Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
190
Highest
15.29 tonnes per person
Belize
Lowest
-3.85 tonnes per person
Montenegro
Median
0.089 tonnes per person
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
33,660
What the numbers show
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 15.29 tonnes per person in Belize; the lowest is -3.85 tonnes per person in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.089 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.772 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 58 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 17,802.9%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 1,505.7%).
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 15.29 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 9.43 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 874.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia | 8.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Bhutan | 8.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 7.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 6.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Finland | 5.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Liberia | 4.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 4.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 3.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 3.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Benin | 3.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Zambia | 2.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Gabon | 2.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Lesotho | 2.87 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2,183.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Canada | 2.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo | 2.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 20 | East Timor | 2.68 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Russia | 2.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 2.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 2.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Laos | 2.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 2.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 192.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 2.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 2.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | 2.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 30 | Brunei | 1.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 1.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 1.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 1.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Latvia | 1.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 600.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Thailand | 1.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 1.56 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Somalia | 1.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Namibia | 1.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Norway | 1.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 1.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 1.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Angola | 1.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Mali | 1.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 44 | South Sudan | 1.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 45 | Honduras | 1.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 1.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Tanzania | 1.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Vietnam | 1.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 1.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Madagascar | 0.9711 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0.9435 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Iceland | 0.9047 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Mozambique | 0.8828 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Cameroon | 0.8053 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Sweden | 0.7533 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7255 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1,156.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5237 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Peru | 0.4875 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 0.4853 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Mongolia | 0.4512 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.4482 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | 0.4441 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Afghanistan | 0.4279 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17,802.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Malawi | 0.4275 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 0.3951 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 199.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.3931 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 67 | North Korea | 0.377 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 0.3696 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Venezuela | 0.3485 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.3272 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Belgium | 0.3271 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 72 | United States | 0.3244 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Chad | 0.3226 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.3182 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 0.3057 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Netherlands | 0.282 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 0.2751 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 93.6% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.2748 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Iran | 0.2649 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 183.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 0.2568 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 0.2446 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Togo | 0.2427 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Niger | 0.235 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Kenya | 0.2344 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Nepal | 0.2276 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.187 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Sudan | 0.1757 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Eswatini | 0.1697 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Rwanda | 0.1605 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.158 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Tonga | 0.1498 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.1475 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.1139 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Gambia | 0.1136 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Uganda | 0.0913 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Djibouti | 0.0867 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 0.0853 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 0.0712 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.0596 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 0.0542 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Oman | 0.0509 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.0493 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Japan | 0.0444 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 205.5% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.0312 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Comoros | 0.0306 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Egypt | 0.024 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Singapore | 0.0167 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0139 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Lebanon | 0.0124 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1,390.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 0.0095 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0.0082 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Qatar | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Palestine | 0.0069 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.0066 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 0.0054 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 117 | India | 0.0052 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Yemen | 0.005 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Kuwait | 0.002 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Maldives | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 123 | Micronesia (country) | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Kiribati | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Marshall Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Nauru | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Palau | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Seychelles | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Tuvalu | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Cook Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 123 | Niue | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 132 | Israel | -0.0041 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 137.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | -0.0088 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Switzerland | -0.0143 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | -0.0218 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | -0.0276 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | -0.0285 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | -0.0429 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 232.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.046 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 202.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahamas | -0.0479 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Germany | -0.0589 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 189.2% | volatile |
| 143 | United Kingdom | -0.0655 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 131.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Pakistan | -0.0683 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 402.4% | volatile |
| 145 | South Korea | -0.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Andorra | -0.0729 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Austria | -0.0732 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1,505.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Botswana | -0.0778 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 113.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | -0.1053 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Tunisia | -0.1075 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Turkey | -0.1089 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1091 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 154 | Jamaica | -0.1376 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 152.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Albania | -0.1505 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 166.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Estonia | -0.1527 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 157 | France | -0.1838 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Costa Rica | -0.1923 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 143.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.1964 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Italy | -0.2081 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Spain | -0.2184 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 162 | China | -0.225 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 135.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Lithuania | -0.2398 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Barbados | -0.2475 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Syria | -0.2591 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1,022.8% | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | -0.2679 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 122.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.2805 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Mexico | -0.2846 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 191.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Morocco | -0.3363 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 140.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Haiti | -0.3604 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 155.8% | volatile |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | -0.3788 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Belarus | -0.3888 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 243.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Czechia | -0.5292 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | -0.5365 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Cyprus | -0.6656 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 225.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Ecuador | -0.6714 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 115.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Croatia | -0.6759 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 595.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.6798 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 312.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Grenada | -0.7177 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Poland | -0.7495 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Vanuatu | -0.9621 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Samoa | -1.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 132.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Hungary | -1.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Moldova | -1.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Romania | -1.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 399.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Bulgaria | -1.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Fiji | -1.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Dominica | -1.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Georgia | -1.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Greece | -2.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Serbia | -2.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | -3.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.