Guinea vs Zambia: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change
Guinea
0.6%
in 2024
Zambia
0.7%
in 2024
Guinea rank
31st
Zambia rank
29th
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change over time
- Guinea
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 0.7% against 0.6% in Guinea, a difference of 0.1%.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Guinea ahead.
Guinea ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 29th of 197 countries.
Across the 18 decades both report, Guinea averaged higher in 15 and Zambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guinea | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.3% | Guinea |
| 1860s | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.4% | Guinea |
| 1870s | 1.3% | 0.4% | 0.9% | Guinea |
| 1880s | 1.0% | 0.3% | 0.6% | Guinea |
| 1890s | 0.8% | 0.3% | 0.5% | Guinea |
| 1900s | 0.7% | 0.3% | 0.4% | Guinea |
| 1910s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Guinea |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Guinea |
| 1930s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.3% | Guinea |
| 1940s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Guinea |
| 1950s | 0.7% | 0.4% | 0.3% | Guinea |
| 1960s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.2% | Guinea |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Guinea |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.1% | Guinea |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.0% | Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Zambia |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Zambia |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.7% | 0.1% | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change, Guinea or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 0.7% against 0.6% in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change between Guinea and Zambia?
- 0.1%, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guinea and Zambia?
- 175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
- How do Guinea and Zambia rank globally for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Guinea ranks 31st and Zambia ranks 29th of 197 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.