Environmental Economic Accounting
Carbon balance for the forest ecosystem

Carbon balance for the forest ecosystem in million tonnes of carbon
Specification2014201512016120171201812019120201202112022
1: Partly revised data.
Prepared on behalf of the Federal Statistical Office by the Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries (Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute).
Forest ecosystem
Opening stocks3,0383,0563,0733,0913,1093,1243,1383,1493,159
Change in carbon stored181719181514111012
Closing stocks3,0563,0733,0913,1093,1243,1383,1493,1593,171
Standing timber
Opening stocks885890895900905908910912912
Change in carbon stored555533112
Closing stocks890895900905908910912912914
Other woody biomass
Opening stocks490493495497499501502502501
Change in carbon stored222211000
Closing stocks493495497499501502502501502
Other biomass in forest
Opening stocks253254255257258259259260260
Change in carbon stored111111000
Closing stocks254255257258259259260260260
Forest soils
Opening stocks1,4111,4191,4281,4381,4481,4571,4671,4771,486
Change in carbon stored99101010101099
Closing stocks1,4191,4281,4381,4481,4571,4671,4771,4861,495

As at 01 April 2025