Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar
Madagascar: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.7% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.7%
Change on year
up 3.8%
World rank
27th
of 197 countries
All-time high
2.2%
in 1999
All-time low
-0.1%
in 1909
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Madagascar recorded 0.7% for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
The figure is up 3.8% on the previous year and up 31.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar peaked at 2.2% in 1999 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 1909.
Madagascar ranks 27th 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 Madagascar, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.8% | — |
| 1851 | 0.6% | -20.1% |
| 1852 | 0.5% | -19.8% |
| 1853 | 0.5% | +6.4% |
| 1854 | 0.5% | +2.5% |
| 1855 | 0.5% | +1.9% |
| 1856 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 1857 | 0.4% | -9.6% |
| 1858 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 1859 | 0.4% | +12.7% |
| 1860 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 1861 | 0.5% | +10.3% |
| 1862 | 0.5% | -6.8% |
| 1863 | 0.5% | -2.2% |
| 1864 | 0.4% | -4.1% |
| 1865 | 0.5% | +9.9% |
| 1866 | 0.5% | +13.0% |
| 1867 | 0.5% | -9.5% |
| 1868 | 0.5% | -1.5% |
| 1869 | 0.6% | +16.8% |
| 1870 | 0.5% | -14.1% |
| 1871 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 1872 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 1873 | 0.6% | +14.2% |
| 1874 | 0.5% | -7.5% |
| 1875 | 0.5% | -6.0% |
| 1876 | 0.5% | -4.4% |
| 1877 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
| 1878 | 0.5% | -5.1% |
| 1879 | 0.4% | -6.5% |
| 1880 | 0.5% | +8.3% |
| 1881 | 0.5% | +7.0% |
| 1882 | 0.4% | -17.3% |
| 1883 | 0.5% | +11.4% |
| 1884 | 0.5% | +13.9% |
| 1885 | 0.5% | -10.2% |
| 1886 | 0.5% | +6.0% |
| 1887 | 0.5% | -10.7% |
| 1888 | 0.4% | -4.9% |
| 1889 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 1890 | 0.3% | -41.7% |
| 1891 | 0.2% | -32.2% |
| 1892 | 0.1% | -30.5% |
| 1893 | 0.1% | -37.1% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | -40.2% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | -58.7% |
| 1896 | -0.0% | -121.1% |
| 1897 | -0.0% | +481.7% |
| 1898 | -0.0% | +76.7% |
| 1899 | -0.1% | +36.6% |
| 1900 | -0.1% | +10.8% |
| 1901 | -0.1% | +2.9% |
| 1902 | -0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1903 | -0.1% | +4.7% |
| 1904 | -0.1% | +2.0% |
| 1905 | -0.1% | +1.6% |
| 1906 | -0.1% | +0.8% |
| 1907 | -0.1% | +3.6% |
| 1908 | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 1909 | -0.1% | +0.9% |
| 1910 | -0.1% | -0.0% |
| 1911 | -0.1% | -3.6% |
| 1912 | -0.1% | -4.7% |
| 1913 | -0.1% | -0.4% |
| 1914 | -0.1% | -5.0% |
| 1915 | -0.1% | -4.6% |
| 1916 | -0.1% | -2.0% |
| 1917 | -0.1% | -3.3% |
| 1918 | -0.1% | -2.9% |
| 1919 | -0.1% | -3.6% |
| 1920 | 0.3% | -591.0% |
| 1921 | 0.4% | +51.1% |
| 1922 | 0.5% | +21.5% |
| 1923 | 0.5% | +12.2% |
| 1924 | 0.6% | +10.0% |
| 1925 | 0.6% | +8.5% |
| 1926 | 0.7% | +5.8% |
| 1927 | 0.7% | +4.5% |
| 1928 | 0.7% | -0.4% |
| 1929 | 0.8% | +6.3% |
| 1930 | 0.8% | +8.7% |
| 1931 | 0.8% | +0.5% |
| 1932 | 0.9% | +4.2% |
| 1933 | 0.9% | -0.7% |
| 1934 | 0.9% | +6.8% |
| 1935 | 0.9% | +0.8% |
| 1936 | 0.9% | -4.4% |
| 1937 | 1.0% | +8.6% |
| 1938 | 1.1% | +13.0% |
| 1939 | 1.0% | -7.3% |
| 1940 | 1.1% | +12.4% |
| 1941 | 1.2% | +3.6% |
| 1942 | 1.2% | +6.2% |
| 1943 | 1.4% | +13.6% |
| 1944 | 1.3% | -6.7% |
| 1945 | 1.4% | +2.2% |
| 1946 | 1.4% | +2.9% |
| 1947 | 1.5% | +10.1% |
| 1948 | 1.5% | -5.1% |
| 1949 | 1.5% | +2.3% |
| 1950 | 1.0% | -31.9% |
| 1951 | 1.0% | +1.6% |
| 1952 | 1.1% | +6.5% |
| 1953 | 1.1% | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 1.1% | -2.4% |
| 1955 | 1.2% | +8.8% |
| 1956 | 1.3% | +4.9% |
| 1957 | 1.3% | +6.6% |
| 1958 | 1.4% | +1.8% |
| 1959 | 1.4% | +2.6% |
| 1960 | 1.6% | +13.3% |
| 1961 | 1.2% | -25.8% |
| 1962 | 1.0% | -18.3% |
| 1963 | 0.9% | -8.9% |
| 1964 | 0.8% | -11.8% |
| 1965 | 0.7% | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 0.7% | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 0.7% | -8.8% |
| 1968 | 0.7% | +6.0% |
| 1969 | 0.6% | -17.0% |
| 1970 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| 1971 | 0.6% | +12.8% |
| 1972 | 0.6% | -1.5% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 1.4% | +124.4% |
| 1975 | 1.6% | +13.4% |
| 1976 | 1.4% | -11.2% |
| 1977 | 1.4% | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 1.1% | -21.3% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | -18.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8% | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 0.8% | -0.7% |
| 1982 | 0.8% | +2.3% |
| 1983 | 0.7% | -13.1% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | -10.3% |
| 1985 | 0.6% | -0.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -11.6% |
| 1987 | 0.6% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.6% | +6.8% |
| 1989 | 0.6% | +3.0% |
| 1990 | 0.6% | +3.5% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | +1.4% |
| 1992 | 0.9% | +39.0% |
| 1993 | 0.9% | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 1.0% | +14.9% |
| 1995 | 1.0% | -6.3% |
| 1996 | 1.3% | +35.1% |
| 1997 | 1.3% | -3.0% |
| 1998 | 2.2% | +70.0% |
| 1999 | 2.2% | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 2.1% | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | -12.4% |
| 2002 | 1.5% | -22.1% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | -27.1% |
| 2004 | 1.1% | +4.0% |
| 2005 | 1.0% | -10.2% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -9.5% |
| 2007 | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| 2008 | 0.8% | -9.9% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | -18.1% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | -8.3% |
| 2012 | 0.6% | -7.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -18.3% |
| 2015 | 0.6% | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 0.7% | +20.1% |
| 2017 | 0.7% | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.7% | -4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.6% | -7.4% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | -4.8% |
| 2022 | 0.6% | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +3.8% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 0.7% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2%, 3.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 0.7% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.2%, 4.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | +591.0% | -0.1% | 0.3% |
| 1897 | -481.7% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1974 | +124.4% | 0.6% | 1.4% |
| 1896 | -121.1% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1898 | -76.7% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1998 | +70.0% | 1.3% | 2.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1870s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1880s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1900s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 1910s | -0.1% | -0.1% | -0.1% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.4% | 1.1% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.2% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.0% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.2% | 0.7% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
More climate change data for Madagascar
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 36.84 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 23,568 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 7,815 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,753 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 29.49 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 562.62 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 9,018 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 880.86 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 8,138 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.32 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Madagascar was 0.7% 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2% in 1999.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 1909.
- How does Madagascar rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Madagascar ranks 27th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 31.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.