Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia
Bolivia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 2.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
2.4%
Change on year
up 8.6%
World rank
12th
of 197 countries
All-time high
3.6%
in 2003
All-time low
-0.4%
in 1879
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia, 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 Bolivia is 2.4%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.6% on the previous year and up 124.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia peaked at 3.6% in 2003 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 1879.
That places Bolivia 12th out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 Bolivia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.9% | — |
| 1851 | 1.2% | +38.3% |
| 1852 | 1.4% | +14.3% |
| 1853 | 1.5% | +10.5% |
| 1854 | 1.6% | +5.4% |
| 1855 | 1.7% | +3.5% |
| 1856 | 1.7% | +4.0% |
| 1857 | 1.7% | +1.5% |
| 1858 | 1.8% | +2.9% |
| 1859 | 1.8% | +0.8% |
| 1860 | 1.1% | -38.0% |
| 1861 | 0.8% | -32.9% |
| 1862 | 0.5% | -32.1% |
| 1863 | 0.3% | -35.1% |
| 1864 | 0.2% | -42.5% |
| 1865 | 0.1% | -55.8% |
| 1866 | -0.0% | -109.7% |
| 1867 | -0.1% | +965.6% |
| 1868 | -0.2% | +78.5% |
| 1869 | -0.2% | +39.5% |
| 1870 | -0.2% | +9.2% |
| 1871 | -0.3% | +14.2% |
| 1872 | -0.3% | +7.7% |
| 1873 | -0.3% | +9.1% |
| 1874 | -0.3% | +5.7% |
| 1875 | -0.4% | +7.0% |
| 1876 | -0.4% | +4.9% |
| 1877 | -0.4% | +3.1% |
| 1878 | -0.4% | +3.5% |
| 1879 | -0.4% | +3.0% |
| 1880 | 0.1% | -116.9% |
| 1881 | 0.3% | +337.9% |
| 1882 | 0.5% | +46.6% |
| 1883 | 0.6% | +22.4% |
| 1884 | 0.6% | +15.2% |
| 1885 | 0.7% | +10.8% |
| 1886 | 0.8% | +8.5% |
| 1887 | 0.8% | +5.1% |
| 1888 | 0.8% | +5.8% |
| 1889 | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| 1890 | 0.9% | -1.0% |
| 1891 | 0.9% | +1.5% |
| 1892 | 0.9% | +3.4% |
| 1893 | 0.9% | +1.3% |
| 1894 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 1895 | 0.9% | +1.8% |
| 1896 | 1.0% | +0.8% |
| 1897 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 1898 | 0.9% | +0.4% |
| 1899 | 1.0% | +0.6% |
| 1900 | 0.8% | -18.7% |
| 1901 | 0.7% | -13.5% |
| 1902 | 0.6% | -7.9% |
| 1903 | 0.6% | -6.1% |
| 1904 | 0.6% | -3.3% |
| 1905 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 1906 | 0.5% | -2.9% |
| 1907 | 0.5% | +1.0% |
| 1908 | 0.5% | -1.7% |
| 1909 | 0.5% | -3.0% |
| 1910 | 0.7% | +35.1% |
| 1911 | 0.8% | +15.8% |
| 1912 | 0.9% | +8.0% |
| 1913 | 0.9% | +5.3% |
| 1914 | 0.9% | +3.2% |
| 1915 | 1.0% | +6.6% |
| 1916 | 1.0% | +1.4% |
| 1917 | 1.1% | +4.9% |
| 1918 | 1.1% | +1.8% |
| 1919 | 1.1% | +1.4% |
| 1920 | 1.0% | -6.7% |
| 1921 | 1.0% | +0.4% |
| 1922 | 1.0% | -0.8% |
| 1923 | 1.0% | -4.9% |
| 1924 | 1.0% | -1.5% |
| 1925 | 1.0% | +2.7% |
| 1926 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1927 | 1.0% | -1.1% |
| 1928 | 1.0% | -1.4% |
| 1929 | 0.9% | -3.0% |
| 1930 | 0.9% | -1.2% |
| 1931 | 0.9% | +0.5% |
| 1932 | 0.9% | +0.7% |
| 1933 | 0.9% | -1.9% |
| 1934 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
| 1935 | 1.0% | +6.7% |
| 1936 | 0.9% | -4.7% |
| 1937 | 0.9% | +1.1% |
| 1938 | 0.9% | -2.8% |
| 1939 | 0.9% | +3.5% |
| 1940 | 0.8% | -10.7% |
| 1941 | 0.7% | -12.3% |
| 1942 | 0.7% | -10.2% |
| 1943 | 0.6% | -9.6% |
| 1944 | 0.5% | -8.6% |
| 1945 | 0.5% | -10.2% |
| 1946 | 0.4% | -9.1% |
| 1947 | 0.4% | -9.1% |
| 1948 | 0.4% | -9.3% |
| 1949 | 0.3% | -10.6% |
| 1950 | 0.4% | +10.6% |
| 1951 | 0.4% | +9.0% |
| 1952 | 0.4% | +13.5% |
| 1953 | 0.5% | +9.0% |
| 1954 | 0.5% | +4.4% |
| 1955 | 0.5% | +5.8% |
| 1956 | 0.6% | +7.4% |
| 1957 | 0.6% | +3.5% |
| 1958 | 0.6% | +7.0% |
| 1959 | 0.6% | -0.5% |
| 1960 | 0.6% | -5.1% |
| 1961 | 0.3% | -44.9% |
| 1962 | 0.2% | -31.5% |
| 1963 | 0.3% | +24.9% |
| 1964 | 0.3% | +1.9% |
| 1965 | 0.3% | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 0.3% | +12.1% |
| 1967 | 0.3% | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 0.4% | +38.8% |
| 1969 | 0.3% | -22.6% |
| 1970 | 0.6% | +69.3% |
| 1971 | 0.8% | +37.7% |
| 1972 | 0.5% | -30.3% |
| 1973 | 0.8% | +44.3% |
| 1974 | 0.9% | +13.6% |
| 1975 | 0.6% | -26.4% |
| 1976 | 0.9% | +35.9% |
| 1977 | 0.6% | -31.7% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | +35.5% |
| 1979 | 0.7% | -15.9% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | +32.8% |
| 1981 | 0.7% | -22.2% |
| 1982 | 0.6% | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 0.9% | +43.6% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | -46.9% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | +41.9% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -27.9% |
| 1987 | 0.5% | -6.2% |
| 1988 | 0.6% | +20.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4% | -30.0% |
| 1990 | 0.7% | +73.2% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -12.7% |
| 1992 | 1.2% | +105.4% |
| 1993 | 1.0% | -21.8% |
| 1994 | 3.0% | +216.7% |
| 1995 | 2.2% | -28.3% |
| 1996 | 2.2% | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 1.9% | -15.0% |
| 1998 | 3.1% | +63.2% |
| 1999 | 2.4% | -22.2% |
| 2000 | 1.8% | -26.4% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | +8.5% |
| 2002 | 1.9% | -0.4% |
| 2003 | 3.6% | +88.5% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | -27.0% |
| 2005 | 2.1% | -20.1% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | -15.0% |
| 2007 | 1.8% | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 1.7% | -12.5% |
| 2010 | 1.6% | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 1.5% | -5.3% |
| 2012 | 1.3% | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 1.5% | +13.8% |
| 2014 | 1.1% | -29.7% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -21.5% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | -9.8% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | +126.3% |
| 2018 | 2.2% | +27.3% |
| 2019 | 1.5% | -32.2% |
| 2020 | 1.7% | +15.1% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | +11.9% |
| 2022 | 2.1% | +7.3% |
| 2023 | 2.2% | +8.1% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +8.6% |
Bolivia compared with similar countries
- Bolivia's 2.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 17.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bolivia's 2.4% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 635.7× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1867 | -965.6% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1881 | +337.9% | 0.1% | 0.3% |
| 1994 | +216.7% | 1.0% | 3.0% |
| 2017 | +126.3% | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| 1880 | +116.9% | -0.4% | 0.1% |
| 1866 | -109.7% | 0.1% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.5% | 0.9% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.3% | -0.2% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1870s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.2% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.6% | 0.1% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.0% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.8% | 0.6% | 3.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 0.8% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.1% | 1.7% | 2.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bolivia
More climate change data for Bolivia
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.5735 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.2559 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.4786 °C (2026)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.2% (2100)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 1.82 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, per capita 0.7156 units per person (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate 97.47 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Bolivia was 2.4% 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 Bolivia?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Bolivia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 1879.
- How does Bolivia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Bolivia ranks 12th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Bolivia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 124.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Bolivia 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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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.