Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga
Tonga: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 0.0% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
0.0%
Change on year
down 11.3%
World rank
117th
of 197 countries
All-time high
0.0%
in 1968
All-time low
-0.0%
in 1996
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 0.0% for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 11.3% on the previous year and down 77.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga peaked at 0.0% in 1968 and was at its lowest, -0.0%, in 1996.
Tonga ranks 117th 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 Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| 1852 | 0.0% | -4.3% |
| 1853 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1854 | 0.0% | -1.9% |
| 1855 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1856 | 0.0% | -0.7% |
| 1857 | 0.0% | -1.9% |
| 1858 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1859 | 0.0% | -1.6% |
| 1860 | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| 1861 | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| 1862 | 0.0% | -3.0% |
| 1863 | 0.0% | -3.8% |
| 1864 | 0.0% | -5.0% |
| 1865 | 0.0% | -1.0% |
| 1866 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| 1867 | 0.0% | -1.4% |
| 1868 | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| 1869 | 0.0% | -2.5% |
| 1870 | 0.0% | -14.7% |
| 1871 | 0.0% | -5.2% |
| 1872 | 0.0% | -7.1% |
| 1873 | 0.0% | -3.7% |
| 1874 | 0.0% | -4.9% |
| 1875 | 0.0% | -2.2% |
| 1876 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 1877 | 0.0% | -3.9% |
| 1878 | 0.0% | -2.6% |
| 1879 | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 1880 | 0.0% | -2.3% |
| 1881 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1882 | 0.0% | -3.2% |
| 1883 | 0.0% | -2.7% |
| 1884 | 0.0% | -0.9% |
| 1885 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1886 | 0.0% | -0.6% |
| 1887 | 0.0% | -1.9% |
| 1888 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1889 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 1890 | 0.0% | -8.2% |
| 1891 | 0.0% | -2.9% |
| 1892 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 1893 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1894 | 0.0% | -2.4% |
| 1895 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1896 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1897 | 0.0% | -2.0% |
| 1898 | 0.0% | -0.8% |
| 1899 | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| 1900 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
| 1901 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1902 | 0.0% | -1.7% |
| 1903 | 0.0% | -1.2% |
| 1904 | 0.0% | -3.1% |
| 1905 | 0.0% | -1.1% |
| 1906 | 0.0% | -1.8% |
| 1907 | 0.0% | -0.5% |
| 1908 | 0.0% | -1.4% |
| 1909 | 0.0% | -2.0% |
| 1910 | 0.0% | -10.4% |
| 1911 | 0.0% | -8.7% |
| 1912 | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| 1913 | 0.0% | -6.2% |
| 1914 | 0.0% | -6.5% |
| 1915 | 0.0% | -4.6% |
| 1916 | 0.0% | -4.8% |
| 1917 | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| 1918 | 0.0% | -3.9% |
| 1919 | 0.0% | -3.5% |
| 1920 | 0.0% | -15.5% |
| 1921 | 0.0% | -9.7% |
| 1922 | 0.0% | -7.4% |
| 1923 | 0.0% | -7.5% |
| 1924 | 0.0% | -3.6% |
| 1925 | 0.0% | -7.3% |
| 1926 | 0.0% | -4.1% |
| 1927 | 0.0% | -4.0% |
| 1928 | 0.0% | -5.1% |
| 1929 | 0.0% | -3.9% |
| 1930 | 0.0% | -11.2% |
| 1931 | 0.0% | -8.0% |
| 1932 | 0.0% | -7.7% |
| 1933 | 0.0% | -4.9% |
| 1934 | 0.0% | -6.9% |
| 1935 | 0.0% | -5.3% |
| 1936 | 0.0% | -6.8% |
| 1937 | 0.0% | -4.4% |
| 1938 | 0.0% | -5.7% |
| 1939 | 0.0% | -2.1% |
| 1940 | 0.0% | -17.8% |
| 1941 | 0.0% | -15.1% |
| 1942 | 0.0% | -11.3% |
| 1943 | 0.0% | -12.3% |
| 1944 | 0.0% | -13.3% |
| 1945 | 0.0% | -11.7% |
| 1946 | 0.0% | -12.0% |
| 1947 | 0.0% | -13.6% |
| 1948 | 0.0% | -7.5% |
| 1949 | 0.0% | -17.6% |
| 1950 | 0.0% | +11734.3% |
| 1951 | 0.0% | +41.0% |
| 1952 | 0.0% | +17.3% |
| 1953 | 0.0% | +5.2% |
| 1954 | 0.0% | -4.7% |
| 1955 | 0.0% | -52.4% |
| 1956 | 0.0% | +125.3% |
| 1957 | 0.0% | +5.7% |
| 1958 | 0.0% | +6.9% |
| 1959 | 0.0% | +4.8% |
| 1960 | 0.0% | -14.1% |
| 1961 | 0.0% | +34.5% |
| 1962 | 0.0% | -20.3% |
| 1963 | 0.0% | -7.9% |
| 1964 | 0.0% | +54.4% |
| 1965 | 0.0% | +23.2% |
| 1966 | 0.0% | -15.0% |
| 1967 | 0.0% | -21.0% |
| 1968 | 0.0% | +97.8% |
| 1969 | 0.0% | -50.0% |
| 1970 | 0.0% | -10.2% |
| 1971 | 0.0% | -6.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0% | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 0.0% | -9.8% |
| 1974 | 0.0% | -12.8% |
| 1975 | -0.0% | -115.1% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | -227.4% |
| 1977 | 0.0% | +19.6% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 0.0% | +521.9% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | -38.3% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | -19.6% |
| 1982 | -0.0% | -180.6% |
| 1983 | -0.0% | -74.9% |
| 1984 | -0.0% | -70.3% |
| 1985 | -0.0% | -70.4% |
| 1986 | -0.0% | -90.2% |
| 1987 | 0.0% | -367.1% |
| 1988 | -0.0% | -28216.7% |
| 1989 | -0.0% | -38.2% |
| 1990 | -0.0% | -20.7% |
| 1991 | -0.0% | -14.4% |
| 1992 | -0.0% | -16.9% |
| 1993 | -0.0% | -8.4% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | -371.6% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | -47.3% |
| 1996 | -0.0% | -476.6% |
| 1997 | -0.0% | -54.3% |
| 1998 | -0.0% | -11.0% |
| 1999 | -0.0% | +89.9% |
| 2000 | -0.0% | -21.5% |
| 2001 | -0.0% | -5.3% |
| 2002 | -0.0% | -21.4% |
| 2003 | -0.0% | -25.6% |
| 2004 | -0.0% | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -161.4% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -67.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -81.7% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +5814.0% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | -51.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -30.5% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +254.1% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | -40.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +115.8% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -28.9% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -15.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -7.7% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -14.4% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -7.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | -16.9% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | -16.0% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -13.3% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -11.3% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 0.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 10.9× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 0.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1%, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | -28216.7% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1950 | +11734.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2008 | +5814.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1979 | +521.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1996 | -476.6% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1994 | +371.6% | -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% | 0.0% | 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% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | -0.0% | -0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
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- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0 kt (2050)
- Synthetic Fertilizers — Emissions (CO2eq) 0 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Tonga was 0.0% 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 Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1968.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.0% in 1996.
- How does Tonga rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Tonga ranks 117th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Tonga 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.