Egypt vs Saudi Arabia: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita
Egypt
0.024 tonnes per person
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
0.0139 tonnes per person
in 2024
Egypt rank
107th
Saudi Arabia rank
109th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita over time
- Egypt
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 0.024 tonnes per person against 0.0139 tonnes per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 0.0101 tonnes per person.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.7 times Saudi Arabia's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 107th and Saudi Arabia ranks 109th of 194 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 12 and Saudi Arabia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.0384 tonnes per person | -0.1198 tonnes per person | 0.0814 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1860s | -0.0012 tonnes per person | -0.1409 tonnes per person | 0.1397 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1870s | 0.0445 tonnes per person | -0.1316 tonnes per person | 0.1762 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1880s | 0.1697 tonnes per person | -0.129 tonnes per person | 0.2987 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1890s | 0.1597 tonnes per person | -0.1434 tonnes per person | 0.3031 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1900s | 0.121 tonnes per person | -0.1646 tonnes per person | 0.2856 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1910s | 0.0973 tonnes per person | -0.2429 tonnes per person | 0.3402 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1920s | 0.0812 tonnes per person | -0.1867 tonnes per person | 0.2679 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1930s | 0.1576 tonnes per person | -0.1493 tonnes per person | 0.3068 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1940s | 0.2218 tonnes per person | -0.1572 tonnes per person | 0.379 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 1950s | 0.2463 tonnes per person | 0.2848 tonnes per person | 0.0385 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 1960s | 0.1869 tonnes per person | 0.3878 tonnes per person | 0.2009 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 1970s | 0.0269 tonnes per person | 0.6838 tonnes per person | 0.6569 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 1980s | 0.0174 tonnes per person | 1.05 tonnes per person | 1.04 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 1990s | 0.0851 tonnes per person | 0.3764 tonnes per person | 0.2914 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 2000s | 0.0351 tonnes per person | 0.0566 tonnes per person | 0.0215 tonnes per person | Saudi Arabia |
| 2010s | 0.0188 tonnes per person | 0.0041 tonnes per person | 0.0147 tonnes per person | Egypt |
| 2020s | 0.0248 tonnes per person | 0.0064 tonnes per person | 0.0184 tonnes per person | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita, Egypt or Saudi Arabia?
- Egypt, at 0.024 tonnes per person against 0.0139 tonnes per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita between Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 0.0101 tonnes per person, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Saudi Arabia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Saudi Arabia rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change per capita?
- Egypt ranks 107th and Saudi Arabia ranks 109th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita. 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 in tonnes per person.