Iraq vs Rwanda: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Iraq

2.27 million tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda

2.29 million tonnes

in 2024

Iraq rank

86th

Rwanda rank

85th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Rwanda currently reports 2.29 million tonnes against 2.27 million tonnes in Iraq, a difference of 19,240 tonnes.

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

Iraq ranks 86th and Rwanda ranks 85th 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.