FAOSTAT Forest Land Emissions by Country, 1990-2020

1990-2020 data on net CO₂ emissions and removals from forest land, with global coverage by country. Estimates are computed by FAO following IPCC 2006 guidelines, using carbon stock and forest area data from the Forest Resources Assessment 2020. This dataset supports the assessment of emissions and removals from changes in living tree biomass.

Use Cases

• Modeling national greenhouse gas inventories based on IPCC 2006 guidelines.
• Analyzing trends in forest carbon stock changes over time.
• Comparing net CO₂ emissions and removals from forest land across countries.
• Estimating implied emission factors for forest-related activities.

Strengths

• Global coverage by country.
• Data spans a 31-year period from 1990 to 2020.
• Estimates follow a standardized methodology (IPCC 2006 Tier 3).

Limitations

• Row count and file size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• FAO estimates do not coincide with official UNFCCC country reports.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Collection Method

Estimated by FAO using the stock difference method on data from the Forest Resources Assessment 2020.

Time Range

1990-2020

Geography

Global, by country