Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand
Thailand: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 2.4% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
2.4%
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
9th
of 197 countries
All-time high
8.8%
in 1973
All-time low
0.4%
in 1850
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 2.4%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.0% on the previous year and up 103.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand peaked at 8.8% in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 1850.
Thailand ranks 9th of 197 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.4% | — |
| 1851 | 0.4% | +11.4% |
| 1852 | 0.5% | +18.5% |
| 1853 | 0.5% | -1.0% |
| 1854 | 0.5% | +5.0% |
| 1855 | 0.5% | -5.4% |
| 1856 | 0.5% | +6.4% |
| 1857 | 0.5% | +0.8% |
| 1858 | 0.5% | -5.3% |
| 1859 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 1860 | 0.6% | +14.5% |
| 1861 | 0.6% | +8.3% |
| 1862 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 1863 | 0.6% | -0.5% |
| 1864 | 0.7% | +11.0% |
| 1865 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| 1866 | 0.7% | +4.3% |
| 1867 | 0.6% | -5.6% |
| 1868 | 0.6% | +1.3% |
| 1869 | 0.7% | +6.8% |
| 1870 | 1.0% | +49.5% |
| 1871 | 1.3% | +30.2% |
| 1872 | 1.4% | +9.1% |
| 1873 | 1.4% | +0.6% |
| 1874 | 1.5% | +3.0% |
| 1875 | 1.5% | +1.0% |
| 1876 | 1.5% | +1.2% |
| 1877 | 1.5% | -2.6% |
| 1878 | 1.4% | -2.9% |
| 1879 | 1.4% | -1.9% |
| 1880 | 1.3% | -5.7% |
| 1881 | 1.2% | -9.1% |
| 1882 | 1.1% | -10.1% |
| 1883 | 1.1% | +1.5% |
| 1884 | 1.0% | -6.0% |
| 1885 | 1.0% | -3.8% |
| 1886 | 1.0% | +5.2% |
| 1887 | 1.0% | -2.1% |
| 1888 | 1.0% | -5.1% |
| 1889 | 1.0% | +0.0% |
| 1890 | 0.9% | -2.1% |
| 1891 | 0.9% | -3.4% |
| 1892 | 0.8% | -6.4% |
| 1893 | 1.0% | +15.9% |
| 1894 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 1895 | 0.9% | -4.1% |
| 1896 | 0.9% | +0.0% |
| 1897 | 0.9% | -4.9% |
| 1898 | 0.9% | -0.2% |
| 1899 | 0.8% | -4.3% |
| 1900 | 1.1% | +33.8% |
| 1901 | 1.3% | +21.3% |
| 1902 | 1.4% | +4.5% |
| 1903 | 1.3% | -5.5% |
| 1904 | 1.3% | -0.1% |
| 1905 | 1.4% | +9.2% |
| 1906 | 1.4% | +1.0% |
| 1907 | 1.4% | -6.5% |
| 1908 | 1.3% | -4.1% |
| 1909 | 1.3% | +0.2% |
| 1910 | 1.6% | +19.4% |
| 1911 | 1.7% | +11.0% |
| 1912 | 1.6% | -4.9% |
| 1913 | 1.7% | +6.4% |
| 1914 | 1.8% | +3.1% |
| 1915 | 1.8% | -0.1% |
| 1916 | 1.8% | +1.0% |
| 1917 | 1.8% | -0.1% |
| 1918 | 1.8% | -2.9% |
| 1919 | 1.9% | +7.8% |
| 1920 | 2.1% | +9.3% |
| 1921 | 2.1% | +1.9% |
| 1922 | 2.1% | -0.8% |
| 1923 | 2.3% | +9.1% |
| 1924 | 2.3% | -1.2% |
| 1925 | 2.2% | -1.4% |
| 1926 | 2.1% | -4.4% |
| 1927 | 2.2% | +5.1% |
| 1928 | 2.2% | -3.3% |
| 1929 | 2.2% | +1.4% |
| 1930 | 2.3% | +4.8% |
| 1931 | 2.3% | +1.9% |
| 1932 | 2.5% | +5.5% |
| 1933 | 2.5% | +0.4% |
| 1934 | 2.5% | +0.8% |
| 1935 | 2.4% | -3.3% |
| 1936 | 2.5% | +4.1% |
| 1937 | 2.5% | -0.4% |
| 1938 | 2.4% | -2.7% |
| 1939 | 2.5% | +3.1% |
| 1940 | 3.0% | +19.9% |
| 1941 | 3.4% | +13.2% |
| 1942 | 3.6% | +6.1% |
| 1943 | 3.6% | +0.4% |
| 1944 | 3.8% | +4.0% |
| 1945 | 3.8% | +0.2% |
| 1946 | 3.8% | +0.4% |
| 1947 | 3.8% | +0.3% |
| 1948 | 3.9% | +1.1% |
| 1949 | 3.8% | -1.2% |
| 1950 | 3.3% | -13.6% |
| 1951 | 3.0% | -9.0% |
| 1952 | 3.1% | +3.6% |
| 1953 | 3.1% | -0.2% |
| 1954 | 3.0% | -3.1% |
| 1955 | 3.0% | -0.0% |
| 1956 | 3.1% | +2.2% |
| 1957 | 3.2% | +3.6% |
| 1958 | 3.2% | +1.1% |
| 1959 | 2.8% | -13.9% |
| 1960 | 2.1% | -23.4% |
| 1961 | 2.8% | +33.9% |
| 1962 | 4.2% | +47.4% |
| 1963 | 3.8% | -10.3% |
| 1964 | 3.7% | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 3.8% | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 4.0% | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 3.6% | -8.5% |
| 1968 | 3.5% | -4.7% |
| 1969 | 3.6% | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 3.0% | -14.8% |
| 1971 | 6.7% | +120.1% |
| 1972 | 8.0% | +19.5% |
| 1973 | 8.8% | +10.1% |
| 1974 | 6.6% | -25.0% |
| 1975 | 5.8% | -12.7% |
| 1976 | 5.7% | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 5.2% | -9.4% |
| 1978 | 4.8% | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 4.6% | -4.1% |
| 1980 | 5.0% | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 5.4% | +8.2% |
| 1982 | 4.1% | -23.6% |
| 1983 | 3.4% | -18.6% |
| 1984 | 4.5% | +35.4% |
| 1985 | 3.6% | -21.8% |
| 1986 | 4.2% | +18.6% |
| 1987 | 3.2% | -23.4% |
| 1988 | 2.3% | -27.3% |
| 1989 | 2.0% | -13.5% |
| 1990 | 2.2% | +10.1% |
| 1991 | 1.5% | -32.7% |
| 1992 | 1.1% | -27.1% |
| 1993 | 1.5% | +32.8% |
| 1994 | 1.5% | +1.1% |
| 1995 | 1.7% | +12.5% |
| 1996 | 1.6% | -2.8% |
| 1997 | 1.2% | -27.4% |
| 1998 | 1.4% | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 1.4% | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | +12.4% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | +16.7% |
| 2002 | 1.6% | -12.5% |
| 2003 | 1.3% | -14.6% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | +17.1% |
| 2005 | 1.7% | +11.6% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | +34.6% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -18.8% |
| 2009 | 1.6% | -12.7% |
| 2010 | 1.7% | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 1.4% | -19.8% |
| 2012 | 1.1% | -22.2% |
| 2013 | 1.1% | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 1.2% | +13.7% |
| 2015 | 1.0% | -20.1% |
| 2016 | 1.0% | +7.8% |
| 2017 | 1.0% | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 1.8% | +80.4% |
| 2019 | 2.8% | +51.4% |
| 2020 | 3.2% | +15.3% |
| 2021 | 1.9% | -39.4% |
| 2022 | 2.2% | +14.2% |
| 2023 | 2.3% | +5.7% |
| 2024 | 2.4% | +5.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 2.4% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 78546.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 2.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1%, 42.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +120.1% | 3.0% | 6.7% |
| 2018 | +80.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% |
| 2019 | +51.4% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| 1870 | +49.5% | 0.7% | 1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.1% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 1890s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.3% | 1.1% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.8% | 1.6% | 1.9% | 10 |
| 1920s | 2.2% | 2.1% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 1930s | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1940s | 3.7% | 3.0% | 3.9% | 10 |
| 1950s | 3.1% | 2.8% | 3.3% | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.5% | 2.1% | 4.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.9% | 3.0% | 8.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.8% | 2.0% | 5.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.1% | 2.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.7% | 1.3% | 2.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 2.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.9% | 3.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More climate change data for Thailand
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.58 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 22,242 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,889 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 23.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 567.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 38,338 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,932 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 27,406 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.25 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Thailand was 2.4% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 8.8% in 1973.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 1850.
- How does Thailand rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Thailand ranks 9th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 103.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Thailand 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.