Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam
Vietnam: Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 2.5% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
2.5%
Change on year
up 2.3%
World rank
8th
of 197 countries
All-time high
5.9%
in 2014
All-time low
-0.1%
in 1949
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Vietnam recorded 2.5% for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.3% on the previous year and down 58.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam peaked at 5.9% in 2014 and was at its lowest, -0.1%, in 1949.
Vietnam ranks 8th 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 Vietnam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 0.6% | — |
| 1851 | 0.7% | +1.3% |
| 1852 | 0.6% | -5.9% |
| 1853 | 0.6% | +0.1% |
| 1854 | 0.6% | -3.9% |
| 1855 | 0.6% | -2.7% |
| 1856 | 0.6% | +2.2% |
| 1857 | 0.6% | -4.2% |
| 1858 | 0.6% | -2.1% |
| 1859 | 0.6% | +4.9% |
| 1860 | 0.6% | +5.8% |
| 1861 | 0.6% | +0.7% |
| 1862 | 0.6% | +4.5% |
| 1863 | 0.7% | +1.8% |
| 1864 | 0.6% | -1.7% |
| 1865 | 0.7% | +6.3% |
| 1866 | 0.7% | -0.5% |
| 1867 | 0.6% | -5.5% |
| 1868 | 0.7% | +8.8% |
| 1869 | 0.7% | -2.6% |
| 1870 | 0.9% | +26.9% |
| 1871 | 1.1% | +25.9% |
| 1872 | 1.2% | +13.0% |
| 1873 | 1.2% | -3.9% |
| 1874 | 1.2% | +2.1% |
| 1875 | 1.3% | +8.0% |
| 1876 | 1.2% | -7.9% |
| 1877 | 1.2% | +2.0% |
| 1878 | 1.2% | +1.4% |
| 1879 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 1880 | 1.4% | +14.4% |
| 1881 | 1.5% | +10.9% |
| 1882 | 1.5% | +0.0% |
| 1883 | 1.4% | -3.7% |
| 1884 | 1.5% | +7.1% |
| 1885 | 1.5% | -0.6% |
| 1886 | 1.6% | +2.9% |
| 1887 | 1.5% | -2.1% |
| 1888 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 1889 | 1.6% | +3.3% |
| 1890 | 1.5% | -3.9% |
| 1891 | 1.5% | +2.6% |
| 1892 | 1.5% | -1.3% |
| 1893 | 1.5% | +1.8% |
| 1894 | 1.4% | -6.4% |
| 1895 | 1.6% | +12.3% |
| 1896 | 1.5% | -7.1% |
| 1897 | 1.5% | +1.7% |
| 1898 | 1.5% | -2.0% |
| 1899 | 1.5% | -2.9% |
| 1900 | 1.5% | +5.4% |
| 1901 | 1.5% | -3.9% |
| 1902 | 1.5% | +1.5% |
| 1903 | 1.5% | -1.9% |
| 1904 | 1.5% | -0.0% |
| 1905 | 1.5% | -0.7% |
| 1906 | 1.4% | -3.6% |
| 1907 | 1.4% | +2.9% |
| 1908 | 1.4% | -2.2% |
| 1909 | 1.3% | -4.7% |
| 1910 | 1.3% | -0.4% |
| 1911 | 1.3% | -4.1% |
| 1912 | 1.2% | -7.0% |
| 1913 | 1.2% | +0.2% |
| 1914 | 1.1% | -4.4% |
| 1915 | 1.2% | +8.2% |
| 1916 | 1.2% | -0.4% |
| 1917 | 1.2% | +0.5% |
| 1918 | 1.2% | -4.2% |
| 1919 | 1.2% | -2.4% |
| 1920 | 0.7% | -40.1% |
| 1921 | 0.5% | -34.1% |
| 1922 | 0.3% | -24.5% |
| 1923 | 0.3% | -23.1% |
| 1924 | 0.2% | -18.5% |
| 1925 | 0.2% | -18.8% |
| 1926 | 0.1% | -16.8% |
| 1927 | 0.1% | -17.9% |
| 1928 | 0.1% | -16.2% |
| 1929 | 0.1% | -18.3% |
| 1930 | 0.1% | -17.0% |
| 1931 | 0.1% | -21.5% |
| 1932 | 0.0% | -31.5% |
| 1933 | 0.0% | -23.8% |
| 1934 | 0.0% | -40.3% |
| 1935 | 0.0% | -54.1% |
| 1936 | 0.0% | -93.2% |
| 1937 | -0.0% | -621.9% |
| 1938 | -0.0% | +208.5% |
| 1939 | -0.0% | +62.1% |
| 1940 | -0.0% | +30.7% |
| 1941 | -0.0% | +15.8% |
| 1942 | -0.0% | +29.3% |
| 1943 | -0.0% | +32.3% |
| 1944 | -0.0% | +9.7% |
| 1945 | -0.0% | +10.3% |
| 1946 | -0.1% | +17.0% |
| 1947 | -0.1% | +1.2% |
| 1948 | -0.1% | +11.5% |
| 1949 | -0.1% | +141.2% |
| 1950 | 0.3% | -329.1% |
| 1951 | 0.5% | +58.4% |
| 1952 | 0.7% | +32.5% |
| 1953 | 0.8% | +23.7% |
| 1954 | 0.9% | +15.8% |
| 1955 | 1.1% | +12.6% |
| 1956 | 1.2% | +10.9% |
| 1957 | 1.3% | +7.2% |
| 1958 | 1.4% | +8.9% |
| 1959 | 1.5% | +12.3% |
| 1960 | 1.1% | -29.3% |
| 1961 | 0.9% | -20.9% |
| 1962 | 0.8% | -7.1% |
| 1963 | 0.7% | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 0.7% | -3.0% |
| 1965 | 0.7% | -2.1% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | +13.7% |
| 1967 | 0.8% | -6.7% |
| 1968 | 0.7% | -6.0% |
| 1969 | 0.7% | -0.6% |
| 1970 | 0.6% | -11.0% |
| 1971 | 0.7% | +14.7% |
| 1972 | 0.7% | +3.9% |
| 1973 | 0.8% | +2.8% |
| 1974 | 0.7% | -11.4% |
| 1975 | 1.4% | +111.6% |
| 1976 | 1.3% | -9.5% |
| 1977 | 1.0% | -25.6% |
| 1978 | 0.8% | -13.0% |
| 1979 | 0.9% | +1.5% |
| 1980 | 0.8% | -3.9% |
| 1981 | 0.8% | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8% | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 0.8% | -10.6% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | -22.1% |
| 1985 | 0.6% | -2.7% |
| 1986 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 1987 | 0.7% | +14.0% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | +5.1% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | +12.5% |
| 1991 | 1.8% | +128.7% |
| 1992 | 1.3% | -27.5% |
| 1993 | 1.2% | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.9% | -27.9% |
| 1995 | 2.5% | +184.0% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | -20.0% |
| 1997 | 1.7% | -16.8% |
| 1998 | 2.6% | +54.3% |
| 1999 | 3.0% | +15.3% |
| 2000 | 4.5% | +53.1% |
| 2001 | 3.0% | -34.8% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | -25.3% |
| 2003 | 2.2% | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 2.6% | +19.4% |
| 2005 | 2.0% | -22.8% |
| 2006 | 1.6% | -20.0% |
| 2007 | 2.2% | +38.6% |
| 2008 | 1.9% | -13.7% |
| 2009 | 3.0% | +55.7% |
| 2010 | 2.0% | -31.6% |
| 2011 | 1.8% | -11.7% |
| 2012 | 1.7% | -3.9% |
| 2013 | 1.9% | +11.0% |
| 2014 | 5.9% | +211.5% |
| 2015 | 3.5% | -41.0% |
| 2016 | 3.2% | -9.7% |
| 2017 | 2.7% | -15.2% |
| 2018 | 3.6% | +34.0% |
| 2019 | 2.7% | -24.6% |
| 2020 | 2.6% | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -9.2% |
| 2022 | 2.4% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 2.4% | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | +2.3% |
Vietnam compared with similar countries
- Vietnam's 2.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0%, 79242.3× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Vietnam's 2.5% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1%, 42.5× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | -621.9% | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1950 | +329.1% | -0.1% | 0.3% |
| 2014 | +211.5% | 1.9% | 5.9% |
| 1938 | -208.5% | -0.0% | -0.0% |
| 1995 | +184.0% | 0.9% | 2.5% |
| 1949 | -141.2% | -0.1% | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.2% | 0.9% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 10 |
| 1920s | 0.3% | 0.1% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1930s | 0.0% | -0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1940s | -0.0% | -0.1% | -0.0% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.0% | 0.3% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.8% | 0.8% | 3.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.5% | 1.6% | 4.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 1.7% | 5.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Vietnam
More climate change data for Vietnam
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 53,097 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 14,545 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 38,552 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 54.89 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,377 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 45,316 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,321 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 34,995 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 38.95 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1,250 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change in Vietnam was 2.5% 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 Vietnam?
- The highest recorded value was 5.9% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Vietnam?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.1% in 1949.
- How does Vietnam rank for share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Vietnam ranks 8th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Vietnam?
- Over the last ten years it is down 58.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Vietnam 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.