3 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 227.42 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 20 | Rwanda | 221.44 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 21 | Cameroon | 220.3 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 22 | Chile | 219.27 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 23 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 215.34 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 24 | Equatorial Guinea | 214.5 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | Palau | 213.28 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 26 | Venezuela | 211.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 27 | Anguilla | 210.91 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 28 | Dominica | 210.46 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 29 | British Virgin Islands | 209.63 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Malaysia | 209.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 31 | Fiji | 205.97 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 32 | Congo | 205.5 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 202.98 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 34 | Wallis and Futuna | 198.71 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 35 | Micronesia (country) | 197.61 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 36 | Bhutan | 195.55 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Peru | 195.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 38 | Belarus | 194.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 39 | Tonga | 193.59 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 40 | Indonesia | 193.39 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 3.0% | flat |
| 41 | Switzerland | 185.89 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.5% | flat |
| 42 | Thailand | 182.19 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 43 | Guatemala | 181.73 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 44 | Luxembourg | 180.72 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 45 | Costa Rica | 180.6 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Serbia | 179.82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 47 | Croatia | 179.1 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 4.8% | flat |
| 48 | Netherlands | 179.03 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 178.51 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 50 | Bulgaria | 178.16 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 51 | Ecuador | 177.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 52 | Georgia | 175.66 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 53 | Papua New Guinea | 175 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Slovakia | 172.51 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 55 | Brazil | 172.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 171.93 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 57 | Austria | 171.33 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 58 | Belgium | 167.53 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 2.8% | rising |
| 59 | Poland | 163.89 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 60 | Czechia | 163.23 tonnes per hectare | 2020 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 160.46 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 62 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 160 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | 159.19 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 64 | Jamaica | 158.54 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 65 | Cote d'Ivoire | 157.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 66 | Singapore | 155.47 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 67 | Botswana | 155.25 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 68 | Marshall Islands | 153.45 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.2% | flat |
| 69 | United States Virgin Islands | 152.95 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 84.3% | rising |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 149.15 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | French Polynesia | 148.94 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 72 | American Samoa | 148.26 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | South Korea | 147 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 74 | Zimbabwe | 146.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 75 | New Caledonia | 146 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 76 | Panama | 145.1 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 77 | Curacao | 142.86 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 78 | Ukraine | 140 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 79 | Andorra | 139.96 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 80 | Lithuania | 139.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 137.67 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 82 | Seychelles | 135.37 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 83 | Nigeria | 134.77 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 84 | Argentina | 132.2 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 85 | Maldives | 131.72 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 86 | Guinea | 131.23 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 87 | Japan | 131.12 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 130.8 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 89 | France | 130.76 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 90 | United States | 129.5 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 91 | Latvia | 128.23 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 92 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 126.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 93 | Denmark | 121.05 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 94 | East Timor | 121 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Bolivia | 120.14 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 95 | Mauritius | 120.14 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 97 | Reunion | 120.03 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 98 | Burundi | 119.37 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 99 | Saint Barthelemy | 117.65 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 100 | Ireland | 117.36 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 101 | Cuba | 117.13 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 102 | Madagascar | 115.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 114.86 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 104 | Nepal | 114.48 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | El Salvador | 114.09 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 106 | Oman | 112.5 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 112.32 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 111.84 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 109 | Niue | 111.82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 110 | Grenada | 109.6 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 111 | United Kingdom | 108 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 112 | Hungary | 107.89 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 113 | Italy | 107.7 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 114 | Cook Islands | 107.12 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 115 | Kenya | 106.66 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 116 | Honduras | 105.72 tonnes per hectare | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 117 | Cambodia | 103.34 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 118 | Somalia | 101.97 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 100.35 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 120 | Australia | 99.22 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 121 | Estonia | 98.21 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 122 | Moldova | 97.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 123 | Montenegro | 96.87 tonnes per hectare | 2020 | unchanged | flat |
| 124 | Ghana | 96.64 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 7.0% | falling |
| 125 | Haiti | 95.89 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 126 | Armenia | 91.77 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 127 | Nicaragua | 91.02 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 128 | Mali | 90.64 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 129 | Vietnam | 90.54 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 130 | South Sudan | 90.44 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 130 | Uganda | 90.44 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 132 | San Marino | 90 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 133 | Benin | 89.42 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 134 | Myanmar | 88.4 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 135 | Afghanistan | 87.4 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 136 | Syria | 87.36 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 137 | Canada | 86.88 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 138 | Uruguay | 84.86 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 139 | Russia | 83.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 140 | Dominican Republic | 82.7 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 141 | Eswatini | 82.57 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.4% | flat |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 143 | Guam | 80.3 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 144 | Puerto Rico | 80.11 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 145 | Samoa | 79.62 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 146 | India | 79 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 147 | Malawi | 78.7 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 148 | Paraguay | 78.35 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 149 | Kazakhstan | 77.01 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 150 | Sweden | 76.82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 151 | Egypt | 75.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 152 | North Korea | 74.49 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Pakistan | 73.49 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 154 | Chad | 72.92 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 155 | China | 72.48 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 156 | Eritrea | 71.6 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 157 | Bahamas | 69.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 158 | Mozambique | 69.15 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 159 | Northern Mariana Islands | 67.73 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 160 | South Africa | 67.72 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 161 | Bangladesh | 67.66 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 162 | Namibia | 67.4 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 163 | Comoros | 65.93 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 164 | Djibouti | 64.08 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.6% | flat |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 63.82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 166 | Togo | 63.3 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 167 | Norway | 62.54 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 168 | Sri Lanka | 62.52 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.4% | flat |
| 169 | Western Sahara | 62.19 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 170 | Morocco | 62.18 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | 62 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 172 | Finland | 61.09 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 173 | Kuwait | 58.73 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.6% | flat |
| 174 | Jordan | 56.86 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 175 | Saint Martin (French part) | 56.45 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 176 | Spain | 55.87 tonnes per hectare | 2020 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 177 | Bahrain | 54.92 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 178 | Mongolia | 54.9 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 179 | Mauritania | 54 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 180 | Mexico | 52.26 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 181 | Senegal | 51.38 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 182 | Israel | 51.27 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 183 | Kyrgyzstan | 49.66 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 184 | Libya | 49.24 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 185 | Tanzania | 48.58 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Lebanon | 46.56 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 187 | Lesotho | 46.35 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 188 | Turkey | 46.21 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 189 | Cyprus | 45.43 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 190 | Algeria | 44.09 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 191 | Zambia | 44 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 192 | Qatar | 42.86 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 193 | Gambia | 41.82 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 194 | Albania | 41.34 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 195 | Niger | 40.8 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 196 | Saudi Arabia | 40.29 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 0.0% | flat |
| 197 | Portugal | 38.21 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 8.1% | flat |
| 198 | Tunisia | 32.1 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 199 | Iraq | 31.58 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 200 | Greece | 31.48 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 201 | Angola | 30.63 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 202 | Iceland | 27.98 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 47.5% | rising |
| 203 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 27.27 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 20.9% | flat |
| 204 | Uzbekistan | 18.77 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 205 | Sudan | 17.49 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 206 | Yemen | 13.99 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 207 | Cape Verde | 9.01 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 208 | Turkmenistan | 7.48 tonnes per hectare | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
About this data
Above-ground biomass in forest (tonnes per hectare).