Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa
Samoa: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled was 14.55 million tonnes in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa, 1950–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
The most recent figure for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa is 14.55 million tonnes, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 15.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa peaked at 14.55 million tonnes in 2024 and was at its lowest, 321,882 tonnes, in 1950.
Samoa ranks 178th of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 321,882 tonnes | — |
| 1951 | 649,737 tonnes | +101.9% |
| 1952 | 986,569 tonnes | +51.8% |
| 1953 | 1.33 million tonnes | +34.7% |
| 1954 | 1.68 million tonnes | +26.5% |
| 1955 | 2.04 million tonnes | +21.4% |
| 1956 | 2.41 million tonnes | +18.1% |
| 1957 | 2.79 million tonnes | +15.9% |
| 1958 | 3.18 million tonnes | +14.0% |
| 1959 | 3.59 million tonnes | +12.7% |
| 1960 | 3.90 million tonnes | +8.9% |
| 1961 | 4.23 million tonnes | +8.3% |
| 1962 | 4.50 million tonnes | +6.5% |
| 1963 | 4.74 million tonnes | +5.4% |
| 1964 | 5.21 million tonnes | +9.8% |
| 1965 | 5.58 million tonnes | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 5.89 million tonnes | +5.5% |
| 1967 | 6.21 million tonnes | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 6.48 million tonnes | +4.4% |
| 1969 | 6.74 million tonnes | +4.1% |
| 1970 | 7.00 million tonnes | +3.8% |
| 1971 | 7.23 million tonnes | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 7.44 million tonnes | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 7.62 million tonnes | +2.5% |
| 1974 | 7.85 million tonnes | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 8.26 million tonnes | +5.2% |
| 1976 | 8.67 million tonnes | +5.0% |
| 1977 | 9.03 million tonnes | +4.2% |
| 1978 | 9.50 million tonnes | +5.2% |
| 1979 | 9.90 million tonnes | +4.2% |
| 1980 | 10.39 million tonnes | +5.0% |
| 1981 | 10.80 million tonnes | +3.9% |
| 1982 | 11.17 million tonnes | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 11.52 million tonnes | +3.1% |
| 1984 | 11.82 million tonnes | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 12.13 million tonnes | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 12.37 million tonnes | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 12.61 million tonnes | +1.9% |
| 1988 | 12.35 million tonnes | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 12.14 million tonnes | -1.7% |
| 1990 | 11.97 million tonnes | -1.4% |
| 1991 | 11.78 million tonnes | -1.6% |
| 1992 | 11.63 million tonnes | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 11.48 million tonnes | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 11.34 million tonnes | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 11.23 million tonnes | -1.0% |
| 1996 | 11.14 million tonnes | -0.8% |
| 1997 | 11.07 million tonnes | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 11.00 million tonnes | -0.6% |
| 1999 | 10.87 million tonnes | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 10.77 million tonnes | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 10.68 million tonnes | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 10.57 million tonnes | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 10.44 million tonnes | -1.2% |
| 2004 | 10.27 million tonnes | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 10.11 million tonnes | -1.6% |
| 2006 | 9.94 million tonnes | -1.7% |
| 2007 | 9.73 million tonnes | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 9.51 million tonnes | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 9.59 million tonnes | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 9.90 million tonnes | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 10.38 million tonnes | +4.8% |
| 2012 | 10.99 million tonnes | +5.9% |
| 2013 | 11.72 million tonnes | +6.7% |
| 2014 | 12.59 million tonnes | +7.4% |
| 2015 | 13.20 million tonnes | +4.8% |
| 2016 | 13.61 million tonnes | +3.2% |
| 2017 | 13.87 million tonnes | +1.8% |
| 2018 | 14.00 million tonnes | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 14.16 million tonnes | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 14.28 million tonnes | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 14.43 million tonnes | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 14.50 million tonnes | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 14.54 million tonnes | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 14.55 million tonnes | +0.1% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 14.55 million tonnes is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.16 billion tonnes, 1% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 14.55 million tonnes is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 2.16 billion tonnes, 1% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | +101.9% | 321,882 tonnes | 649,737 tonnes |
| 1952 | +51.8% | 649,737 tonnes | 986,569 tonnes |
| 1953 | +34.7% | 986,569 tonnes | 1.33 million tonnes |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 1.90 million tonnes | 321,882 tonnes | 3.59 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 5.35 million tonnes | 3.90 million tonnes | 6.74 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 8.25 million tonnes | 7.00 million tonnes | 9.90 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.73 million tonnes | 10.39 million tonnes | 12.61 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.35 million tonnes | 10.87 million tonnes | 11.97 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 10.16 million tonnes | 9.51 million tonnes | 10.77 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.44 million tonnes | 9.90 million tonnes | 14.16 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 14.46 million tonnes | 14.28 million tonnes | 14.55 million tonnes | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 175 Andorra 17.13 million tonnes compare
- 176 Seychelles 16.11 million tonnes compare
- 177 Saint Lucia 15.85 million tonnes compare
- 179 Comoros 13.79 million tonnes compare
- 180 Palau 11.40 million tonnes compare
- 181 Liechtenstein 9.38 million tonnes compare
More climate change data for Samoa
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 18,792 kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 319.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 61.35 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 258.11 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2315 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 9.22 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 0.106 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 0 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0004 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa?
- Cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled in Samoa was 14.55 million tonnes in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 14.55 million tonnes in 2024.
- What is the lowest cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 321,882 tonnes in 1950.
- How does Samoa rank for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled?
- Samoa ranks 178th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, gaps filled. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change with 79 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.
Computed from
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
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 including land-use change with 79 missing years estimated by linear interpolation between the nearest real observations. Only gaps of 4 years or fewer are filled, and never beyond the first or last actual measurement — these are filled holes, not forecasts.