Table 4. Comparison of forest biomass using machine learning models and FREL.

  Year Forest area (ha) Average of biomass per ha (ton) Total biomass (thousand tons)
kNN 2013 517,617 66.1 34,239
2017 512,136 66.5 34,078
2020 515,979 62.8 32,382
RF 2013 517,617 65.5 33,892
2017 512,136 66.1 33,836
2020 515,979 64.4 33,219
FREL 2013 517,617 111 57,455
2017 512,136 111 56,847
2020 515,979 111 57,273