Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Somalia
Somalia: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.6% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.6%
Change on year
up 9.6%
World rank
30th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.6%
in 2024
All-time low
-0.0%
in 1869
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Somalia, 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 Somalia stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.
The figure is up 9.6% on the previous year and up 94.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Somalia peaked at 0.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 1869.
Somalia ranks 30th 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 Somalia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | -0.0% | -160.2% |
| 1852 | -0.0% | +170.1% |
| 1853 | -0.0% | +46.7% |
| 1854 | -0.0% | +23.5% |
| 1855 | -0.0% | +14.4% |
| 1856 | -0.0% | +11.2% |
| 1857 | -0.0% | +7.3% |
| 1858 | -0.0% | +6.5% |
| 1859 | -0.0% | +4.5% |
| 1860 | -0.0% | +15.1% |
| 1861 | -0.0% | +9.5% |
| 1862 | -0.0% | +6.7% |
| 1863 | -0.0% | +4.5% |
| 1864 | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1865 | -0.0% | +5.7% |
| 1866 | -0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1867 | -0.0% | +3.9% |
| 1868 | -0.0% | +2.3% |
| 1869 | -0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1870 | -0.0% | -22.8% |
| 1871 | -0.0% | -10.0% |
| 1872 | -0.0% | -9.7% |
| 1873 | -0.0% | -4.9% |
| 1874 | -0.0% | -5.4% |
| 1875 | -0.0% | -2.3% |
| 1876 | -0.0% | -2.9% |
| 1877 | -0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1878 | -0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1879 | -0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1880 | -0.0% | -0.1% |
| 1881 | -0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1882 | -0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1883 | -0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1884 | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1885 | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1886 | -0.0% | +0.3% |
| 1887 | -0.0% | -1.4% |
| 1888 | -0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1889 | -0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1890 | -0.0% | -45.7% |
| 1891 | -0.0% | -41.1% |
| 1892 | -0.0% | -41.9% |
| 1893 | -0.0% | -50.0% |
| 1894 | -0.0% | -70.2% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | -169.5% |
| 1896 | 0.0% | +182.5% |
| 1897 | 0.0% | +47.5% |
| 1898 | 0.0% | +26.1% |
| 1899 | 0.0% | +15.7% |
| 1900 | 0.0% | +31.7% |
| 1901 | 0.0% | +12.9% |
| 1902 | 0.0% | +9.1% |
| 1903 | 0.0% | +6.0% |
| 1904 | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 1905 | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| 1906 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1907 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 1908 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 1909 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1910 | 0.0% | -70.4% |
| 1911 | -0.0% | -145.0% |
| 1912 | -0.0% | +217.4% |
| 1913 | -0.0% | +48.8% |
| 1914 | -0.0% | +23.2% |
| 1915 | -0.0% | +17.2% |
| 1916 | -0.0% | +10.8% |
| 1917 | -0.0% | +10.5% |
| 1918 | -0.0% | +7.9% |
| 1919 | -0.0% | +6.6% |
| 1920 | 0.0% | -603.2% |
| 1921 | 0.0% | +83.3% |
| 1922 | 0.0% | +39.8% |
| 1923 | 0.0% | +24.3% |
| 1924 | 0.0% | +21.2% |
| 1925 | 0.0% | +12.8% |
| 1926 | 0.0% | +12.5% |
| 1927 | 0.0% | +10.7% |
| 1928 | 0.0% | +8.1% |
| 1929 | 0.1% | +6.9% |
| 1930 | 0.1% | +3.5% |
| 1931 | 0.1% | +3.4% |
| 1932 | 0.1% | +4.1% |
| 1933 | 0.1% | +5.5% |
| 1934 | 0.1% | +3.3% |
| 1935 | 0.1% | +5.2% |
| 1936 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1937 | 0.1% | +3.8% |
| 1938 | 0.1% | +2.4% |
| 1939 | 0.1% | +3.5% |
| 1940 | 0.1% | +14.1% |
| 1941 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 1942 | 0.1% | +6.0% |
| 1943 | 0.1% | +5.0% |
| 1944 | 0.1% | +5.2% |
| 1945 | 0.1% | +2.8% |
| 1946 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 1947 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 1948 | 0.1% | +3.6% |
| 1949 | 0.1% | +3.2% |
| 1950 | 0.1% | -5.6% |
| 1951 | 0.1% | -3.4% |
| 1952 | 0.1% | +3.2% |
| 1953 | 0.1% | +2.4% |
| 1954 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 1955 | 0.1% | +1.7% |
| 1956 | 0.1% | +2.9% |
| 1957 | 0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1958 | 0.1% | +4.6% |
| 1959 | 0.1% | -1.9% |
| 1960 | 0.1% | -2.5% |
| 1961 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 1962 | 0.1% | +3.9% |
| 1963 | 0.1% | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 0.1% | +3.5% |
| 1965 | 0.1% | +4.4% |
| 1966 | 0.1% | +8.2% |
| 1967 | 0.1% | -4.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | -7.9% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | +5.1% |
| 1971 | 0.1% | +9.1% |
| 1972 | 0.1% | -6.7% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 0.1% | +7.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | +2.9% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | -10.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | +2.2% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | +17.9% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | +4.5% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | +6.7% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 0.2% | -5.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | -2.9% |
| 1987 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +0.1% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +4.1% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | +9.3% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | -11.7% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -15.3% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +21.2% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +26.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -6.1% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | -2.5% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | -6.9% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | +45.9% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | -10.2% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | -9.7% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +25.8% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -11.7% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | -10.9% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -4.4% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 0.4% | +3.6% |
| 2018 | 0.4% | +13.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +4.2% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +13.3% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | +2.6% |
| 2023 | 0.6% | +6.6% |
| 2024 | 0.6% | +9.6% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.6% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.2%, 3.1× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Somalia'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 Somalia 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 | +603.2% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1912 | -217.4% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1896 | +182.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1852 | -170.1% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1895 | +169.5% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1851 | -160.2% | 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 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1910s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 27 Madagascar 0.7% compare
- 28 Mozambique 0.7% compare
- 29 Guatemala 0.6% compare
- 31 Burkina Faso 0.6% compare
- 32 Papua New Guinea 0.6% compare
- 33 Iran 0.5% compare
More climate change data for Somalia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 76.68 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 40,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,404 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 29,465 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 43.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,052 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 530.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 497.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.88 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Somalia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Somalia 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 Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 1869.
- How does Somalia rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Somalia ranks 30th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 94.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Somalia 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.