Iran vs Somalia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Iran
0.5%
in 2024
Somalia
0.6%
in 2024
Iran rank
33rd
Somalia rank
30th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Iran
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6% against 0.5% in Iran, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Iran's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iran ahead.
Iran ranks 33rd and Somalia ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Iran averaged higher in 15 and Somalia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Iran | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.2% | -0.0% | 0.2% | Iran |
| 1860s | 0.2% | -0.0% | 0.2% | Iran |
| 1870s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Iran |
| 1880s | 0.5% | -0.0% | 0.5% | Iran |
| 1890s | 0.4% | -0.0% | 0.4% | Iran |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Iran |
| 1910s | 0.3% | -0.0% | 0.3% | Iran |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Iran |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Iran |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Iran |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.1% | 0.4% | Iran |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.3% | Iran |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Iran |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Iran |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Iran |
| 2000s | -0.1% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Somalia |
| 2010s | -0.2% | 0.4% | 0.5% | Somalia |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.3% | Somalia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Iran or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6% against 0.5% in Iran as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Iran and Somalia?
- 0.1%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Iran and Somalia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Iran and Somalia rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Iran ranks 33rd and Somalia ranks 30th 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.