Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria
Algeria: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.1%
Change on year
down 1.9%
World rank
84th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.5%
in 1960
All-time low
-0.1%
in 1982
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Algeria recorded 0.1% for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.9% on the previous year and up 26.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria peaked at 0.5% in 1960 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 1982.
That places Algeria 84th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.1% | +18.6% |
| 1852 | 0.1% | +7.8% |
| 1853 | 0.1% | +6.2% |
| 1854 | 0.1% | +3.2% |
| 1855 | 0.1% | +1.6% |
| 1856 | 0.1% | +2.1% |
| 1857 | 0.1% | +0.6% |
| 1858 | 0.1% | +1.1% |
| 1859 | 0.1% | +0.1% |
| 1860 | 0.1% | +15.5% |
| 1861 | 0.1% | +8.3% |
| 1862 | 0.1% | +5.1% |
| 1863 | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| 1864 | 0.1% | +0.4% |
| 1865 | 0.1% | +4.1% |
| 1866 | 0.1% | +0.4% |
| 1867 | 0.1% | +2.5% |
| 1868 | 0.1% | +1.1% |
| 1869 | 0.1% | +0.8% |
| 1870 | 0.1% | -8.1% |
| 1871 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 1872 | 0.1% | -3.5% |
| 1873 | 0.1% | -0.5% |
| 1874 | 0.1% | -2.3% |
| 1875 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 1876 | 0.1% | -1.1% |
| 1877 | 0.1% | -2.1% |
| 1878 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1879 | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| 1880 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1881 | 0.1% | +2.7% |
| 1882 | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 1883 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1884 | 0.1% | +0.5% |
| 1885 | 0.1% | +0.3% |
| 1886 | 0.1% | +0.5% |
| 1887 | 0.1% | -1.3% |
| 1888 | 0.1% | +0.4% |
| 1889 | 0.1% | -0.7% |
| 1890 | 0.1% | -4.1% |
| 1891 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 1892 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 1893 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 1894 | 0.1% | -1.4% |
| 1895 | 0.1% | +0.7% |
| 1896 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 1897 | 0.1% | -1.4% |
| 1898 | 0.1% | -0.2% |
| 1899 | 0.1% | -0.7% |
| 1900 | 0.1% | +32.0% |
| 1901 | 0.1% | +9.2% |
| 1902 | 0.1% | +5.4% |
| 1903 | 0.1% | +3.1% |
| 1904 | 0.1% | +0.3% |
| 1905 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1906 | 0.1% | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 0.1% | +1.1% |
| 1908 | 0.1% | -0.0% |
| 1909 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1910 | 0.1% | -17.9% |
| 1911 | 0.1% | -12.7% |
| 1912 | 0.1% | -6.8% |
| 1913 | 0.1% | -5.0% |
| 1914 | 0.1% | -4.4% |
| 1915 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 1916 | 0.1% | -2.3% |
| 1917 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 1918 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1919 | 0.1% | -0.9% |
| 1920 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 1921 | 0.1% | +6.2% |
| 1922 | 0.1% | +4.7% |
| 1923 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 1924 | 0.1% | +4.1% |
| 1925 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 1926 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 1927 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 1928 | 0.1% | +0.5% |
| 1929 | 0.1% | +0.3% |
| 1930 | 0.1% | +35.2% |
| 1931 | 0.2% | +12.1% |
| 1932 | 0.2% | +6.6% |
| 1933 | 0.2% | +5.5% |
| 1934 | 0.2% | +2.2% |
| 1935 | 0.2% | +3.5% |
| 1936 | 0.2% | -0.5% |
| 1937 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 1938 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 1939 | 0.2% | +1.7% |
| 1940 | 0.2% | -1.6% |
| 1941 | 0.2% | -2.3% |
| 1942 | 0.2% | +0.1% |
| 1943 | 0.2% | +0.6% |
| 1944 | 0.2% | +1.7% |
| 1945 | 0.2% | -0.1% |
| 1946 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 1947 | 0.2% | +1.3% |
| 1948 | 0.2% | +1.4% |
| 1949 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 1950 | 0.2% | +10.7% |
| 1951 | 0.3% | +7.5% |
| 1952 | 0.3% | +11.4% |
| 1953 | 0.3% | +8.4% |
| 1954 | 0.3% | +4.3% |
| 1955 | 0.3% | +7.4% |
| 1956 | 0.4% | +8.2% |
| 1957 | 0.4% | +6.2% |
| 1958 | 0.4% | +9.3% |
| 1959 | 0.4% | +1.9% |
| 1960 | 0.5% | +23.2% |
| 1961 | 0.3% | -46.7% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | -36.7% |
| 1963 | 0.1% | -36.4% |
| 1964 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | -23.6% |
| 1966 | 0.2% | +75.1% |
| 1967 | 0.1% | -52.1% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -24.5% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | -4.6% |
| 1970 | 0.2% | +270.4% |
| 1971 | 0.3% | +28.1% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | -34.9% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -15.2% |
| 1974 | 0.4% | +191.2% |
| 1975 | 0.5% | +17.0% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | -54.7% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | -44.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | -46.3% |
| 1979 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | -30.0% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1982 | -0.1% | -244.5% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -482.9% |
| 1984 | 0.1% | -56.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | -27.8% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | +61.9% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | -24.3% |
| 1988 | 0.1% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.1% | -45.7% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +316.2% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +128.8% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | -53.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | -22.3% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | -36.6% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +64.6% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | -30.8% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -34.4% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 1999 | 0.1% | -33.1% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | +67.1% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +23.5% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 2003 | 0.1% | +0.5% |
| 2004 | 0.1% | -13.2% |
| 2005 | 0.1% | -8.6% |
| 2006 | 0.1% | -17.6% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | -2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -1.4% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | -17.1% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | -12.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +31.5% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -21.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -13.8% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +37.0% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +3.0% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | +88.3% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | -49.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -30.1% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +109.6% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -17.9% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
Algeria compared with similar countries
- Algeria's 0.1% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 1776.9× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Algeria's 0.1% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%, 67.4× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +482.9% | -0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1990 | +316.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1970 | +270.4% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1982 | -244.5% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1974 | +191.2% | 0.1% | 0.4% |
| 1991 | +128.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Algeria
More climate change data for Algeria
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 76.51 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 14,392 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 5,289 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9,103 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 19.96 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 325.12 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 936.25 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 865.33 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 70.92 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.27 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Algeria was 0.1% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Algeria?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1960.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Algeria?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 1982.
- How does Algeria rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Algeria ranks 84th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Algeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Algeria data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.