Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor
East Timor: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.1%
Change on year
up 2.4%
World rank
79th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.2%
in 1990
All-time low
-0.0%
in 1959
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor, 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 East Timor stood at 0.1%.
The figure is up 2.4% on the previous year and up 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor peaked at 0.2% in 1990 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 1959.
East Timor ranks 79th of 197 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
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 East Timor, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1852 | 0.0% | -9.3% |
| 1853 | 0.0% | +24.6% |
| 1854 | 0.0% | -16.1% |
| 1855 | 0.0% | +3.5% |
| 1856 | 0.0% | +17.5% |
| 1857 | 0.1% | +1.1% |
| 1858 | 0.0% | -9.7% |
| 1859 | 0.0% | +4.6% |
| 1860 | 0.1% | +41.1% |
| 1861 | 0.0% | -36.4% |
| 1862 | 0.0% | -18.0% |
| 1863 | 0.0% | -10.5% |
| 1864 | 0.0% | +39.7% |
| 1865 | 0.0% | -24.1% |
| 1866 | 0.0% | -11.6% |
| 1867 | 0.0% | +14.8% |
| 1868 | 0.0% | -13.7% |
| 1869 | 0.0% | +53.9% |
| 1870 | 0.0% | -36.1% |
| 1871 | 0.0% | -13.5% |
| 1872 | 0.0% | -10.2% |
| 1873 | 0.0% | +41.3% |
| 1874 | 0.0% | -25.6% |
| 1875 | 0.0% | -9.3% |
| 1876 | 0.0% | -5.6% |
| 1877 | 0.0% | -4.7% |
| 1878 | 0.0% | +49.9% |
| 1879 | 0.0% | -25.4% |
| 1880 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 1881 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1882 | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 1883 | 0.0% | -2.0% |
| 1884 | 0.0% | +20.9% |
| 1885 | 0.0% | -12.1% |
| 1886 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1887 | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| 1888 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1889 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1890 | 0.0% | -6.3% |
| 1891 | 0.0% | -1.5% |
| 1892 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1893 | 0.0% | +63.2% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | -27.3% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | -8.6% |
| 1896 | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| 1897 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1898 | 0.0% | +86.1% |
| 1899 | 0.0% | -32.2% |
| 1900 | 0.0% | -13.1% |
| 1901 | 0.0% | -8.5% |
| 1902 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| 1903 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 1904 | 0.0% | -3.4% |
| 1905 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1906 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 1907 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 1908 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 1909 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1910 | 0.0% | +30.7% |
| 1911 | 0.0% | -12.2% |
| 1912 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1913 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1914 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1915 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 1916 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1917 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1918 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1919 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1920 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1921 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 1922 | 0.0% | +2.6% |
| 1923 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 1924 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1925 | 0.0% | +21.4% |
| 1926 | 0.0% | -8.0% |
| 1927 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 1928 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 1929 | 0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1930 | 0.0% | +9.6% |
| 1931 | 0.0% | +4.2% |
| 1932 | 0.0% | +19.7% |
| 1933 | 0.0% | -4.8% |
| 1934 | 0.0% | +15.1% |
| 1935 | 0.0% | -5.8% |
| 1936 | 0.0% | -2.3% |
| 1937 | 0.0% | +17.8% |
| 1938 | 0.0% | -7.7% |
| 1939 | 0.0% | +15.7% |
| 1940 | 0.0% | -13.4% |
| 1941 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 1942 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1943 | 0.0% | +0.8% |
| 1944 | 0.0% | +2.3% |
| 1945 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 1946 | 0.0% | +2.0% |
| 1947 | 0.0% | +2.3% |
| 1948 | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 1949 | 0.0% | -32.6% |
| 1950 | 0.0% | -43.8% |
| 1951 | 0.0% | +16.0% |
| 1952 | 0.0% | +64.8% |
| 1953 | 0.0% | -39.8% |
| 1954 | 0.0% | +22.5% |
| 1955 | 0.0% | +62.2% |
| 1956 | 0.0% | -35.3% |
| 1957 | 0.0% | -15.4% |
| 1958 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 1959 | -0.0% | -175.8% |
| 1960 | -0.0% | -6.5% |
| 1961 | -0.0% | -23.4% |
| 1962 | -0.0% | -17.5% |
| 1963 | -0.0% | -22.9% |
| 1964 | -0.0% | -30.1% |
| 1965 | -0.0% | -44.3% |
| 1966 | 0.0% | -666.4% |
| 1967 | 0.0% | -42.4% |
| 1968 | 0.0% | +54.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | +425.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0% | -48.3% |
| 1971 | 0.0% | +53.5% |
| 1972 | 0.1% | +60.4% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -10.8% |
| 1974 | 0.1% | +32.0% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -3.5% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 1977 | 0.1% | +23.1% |
| 1978 | 0.1% | -9.6% |
| 1979 | 0.1% | +9.3% |
| 1980 | 0.1% | -11.4% |
| 1981 | 0.1% | -8.6% |
| 1982 | 0.1% | +8.0% |
| 1983 | 0.1% | -8.0% |
| 1984 | 0.1% | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | -1.7% |
| 1986 | 0.1% | +4.3% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 0.1% | -15.3% |
| 1989 | 0.1% | +70.4% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +43.1% |
| 1991 | 0.1% | -30.5% |
| 1992 | 0.1% | -11.7% |
| 1993 | 0.1% | +13.1% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | -40.0% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | -20.3% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | -39.9% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +3.7% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +22.7% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.1% | +7.4% |
| 2002 | 0.1% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -23.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -5.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +1.1% |
| 2007 | 0.1% | +65.0% |
| 2008 | 0.1% | -20.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -19.2% |
| 2010 | 0.1% | +48.5% |
| 2011 | 0.1% | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 0.1% | -19.5% |
| 2013 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 2014 | 0.1% | -7.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -8.4% |
| 2016 | 0.1% | +21.5% |
| 2017 | 0.1% | +61.8% |
| 2018 | 0.1% | -23.2% |
| 2019 | 0.1% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 0.1% | +28.3% |
| 2021 | 0.1% | +24.3% |
| 2022 | 0.1% | -30.1% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | -4.3% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +2.4% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.1% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 58% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.1% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1%, 1.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +666.4% | -0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1969 | +425.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
| 1959 | -175.8% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1898 | +86.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 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% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More climate change data for East Timor
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 934.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 229.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 704.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.8677 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 259.51 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 20.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 239.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0758 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 8.55 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in East Timor was 0.1% 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.2% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 1959.
- How does East Timor rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- East Timor ranks 79th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is up 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this East Timor 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.