Co2 land use per capita in Suriname
Suriname: Co2 land use per capita was 0.2751 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.2751
Change on year
down 53.0%
World rank
77th
of 194 countries
All-time high
9.45
in 1992
All-time low
0.2751
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Co2 land use per capita in Suriname, 1850–2024
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for co2 land use per capita in Suriname is 0.2751, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.
That represents a change of down 53.0% on the previous year and down 93.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, co2 land use per capita in Suriname peaked at 9.45 in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.2751, in 2024.
Suriname ranks 77th of 194 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.
Co2 land use per capita in Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 2.5 | — |
| 1851 | 2.43 | -2.7% |
| 1852 | 2.82 | +16.1% |
| 1853 | 2.66 | -5.8% |
| 1854 | 2.48 | -6.6% |
| 1855 | 2.47 | -0.5% |
| 1856 | 2.4 | -2.7% |
| 1857 | 2.38 | -1.0% |
| 1858 | 2.37 | -0.4% |
| 1859 | 2.38 | +0.2% |
| 1860 | 2.77 | +16.6% |
| 1861 | 2.92 | +5.4% |
| 1862 | 3.58 | +22.6% |
| 1863 | 3.25 | -9.3% |
| 1864 | 3.19 | -1.6% |
| 1865 | 3.18 | -0.5% |
| 1866 | 3.2 | +0.5% |
| 1867 | 3.2 | +0.1% |
| 1868 | 3.21 | +0.4% |
| 1869 | 3.22 | +0.4% |
| 1870 | 3.32 | +2.8% |
| 1871 | 3.29 | -0.6% |
| 1872 | 3.3 | +0.2% |
| 1873 | 3.47 | +5.0% |
| 1874 | 3.83 | +10.6% |
| 1875 | 3.58 | -6.7% |
| 1876 | 3.45 | -3.6% |
| 1877 | 3.42 | -0.8% |
| 1878 | 3.4 | -0.6% |
| 1879 | 4.02 | +18.4% |
| 1880 | 3.59 | -10.7% |
| 1881 | 3.48 | -3.1% |
| 1882 | 3.44 | -1.1% |
| 1883 | 3.43 | -0.4% |
| 1884 | 3.42 | -0.1% |
| 1885 | 3.43 | +0.1% |
| 1886 | 3.43 | +0.1% |
| 1887 | 3.44 | +0.2% |
| 1888 | 3.45 | +0.2% |
| 1889 | 3.45 | +0.2% |
| 1890 | 3.48 | +0.7% |
| 1891 | 4.55 | +30.9% |
| 1892 | 3.85 | -15.5% |
| 1893 | 3.83 | -0.4% |
| 1894 | 3.66 | -4.6% |
| 1895 | 3.6 | -1.5% |
| 1896 | 4.08 | +13.3% |
| 1897 | 3.73 | -8.4% |
| 1898 | 3.64 | -2.4% |
| 1899 | 3.61 | -0.8% |
| 1900 | 3.56 | -1.5% |
| 1901 | 3.54 | -0.5% |
| 1902 | 3.54 | -0.2% |
| 1903 | 3.54 | -0.0% |
| 1904 | 4.23 | +19.6% |
| 1905 | 3.77 | -10.9% |
| 1906 | 3.65 | -3.1% |
| 1907 | 3.61 | -1.1% |
| 1908 | 3.6 | -0.4% |
| 1909 | 3.57 | -0.8% |
| 1910 | 4.56 | +27.9% |
| 1911 | 4.86 | +6.4% |
| 1912 | 5.16 | +6.3% |
| 1913 | 4.97 | -3.7% |
| 1914 | 4.86 | -2.2% |
| 1915 | 4.76 | -2.2% |
| 1916 | 4.65 | -2.3% |
| 1917 | 4.96 | +6.8% |
| 1918 | 4.55 | -8.3% |
| 1919 | 4.38 | -3.8% |
| 1920 | 4.47 | +2.0% |
| 1921 | 4.91 | +9.9% |
| 1922 | 4.46 | -9.2% |
| 1923 | 4.33 | -2.8% |
| 1924 | 4.28 | -1.3% |
| 1925 | 4.26 | -0.5% |
| 1926 | 4.24 | -0.4% |
| 1927 | 4.22 | -0.4% |
| 1928 | 4.2 | -0.4% |
| 1929 | 4.32 | +2.8% |
| 1930 | 3.35 | -22.4% |
| 1931 | 2.99 | -10.8% |
| 1932 | 2.79 | -6.7% |
| 1933 | 2.65 | -4.9% |
| 1934 | 2.56 | -3.7% |
| 1935 | 2.48 | -3.0% |
| 1936 | 2.41 | -2.6% |
| 1937 | 2.36 | -2.3% |
| 1938 | 2.31 | -2.0% |
| 1939 | 2.27 | -1.8% |
| 1940 | 2.13 | -6.3% |
| 1941 | 2.07 | -3.0% |
| 1942 | 2.03 | -1.6% |
| 1943 | 2.01 | -0.9% |
| 1944 | 2 | -0.5% |
| 1945 | 2 | -0.3% |
| 1946 | 1.99 | -0.2% |
| 1947 | 1.99 | -0.1% |
| 1948 | 1.99 | -0.0% |
| 1949 | 1.98 | -0.3% |
| 1950 | 2.97 | +49.6% |
| 1951 | 2.85 | -3.8% |
| 1952 | 2.7 | -5.3% |
| 1953 | 2.53 | -6.3% |
| 1954 | 2.4 | -5.0% |
| 1955 | 2.71 | +12.7% |
| 1956 | 2.29 | -15.4% |
| 1957 | 2.11 | -8.1% |
| 1958 | 1.83 | -13.0% |
| 1959 | 1.49 | -18.7% |
| 1960 | 1.6 | +7.4% |
| 1961 | 2.91 | +81.7% |
| 1962 | 1.89 | -34.8% |
| 1963 | 6.74 | +255.8% |
| 1964 | 4.11 | -39.0% |
| 1965 | 2.54 | -38.3% |
| 1966 | 1.96 | -22.8% |
| 1967 | 1.74 | -11.1% |
| 1968 | 4.46 | +156.5% |
| 1969 | 2.99 | -33.1% |
| 1970 | 5.41 | +81.1% |
| 1971 | 3.51 | -35.2% |
| 1972 | 4.46 | +27.1% |
| 1973 | 3.4 | -23.7% |
| 1974 | 2.94 | -13.6% |
| 1975 | 2.99 | +1.8% |
| 1976 | 3.65 | +22.0% |
| 1977 | 3.16 | -13.4% |
| 1978 | 3.87 | +22.6% |
| 1979 | 6.88 | +77.5% |
| 1980 | 7.39 | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 6.64 | -10.2% |
| 1982 | 5.39 | -18.8% |
| 1983 | 5.53 | +2.6% |
| 1984 | 6.73 | +21.8% |
| 1985 | 6.62 | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 8.27 | +25.0% |
| 1987 | 5.66 | -31.6% |
| 1988 | 3.85 | -31.9% |
| 1989 | 3.03 | -21.4% |
| 1990 | 3.33 | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 3.38 | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 9.45 | +179.5% |
| 1993 | 5.98 | -36.8% |
| 1994 | 7.33 | +22.7% |
| 1995 | 7.51 | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 4.68 | -37.6% |
| 1997 | 4.26 | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 6.97 | +63.6% |
| 1999 | 4.38 | -37.2% |
| 2000 | 5.64 | +28.8% |
| 2001 | 3.1 | -45.1% |
| 2002 | 8.41 | +171.6% |
| 2003 | 7.93 | -5.8% |
| 2004 | 3.7 | -53.4% |
| 2005 | 3.15 | -14.9% |
| 2006 | 1.86 | -40.8% |
| 2007 | 2.59 | +39.2% |
| 2008 | 9.22 | +255.4% |
| 2009 | 3.74 | -59.5% |
| 2010 | 4.32 | +15.6% |
| 2011 | 2.17 | -49.7% |
| 2012 | 8.27 | +280.5% |
| 2013 | 7.33 | -11.3% |
| 2014 | 4.32 | -41.0% |
| 2015 | 3.18 | -26.6% |
| 2016 | 3.26 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 3.21 | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 2.92 | -9.3% |
| 2019 | 2.93 | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 1.92 | -34.4% |
| 2021 | 1.26 | -34.2% |
| 2022 | 0.9222 | -27.1% |
| 2023 | 0.585 | -36.6% |
| 2024 | 0.2751 | -53.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 0.2751 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.0027, 101.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 0.2751 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0312, 8.8× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Co2 land use per capita in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +280.5% | 2.17 | 8.27 |
| 1963 | +255.8% | 1.89 | 6.74 |
| 2008 | +255.4% | 2.59 | 9.22 |
| 1992 | +179.5% | 3.38 | 9.45 |
| 2002 | +171.6% | 3.1 | 8.41 |
| 1968 | +156.5% | 1.74 | 4.46 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 2.49 | 2.37 | 2.82 | 10 |
| 1860s | 3.17 | 2.77 | 3.58 | 10 |
| 1870s | 3.51 | 3.29 | 4.02 | 10 |
| 1880s | 3.46 | 3.42 | 3.59 | 10 |
| 1890s | 3.8 | 3.48 | 4.55 | 10 |
| 1900s | 3.66 | 3.54 | 4.23 | 10 |
| 1910s | 4.77 | 4.38 | 5.16 | 10 |
| 1920s | 4.37 | 4.2 | 4.91 | 10 |
| 1930s | 2.62 | 2.27 | 3.35 | 10 |
| 1940s | 2.02 | 1.98 | 2.13 | 10 |
| 1950s | 2.39 | 1.49 | 2.97 | 10 |
| 1960s | 3.09 | 1.6 | 6.74 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4.03 | 2.94 | 6.88 | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.91 | 3.03 | 8.27 | 10 |
| 1990s | 5.73 | 3.33 | 9.45 | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.93 | 1.86 | 9.22 | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.19 | 2.17 | 8.27 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9941 | 0.2751 | 1.92 | 5 |
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More climate change data for Suriname
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 8.45 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 240.36 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 98.71 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 141.64 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.3725 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 5.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 535.59 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 63.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 472.57 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.2378 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is co2 land use per capita in Suriname?
- Co2 land use per capita in Suriname was 0.2751 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest co2 land use per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 9.45 in 1992.
- What is the lowest co2 land use per capita recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2751 in 2024.
- How does Suriname rank for co2 land use per capita?
- Suriname ranks 77th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is co2 land use per capita rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 93.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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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