Papua New Guinea vs Somalia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Papua New Guinea
0.6%
in 2024
Somalia
0.6%
in 2024
Papua New Guinea rank
32nd
Somalia rank
30th
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Somalia
How they compare
Somalia currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 16 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Somalia ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd and Somalia ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 9 and Somalia in 9.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1860s | -0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1870s | -0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1880s | -0.1% | -0.0% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1890s | 2.8% | -0.0% | 2.8% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1900s | 0.3% | 0.0% | 0.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1920s | -0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | Somalia |
| 1930s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1940s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Somalia |
| 1950s | -0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Somalia |
| 1960s | -0.0% | 0.1% | 0.2% | Somalia |
| 1970s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.1% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.2% | 0.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.1% | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change, Papua New Guinea or Somalia?
- Somalia, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change between Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
- 0.0%, with Somalia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Somalia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Somalia rank globally for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 32nd 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.