Co2 land use per capita in Peru
Peru: Co2 land use per capita was 0.4875 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.4875
Change on year
down 3.7%
World rank
58th
of 194 countries
All-time high
8.93
in 1962
All-time low
0.4875
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Co2 land use per capita in Peru, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2024, co2 land use per capita in Peru stood at 0.4875. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.
The figure is down 3.7% on the previous year and down 79.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, co2 land use per capita in Peru peaked at 8.93 in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.4875, in 2024.
That places Peru 58th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Co2 land use per capita in Peru, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 2.08 | — |
| 1851 | 2.09 | +0.7% |
| 1852 | 2.21 | +5.9% |
| 1853 | 2.4 | +8.5% |
| 1854 | 2.52 | +4.7% |
| 1855 | 2.46 | -2.4% |
| 1856 | 2.6 | +6.0% |
| 1857 | 2.6 | -0.1% |
| 1858 | 2.7 | +3.6% |
| 1859 | 2.98 | +10.5% |
| 1860 | 3.14 | +5.2% |
| 1861 | 2.99 | -4.6% |
| 1862 | 3.02 | +0.9% |
| 1863 | 3.02 | -0.1% |
| 1864 | 2.99 | -1.0% |
| 1865 | 2.89 | -3.0% |
| 1866 | 3.12 | +7.6% |
| 1867 | 3.04 | -2.3% |
| 1868 | 3.1 | +1.9% |
| 1869 | 2.96 | -4.8% |
| 1870 | 3.27 | +10.6% |
| 1871 | 3.84 | +17.4% |
| 1872 | 3.99 | +4.0% |
| 1873 | 3.96 | -0.9% |
| 1874 | 4.26 | +7.5% |
| 1875 | 4.21 | -1.1% |
| 1876 | 4.25 | +0.9% |
| 1877 | 4.32 | +1.7% |
| 1878 | 4.32 | -0.0% |
| 1879 | 4.17 | -3.5% |
| 1880 | 5.31 | +27.5% |
| 1881 | 6.07 | +14.1% |
| 1882 | 6.65 | +9.6% |
| 1883 | 6.99 | +5.1% |
| 1884 | 7.04 | +0.8% |
| 1885 | 7.56 | +7.3% |
| 1886 | 7.18 | -5.0% |
| 1887 | 7.78 | +8.4% |
| 1888 | 7.51 | -3.5% |
| 1889 | 7.52 | +0.1% |
| 1890 | 7.46 | -0.8% |
| 1891 | 6.84 | -8.4% |
| 1892 | 6.85 | +0.2% |
| 1893 | 6.51 | -4.9% |
| 1894 | 6.59 | +1.2% |
| 1895 | 6.22 | -5.7% |
| 1896 | 6.01 | -3.3% |
| 1897 | 5.95 | -1.0% |
| 1898 | 5.93 | -0.2% |
| 1899 | 5.97 | +0.6% |
| 1900 | 5.51 | -7.6% |
| 1901 | 5.01 | -9.0% |
| 1902 | 4.74 | -5.5% |
| 1903 | 4.54 | -4.1% |
| 1904 | 4.42 | -2.7% |
| 1905 | 4.09 | -7.4% |
| 1906 | 4.1 | +0.2% |
| 1907 | 4.01 | -2.2% |
| 1908 | 3.84 | -4.3% |
| 1909 | 3.85 | +0.4% |
| 1910 | 3.93 | +1.9% |
| 1911 | 3.84 | -2.1% |
| 1912 | 3.85 | +0.2% |
| 1913 | 3.71 | -3.8% |
| 1914 | 3.6 | -3.0% |
| 1915 | 3.51 | -2.5% |
| 1916 | 3.32 | -5.2% |
| 1917 | 3.28 | -1.3% |
| 1918 | 3.3 | +0.6% |
| 1919 | 3.19 | -3.4% |
| 1920 | 3.51 | +10.1% |
| 1921 | 3.7 | +5.2% |
| 1922 | 3.61 | -2.3% |
| 1923 | 3.69 | +2.1% |
| 1924 | 3.6 | -2.5% |
| 1925 | 3.7 | +3.0% |
| 1926 | 3.69 | -0.5% |
| 1927 | 3.53 | -4.1% |
| 1928 | 3.59 | +1.5% |
| 1929 | 3.51 | -2.2% |
| 1930 | 4.2 | +19.9% |
| 1931 | 4.85 | +15.4% |
| 1932 | 4.95 | +2.0% |
| 1933 | 5.16 | +4.3% |
| 1934 | 5.14 | -0.4% |
| 1935 | 5.09 | -1.1% |
| 1936 | 4.74 | -6.8% |
| 1937 | 5.14 | +8.4% |
| 1938 | 4.9 | -4.6% |
| 1939 | 4.77 | -2.6% |
| 1940 | 4.1 | -14.0% |
| 1941 | 3.25 | -20.8% |
| 1942 | 2.92 | -10.2% |
| 1943 | 2.61 | -10.7% |
| 1944 | 2.51 | -3.9% |
| 1945 | 2.24 | -10.4% |
| 1946 | 2.08 | -7.2% |
| 1947 | 2.02 | -2.8% |
| 1948 | 1.9 | -6.1% |
| 1949 | 1.88 | -1.1% |
| 1950 | 2.58 | +37.3% |
| 1951 | 2.96 | +14.9% |
| 1952 | 3.15 | +6.5% |
| 1953 | 3.73 | +18.3% |
| 1954 | 4.11 | +10.1% |
| 1955 | 3.85 | -6.3% |
| 1956 | 3.94 | +2.3% |
| 1957 | 4.32 | +9.7% |
| 1958 | 4.76 | +10.3% |
| 1959 | 5.12 | +7.4% |
| 1960 | 5.67 | +10.7% |
| 1961 | 4.84 | -14.5% |
| 1962 | 8.93 | +84.4% |
| 1963 | 7.5 | -16.0% |
| 1964 | 7.07 | -5.8% |
| 1965 | 4.7 | -33.4% |
| 1966 | 3.56 | -24.2% |
| 1967 | 3.21 | -10.1% |
| 1968 | 3.05 | -5.0% |
| 1969 | 3.28 | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 3.64 | +10.9% |
| 1971 | 6.95 | +91.3% |
| 1972 | 7.48 | +7.5% |
| 1973 | 7.52 | +0.6% |
| 1974 | 6.05 | -19.5% |
| 1975 | 5.35 | -11.6% |
| 1976 | 5.38 | +0.5% |
| 1977 | 4.93 | -8.4% |
| 1978 | 4.67 | -5.2% |
| 1979 | 4.39 | -5.9% |
| 1980 | 4.02 | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 3.92 | -2.5% |
| 1982 | 3.61 | -7.8% |
| 1983 | 3.37 | -6.8% |
| 1984 | 3.11 | -7.6% |
| 1985 | 2.97 | -4.6% |
| 1986 | 2.9 | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 2.82 | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 2.77 | -1.8% |
| 1989 | 2.61 | -5.8% |
| 1990 | 2.22 | -14.8% |
| 1991 | 2.4 | +8.0% |
| 1992 | 3.06 | +27.7% |
| 1993 | 3.31 | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 2.59 | -21.9% |
| 1995 | 2.24 | -13.5% |
| 1996 | 1.94 | -13.4% |
| 1997 | 1.95 | +0.7% |
| 1998 | 3.02 | +54.6% |
| 1999 | 2.64 | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 2.86 | +8.4% |
| 2001 | 2.54 | -11.1% |
| 2002 | 1.97 | -22.4% |
| 2003 | 4.86 | +146.1% |
| 2004 | 3.29 | -32.4% |
| 2005 | 2.77 | -15.6% |
| 2006 | 2.23 | -19.4% |
| 2007 | 2.1 | -6.0% |
| 2008 | 1.65 | -21.4% |
| 2009 | 1.47 | -11.0% |
| 2010 | 1.33 | -9.3% |
| 2011 | 1.31 | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 1.16 | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 1.31 | +12.6% |
| 2014 | 2.43 | +85.6% |
| 2015 | 1.29 | -46.8% |
| 2016 | 1.32 | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 0.9095 | -31.3% |
| 2018 | 0.7771 | -14.6% |
| 2019 | 0.7643 | -1.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5708 | -25.3% |
| 2021 | 0.531 | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 0.5018 | -5.5% |
| 2023 | 0.5063 | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 0.4875 | -3.7% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 0.4875 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0027, 179.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Peru's 0.4875 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0312, 15.6× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Co2 land use per capita in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +146.1% | 1.97 | 4.86 |
| 1971 | +91.3% | 3.64 | 6.95 |
| 2014 | +85.6% | 1.31 | 2.43 |
| 1962 | +84.4% | 4.84 | 8.93 |
| 1998 | +54.6% | 1.95 | 3.02 |
| 2015 | -46.8% | 2.43 | 1.29 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.46 | 2.08 | 2.98 | 10 |
| 1860s | 3.03 | 2.89 | 3.14 | 10 |
| 1870s | 4.06 | 3.27 | 4.32 | 10 |
| 1880s | 6.96 | 5.31 | 7.78 | 10 |
| 1890s | 6.43 | 5.93 | 7.46 | 10 |
| 1900s | 4.41 | 3.84 | 5.51 | 10 |
| 1910s | 3.55 | 3.19 | 3.93 | 10 |
| 1920s | 3.61 | 3.51 | 3.7 | 10 |
| 1930s | 4.89 | 4.2 | 5.16 | 10 |
| 1940s | 2.55 | 1.88 | 4.1 | 10 |
| 1950s | 3.85 | 2.58 | 5.12 | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.18 | 3.05 | 8.93 | 10 |
| 1970s | 5.64 | 3.64 | 7.52 | 10 |
| 1980s | 3.21 | 2.61 | 4.02 | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.54 | 1.94 | 3.31 | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.58 | 1.47 | 4.86 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.26 | 0.7643 | 2.43 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5195 | 0.4875 | 0.5708 | 5 |
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More climate change data for Peru
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 397.03 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 25,757 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,560 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 19,197 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 24.76 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 685.61 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,265 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 2,780 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 3,484 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 10.49 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is co2 land use per capita in Peru?
- Co2 land use per capita in Peru was 0.4875 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest co2 land use per capita recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 8.93 in 1962.
- What is the lowest co2 land use per capita recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4875 in 2024.
- How does Peru rank for co2 land use per capita?
- Peru ranks 58th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is co2 land use per capita rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is down 79.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Peru data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Co2 land use per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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