Canada vs China: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Canada
40.40 billion tonnes
in 2024
China
81.69 billion tonnes
in 2024
Canada rank
7th
China rank
4th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

  • Canada
  • China
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How they compare

China currently reports 81.69 billion tonnes against 40.40 billion tonnes in Canada, a difference of 41.30 billion tonnes.

That makes China's figure about 2.0 times Canada's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was China ahead.

Canada ranks 7th and China ranks 4th of 197 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Cumulative 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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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.