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Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
151
Highest
0.0187 kt per person
Suriname
Lowest
0 kt per person
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,685

What the numbers show

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 151 countries. The highest value is 0.0187 kt per person in Suriname; the lowest is 0 kt per person in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0008 kt per person.

Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 98 fell. The largest increase was in United States (up 14,037,200.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 0.0187 kt per person 2023 up 252.9% volatile
2 Belize 0.0109 kt per person 2023 down 18.1% falling
3 Guyana 0.0098 kt per person 2023 down 40.6% rising
4 Central African Republic 0.0078 kt per person 2023 down 6.4% falling
5 Brazil 0.0059 kt per person 2023 up 28.6% falling
6 Paraguay 0.0054 kt per person 2023 down 47.2% falling
7 Bhutan 0.0046 kt per person 2023 up 115,005.0% volatile
8 Cambodia 0.0042 kt per person 2023 down 36.2% volatile
9 Liberia 0.0042 kt per person 2023 down 71.6% volatile
10 Peru 0.0039 kt per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
11 Laos 0.0027 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% rising
12 Canada 0.0023 kt per person 2023 — volatile
13 Cameroon 0.0022 kt per person 2023 up 49.5% falling
14 Equatorial Guinea 0.0021 kt per person 2023 down 27.1% falling
15 Vanuatu 0.0019 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
16 Gabon 0.0018 kt per person 2023 down 57.0% falling
17 Malaysia 0.0016 kt per person 2023 up 521.3% falling
18 Mozambique 0.0014 kt per person 2023 down 31.4% falling
19 Guinea 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
20 Myanmar 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
21 Argentina 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 34.2% falling
22 Romania 0.0013 kt per person 2023 up 694.6% volatile
23 Angola 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 39.6% falling
24 Zambia 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 56.3% falling
25 Chad 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 31.5% rising
26 Colombia 0.0011 kt per person 2023 up 14.0% falling
27 Zimbabwe 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 23.8% falling
28 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 49.3% volatile
29 Madagascar 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% falling
30 Indonesia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 24.7% volatile
31 Mali 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 43.4% falling
32 Sweden 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
33 Guatemala 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 53.7% volatile
34 Nicaragua 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% volatile
35 Thailand 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 1,291.9% volatile
36 Burkina Faso 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
37 Estonia 0.0007 kt per person 2023 — volatile
38 Ecuador 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 47.2% falling
39 Honduras 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% rising
40 Solomon Islands 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% falling
41 Seychelles 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
42 Benin 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 82.8% falling
43 Bulgaria 0.0005 kt per person 2023 — rising
44 Sierra Leone 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 20.9% falling
45 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 — volatile
46 Samoa 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
47 Malawi 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 25.9% falling
48 Somalia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 87.2% falling
49 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 43.7% volatile
50 Dominica 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 58.8% volatile
51 Guinea-Bissau 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 47.5% falling
52 Puerto Rico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 998.0% volatile
53 Eritrea 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
54 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
55 Slovenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 25,004.0% volatile
56 Costa Rica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 62.0% volatile
57 Gambia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
58 Eswatini 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
59 Nigeria 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% falling
60 Papua New Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.1% volatile
61 Sudan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% flat
62 East Timor 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 48.0% falling
63 Austria 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% flat
64 Uganda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 63.4% volatile
65 Mauritania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% falling
66 South Sudan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.7% rising
67 Congo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 94.1% falling
68 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 29.2% falling
69 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.7% falling
70 Mexico 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.2% falling
71 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.6% falling
72 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.4% falling
73 Niger 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% volatile
74 Australia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 21.9% volatile
75 Norway 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.0% volatile
76 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 74.7% falling
77 Brunei 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 82.3% volatile
78 Moldova 0.0001 kt per person 2023 — volatile
79 United States 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14,037,200.0% volatile
80 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 up 53.4% volatile
81 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.8% volatile
82 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 down 80.7% volatile
83 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% volatile
84 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.9% volatile
85 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.1% volatile
86 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.1% volatile
87 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.0% flat
88 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
89 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
90 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.5% volatile
91 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
92 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 68.1% volatile
93 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 up 135.7% volatile
94 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.4% volatile
95 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 92.7% volatile
96 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
97 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
98 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
99 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 99.8% volatile
100 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 up 91.8% volatile
101 India 0 kt per person 2023 down 60.5% volatile
102 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.1% volatile
103 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 down 98.7% volatile
104 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
105 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 99.9% volatile
106 South Africa 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.7% volatile
107 China 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% volatile
108 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Andorra 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 American Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% falling
108 Cayman Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 French Polynesia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
108 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
108 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.0004 kt per person

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Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
201 places, 6,685 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Land-use change — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.