Kenya vs Sri Lanka: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Kenya
13.23 million tonnes
in 2024
Sri Lanka
10.35 million tonnes
in 2024
Kenya rank
46th
Sri Lanka rank
48th

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Kenya
  • Sri Lanka
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 13.23 million tonnes against 10.35 million tonnes in Sri Lanka, a difference of 2.88 million tonnes.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.3 times Sri Lanka's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Sri Lanka ahead.

Kenya ranks 46th and Sri Lanka ranks 48th of 197 countries.

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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
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes.