Climate Change in Middle Africa 82 indicators covering climate change for Middle Africa. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Forest land — Carbon stock in living biomass 38,777 million t 2025 down 2.2% 14th Forestland — Area — FAO TIER 1 318,172 1000 ha 2025 down 3.4% 14th Forestland — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) — FAO TIER 1 -8,866 kt 2025 down 343.0% 10th Net Forest conversion — Area — FAO TIER 1 1,103 1000 ha 2025 down 38.0% 11th Net Forest conversion — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest land) 303,498 kt 2025 down 55.0% 9th Carbon stock change in forests — Area — FAO TIER 1 319,275 1000 ha 2025 down 3.6% 14th Carbon stock change in forests — Net emissions/removals (CO2) (Forest) 294,631 kt 2025 down 56.2% 8th Cropland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 110,252 ha 2024 up 4.5% 25th Cropland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.8646 kt 2024 up 4.6% 26th Cropland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 5,648 kt 2024 up 4.6% 25th Grassland organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 12,413 ha 2024 down 0.0% 28th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.0975 kt 2024 unchanged 28th Grassland organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 436.7 kt 2024 down 0.0% 25th Drained organic soils — Area — FAO TIER 1 122,665 ha 2024 up 4.1% 25th Drained organic soils — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.9621 kt 2024 up 4.1% 26th Drained organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 6,085 kt 2024 up 4.2% 25th Forest fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 438.62 million t 2024 down 21.8% 10th Forest fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 8.12 million ha 2024 down 21.7% 10th Forest fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,009 kt 2024 down 21.8% 10th Forest fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 92.11 kt 2024 down 21.8% 10th Other forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 12.45 million t 2024 up 10.0% 20th Other forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 247,112 ha 2024 up 10.0% 20th Other forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 28.65 kt 2024 up 10.0% 20th Other forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 2.62 kt 2024 up 10.0% 20th Savanna fires — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 553.79 million t 2024 up 4.3% 7th Savanna fires — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 86.08 million ha 2024 up 4.2% 7th Savanna fires — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1,274 kt 2024 up 4.3% 7th Savanna fires — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 116.3 kt 2024 up 4.3% 7th Grassland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 122.61 million t 2024 up 0.1% 8th Grassland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 23.59 million ha 2024 up 0.1% 8th Grassland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 282 kt 2024 up 0.1% 8th Grassland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 25.75 kt 2024 up 0.1% 8th Savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) — FAO 353.13 million t 2024 up 2.5% 7th Savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 50.47 million ha 2024 up 2.5% 7th Savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 812.2 kt 2024 up 2.5% 7th Savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 74.16 kt 2024 up 2.5% 7th Woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 70.25 million t 2024 up 23.6% 6th Woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 11.72 million ha 2024 up 23.6% 6th Woody savanna — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 161.58 kt 2024 up 23.6% 6th Woody savanna — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 14.75 kt 2024 up 23.6% 6th Savanna and woody savanna — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 423.38 million t 2024 up 5.5% 7th Savanna and woody savanna — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 62.18 million ha 2024 up 5.9% 7th Humid tropical forest — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 426.16 million t 2024 down 22.4% 9th Humid tropical forest — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 7.88 million ha 2024 down 22.4% 9th Humid tropical forest — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 980.17 kt 2024 down 22.4% 9th Humid tropical forest — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 89.49 kt 2024 down 22.4% 9th Closed shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 7.14 million t 2024 up 19.6% 8th Closed shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 267,569 ha 2024 up 19.6% 8th Closed shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 16.43 kt 2024 up 19.6% 8th Closed shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 1.5 kt 2024 up 19.6% 8th Open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter) 649,907 t 2024 down 36.9% 22nd Open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 45,448 ha 2024 down 36.9% 22nd Open shrubland — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 1.49 kt 2024 down 36.9% 22nd Open shrubland — Emissions (N2O) — FAO TIER 1 0.1365 kt 2024 down 36.9% 22nd Fires in organic soils — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry) 0 t 2024 — 7th Fires in organic soils — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 0 ha 2024 — 7th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CH4) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 7th Fires in organic soils — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 0 kt 2024 — 7th Closed and open shrubland — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned) 7.79 million t 2024 up 11.3% 12th Closed and open shrubland — Burned Area — FAO TIER 1 313,017 ha 2024 up 5.8% 13th Page 1 of 2 Next →