Iceland vs Mauritania: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Iceland

355,921 tonnes

in 2024

Mauritania

367,976 tonnes

in 2024

Iceland rank

99th

Mauritania rank

98th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Mauritania currently reports 367,976 tonnes against 355,921 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 12,055 tonnes.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 99th and Mauritania ranks 98th 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.