Egypt vs Latvia: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Egypt
2.80 million tonnes
in 2024
Latvia
2.95 million tonnes
in 2024
Egypt rank
82nd
Latvia rank
81st
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Egypt
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 2.95 million tonnes against 2.80 million tonnes in Egypt, a difference of 151,140 tonnes.
That makes Latvia's figure about 1.1 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Latvia ahead.
Egypt ranks 82nd and Latvia ranks 81st of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 7 and Latvia in 11.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -232,723 tonnes | 11.04 million tonnes | 11.28 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1860s | -4,291 tonnes | 10.41 million tonnes | 10.42 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1870s | 321,443 tonnes | 10.35 million tonnes | 10.02 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1880s | 1.37 million tonnes | 10.59 million tonnes | 9.22 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1890s | 1.47 million tonnes | 10.77 million tonnes | 9.31 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1900s | 1.27 million tonnes | 11.09 million tonnes | 9.82 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1910s | 1.16 million tonnes | 8.30 million tonnes | 7.13 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1920s | 1.09 million tonnes | 6.73 million tonnes | 5.63 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1930s | 2.39 million tonnes | 4.99 million tonnes | 2.59 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1940s | 4.09 million tonnes | 2.36 million tonnes | 1.72 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1950s | 5.82 million tonnes | 3.58 million tonnes | 2.24 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1960s | 5.61 million tonnes | 2.70 million tonnes | 2.91 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 1970s | 902,128 tonnes | 2.17 million tonnes | 1.26 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1980s | 950,327 tonnes | 1.99 million tonnes | 1.04 million tonnes | Latvia |
| 1990s | 5.48 million tonnes | -3.62 million tonnes | 9.10 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2000s | 2.81 million tonnes | -3.21 million tonnes | 6.02 million tonnes | Egypt |
| 2010s | 1.86 million tonnes | 1.07 million tonnes | 793,963 tonnes | Egypt |
| 2020s | 2.80 million tonnes | 2.22 million tonnes | 580,010 tonnes | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual co₂ emissions from land-use change, Egypt or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 2.95 million tonnes against 2.80 million tonnes in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in annual co₂ emissions from land-use change between Egypt and Latvia?
- 151,140 tonnes, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Latvia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Latvia rank globally for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Egypt ranks 82nd and Latvia ranks 81st 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
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.