Canada vs United States: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Canada
2.4%
in 2024
United States
2.4%
in 2024
Canada rank
11th
United States rank
10th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Canada
- United States
How they compare
United States currently reports 2.4% against 2.4% in Canada, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 20 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United States ahead.
Canada ranks 11th and United States ranks 10th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Canada averaged higher in 7 and United States in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Canada | United States | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.9% | 30.7% | 27.8% | United States |
| 1860s | 4.6% | 29.9% | 25.3% | United States |
| 1870s | 3.8% | 42.1% | 38.3% | United States |
| 1880s | 3.7% | 37.3% | 33.6% | United States |
| 1890s | 3.0% | 34.6% | 31.6% | United States |
| 1900s | 5.3% | 29.9% | 24.6% | United States |
| 1910s | 7.6% | 26.9% | 19.3% | United States |
| 1920s | 6.5% | 21.4% | 14.9% | United States |
| 1930s | 5.6% | 12.3% | 6.6% | United States |
| 1940s | 4.6% | 10.7% | 6.1% | United States |
| 1950s | 5.3% | 4.4% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 1960s | 5.1% | 3.9% | 1.2% | Canada |
| 1970s | 4.1% | 4.0% | 0.1% | Canada |
| 1980s | 4.1% | 4.4% | 0.3% | United States |
| 1990s | 3.8% | 2.9% | 0.9% | Canada |
| 2000s | 3.5% | 2.0% | 1.5% | Canada |
| 2010s | 2.4% | 1.3% | 1.0% | Canada |
| 2020s | 2.6% | 2.3% | 0.3% | Canada |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Canada or United States?
- United States, at 2.4% against 2.4% in Canada as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Canada and United States?
- 0.0%, with United States ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and United States?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Canada and United States rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Canada ranks 11th and United States ranks 10th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.