Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji
Fiji: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change was -1.08 million tonnes in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-1.08 million tonnes
Change on year
up 1.1%
World rank
168th
of 197 countries
All-time high
3.02 million tonnes
in 1990
All-time low
-1.09 million tonnes
in 2023
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
Fiji recorded -1.08 million tonnes for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.1% on the previous year and down 96.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual co₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji peaked at 3.02 million tonnes in 1990 and was at its lowest, -1.09 million tonnes, in 2023.
Fiji ranks 168th of 197 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 346,688 tonnes | — |
| 1851 | 177,008 tonnes | -48.9% |
| 1852 | 293,267 tonnes | +65.7% |
| 1853 | 291,288 tonnes | -0.7% |
| 1854 | 87,570 tonnes | -69.9% |
| 1855 | -11,652 tonnes | -113.3% |
| 1856 | -18,943 tonnes | +62.6% |
| 1857 | 223,944 tonnes | -1282.2% |
| 1858 | 361,270 tonnes | +61.3% |
| 1859 | 27,443 tonnes | -92.4% |
| 1860 | 766,655 tonnes | +2693.6% |
| 1861 | -5,936 tonnes | -100.8% |
| 1862 | 929,667 tonnes | -15762.4% |
| 1863 | -631,710 tonnes | -168.0% |
| 1864 | -878,078 tonnes | +39.0% |
| 1865 | 1.16 million tonnes | -232.4% |
| 1866 | 1.06 million tonnes | -9.0% |
| 1867 | -500,026 tonnes | -147.3% |
| 1868 | 62,728 tonnes | -112.5% |
| 1869 | -234,020 tonnes | -473.1% |
| 1870 | -56,279 tonnes | -76.0% |
| 1871 | 149,711 tonnes | -366.0% |
| 1872 | 314,774 tonnes | +110.3% |
| 1873 | 319,428 tonnes | +1.5% |
| 1874 | 114,427 tonnes | -64.2% |
| 1875 | 713,930 tonnes | +523.9% |
| 1876 | 189,722 tonnes | -73.4% |
| 1877 | 569,899 tonnes | +200.4% |
| 1878 | -317,852 tonnes | -155.8% |
| 1879 | -172,574 tonnes | -45.7% |
| 1880 | 445,323 tonnes | -358.0% |
| 1881 | 137,473 tonnes | -69.1% |
| 1882 | -203,608 tonnes | -248.1% |
| 1883 | -4,140 tonnes | -98.0% |
| 1884 | -216,359 tonnes | +5125.7% |
| 1885 | 113,181 tonnes | -152.3% |
| 1886 | 666,628 tonnes | +489.0% |
| 1887 | 81,341 tonnes | -87.8% |
| 1888 | -114,207 tonnes | -240.4% |
| 1889 | 34,368 tonnes | -130.1% |
| 1890 | 59,796 tonnes | +74.0% |
| 1891 | -51,186 tonnes | -185.6% |
| 1892 | 811,723 tonnes | -1685.8% |
| 1893 | 74,892 tonnes | -90.8% |
| 1894 | 57,012 tonnes | -23.9% |
| 1895 | -267,765 tonnes | -569.7% |
| 1896 | 183,273 tonnes | -168.4% |
| 1897 | 38,948 tonnes | -78.7% |
| 1898 | 183,163 tonnes | +370.3% |
| 1899 | -303,123 tonnes | -265.5% |
| 1900 | 579,865 tonnes | -291.3% |
| 1901 | -121,425 tonnes | -120.9% |
| 1902 | 543,115 tonnes | -547.3% |
| 1903 | -120,069 tonnes | -122.1% |
| 1904 | 581,513 tonnes | -584.3% |
| 1905 | 39,388 tonnes | -93.2% |
| 1906 | 104,094 tonnes | +164.3% |
| 1907 | -213,941 tonnes | -305.5% |
| 1908 | 201,410 tonnes | -194.1% |
| 1909 | 634,422 tonnes | +215.0% |
| 1910 | 736,024 tonnes | +16.0% |
| 1911 | 431,656 tonnes | -41.4% |
| 1912 | 5,130 tonnes | -98.8% |
| 1913 | 627,130 tonnes | +12125.7% |
| 1914 | 480,314 tonnes | -23.4% |
| 1915 | 280,626 tonnes | -41.6% |
| 1916 | 367,023 tonnes | +30.8% |
| 1917 | 123,953 tonnes | -66.2% |
| 1918 | 791,717 tonnes | +538.7% |
| 1919 | 68,773 tonnes | -91.3% |
| 1920 | -99,807 tonnes | -245.1% |
| 1921 | 383,731 tonnes | -484.5% |
| 1922 | 389,227 tonnes | +1.4% |
| 1923 | 360,904 tonnes | -7.3% |
| 1924 | 356,947 tonnes | -1.1% |
| 1925 | 37,996 tonnes | -89.4% |
| 1926 | 1.05 million tonnes | +2673.8% |
| 1927 | 405,055 tonnes | -61.6% |
| 1928 | 381,459 tonnes | -5.8% |
| 1929 | 411,137 tonnes | +7.8% |
| 1930 | 730,015 tonnes | +77.6% |
| 1931 | 883,500 tonnes | +21.0% |
| 1932 | 776,621 tonnes | -12.1% |
| 1933 | 366,730 tonnes | -52.8% |
| 1934 | 722,541 tonnes | +97.0% |
| 1935 | 878,957 tonnes | +21.6% |
| 1936 | 906,400 tonnes | +3.1% |
| 1937 | 945,678 tonnes | +4.3% |
| 1938 | 950,185 tonnes | +0.5% |
| 1939 | 973,525 tonnes | +2.5% |
| 1940 | 785,745 tonnes | -19.3% |
| 1941 | 781,128 tonnes | -0.6% |
| 1942 | 784,462 tonnes | +0.4% |
| 1943 | 786,001 tonnes | +0.2% |
| 1944 | 801,097 tonnes | +1.9% |
| 1945 | 810,147 tonnes | +1.1% |
| 1946 | 824,950 tonnes | +1.8% |
| 1947 | 865,034 tonnes | +4.9% |
| 1948 | 873,571 tonnes | +1.0% |
| 1949 | 880,166 tonnes | +0.8% |
| 1950 | 954,655 tonnes | +8.5% |
| 1951 | 1.08 million tonnes | +13.4% |
| 1952 | 1.04 million tonnes | -3.8% |
| 1953 | 622,587 tonnes | -40.2% |
| 1954 | 970,191 tonnes | +55.8% |
| 1955 | 1.26 million tonnes | +29.8% |
| 1956 | 1.31 million tonnes | +4.0% |
| 1957 | 850,048 tonnes | -35.1% |
| 1958 | 233,397 tonnes | -72.5% |
| 1959 | 1.15 million tonnes | +391.0% |
| 1960 | 1.43 million tonnes | +24.5% |
| 1961 | 1.65 million tonnes | +15.4% |
| 1962 | 1.25 million tonnes | -23.8% |
| 1963 | 966,820 tonnes | -23.0% |
| 1964 | 471,117 tonnes | -51.3% |
| 1965 | 474,781 tonnes | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 336,282 tonnes | -29.2% |
| 1967 | 183,713 tonnes | -45.4% |
| 1968 | 237,354 tonnes | +29.2% |
| 1969 | 262,123 tonnes | +10.4% |
| 1970 | 242,887 tonnes | -7.3% |
| 1971 | 985,140 tonnes | +305.6% |
| 1972 | 650,360 tonnes | -34.0% |
| 1973 | 976,126 tonnes | +50.1% |
| 1974 | 574,772 tonnes | -41.1% |
| 1975 | 1.70 million tonnes | +196.4% |
| 1976 | 1.64 million tonnes | -3.6% |
| 1977 | 1.78 million tonnes | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 959,712 tonnes | -46.0% |
| 1979 | 997,964 tonnes | +4.0% |
| 1980 | 1.22 million tonnes | +22.4% |
| 1981 | 1.29 million tonnes | +5.4% |
| 1982 | 826,195 tonnes | -35.9% |
| 1983 | 1.73 million tonnes | +109.3% |
| 1984 | 2.29 million tonnes | +32.4% |
| 1985 | 1.55 million tonnes | -32.2% |
| 1986 | 2.35 million tonnes | +51.2% |
| 1987 | 2.59 million tonnes | +10.1% |
| 1988 | 2.76 million tonnes | +6.6% |
| 1989 | 2.99 million tonnes | +8.6% |
| 1990 | 3.02 million tonnes | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 1.46 million tonnes | -51.8% |
| 1992 | 1.20 million tonnes | -17.3% |
| 1993 | 847,263 tonnes | -29.7% |
| 1994 | 514,096 tonnes | -39.3% |
| 1995 | 442,245 tonnes | -14.0% |
| 1996 | 252,633 tonnes | -42.9% |
| 1997 | 79,472 tonnes | -68.5% |
| 1998 | 139,452 tonnes | +75.5% |
| 1999 | -332,764 tonnes | -338.6% |
| 2000 | -121,132 tonnes | -63.6% |
| 2001 | -221,159 tonnes | +82.6% |
| 2002 | -391,792 tonnes | +77.2% |
| 2003 | -426,196 tonnes | +8.8% |
| 2004 | -535,091 tonnes | +25.6% |
| 2005 | -549,087 tonnes | +2.6% |
| 2006 | -391,388 tonnes | -28.7% |
| 2007 | 500,392 tonnes | -227.9% |
| 2008 | -761,782 tonnes | -252.2% |
| 2009 | -708,288 tonnes | -7.0% |
| 2010 | -600,713 tonnes | -15.2% |
| 2011 | -561,838 tonnes | -6.5% |
| 2012 | -559,053 tonnes | -0.5% |
| 2013 | -190,308 tonnes | -66.0% |
| 2014 | -549,014 tonnes | +188.5% |
| 2015 | -84,345 tonnes | -84.6% |
| 2016 | -89,145 tonnes | +5.7% |
| 2017 | -483,648 tonnes | +442.5% |
| 2018 | 24,879 tonnes | -105.1% |
| 2019 | -357,753 tonnes | -1538.0% |
| 2020 | -162,792 tonnes | -54.5% |
| 2021 | 106,256 tonnes | -165.3% |
| 2022 | -292,204 tonnes | -375.0% |
| 2023 | -1.09 million tonnes | +274.0% |
| 2024 | -1.08 million tonnes | -1.1% |
Fiji compared with similar countries
- Fiji's -1.08 million tonnes is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 1,429 tonnes. (58 countries reporting)
- Fiji's -1.08 million tonnes is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.66 million tonnes. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1862 | +15762.4% | -5,936 tonnes | 929,667 tonnes |
| 1913 | +12125.7% | 5,130 tonnes | 627,130 tonnes |
| 1884 | -5125.7% | -4,140 tonnes | -216,359 tonnes |
| 1860 | +2693.6% | 27,443 tonnes | 766,655 tonnes |
| 1926 | +2673.8% | 37,996 tonnes | 1.05 million tonnes |
| 1892 | +1685.8% | -51,186 tonnes | 811,723 tonnes |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 177,788 tonnes | -18,943 tonnes | 361,270 tonnes | 10 |
| 1860s | 173,017 tonnes | -878,078 tonnes | 1.16 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1870s | 182,519 tonnes | -317,852 tonnes | 713,930 tonnes | 10 |
| 1880s | 94,000 tonnes | -216,359 tonnes | 666,628 tonnes | 10 |
| 1890s | 78,673 tonnes | -303,123 tonnes | 811,723 tonnes | 10 |
| 1900s | 222,837 tonnes | -213,941 tonnes | 634,422 tonnes | 10 |
| 1910s | 391,235 tonnes | 5,130 tonnes | 791,717 tonnes | 10 |
| 1920s | 368,056 tonnes | -99,807 tonnes | 1.05 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1930s | 813,415 tonnes | 366,730 tonnes | 973,525 tonnes | 10 |
| 1940s | 819,230 tonnes | 781,128 tonnes | 880,166 tonnes | 10 |
| 1950s | 946,946 tonnes | 233,397 tonnes | 1.31 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 726,014 tonnes | 183,713 tonnes | 1.65 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.05 million tonnes | 242,887 tonnes | 1.78 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.96 million tonnes | 826,195 tonnes | 2.99 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 762,815 tonnes | -332,764 tonnes | 3.02 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | -360,552 tonnes | -761,782 tonnes | 500,392 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | -345,094 tonnes | -600,713 tonnes | 24,879 tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | -504,444 tonnes | -1.09 million tonnes | 106,256 tonnes | 5 |
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More climate change data for Fiji
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 7.54 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,411 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 381.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,029 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1.44 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 36.76 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 66.6 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 43.78 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 22.82 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1652 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji?
- Annual co₂ emissions from land-use change in Fiji was -1.08 million tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Fiji?
- The highest recorded value was 3.02 million tonnes in 1990.
- What is the lowest annual co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Fiji?
- The lowest recorded value was -1.09 million tonnes in 2023.
- How does Fiji rank for annual co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Fiji ranks 168th out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Fiji?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Fiji data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual 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 in tonnes.