Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan
Pakistan: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was -0.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-0.4%
Change on year
down 13.6%
World rank
192nd
of 197 countries
All-time high
1.4%
in 1981
All-time low
-0.4%
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan, 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 Pakistan is -0.4%, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.
That represents a change of down 13.6% on the previous year and down 595.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan peaked at 1.4% in 1981 and was at its lowest, -0.4%, in 2024.
Pakistan ranks 192nd of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.0% | -23.9% |
| 1852 | 0.0% | -27.1% |
| 1853 | 0.0% | -37.5% |
| 1854 | 0.0% | -30.1% |
| 1855 | 0.0% | -44.1% |
| 1856 | 0.0% | -72.2% |
| 1857 | -0.0% | -132.1% |
| 1858 | -0.0% | +1081.4% |
| 1859 | -0.0% | +58.2% |
| 1860 | -0.0% | +101.6% |
| 1861 | -0.0% | +20.5% |
| 1862 | -0.0% | +49.2% |
| 1863 | -0.0% | +14.0% |
| 1864 | -0.0% | +15.2% |
| 1865 | -0.0% | +4.2% |
| 1866 | -0.0% | +20.1% |
| 1867 | -0.0% | +9.4% |
| 1868 | -0.0% | +2.6% |
| 1869 | -0.0% | +9.6% |
| 1870 | -0.0% | +18.8% |
| 1871 | -0.0% | +9.8% |
| 1872 | -0.0% | +1.4% |
| 1873 | -0.0% | +7.2% |
| 1874 | -0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1875 | -0.0% | +3.5% |
| 1876 | -0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1877 | -0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1878 | -0.0% | +2.9% |
| 1879 | -0.0% | +1.2% |
| 1880 | -0.0% | +5.3% |
| 1881 | -0.0% | +2.8% |
| 1882 | -0.0% | +5.3% |
| 1883 | -0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1884 | -0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1885 | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1886 | -0.0% | +5.5% |
| 1887 | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| 1888 | -0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1889 | -0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1890 | -0.0% | +3.8% |
| 1891 | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1892 | -0.0% | +0.7% |
| 1893 | -0.0% | -3.7% |
| 1894 | -0.0% | -8.7% |
| 1895 | -0.0% | -7.8% |
| 1896 | -0.0% | -9.7% |
| 1897 | -0.0% | -12.9% |
| 1898 | -0.0% | -10.4% |
| 1899 | -0.0% | -13.2% |
| 1900 | -0.0% | -1.1% |
| 1901 | -0.0% | -9.0% |
| 1902 | -0.0% | -9.4% |
| 1903 | -0.0% | -11.6% |
| 1904 | -0.0% | -8.7% |
| 1905 | -0.0% | -13.1% |
| 1906 | -0.0% | -13.8% |
| 1907 | -0.0% | -14.2% |
| 1908 | -0.0% | -19.6% |
| 1909 | -0.0% | -13.5% |
| 1910 | 0.1% | -1629.8% |
| 1911 | 0.1% | +51.6% |
| 1912 | 0.1% | +21.6% |
| 1913 | 0.2% | +10.0% |
| 1914 | 0.2% | +5.9% |
| 1915 | 0.2% | +4.9% |
| 1916 | 0.2% | +3.3% |
| 1917 | 0.2% | +3.4% |
| 1918 | 0.2% | +2.5% |
| 1919 | 0.2% | +2.2% |
| 1920 | 0.3% | +41.4% |
| 1921 | 0.3% | +11.0% |
| 1922 | 0.3% | +5.5% |
| 1923 | 0.3% | +2.0% |
| 1924 | 0.4% | +3.9% |
| 1925 | 0.4% | -0.7% |
| 1926 | 0.4% | +1.2% |
| 1927 | 0.4% | +1.0% |
| 1928 | 0.4% | -0.1% |
| 1929 | 0.4% | -0.4% |
| 1930 | 0.4% | +12.2% |
| 1931 | 0.4% | +4.8% |
| 1932 | 0.4% | +3.0% |
| 1933 | 0.4% | +3.4% |
| 1934 | 0.5% | +0.7% |
| 1935 | 0.5% | +2.3% |
| 1936 | 0.5% | -1.5% |
| 1937 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 1938 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| 1939 | 0.5% | +1.3% |
| 1940 | 0.8% | +65.6% |
| 1941 | 0.9% | +17.2% |
| 1942 | 1.0% | +9.6% |
| 1943 | 1.1% | +6.0% |
| 1944 | 1.1% | +5.0% |
| 1945 | 1.1% | +2.0% |
| 1946 | 1.2% | +2.7% |
| 1947 | 1.2% | +2.4% |
| 1948 | 1.3% | +9.1% |
| 1949 | 1.4% | +7.1% |
| 1950 | 1.0% | -24.5% |
| 1951 | 0.9% | -11.1% |
| 1952 | 0.9% | -0.4% |
| 1953 | 0.9% | +0.5% |
| 1954 | 0.9% | -2.5% |
| 1955 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
| 1956 | 0.9% | +3.0% |
| 1957 | 1.0% | +1.2% |
| 1958 | 1.0% | +5.0% |
| 1959 | 1.0% | -1.6% |
| 1960 | 1.2% | +21.0% |
| 1961 | 0.8% | -29.6% |
| 1962 | 0.7% | -21.2% |
| 1963 | 0.9% | +32.9% |
| 1964 | 1.3% | +50.3% |
| 1965 | 1.0% | -24.2% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | -21.2% |
| 1967 | 0.5% | -41.0% |
| 1968 | -0.1% | -111.2% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | -205.7% |
| 1970 | -0.1% | -221.6% |
| 1971 | -0.0% | -43.9% |
| 1972 | 0.6% | -1568.8% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -76.7% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +89.6% |
| 1975 | 0.0% | -81.4% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | +244.2% |
| 1977 | 0.4% | +159.7% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -47.0% |
| 1979 | 1.0% | +351.8% |
| 1980 | 0.3% | -72.2% |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +431.8% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -86.6% |
| 1983 | 0.6% | +196.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -69.4% |
| 1985 | -0.3% | -293.2% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | -158.7% |
| 1987 | -0.3% | -253.5% |
| 1988 | -0.0% | -86.0% |
| 1989 | -0.3% | +623.6% |
| 1990 | -0.2% | -24.6% |
| 1991 | -0.1% | -41.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | -186.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | -44.5% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +149.9% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +2.5% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +173.0% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -26.4% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -20.4% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +66.6% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -19.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -14.9% |
| 2003 | -0.0% | -104.4% |
| 2004 | -0.1% | +600.2% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -110.1% |
| 2006 | -0.1% | -738.5% |
| 2007 | -0.3% | +358.9% |
| 2008 | -0.2% | -23.5% |
| 2009 | -0.1% | -34.6% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -322.0% |
| 2011 | 0.2% | -24.3% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +9.6% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | -43.8% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -48.5% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | +512.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +9.2% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | -42.1% |
| 2018 | -0.1% | -124.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -456.9% |
| 2020 | -0.2% | -163.7% |
| 2021 | -0.2% | +32.6% |
| 2022 | -0.3% | +32.0% |
| 2023 | -0.3% | +17.6% |
| 2024 | -0.4% | +13.6% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's -0.4% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%. (47 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's -0.4% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910 | +1629.8% | -0.0% | 0.1% |
| 1972 | +1568.8% | -0.0% | 0.6% |
| 1858 | -1081.4% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | -738.5% | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1989 | -623.6% | -0.0% | -0.3% |
| 2004 | -600.2% | -0.0% | -0.1% |
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 | -0.0% | -0.0% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1910s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.1% | 0.8% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.7% | -0.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3% | -0.1% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | -0.3% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | -0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | -0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3% | -0.4% | -0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More climate change data for Pakistan
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.32 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 170,790 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,017 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 136,773 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,885 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 48,684 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 37,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,876 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 142.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Pakistan was -0.4% 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 Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 1.4% in 1981.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.4% in 2024.
- How does Pakistan rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Pakistan ranks 192nd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 595.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.