Rwanda vs Uruguay: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Rwanda

540.21 million tonnes

in 2024

Uruguay

566.45 million tonnes

in 2024

Rwanda rank

106th

Uruguay rank

103rd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time

Uruguay currently reports 566.45 million tonnes against 540.21 million tonnes in Rwanda, a difference of 26.23 million tonnes.

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

Rwanda ranks 106th and Uruguay ranks 103rd of 197 countries.

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
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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