Canada vs United States: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Canada

111.95 million tonnes

in 2024

United States

112.06 million tonnes

in 2024

Canada rank

11th

United States rank

10th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

United States currently reports 112.06 million tonnes against 111.95 million tonnes in Canada, a difference of 112,000 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 20 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was United States ahead.

Canada ranks 11th and United States ranks 10th of 197 countries.

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: 07 August 2026

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