Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
34.9%
Brazil
Lowest
-7.0%
China
Median
0.0%
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,475
What the numbers show
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 34.9% in Brazil; the lowest is -7.0% in China.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0%, and the mean is 0.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 5.
Over the past decade 93 countries rose and 90 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 32,446.7%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 2,295.0%).
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 34.9% | 2024 | up 69.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 14.1% | 2024 | up 7.2% | volatile |
| 3 | Indonesia | 12.6% | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Russia | 8.4% | 2024 | up 322.6% | volatile |
| 5 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5.2% | 2024 | down 24.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 4.7% | 2024 | up 136.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Argentina | 3.1% | 2024 | up 13.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Vietnam | 2.5% | 2024 | down 58.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2024 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 10 | United States | 2.4% | 2024 | up 109.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 2.4% | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 12 | Bolivia | 2.4% | 2024 | up 124.3% | volatile |
| 13 | Tanzania | 1.7% | 2024 | down 8.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Myanmar | 1.6% | 2024 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 15 | Zambia | 1.4% | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 1.4% | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 1.1% | 2024 | up 1,471.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Angola | 1.1% | 2024 | down 31.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Guinea | 1.1% | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Benin | 1.0% | 2024 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 21 | Nigeria | 0.9% | 2024 | up 166.7% | volatile |
| 22 | Cambodia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 23 | Philippines | 0.9% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 24 | Australia | 0.9% | 2024 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Finland | 0.7% | 2024 | up 115.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Mali | 0.7% | 2024 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2024 | up 31.1% | volatile |
| 28 | Mozambique | 0.7% | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 29 | Guatemala | 0.6% | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Somalia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 94.9% | volatile |
| 31 | Burkina Faso | 0.6% | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Papua New Guinea | 0.6% | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Iran | 0.5% | 2024 | up 231.8% | volatile |
| 34 | Liberia | 0.5% | 2024 | up 6.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Cameroon | 0.5% | 2024 | up 23.3% | volatile |
| 36 | Laos | 0.4% | 2024 | down 65.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Afghanistan | 0.4% | 2024 | up 32,446.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Congo | 0.4% | 2024 | up 56.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Peru | 0.4% | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Paraguay | 0.3% | 2024 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 41 | South Sudan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Bangladesh | 0.3% | 2024 | up 94.7% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 78.5% | volatile |
| 44 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2024 | up 17.3% | falling |
| 45 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Kenya | 0.3% | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Honduras | 0.3% | 2024 | up 107.5% | volatile |
| 48 | Sri Lanka | 0.2% | 2024 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 49 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Chile | 0.2% | 2024 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 52 | Nicaragua | 0.2% | 2024 | up 68.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Malawi | 0.2% | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Sudan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 72.6% | volatile |
| 55 | Sierra Leone | 0.2% | 2024 | down 32.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Sweden | 0.2% | 2024 | up 158.6% | volatile |
| 57 | Norway | 0.2% | 2024 | up 121.2% | volatile |
| 58 | India | 0.2% | 2024 | down 91.8% | volatile |
| 59 | Eritrea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 129.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Gabon | 0.2% | 2024 | up 58.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 62 | Lesotho | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3,486.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Chad | 0.1% | 2024 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Belize | 0.1% | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Japan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 243.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2024 | up 9.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1% | 2024 | up 417.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Namibia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Uganda | 0.1% | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 76 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 239.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Belgium | 0.1% | 2024 | up 63.4% | volatile |
| 78 | South Africa | 0.1% | 2024 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 79 | East Timor | 0.1% | 2024 | up 62.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 818.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2024 | up 83.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 84 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | up 26.7% | volatile |
| 85 | Rwanda | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 86 | Iraq | 0.0% | 2024 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 87 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Togo | 0.0% | 2024 | down 29.6% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 0.0% | 2024 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Denmark | 0.0% | 2024 | up 61.4% | volatile |
| 91 | Mongolia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2,096.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovakia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | down 31.3% | volatile |
| 96 | Uruguay | 0.0% | 2024 | down 93.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 180.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 66.9% | volatile |
| 100 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 101 | Oman | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Yemen | 0.0% | 2024 | up 122.9% | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.0% | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 105 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 239.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Dominican Republic | 0.0% | 2024 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 109 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,805.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 117 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 0.0% | 2024 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 120 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | up 100.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 | up 39.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Kiribati | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Marshall Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Nauru | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Palau | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Seychelles | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Tuvalu | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Cook Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Niue | 0.0% | 2024 | — | flat |
| 124 | Vatican | 0.0% | 2024 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 134 | San Marino | -0.0% | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Andorra | -0.0% | 2024 | down 101.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Bahamas | -0.0% | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.0% | 2024 | up 2.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Mauritius | -0.0% | 2024 | down 109.0% | volatile |
| 140 | Israel | -0.0% | 2024 | down 163.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.0% | 2024 | down 12.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.0% | 2024 | down 377.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Barbados | -0.0% | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 145 | Grenada | -0.0% | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 146 | Dominica | -0.0% | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Saint Lucia | -0.0% | 2024 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Cuba | -0.0% | 2024 | up 98.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Switzerland | -0.0% | 2024 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.0% | 2024 | up 52.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Botswana | -0.0% | 2024 | down 121.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Libya | -0.0% | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Estonia | -0.0% | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 154 | Samoa | -0.0% | 2024 | down 148.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Vanuatu | -0.0% | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 156 | Turkmenistan | -0.0% | 2024 | down 473.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.0% | 2024 | down 415.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Jamaica | -0.0% | 2024 | down 174.2% | volatile |
| 160 | Albania | -0.0% | 2024 | down 188.8% | falling |
| 161 | North Macedonia | -0.0% | 2024 | down 128.9% | volatile |
| 162 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.0% | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Austria | -0.0% | 2024 | down 2,295.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Lithuania | -0.0% | 2024 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Uzbekistan | -0.0% | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 166 | Cyprus | -0.0% | 2024 | down 298.4% | volatile |
| 167 | Costa Rica | -0.0% | 2024 | down 165.0% | volatile |
| 168 | Fiji | -0.0% | 2024 | down 175.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Tunisia | -0.0% | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | -0.0% | 2024 | down 7.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Montenegro | -0.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Croatia | -0.1% | 2024 | down 792.5% | volatile |
| 173 | Moldova | -0.1% | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Belarus | -0.1% | 2024 | down 291.5% | volatile |
| 175 | South Korea | -0.1% | 2024 | down 135.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Haiti | -0.1% | 2024 | down 188.6% | volatile |
| 177 | United Kingdom | -0.1% | 2024 | down 147.2% | volatile |
| 178 | Germany | -0.1% | 2024 | down 320.1% | volatile |
| 179 | Czechia | -0.1% | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 180 | Syria | -0.1% | 2024 | down 1,810.1% | volatile |
| 181 | Georgia | -0.1% | 2024 | up 1.8% | volatile |
| 182 | Kazakhstan | -0.2% | 2024 | down 193.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Bulgaria | -0.2% | 2024 | down 124.3% | volatile |
| 184 | Turkey | -0.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Spain | -0.2% | 2024 | up 7.0% | volatile |
| 186 | Hungary | -0.2% | 2024 | down 61.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Ecuador | -0.3% | 2024 | down 124.4% | volatile |
| 188 | France | -0.3% | 2024 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Italy | -0.3% | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 190 | Morocco | -0.3% | 2024 | down 274.1% | volatile |
| 191 | Serbia | -0.4% | 2024 | up 11.5% | volatile |
| 192 | Pakistan | -0.4% | 2024 | down 595.7% | volatile |
| 193 | Greece | -0.4% | 2024 | down 52.7% | volatile |
| 194 | Romania | -0.5% | 2024 | down 564.2% | volatile |
| 195 | Poland | -0.6% | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 196 | Mexico | -0.8% | 2024 | down 239.5% | volatile |
| 197 | China | -7.0% | 2024 | down 236.7% | volatile |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from land-use change in the same year.