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AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre by country

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
199
Highest
0.8325 kt per square kilometre
Bangladesh
Lowest
-0.4681 kt per square kilometre
Andorra
Median
0.0629 kt per square kilometre
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,749

What the numbers show

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre is currently reported for 199 countries. The highest value is 0.8325 kt per square kilometre in Bangladesh; the lowest is -0.4681 kt per square kilometre in Andorra.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0629 kt per square kilometre, and the mean is 0.0739 kt per square kilometre.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 104 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 4,728.7%), and the largest decrease in Andorra (down 2,900.0%).

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Bangladesh 0.8325 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.9% rising
2 Cambodia 0.5529 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.4% volatile
3 Ireland 0.4921 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% flat
4 Seychelles 0.3473 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 189.4% volatile
5 Indonesia 0.3285 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% volatile
6 United Kingdom 0.3091 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.7% falling
7 Belgium 0.2988 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.0% rising
8 Pakistan 0.298 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 30.1% rising
9 Italy 0.2898 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 375.8% volatile
10 Burundi 0.271 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1,243.4% falling
11 Estonia 0.2619 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 939.1% volatile
12 Thailand 0.2575 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 52.9% rising
13 Tuvalu 0.2477 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
14 Denmark 0.2458 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.3% falling
15 Liberia 0.2441 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 64.5% volatile
16 Luxembourg 0.2412 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 48.1% volatile
17 Malta 0.2388 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 17.5% falling
18 Germany 0.2371 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 113.6% rising
19 Vietnam 0.2312 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 35.0% volatile
20 Faroe Islands 0.2288 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.3% flat
21 Malaysia 0.2234 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 168.2% volatile
22 India 0.2227 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.9% rising
23 Belize 0.2218 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.6% rising
24 Myanmar 0.2172 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.5% falling
25 Uganda 0.21 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.9% rising
26 Malawi 0.1992 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.1% rising
27 Dominican Republic 0.1817 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 10.6% rising
28 Brazil 0.1793 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 89.0% falling
29 Guinea 0.1789 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.8% rising
30 Poland 0.1775 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 198.5% volatile
31 Gambia 0.1753 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
32 Benin 0.1733 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 55.8% volatile
33 Switzerland 0.1669 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% rising
34 Cameroon 0.1608 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 71.5% rising
35 Haiti 0.1604 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 16.1% rising
36 Burkina Faso 0.1568 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 7.0% flat
37 Lithuania 0.1562 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 108.7% falling
38 Guatemala 0.1557 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.6% falling
39 Latvia 0.1521 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4,728.7% volatile
40 Uruguay 0.1516 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.2% rising
41 Paraguay 0.1506 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 35.3% falling
42 Nicaragua 0.1473 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 17.8% falling
43 Barbados 0.1452 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
44 Nepal 0.1428 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 29.5% rising
45 Cuba 0.1424 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 73.0% volatile
46 Sri Lanka 0.1404 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.4% falling
47 Madagascar 0.1396 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.4% falling
48 Equatorial Guinea 0.1374 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.4% flat
49 Nigeria 0.1328 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 12.9% rising
50 Philippines 0.1307 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.6% falling
51 New Zealand 0.1306 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 32.2% rising
52 Ethiopia 0.1275 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
53 San Marino 0.1222 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 200.0% volatile
54 Peru 0.1217 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.6% falling
55 Cote d'Ivoire 0.1209 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 20.3% falling
56 Laos 0.1206 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% volatile
57 Puerto Rico 0.1196 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 292.9% volatile
58 Colombia 0.1184 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 31.8% falling
59 Tonga 0.1165 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.4% rising
60 Bhutan 0.1082 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1,484.8% volatile
61 Sierra Leone 0.1037 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.2% rising
62 Ecuador 0.0969 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 26.6% falling
63 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0963 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 8.2% falling
64 El Salvador 0.0963 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 24.0% falling
65 Mozambique 0.0959 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 14.4% rising
66 Chad 0.093 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 51.5% rising
67 South Sudan 0.0922 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% flat
68 East Timor 0.0912 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.6% rising
69 Uzbekistan 0.0908 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 33.3% rising
70 Central African Republic 0.0904 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.3% rising
71 Guinea-Bissau 0.0904 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.1% rising
72 Zambia 0.085 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 22.2% rising
73 Hungary 0.0845 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 10.5% falling
74 Costa Rica 0.0837 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 307.1% volatile
75 Suriname 0.0816 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 202.7% volatile
76 Samoa 0.0804 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.5% rising
77 Spain 0.0801 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 28.8% volatile
78 Dominica 0.08 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 33.9% rising
79 Albania 0.0799 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 61.5% falling
80 Senegal 0.0794 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 16.2% rising
81 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0768 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% rising
82 Zimbabwe 0.0768 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.1% falling
83 Grenada 0.0767 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 23.2% rising
84 Nauru 0.076 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.7% rising
85 France 0.0759 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 140.6% volatile
86 Eswatini 0.074 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.6% falling
87 Vanuatu 0.0738 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.2% falling
88 Lebanon 0.0736 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 1.3% rising
89 Panama 0.0725 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.8% falling
90 Brunei 0.0698 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% volatile
91 Israel 0.0693 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.0% rising
92 Portugal 0.0673 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.3% rising
93 Finland 0.0671 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 148.9% volatile
94 Sudan 0.0659 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 62.9% volatile
95 Argentina 0.0655 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 12.3% falling
96 Greece 0.0653 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 104.9% volatile
97 Kenya 0.0647 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 29.7% rising
98 Slovenia 0.0633 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 75.3% volatile
99 Guyana 0.0633 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 28.8% rising
100 Angola 0.0629 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.5% rising
101 Turkey 0.0621 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 409.3% volatile
102 Mexico 0.062 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 54.2% flat
103 Palestine 0.0611 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.3% rising
104 Togo 0.0594 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 4.3% rising
105 Mauritius 0.0594 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 9.6% falling
106 Papua New Guinea 0.0583 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.6% falling
107 Qatar 0.0554 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 97.0% volatile
108 Tajikistan 0.0552 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 21.2% rising
109 Comoros 0.0535 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 46.3% falling
110 Ukraine 0.0531 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 26.1% falling
111 Mali 0.0525 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.1% rising
112 Moldova 0.0498 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 35.4% falling
113 Eritrea 0.0483 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.2% rising
114 Czechia 0.0473 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 13.2% falling
115 Azerbaijan 0.0446 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 18.3% flat
116 Morocco 0.044 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 60.2% volatile
117 Somalia 0.0434 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% volatile
118 Sweden 0.0422 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 174.1% volatile
119 Lesotho 0.0403 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 15.7% falling
120 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0386 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.7% falling
121 North Macedonia 0.0386 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 187.1% volatile
122 Isle of Man 0.0354 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 3.3% flat
123 Mongolia 0.0352 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.3% rising
124 Djibouti 0.0329 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.8% rising
125 Romania 0.0325 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 128.6% volatile
126 Kyrgyzstan 0.0318 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 40.0% rising
127 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0316 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.9% falling
128 Kuwait 0.0314 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 43.8% rising
129 United Arab Emirates 0.0309 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 24.2% rising
130 Cayman Islands 0.0302 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 60.9% volatile
131 Niger 0.0291 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 41.2% rising
132 Norway 0.029 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 211.2% volatile
133 Austria 0.0286 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% volatile
134 Montenegro 0.0286 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.7% volatile
135 Tunisia 0.0282 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 58.9% volatile
136 Turkmenistan 0.028 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 15.1% rising
137 Syria 0.0273 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.4% flat
138 Australia 0.0265 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 66.0% falling
139 Botswana 0.0264 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 75.2% falling
140 Canada 0.0253 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 83.0% rising
141 Afghanistan 0.0246 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 3.1% rising
142 Egypt 0.0244 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 21.8% rising
143 Armenia 0.0238 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 54.8% falling
144 Singapore 0.0224 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 82.6% volatile
145 Gabon 0.0213 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 38.7% rising
146 Solomon Islands 0.0201 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.1% flat
147 Chile 0.0201 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 605.5% volatile
148 Iraq 0.0176 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.7% rising
149 Yemen 0.0167 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 5.5% rising
150 Jordan 0.0152 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.0% rising
151 French Polynesia 0.0125 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 4.9% volatile
152 Kiribati 0.0124 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 9.4% rising
153 New Caledonia 0.0123 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 107.3% volatile
154 Iceland 0.0116 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1.7% falling
155 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0111 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 95.1% volatile
156 Kazakhstan 0.0108 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 162.7% falling
157 Slovakia 0.0102 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 109.7% volatile
158 Namibia 0.01 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 2.0% falling
159 Mauritania 0.0099 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 13.3% rising
160 Bermuda 0.0097 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 63.3% volatile
161 Oman 0.0065 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 20.6% rising
162 Algeria 0.0057 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 11.9% rising
163 Saudi Arabia 0.0056 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 90.7% rising
164 Maldives 0.0045 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 5.0% volatile
165 Bahamas 0.004 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 67.1% volatile
166 United States 0.0033 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 107.5% rising
167 Cyprus 0.0026 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 59.3% falling
168 Libya 0.0018 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 0.9% rising
169 Aruba 0.0016 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 60.9% volatile
170 Greenland 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.0% volatile
171 American Samoa 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
171 Gibraltar 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
171 Guam 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
171 Marshall Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
171 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 100.0% volatile
171 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
171 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% volatile
180 Congo -0.0034 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 107.1% rising
181 Japan -0.0061 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 95.4% volatile
182 China -0.0148 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 1,556.6% volatile
183 Bahrain -0.0183 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 124.7% falling
184 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.0218 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 8.2% volatile
185 Croatia -0.0316 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 257.7% volatile
186 Georgia -0.0331 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 53.4% flat
187 South Africa -0.0352 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 325.2% volatile
188 Jamaica -0.0456 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 158.5% volatile
189 Russia -0.0605 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 28.2% rising
190 Fiji -0.0737 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 44.7% rising
191 Liechtenstein -0.0917 kt per square kilometre 2023 — volatile
192 Bulgaria -0.0955 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 42.3% rising
193 Palau -0.0955 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 0.3% rising
194 Honduras -0.1814 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 36.7% volatile
195 Ghana -0.1926 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 268.1% volatile
196 Serbia -0.2318 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 11.9% falling
197 Rwanda -0.3245 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 558.3% volatile
198 United States Virgin Islands -0.3352 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 23.1% volatile
199 Saint Lucia -0.3878 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% falling
200 Belarus -0.3975 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 380.7% volatile
201 Andorra -0.4681 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2,900.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • World 0.0517 kt per square kilometre

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AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Land area (sq. km)

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Indicator
AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per square kilometre
Unit
kt per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
203 places, 6,749 data points, 1990–2023
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AFOLU — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.