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24Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1990-2005 1
1 Iceland - 0.1
2 Norway - 15.6
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland - 1.0
6 Sweden - 30.2
7 Switzerland - 6.1
8 Japan - 118.5
9 Netherlands - 1.2
10 France - 44.2
11 Finland - 22.5
12 United States - 499.5
13 Spain - 28.3
14 Denmark - 1.0
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom - 4.2
17 Belgium - 3.7
18 Luxembourg - 0.5
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy - 51.9
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany - 74.9
23 Israel ..
24 Greece - 1.7
25 Singapore ..
26 Korea (Republic of) - 32.2
27 Slovenia - 8.5
28 Cyprus - 0.1
29 Portugal - 8.9
30 Brunei Darussalam 1.2
31 Barbados ..
32 Czech Republic - 12.6
33 Kuwait ..
34 Malta 0
35 Qatar ..
36 Hungary - 6.2
37 Poland - 44.1
38 Argentina 121.6
39 United Arab Emirates - 0.7
40 Chile - 105.9
41 Bahrain ..
42 Slovakia - 9.8
43 Lithuania - 6.3
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia - 13.9
46 Uruguay ..
47 Croatia - 10.8
48 Costa Rica 3.4
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles 0
51 Cuba - 34.7
52 Mexico ..
53 Bulgaria - 18.3
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 0
57 Antigua and Barbuda ..
58 Oman ..
59 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2
60 Romania (.)
61 Saudi Arabia 0
62 Panama 9.8
63 Malaysia 3.4
64 Belarus - 20.0
65 Mauritius (.)
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 10.9
67 Russian Federation 71.8
68 Albania - 0.7
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 0
70 Brazil 1,111.4
71 Dominica ..
72 Saint Lucia ..
73 Kazakhstan 0.2
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) ..
75 Colombia 23.8
76 Ukraine - 60.5
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 17.8
79 Dominican Republic 0
80 Belize 0
81 China - 334.9
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 0.4
84 Turkey - 18.0
85 Suriname 0
86 Jordan 0
87 Peru ..
88 Lebanon ..
89 Ecuador ..
90 Philippines 111.2
91 Tunisia - 0.9
92 Fiji ..
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 1.7
95 Paraguay ..
96 Georgia - 4.6
97 Guyana ..
98 Azerbaijan 0
99 Sri Lanka 3.2
100 Maldives ..
101 Jamaica 0.2
102 Cape Verde - 0.6
103 El Salvador ..
104 Algeria - 6.0
105 Viet Nam - 72.5
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories ..
107 Indonesia 2,271.5
108 Syrian Arab Republic ..
109 Turkmenistan - 0.2
110 Nicaragua 45.4
111 Moldova - 0.7
112 Egypt - 0.6
113 Uzbekistan - 1.7
114 Mongolia 16.9
115 Honduras ..
116 Kyrgyzstan - 0.8
117 Bolivia 89.4
118 Guatemala 25.0
119 Gabon 5.9
120 Vanuatu ..
121 South Africa 0
122 Tajikistan 0.1
123 Sao Tome and Principe 0
124 Botswana 5.1
125 Namibia 8.1
126 Morocco - 9.5
127 Equatorial Guinea 3.9
128 India - 40.8
129 Solomon Islands ..
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 26.4
131 Cambodia 80.6
132 Myanmar 156.6
133 Bhutan - 7.3
134 Comoros 0.2
135 Ghana 40.9
136 Pakistan 22.2
137 Mauritania 0.9
138 Lesotho ..
139 Congo 14.2
140 Bangladesh 1.2
141 Swaziland 0.2
142 Nepal - 26.9
143 Madagascar 50.8
144 Cameroon 72.1
145 Papua New Guinea ..
146 Haiti 0.2
147 Sudan 48.9
148 Kenya 5.5
149 Djibouti 0
150 Timor-Leste ..
151 Zimbabwe 34.2
152 Togo ..
153 Yemen 0
154 Uganda 12.1
155 Gambia - 0.5
156 Senegal 6.8
157 Eritrea ..
158 Nigeria 181.6
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 167.3
160 Guinea 15.9
161 Rwanda - 2.1
162 Angola 37.6
163 Benin ..
164 Malawi 5.6
165 Zambia 44.4
166 Côte d'Ivoire - 9.0
167 Burundi ..
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 293.1
169 Ethiopia 13.4
170 Chad 5.6
171 Central African Republic 13.7
172 Mozambique 5.7
173 Mali 7.1
174 Niger 1.7
175 Guinea-Bissau 0.5
176 Burkina Faso 19.1
177 Sierra Leone ..

Notes :
1 - Refers to net emissions or sequestration due to changes in carbon stocks of forest biomass. A positive number suggests carbon emissions while a negative number suggests carbon sequestration. It is assumed that all negative carbon stock changes are released as emissions.

Source :
calculated based on data from FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization). 2007b. Forest Resources Assessment. Correspondence on carbon stocks in forests; extract from database. August. Rome; aggregates calculated for HDRO by FAO.