Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia
Colombia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.3% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.3%
Change on year
up 29.7%
World rank
43rd
of 197 countries
All-time high
6.0%
in 1970
All-time low
-0.4%
in 2001
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia stood at 0.3%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 29.7% on the previous year and down 78.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia peaked at 6.0% in 1970 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2001.
Colombia ranks 43rd of 197 countries on this measure, 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 Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 1.5% | — |
| 1851 | 1.3% | -13.2% |
| 1852 | 1.2% | -8.8% |
| 1853 | 1.1% | -11.5% |
| 1854 | 1.0% | -5.7% |
| 1855 | 1.0% | +1.4% |
| 1856 | 0.9% | -8.6% |
| 1857 | 0.9% | -1.8% |
| 1858 | 0.8% | -10.3% |
| 1859 | 0.8% | +0.1% |
| 1860 | 0.9% | +15.1% |
| 1861 | 0.8% | -13.9% |
| 1862 | 0.9% | +13.8% |
| 1863 | 0.8% | -13.3% |
| 1864 | 0.8% | +5.3% |
| 1865 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
| 1866 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 1867 | 1.1% | +19.6% |
| 1868 | 1.0% | -10.5% |
| 1869 | 0.9% | -7.7% |
| 1870 | 1.2% | +40.4% |
| 1871 | 1.5% | +24.4% |
| 1872 | 1.7% | +8.4% |
| 1873 | 1.6% | -3.5% |
| 1874 | 1.7% | +5.6% |
| 1875 | 1.7% | +0.2% |
| 1876 | 1.7% | +0.3% |
| 1877 | 1.7% | +0.0% |
| 1878 | 1.8% | +2.9% |
| 1879 | 1.7% | -1.6% |
| 1880 | 1.9% | +7.8% |
| 1881 | 1.7% | -8.0% |
| 1882 | 1.8% | +2.6% |
| 1883 | 1.7% | -2.9% |
| 1884 | 1.7% | -0.0% |
| 1885 | 1.7% | +1.4% |
| 1886 | 1.8% | +2.0% |
| 1887 | 1.7% | -2.7% |
| 1888 | 1.7% | -1.7% |
| 1889 | 1.9% | +9.3% |
| 1890 | 1.8% | -1.5% |
| 1891 | 1.8% | +0.7% |
| 1892 | 1.9% | +2.4% |
| 1893 | 1.9% | -1.2% |
| 1894 | 1.8% | -2.2% |
| 1895 | 1.9% | +5.3% |
| 1896 | 1.9% | +1.0% |
| 1897 | 1.8% | -5.1% |
| 1898 | 1.9% | +5.5% |
| 1899 | 1.9% | -2.0% |
| 1900 | 2.2% | +14.6% |
| 1901 | 2.1% | -1.7% |
| 1902 | 2.3% | +7.6% |
| 1903 | 2.4% | +3.9% |
| 1904 | 2.3% | -1.8% |
| 1905 | 2.3% | -2.0% |
| 1906 | 2.3% | +0.0% |
| 1907 | 2.5% | +6.7% |
| 1908 | 2.3% | -6.8% |
| 1909 | 2.3% | -1.0% |
| 1910 | 2.8% | +24.5% |
| 1911 | 3.0% | +7.8% |
| 1912 | 3.3% | +8.2% |
| 1913 | 3.3% | -0.1% |
| 1914 | 3.6% | +8.2% |
| 1915 | 3.6% | +1.4% |
| 1916 | 3.6% | +0.8% |
| 1917 | 3.7% | +0.9% |
| 1918 | 3.8% | +3.5% |
| 1919 | 3.7% | -3.2% |
| 1920 | 3.8% | +4.1% |
| 1921 | 3.8% | -0.8% |
| 1922 | 3.9% | +3.7% |
| 1923 | 3.8% | -2.9% |
| 1924 | 4.0% | +4.3% |
| 1925 | 3.9% | -2.4% |
| 1926 | 3.9% | +1.3% |
| 1927 | 3.9% | -0.2% |
| 1928 | 4.0% | +2.6% |
| 1929 | 3.9% | -4.4% |
| 1930 | 3.4% | -11.0% |
| 1931 | 3.0% | -11.8% |
| 1932 | 3.1% | +1.3% |
| 1933 | 2.9% | -4.9% |
| 1934 | 2.9% | -0.4% |
| 1935 | 2.7% | -6.1% |
| 1936 | 2.8% | +0.9% |
| 1937 | 2.7% | -2.7% |
| 1938 | 2.6% | -1.7% |
| 1939 | 2.6% | -1.8% |
| 1940 | 3.9% | +49.3% |
| 1941 | 4.3% | +11.7% |
| 1942 | 4.6% | +7.0% |
| 1943 | 4.7% | +1.7% |
| 1944 | 4.8% | +2.4% |
| 1945 | 4.8% | +1.0% |
| 1946 | 4.9% | +1.6% |
| 1947 | 4.9% | -0.9% |
| 1948 | 4.9% | +0.8% |
| 1949 | 5.0% | +2.3% |
| 1950 | 4.6% | -8.4% |
| 1951 | 4.3% | -5.6% |
| 1952 | 4.4% | +2.3% |
| 1953 | 4.5% | +0.8% |
| 1954 | 4.1% | -7.5% |
| 1955 | 4.1% | -0.7% |
| 1956 | 4.2% | +2.9% |
| 1957 | 4.4% | +3.6% |
| 1958 | 4.7% | +6.4% |
| 1959 | 4.9% | +5.1% |
| 1960 | 3.4% | -31.1% |
| 1961 | 4.7% | +39.8% |
| 1962 | 4.1% | -13.2% |
| 1963 | 3.7% | -9.2% |
| 1964 | 5.1% | +38.3% |
| 1965 | 2.9% | -44.6% |
| 1966 | 2.2% | -23.8% |
| 1967 | 1.6% | -26.8% |
| 1968 | 1.3% | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 1.0% | -24.2% |
| 1970 | 6.0% | +490.7% |
| 1971 | 2.9% | -51.8% |
| 1972 | 1.9% | -35.6% |
| 1973 | 1.5% | -17.4% |
| 1974 | 1.3% | -18.1% |
| 1975 | 1.2% | -7.3% |
| 1976 | 1.5% | +27.4% |
| 1977 | 0.9% | -37.0% |
| 1978 | 0.9% | -8.7% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | +7.5% |
| 1980 | 0.9% | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 1.0% | +13.8% |
| 1982 | 0.7% | -23.5% |
| 1983 | 0.8% | +6.4% |
| 1984 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 0.7% | -11.4% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | -14.4% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -39.0% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | -33.9% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | +13.7% |
| 1990 | 0.1% | -60.5% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +389.0% |
| 1992 | 0.4% | -15.0% |
| 1993 | 0.6% | +22.7% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -64.7% |
| 1995 | 1.1% | +455.0% |
| 1996 | 1.2% | +8.3% |
| 1997 | 1.6% | +39.8% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | +31.0% |
| 1999 | 1.6% | -24.5% |
| 2000 | 0.1% | -95.8% |
| 2001 | -0.4% | -767.4% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | -215.7% |
| 2003 | 2.0% | +293.9% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -74.8% |
| 2005 | -0.1% | -111.5% |
| 2006 | 0.6% | -1049.3% |
| 2007 | 0.6% | +2.9% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -87.6% |
| 2009 | 0.1% | +36.9% |
| 2010 | -0.1% | -233.5% |
| 2011 | 1.6% | -1309.4% |
| 2012 | 4.4% | +177.7% |
| 2013 | 2.1% | -52.0% |
| 2014 | 1.5% | -30.4% |
| 2015 | 1.2% | -16.1% |
| 2016 | 0.9% | -30.7% |
| 2017 | 2.8% | +221.6% |
| 2018 | 2.3% | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 1.3% | -42.9% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -47.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -64.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | +11.7% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | -12.5% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | +29.7% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.3% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 10169.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.3% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 83.3× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +1309.4% | -0.1% | 1.6% |
| 2006 | +1049.3% | -0.1% | 0.6% |
| 2001 | -767.4% | 0.1% | -0.4% |
| 1970 | +490.7% | 1.0% | 6.0% |
| 1995 | +455.0% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| 1991 | +389.0% | 0.1% | 0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.6% | 1.2% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.8% | 1.7% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 1900s | 2.3% | 2.1% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 3.4% | 2.8% | 3.8% | 10 |
| 1920s | 3.9% | 3.8% | 4.0% | 10 |
| 1930s | 2.9% | 2.6% | 3.4% | 10 |
| 1940s | 4.7% | 3.9% | 5.0% | 10 |
| 1950s | 4.4% | 4.1% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.0% | 1.0% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.9% | 0.9% | 6.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.2% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9% | 0.1% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | -0.4% | 2.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.8% | -0.1% | 4.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
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More climate change data for Colombia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 578.93 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 89,376 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 19,540 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 69,836 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 73.73 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2,494 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,330 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,828 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,502 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 14.44 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Colombia 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 Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 6.0% in 1970.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2001.
- How does Colombia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Colombia ranks 43rd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 78.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Colombia 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.