Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.3% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh is 0.3%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.4% on the previous year and up 94.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh peaked at 0.8% in 1960 and was at its lowest, -0.2%, in 1991.
Bangladesh ranks 42nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | -0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More climate change data for Bangladesh
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.0% (2100)
- Population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Population, total 175.69 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Urban population 58.40 million (2025)
- Urban population 33.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.6241 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 2.00 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.6241 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.6241 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bangladesh was 0.3% 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 Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 1960.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.2% in 1991.
- How does Bangladesh rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Bangladesh ranks 42nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.