Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.6% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.6%
Change on year
up 4.9%
World rank
31st
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2006
All-time low
-0.0%
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Burkina Faso recorded 0.6% for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
The figure is up 4.9% on the previous year and up 24.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso peaked at 0.6% in 2006 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 1850.
That places Burkina Faso 31st out of 197 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | -0.0% | — |
| 1851 | -0.0% | -30.9% |
| 1852 | -0.0% | -30.8% |
| 1853 | -0.0% | -30.3% |
| 1854 | -0.0% | -34.2% |
| 1855 | -0.0% | -40.7% |
| 1856 | -0.0% | -53.2% |
| 1857 | -0.0% | -95.2% |
| 1858 | 0.0% | -1640.3% |
| 1859 | 0.0% | +85.9% |
| 1860 | 0.0% | -6.0% |
| 1861 | 0.0% | -16.0% |
| 1862 | 0.0% | -9.4% |
| 1863 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1864 | 0.0% | +4.6% |
| 1865 | 0.0% | +10.7% |
| 1866 | 0.0% | +9.3% |
| 1867 | 0.0% | +9.1% |
| 1868 | 0.0% | +9.2% |
| 1869 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 1870 | 0.0% | +121.1% |
| 1871 | 0.0% | +49.2% |
| 1872 | 0.0% | +19.4% |
| 1873 | 0.0% | +13.6% |
| 1874 | 0.0% | +7.1% |
| 1875 | 0.0% | +6.9% |
| 1876 | 0.0% | +4.3% |
| 1877 | 0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1878 | 0.0% | +2.2% |
| 1879 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1880 | 0.0% | +5.1% |
| 1881 | 0.0% | +4.2% |
| 1882 | 0.0% | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1884 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1885 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1886 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1887 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1888 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 1889 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1890 | 0.0% | +6.9% |
| 1891 | 0.0% | +5.0% |
| 1892 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1893 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | +2.3% |
| 1896 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1897 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1898 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 1899 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1900 | 0.0% | +44.1% |
| 1901 | 0.0% | +20.8% |
| 1902 | 0.0% | +12.7% |
| 1903 | 0.1% | +7.8% |
| 1904 | 0.1% | +3.6% |
| 1905 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 1906 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 1907 | 0.1% | +2.6% |
| 1908 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1909 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 1910 | 0.1% | +4.0% |
| 1911 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 1912 | 0.1% | +2.0% |
| 1913 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1914 | 0.1% | +0.2% |
| 1915 | 0.1% | +1.6% |
| 1916 | 0.1% | +0.4% |
| 1917 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 1918 | 0.1% | +0.9% |
| 1919 | 0.1% | +0.6% |
| 1920 | 0.1% | +2.7% |
| 1921 | 0.1% | +5.3% |
| 1922 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 1923 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 1924 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 1925 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 1926 | 0.1% | +3.6% |
| 1927 | 0.1% | +3.4% |
| 1928 | 0.1% | +1.8% |
| 1929 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1930 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 1931 | 0.1% | +2.5% |
| 1932 | 0.1% | +2.2% |
| 1933 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1934 | 0.1% | +1.0% |
| 1935 | 0.1% | +2.9% |
| 1936 | 0.1% | -0.6% |
| 1937 | 0.1% | +1.5% |
| 1938 | 0.1% | +0.4% |
| 1939 | 0.1% | +1.6% |
| 1940 | 0.1% | +11.2% |
| 1941 | 0.1% | +5.4% |
| 1942 | 0.1% | +4.4% |
| 1943 | 0.2% | +3.7% |
| 1944 | 0.2% | +4.3% |
| 1945 | 0.2% | +2.0% |
| 1946 | 0.2% | +2.5% |
| 1947 | 0.2% | +2.8% |
| 1948 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 1949 | 0.2% | +2.2% |
| 1950 | 0.1% | -18.0% |
| 1951 | 0.1% | -12.5% |
| 1952 | 0.1% | -2.1% |
| 1953 | 0.1% | -1.2% |
| 1954 | 0.1% | -2.9% |
| 1955 | 0.1% | +1.4% |
| 1956 | 0.1% | +2.0% |
| 1957 | 0.1% | -0.8% |
| 1958 | 0.1% | +6.4% |
| 1959 | 0.1% | -6.0% |
| 1960 | 0.1% | -9.7% |
| 1961 | 0.1% | -11.7% |
| 1962 | 0.1% | -11.0% |
| 1963 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 1964 | 0.1% | -9.8% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | -7.5% |
| 1966 | 0.1% | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 0.1% | -5.1% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 0.0% | -21.2% |
| 1970 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1971 | 0.0% | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 0.0% | +4.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0% | -9.9% |
| 1974 | 0.0% | +16.2% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | +2.6% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 0.0% | -16.8% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | +2.7% |
| 1979 | 0.0% | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | +4.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 0.0% | +4.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | +279.6% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | +24.7% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | +12.4% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +7.0% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | +16.1% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | +8.3% |
| 1989 | 0.4% | +10.5% |
| 1990 | 0.4% | +5.5% |
| 1991 | 0.4% | +4.1% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.4% | +5.1% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -12.5% |
| 1995 | 0.4% | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | -6.6% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -21.0% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | +16.4% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -13.2% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -13.0% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +19.2% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +24.2% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | +46.7% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -16.5% |
| 2008 | 0.5% | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -11.6% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +13.7% |
| 2011 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 2013 | 0.5% | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +18.5% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -5.7% |
| 2020 | 0.6% | +7.3% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | -2.3% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +4.9% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 0.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2%, 3.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 0.6% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2%, 3.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1858 | +1640.3% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1983 | +279.6% | 0.0% | 0.2% |
| 1870 | +121.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1857 | +95.2% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1859 | +85.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1856 | +53.2% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1900s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
More climate change data for Burkina Faso
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 118.69 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 29,986 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,729 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,257 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 40.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 687.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 3,646 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,267 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2,379 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 4.78 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Burkina Faso was 0.6% 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 Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2006.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 1850.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Burkina Faso ranks 31st out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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.