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
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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

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.