Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad
Chad: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change was 1.23 billion tonnes in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
In 2024, cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad stood at 1.23 billion tonnes. That is the highest value across all 175 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad peaked at 1.23 billion tonnes in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10.99 million tonnes, in 1850.
Chad ranks 83rd of 197 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 121.98 million tonnes | 10.99 million tonnes | 255.14 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1860s | 327.24 million tonnes | 278.00 million tonnes | 358.72 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1870s | 375.23 million tonnes | 362.70 million tonnes | 384.77 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1880s | 391.31 million tonnes | 386.24 million tonnes | 395.55 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1890s | 390.79 million tonnes | 382.42 million tonnes | 395.65 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1900s | 369.09 million tonnes | 358.31 million tonnes | 379.94 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1910s | 345.45 million tonnes | 335.04 million tonnes | 355.93 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1920s | 340.95 million tonnes | 333.77 million tonnes | 353.42 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1930s | 377.97 million tonnes | 357.31 million tonnes | 400.19 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1940s | 438.64 million tonnes | 406.07 million tonnes | 473.60 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1950s | 526.79 million tonnes | 482.03 million tonnes | 576.04 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1960s | 616.66 million tonnes | 587.98 million tonnes | 636.52 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1970s | 665.19 million tonnes | 639.67 million tonnes | 696.95 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 719.35 million tonnes | 701.31 million tonnes | 741.97 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 785.28 million tonnes | 750.16 million tonnes | 825.02 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 892.84 million tonnes | 835.91 million tonnes | 952.61 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.11 billion tonnes | 972.05 million tonnes | 1.19 billion tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.21 billion tonnes | 1.20 billion tonnes | 1.23 billion tonnes | 5 |
Countries ranked near Chad
More climate change data for Chad
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.7% (2100)
- Population growth 3.4% (2025)
- Population, total 21.00 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 5.7% (2025)
- Urban population 5.79 million (2025)
- Urban population 27.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 51.34 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.1395 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad?
- Cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change in Chad was 1.23 billion tonnes in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 1.23 billion tonnes in 2024.
- What is the lowest cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 10.99 million tonnes in 1850.
- How does Chad rank for cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change?
- Chad ranks 83rd out of 197 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cumulative co₂ emissions from land-use change rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.