Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
187
Highest
1,429 tonnes per person
Bhutan
Lowest
-122.81 tonnes per person
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
80.21 tonnes per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,580
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita is currently reported for 187 countries. The highest value is 1,429 tonnes per person in Bhutan; the lowest is -122.81 tonnes per person in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 80.21 tonnes per person, and the mean is 171.44 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine (up 882.6%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 136.1%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhutan | 1,429 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 2 | Belize | 1,106 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 3 | Guyana | 1,044 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 4 | Canada | 979.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 5 | Russia | 749.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 6 | Mongolia | 689.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia | 675.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 8 | Finland | 643.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 9 | Nicaragua | 637.34 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 10 | New Zealand | 590.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 11 | Brazil | 572.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 12 | Paraguay | 562.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 13 | Belarus | 560.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 14 | Iceland | 527.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 519.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 16 | Panama | 516.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 17 | Australia | 513.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 18 | Latvia | 495.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 19 | Lithuania | 480.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 20 | Cote d'Ivoire | 465.37 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 456.34 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 22 | Costa Rica | 439.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 23 | Gabon | 427.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 24 | Laos | 425.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 25 | Malaysia | 392.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 26 | Colombia | 392.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | falling |
| 27 | Guinea | 389.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 28 | United States | 370.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 29 | Cuba | 364.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 30 | Liberia | 355.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 31 | Ukraine | 354.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 32 | Honduras | 313.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 33 | Montenegro | 312.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 34 | Argentina | 305.02 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 35 | Thailand | 303.56 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 36 | Myanmar | 302.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 37 | Zambia | 300.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 38 | Cambodia | 289.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 39 | Indonesia | 277.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 40 | East Timor | 273.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 41 | North Macedonia | 272.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 271.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 43 | Ecuador | 264.48 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 44 | Solomon Islands | 263.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 262.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 46 | Suriname | 262.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 47 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 248.73 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 48 | Croatia | 244.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 49 | Eswatini | 239.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 50 | Denmark | 230.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 51 | Brunei | 229.29 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 52 | Sweden | 229.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 53 | Venezuela | 227.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 54 | Chile | 227.29 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 55 | Guatemala | 226.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 56 | Madagascar | 212.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 201.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 58 | Angola | 195.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 59 | Norway | 187.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 187.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.2% | falling |
| 61 | Slovenia | 185.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.6% | falling |
| 62 | Togo | 181.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 63 | South Sudan | 179.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 64 | Bulgaria | 178.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 65 | Serbia | 177.02 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 66 | Peru | 171.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 67 | Central African Republic | 168.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 35.7% | falling |
| 68 | Uruguay | 167.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 69 | Romania | 166.68 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 165.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | flat |
| 71 | Estonia | 157.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 72 | Guinea-Bissau | 142.73 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 73 | Dominican Republic | 142.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 74 | Greece | 131.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 75 | Zimbabwe | 130.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 128.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 77 | Jamaica | 127.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | flat |
| 78 | Mozambique | 127.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 79 | Philippines | 126.43 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 80 | Tanzania | 119.3 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 81 | Cameroon | 118.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 82 | Namibia | 118.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 83 | Botswana | 113.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | falling |
| 84 | South Africa | 112.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 85 | Ghana | 111.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 86 | Benin | 110.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 87 | Mexico | 107.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 88 | Vietnam | 104.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 89 | El Salvador | 103.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 90 | Slovakia | 100.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 91 | Lesotho | 99.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.8% | flat |
| 92 | Fiji | 84.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 93 | Mali | 82.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 94 | Turkey | 80.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 95 | Nepal | 75.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 96 | Eritrea | 73.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 97 | Niger | 69.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 98 | Ethiopia | 67.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 99 | Samoa | 65.48 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 100 | Haiti | 65.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 101 | Burkina Faso | 64.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 102 | North Korea | 63.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 103 | Somalia | 62.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 104 | Hungary | 61.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 105 | Chad | 60.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 106 | Azerbaijan | 60.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.8% | falling |
| 107 | Netherlands | 59.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 108 | Kenya | 59.49 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 109 | Uganda | 59.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 110 | China | 57.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 111 | Malawi | 57.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 112 | Nigeria | 53.87 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 51.48 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 114 | Morocco | 49.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 115 | Sudan | 49.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 116 | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 117 | United Kingdom | 47.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 118 | Portugal | 45.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 119 | Tunisia | 45.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 120 | Cyprus | 45.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Japan | 44.69 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 122 | Senegal | 43.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 123 | Ireland | 41.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Spain | 41.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 125 | Moldova | 41.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 126 | Rwanda | 37.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 127 | Burundi | 37.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 128 | Armenia | 36.8 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 129 | Tonga | 35.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 130 | Dominica | 35.35 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 131 | Belgium | 35.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 132 | Gambia | 33.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 133 | Switzerland | 31.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 134 | India | 28.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 135 | Algeria | 27.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 136 | Austria | 27.04 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 137 | Iran | 26.3 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | 24.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 139 | Bangladesh | 21.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 140 | Afghanistan | 20.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 141 | Syria | 19.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 142 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 18.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sao Tome and Principe | 18.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Bahamas | 17.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 145 | Libya | 15.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 15.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 147 | Cape Verde | 14.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 148 | Iraq | 14 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 149 | Andorra | 12.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 150 | Barbados | 12.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 151 | Poland | 11.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.1% | falling |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 11.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 153 | Pakistan | 11.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 154 | Mauritania | 11.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 155 | Uzbekistan | 10.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.6% | falling |
| 156 | Luxembourg | 8.35 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Jordan | 7.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 158 | South Korea | 7.01 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 159 | Italy | 6.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Djibouti | 6.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 161 | Saudi Arabia | 4.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 162 | Israel | 4.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 163 | Saint Lucia | 3.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 61.7% | falling |
| 164 | San Marino | 3.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 39.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Singapore | 3.51 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 166 | Egypt | 3.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 167 | Lebanon | 3.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 168 | Qatar | 0.5247 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Palestine | 0.2687 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 882.6% | volatile |
| 170 | Mauritius | 0.2335 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 168.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Monaco | 0.2144 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 172 | Germany | 0.1358 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 173 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1127 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 0.0167 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 175 | Bahrain | 0.0061 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.0% | volatile |
| 183 | Kuwait | -0.2995 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 184 | Yemen | -0.4172 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Oman | -0.5032 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 186 | Liechtenstein | -8.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 65.1% | volatile |
| 187 | Malta | -9.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | falling |
| 188 | Grenada | -15.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 136.1% | volatile |
| 189 | Czechia | -20.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 190 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -40.8 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 53.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Equatorial Guinea | -51.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 192 | France | -57.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 193 | Georgia | -98.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Antigua and Barbuda | -122.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | falling |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.