Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate by country
The year-on-year percentage change in Land-use change — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Countries reporting
103
Highest
631.53 % change on previous year
Laos
Lowest
-100 % change on previous year
Brunei Darussalam
Median
-32.33 % change on previous year
Years covered
33
1991–2023
Data points
3,570
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate is currently reported for 103 countries. The highest value is 631.53 % change on previous year in Laos; the lowest is -100 % change on previous year in Brunei Darussalam.
The median across all reporting countries is -32.33 % change on previous year, and the mean is 18.84 % change on previous year.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in South Africa (up 3,589.7%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 13,480.1%).
Land-use change — Emissions (CH4), annual growth rate: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laos | 631.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 978.3% | volatile |
| 1 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 631.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 978.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Thailand | 626.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,249.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Caribbean | 548.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 178.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Cuba | 509.99 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 1,167.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Belize | 423.09 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 536.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Ecuador | 401.89 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 752.8% | volatile |
| 8 | South Africa | 392.59 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 3,589.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 273.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 874.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia and New Zealand | 273.1 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 874.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Benin | 253.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 960.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Panama | 222.83 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 402.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Nepal | 172.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 2,052.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Equatorial Guinea | 150.94 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 250.9% | volatile |
| 15 | OECD | 114.67 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 35.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Mexico | 96.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 80.2% | volatile |
| 17 | Liberia | 91.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 38.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Bangladesh | 84.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Sudan (former) | 83.25 % change on previous year | 2011 | up 230.9% | volatile |
| 20 | Vietnam | 70.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 70.29 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 85.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Guatemala | 62.8 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 72.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 41.74 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 171.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 38.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 93.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Malaysia | 36.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 27.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 35.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 27 | India | 34.34 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 244.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Myanmar | 32.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 577.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Nigeria | 27.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Cote d'Ivoire | 15.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Côte d'Ivoire | 15.3 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 14.14 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 125.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Chad | 8.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 121.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Cambodia | 1.87 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 168.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Sudan | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | United States | 0 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Angola | -2.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | -6.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 284.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Zambia | -11.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 110.9% | volatile |
| 40 | South Sudan | -11.56 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 137.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | -18.84 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 73.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Uganda | -19.16 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 65.1% | volatile |
| 43 | United Republic of Tanzania | -20.79 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Madagascar | -23.23 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 124.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Melanesia | -24.87 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 128.4% | volatile |
| 46 | Guyana | -24.88 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 114.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Togo | -26.24 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Central African Republic | -28.53 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 104.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Guinea-Bissau | -29.47 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Senegal | -30.11 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 215.2% | volatile |
| 51 | Papua New Guinea | -30.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 134.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Sierra Leone | -32.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 1,028.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Guinea | -32.33 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 266.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Cameroon | -33.03 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 13,480.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Peru | -33.25 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Mozambique | -36.88 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 330.5% | volatile |
| 57 | Gabon | -37.35 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 185.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Honduras | -38.21 % change on previous year | 2022 | up 58.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Congo | -39.04 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 231.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | -39.85 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 214.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Ethiopia | -40.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Ghana | -44.95 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 63 | Paraguay | -51.73 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 328.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Malawi | -52.61 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Bhutan | -54.97 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 40.7% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | -63.84 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 1,090.1% | volatile |
| 67 | Suriname | -66.25 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 137.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Colombia | -72.27 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 220.5% | volatile |
| 69 | El Salvador | -84.68 % change on previous year | 2023 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 70 | Argentina | -90.22 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 124.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Bahamas | -95.68 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 72 | Costa Rica | -96.18 % change on previous year | 2023 | down 185.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Burundi | -100 % change on previous year | 2009 | down 770.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Burkina Faso | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Brunei | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 625.6% | volatile |
| 73 | China | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Comoros | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Cayman Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2002 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Gambia | -100 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 101.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Grenada | -100 % change on previous year | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Haiti | -100 % change on previous year | 2008 | down 816.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Jamaica | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Kenya | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Sri Lanka | -100 % change on previous year | 2017 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Mali | -100 % change on previous year | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 73 | New Caledonia | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Puerto Rico | -100 % change on previous year | 2015 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | French Polynesia | -100 % change on previous year | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Singapore | -100 % change on previous year | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2016 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Turks and Caicos Islands | -100 % change on previous year | 2001 | — | volatile |
| 73 | East Timor | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 181.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | -100 % change on previous year | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Vanuatu | -100 % change on previous year | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Samoa | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | French Guiana | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Mayotte | -100 % change on previous year | 2000 | — | volatile |
| 73 | Montserrat | -100 % change on previous year | 2011 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Timor-Leste | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 181.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Polynesia | -100 % change on previous year | 2012 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | China, mainland | -100 % change on previous year | 2022 | down 146.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Brunei Darussalam | -100 % change on previous year | 2021 | down 625.6% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Asia 955.79 % change on previous year
- Southern Africa 392.59 % change on previous year
- Annex I countries 271.58 % change on previous year
- Central America 258.8 % change on previous year
- World 98.62 % change on previous year
- Non-Annex I countries 98.58 % change on previous year
- Southern Asia 95.37 % change on previous year
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 84.72 % change on previous year
- Oceania 48.44 % change on previous year
- Western Africa 1.68 % change on previous year
- Northern America 0 % change on previous year
- Northern Africa 0 % change on previous year
- United States of America 0 % change on previous year
- Latin America and the Caribbean -0.4421 % change on previous year
- Americas -0.4424 % change on previous year
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) -4.45 % change on previous year
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) -6.52 % change on previous year
- South America -6.95 % change on previous year
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) -7.24 % change on previous year
- Middle Africa -14.48 % change on previous year
- Africa -15.66 % change on previous year
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) -17.13 % change on previous year
- Eastern Africa -18.55 % change on previous year
- South-eastern Asia -50.88 % change on previous year
- Eastern Asia -100 % change on previous year
How this figure is calculated
The year-on-year percentage change in Land-use change — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.
Computed from
- Land-use change — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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About this data
The year-on-year percentage change in Land-use change — Emissions (CH4). Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.