Albania vs Ireland: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Albania
-420,041 tonnes
in 2024
Ireland
-335,622 tonnes
in 2024
Albania rank
160th
Ireland rank
158th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Albania
  • Ireland
-20.0M020.0M185019372024

How they compare

Ireland currently reports -335,622 tonnes against -420,041 tonnes in Albania, a difference of 84,419 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Ireland ahead.

Albania ranks 160th and Ireland ranks 158th of 197 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Albania averaged higher in 9 and Ireland in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade Albania Ireland Difference Ahead
1850s 1.35 million tonnes 2.67 million tonnes 1.32 million tonnes Ireland
1860s 1.50 million tonnes 654,302 tonnes 850,341 tonnes Albania
1870s 1.75 million tonnes 3.41 million tonnes 1.66 million tonnes Ireland
1880s 1.91 million tonnes 1.47 million tonnes 435,336 tonnes Albania
1890s 2.12 million tonnes -1.67 million tonnes 3.80 million tonnes Albania
1900s 2.24 million tonnes -269,667 tonnes 2.50 million tonnes Albania
1910s 2.09 million tonnes 4.63 million tonnes 2.54 million tonnes Ireland
1920s 1.77 million tonnes -9.85 million tonnes 11.62 million tonnes Albania
1930s 1.96 million tonnes -13.11 million tonnes 15.07 million tonnes Albania
1940s 3.17 million tonnes -3.60 million tonnes 6.76 million tonnes Albania
1950s 5.71 million tonnes 1.41 million tonnes 4.31 million tonnes Albania
1960s 5.38 million tonnes 7.35 million tonnes 1.97 million tonnes Ireland
1970s 3.81 million tonnes 10.01 million tonnes 6.20 million tonnes Ireland
1980s 2.22 million tonnes 6.42 million tonnes 4.19 million tonnes Ireland
1990s 897,838 tonnes -1.50 million tonnes 2.39 million tonnes Albania
2000s 815,072 tonnes 7.96 million tonnes 7.14 million tonnes Ireland
2010s 724,996 tonnes 6.26 million tonnes 5.53 million tonnes Ireland
2020s -187,421 tonnes 635,806 tonnes 823,227 tonnes Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change, Albania or Ireland?
Ireland, at -335,622 tonnes against -420,041 tonnes in Albania as of 2024.
What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change between Albania and Ireland?
84,419 tonnes, with Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Albania and Ireland?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Albania and Ireland rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change?
Albania ranks 160th and Ireland ranks 158th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual 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

Indicator
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Unit
tonnes
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.