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

Iceland

355,921 tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

534,981 tonnes

in 2024

Iceland rank

99th

Uruguay rank

96th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Uruguay currently reports 534,981 tonnes against 355,921 tonnes in Iceland, a difference of 179,060 tonnes.

That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.5 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Iceland ahead.

Iceland ranks 99th and Uruguay ranks 96th 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.