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Land-use change — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas...

Countries reporting
238
Highest
1.24 million kt
Brazil
Lowest
0 kt
Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
Median
0 kt
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
9,129

What the numbers show

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1 is currently reported for 238 countries. The highest value is 1.24 million kt in Brazil; the lowest is 0 kt in Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt, and the mean is 13,144 kt.

Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 87 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 25,741.5%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1.24 million kt 2023 up 36.2% falling
2 Indonesia 192,983 kt 2023 down 27.3% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of the Congo 156,015 kt 2023 down 71.7% falling
4 OECD 147,607 kt 2023 up 137.8% falling
5 Peru 130,591 kt 2023 down 0.3% falling
6 Canada 92,700 kt 2023 — volatile
7 Cambodia 71,652 kt 2023 down 25.9% volatile
8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 62,649 kt 2023 up 48.9% falling
9 Myanmar 61,697 kt 2023 down 0.4% falling
10 Cameroon 60,852 kt 2023 up 101.6% rising
11 United Republic of Tanzania 59,157 kt 2023 up 16.4% rising
12 Argentina 58,890 kt 2023 down 29.0% falling
13 Colombia 56,373 kt 2023 up 29.3% falling
14 Malaysia 54,091 kt 2023 up 871.0% falling
15 Thailand 53,420 kt 2023 up 1,867.4% volatile
16 Nigeria 44,152 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
17 Mozambique 43,452 kt 2023 down 0.1% flat
18 Paraguay 36,769 kt 2023 down 39.4% falling
19 Côte d'Ivoire 33,005 kt 2023 down 33.9% falling
20 Madagascar 32,618 kt 2023 down 26.9% rising
21 Angola 32,316 kt 2023 up 0.0% rising
22 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 27,302 kt 2023 down 48.9% falling
23 Romania 24,017 kt 2023 up 658.0% volatile
24 Liberia 22,832 kt 2023 down 65.2% volatile
25 Mali 21,684 kt 2023 down 23.0% rising
26 Chad 20,638 kt 2023 down 0.1% rising
27 Guinea 19,071 kt 2023 down 1.6% flat
28 Zimbabwe 17,549 kt 2023 down 11.2% falling
29 Lao People's Democratic Republic 17,511 kt 2023 down 3.6% rising
30 Burkina Faso 17,147 kt 2023 down 1.7% falling
31 Guatemala 15,875 kt 2023 up 85.3% falling
32 Mexico 14,793 kt 2023 up 6.4% falling
33 Ecuador 12,218 kt 2023 down 40.0% falling
34 Suriname 11,766 kt 2023 up 289.8% volatile
35 Zambia 9,832 kt 2023 down 48.3% volatile
36 Sweden 9,427 kt 2023 down 17.3% rising
37 Sudan 8,894 kt 2023 up 33.9% rising
38 Guyana 8,078 kt 2023 down 34.7% rising
39 Ethiopia 7,989 kt 2023 down 67.0% falling
40 Benin 7,502 kt 2023 down 77.3% falling
41 Uganda 7,373 kt 2023 down 49.5% falling
42 Malawi 7,068 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
43 Sudan (former) 6,640 kt 2011 up 7.1% rising
44 Somalia 6,299 kt 2023 down 81.8% rising
45 Honduras 6,262 kt 2023 up 13.7% volatile
46 Nicaragua 5,618 kt 2023 down 3.1% falling
47 Viet Nam 4,863 kt 2023 up 139.2% volatile
48 Belize 4,386 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
49 Gabon 4,325 kt 2023 down 44.4% rising
50 Equatorial Guinea 3,832 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
51 Bhutan 3,642 kt 2023 — volatile
52 Sierra Leone 3,460 kt 2023 up 0.0% flat
53 Bangladesh 3,391 kt 2023 up 16.6% volatile
54 French Guiana 3,295 kt 2023 up 26.7% falling
55 Bulgaria 3,288 kt 2023 — flat
56 Melanesia 3,030 kt 2023 down 9.5% falling
57 Japan 2,543 kt 2023 down 35.6% volatile
58 Chile 2,342 kt 2023 down 34.1% falling
59 Senegal 2,190 kt 2023 down 0.4% rising
60 Papua New Guinea 1,913 kt 2023 up 2.0% falling
61 Niger 1,793 kt 2023 up 34.5% volatile
62 Australia 1,595 kt 2023 down 8.5% volatile
62 Australia and New Zealand 1,595 kt 2023 down 20.0% volatile
64 Panama 1,522 kt 2023 down 34.5% falling
65 Austria 1,448 kt 2023 up 2.9% rising
66 Costa Rica 1,239 kt 2023 down 58.3% volatile
67 Republic of Korea 1,214 kt 2023 down 73.4% rising
68 Caribbean 1,071 kt 2023 down 23.3% volatile
69 Belgium-Luxembourg 1,007 kt 1999 unchanged flat
70 Estonia 949.43 kt 2023 — volatile
71 Eritrea 941.58 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
72 Puerto Rico 926.41 kt 2023 up 868.7% volatile
73 Mauritania 719.15 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
74 North Macedonia 686.53 kt 2023 — volatile
75 Sri Lanka 675.47 kt 2023 down 57.0% volatile
76 Vanuatu 623.25 kt 2023 down 0.2% flat
77 Gambia 601.39 kt 2023 up 12.9% rising
78 Guinea-Bissau 579.65 kt 2023 up 0.0% falling
79 Togo 555.82 kt 2023 down 7.5% flat
80 Slovenia 518.77 kt 2023 up 25,741.5% volatile
81 Congo 506 kt 2023 down 95.1% rising
82 Solomon Islands 493.63 kt 2023 down 0.3% flat
83 Iraq 476.33 kt 2023 down 59.2% volatile
84 Italy 415.43 kt 2023 down 92.9% volatile
85 Norway 353.19 kt 2023 down 18.5% volatile
86 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 347.84 kt 2023 up 0.0% volatile
87 Morocco 331.78 kt 2023 up 22.1% volatile
88 Eswatini 262.16 kt 2023 down 0.4% flat
89 Timor-Leste 233.81 kt 2023 down 39.4% falling
90 Tunisia 169.78 kt 2023 up 56.6% rising
91 Republic of Moldova 140.98 kt 2023 — volatile
92 Algeria 132.31 kt 2023 down 0.0% flat
93 Western Sahara 123.08 kt 2023 — volatile
94 Israel 116.81 kt 2023 — volatile
95 Trinidad and Tobago 102 kt 2023 down 0.5% flat
96 Namibia 95.75 kt 2023 down 0.0% volatile
97 Polynesia 80.11 kt 2023 down 21.7% falling
98 Samoa 78.68 kt 2023 down 0.6% flat
99 Seychelles 66.59 kt 2023 up 6.5% rising
100 Croatia 41.74 kt 2023 — volatile
101 Bosnia and Herzegovina 37 kt 2023 — volatile
102 Libya 34.34 kt 2023 up 1.1% flat
103 Mayotte 30.95 kt 2023 down 22.1% volatile
104 Brunei Darussalam 28.5 kt 2023 down 80.4% volatile
105 Antigua and Barbuda 22.95 kt 2023 up 0.3% flat
106 Dominica 19.78 kt 2023 down 60.7% volatile
107 Cyprus 15.53 kt 2023 up 67.6% volatile
108 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 1.45 kt 2023 down 20.1% rising
109 Wallis and Futuna Islands 1.43 kt 2023 down 33.8% volatile
110 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.606 kt 2023 — volatile
111 Jordan 0.502 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Aruba 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Afghanistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Albania 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Andorra 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 United Arab Emirates 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Armenia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Azerbaijan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Burundi 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Belgium 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bahrain 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Bahamas 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Belarus 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Bermuda 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Barbados 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Botswana 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Switzerland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 China 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Comoros 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% falling
112 Cuba 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Cayman Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Czechia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Germany 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Djibouti 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Denmark 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Dominican Republic 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Egypt 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Spain 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Finland 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Fiji 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 France 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Faroe Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Georgia 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Ghana 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Gibraltar 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Greece 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Grenada 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Greenland 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Guam 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Haiti 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Hungary 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Isle of Man 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 India 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Ireland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Iceland 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Jamaica 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Kazakhstan 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kenya 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Kiribati 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Kuwait 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Lebanon 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Saint Lucia 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Liechtenstein 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Lesotho 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Lithuania 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Luxembourg 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Latvia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Monaco 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Maldives 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Marshall Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Malta 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Montenegro 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Mongolia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Northern Mariana Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Mauritius 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 New Caledonia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Nepal 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Nauru 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 New Zealand 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Oman 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Pakistan 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Philippines 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Palau 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Poland 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Portugal 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Palestine 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 French Polynesia 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Qatar 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Rwanda 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Saudi Arabia 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Singapore 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 El Salvador 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 San Marino 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Serbia 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 South Sudan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Slovakia 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Tajikistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Turkmenistan 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Tonga 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Tuvalu 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Ukraine 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Uruguay 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Uzbekistan 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 British Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Yemen 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Guadeloupe 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Martinique 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Anguilla 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Cook Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Montserrat 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Niue 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Tokelau 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Micronesia 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Serbia and Montenegro 0 kt 2005 — flat
112 Norfolk Island 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Cabo Verde 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Pitcairn 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Russian Federation 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 Syrian Arab Republic 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Türkiye 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Holy See 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 China, mainland 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 China, Taiwan Province of 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 kt 2023 down 100.0% volatile
112 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0 kt 2023 — volatile
112 China, Macao SAR 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 kt 2010 — flat
112 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0 kt 2023 — flat
112 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands 0 kt 2023 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions (CO2) — FAO TIER 1
Unit
kt
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
275 places, 9,129 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions Totals summarizes the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disseminated in the FAOSTAT Climate Change domains of emissions from agrifood systems. Data are computed following the Tier 1 methods of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National greenhouse gas (GHG) Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014). Emissions from other economic sectors as defined by the IPCC are also disseminated in the domain for completeness. Methodological details can be found at: https://files-faostat.fao.org/production/GT/GT_en.pdf