Myanmar vs Tanzania: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Myanmar
1.6%
in 2024
Tanzania
1.7%
in 2024
Myanmar rank
14th
Tanzania rank
13th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Myanmar
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 1.7% against 1.6% in Myanmar, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Myanmar's.
The two have swapped places 21 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Myanmar ahead.
Myanmar ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 13th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Myanmar averaged higher in 13 and Tanzania in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Myanmar | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.7% | 0.2% | 1.5% | Myanmar |
| 1860s | 2.0% | 0.0% | 1.9% | Myanmar |
| 1870s | 1.5% | -0.0% | 1.5% | Myanmar |
| 1880s | 3.1% | 0.0% | 3.1% | Myanmar |
| 1890s | 3.3% | -0.1% | 3.4% | Myanmar |
| 1900s | 3.5% | -0.2% | 3.7% | Myanmar |
| 1910s | 3.9% | -0.1% | 4.0% | Myanmar |
| 1920s | 1.2% | 0.4% | 0.8% | Myanmar |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Tanzania |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.9% | 0.7% | Tanzania |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 1.1% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 1960s | 2.0% | 1.6% | 0.4% | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 2.2% | 1.6% | 0.7% | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 1.3% | 0.4% | Tanzania |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 0.2% | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 2.1% | 0.3% | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 1.9% | 2.1% | 0.1% | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 1.7% | 1.5% | 0.1% | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Myanmar or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 1.7% against 1.6% in Myanmar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Myanmar and Tanzania?
- 0.1%, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and Tanzania?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Myanmar and Tanzania rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Myanmar ranks 14th and Tanzania ranks 13th 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.