Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Somalia
Somalia: Land-use change — Emissions per capita was 0.34 t CO2eq/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Somalia, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t CO2eq/cap.
Analysis
In 2023, land-use change — emissions per capita in Somalia stood at 0.34 t CO2eq/cap. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.9% on the previous year and down 87.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions per capita in Somalia peaked at 2.8 t CO2eq/cap in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.34 t CO2eq/cap, in 2023.
Somalia ranks 53rd of 223 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Somalia, year by year
| Year | t CO2eq/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2.44 t CO2eq/cap | — |
| 1991 | 2.53 t CO2eq/cap | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 2.66 t CO2eq/cap | +5.1% |
| 1993 | 2.58 t CO2eq/cap | -3.0% |
| 1994 | 2.46 t CO2eq/cap | -4.7% |
| 1995 | 2.37 t CO2eq/cap | -3.7% |
| 1996 | 2.29 t CO2eq/cap | -3.4% |
| 1997 | 2.21 t CO2eq/cap | -3.5% |
| 1998 | 2.12 t CO2eq/cap | -4.1% |
| 1999 | 2.03 t CO2eq/cap | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 1.95 t CO2eq/cap | -3.9% |
| 2001 | 1.88 t CO2eq/cap | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 1.81 t CO2eq/cap | -3.7% |
| 2003 | 1.74 t CO2eq/cap | -3.9% |
| 2004 | 1.68 t CO2eq/cap | -3.4% |
| 2005 | 1.62 t CO2eq/cap | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 1.57 t CO2eq/cap | -3.1% |
| 2007 | 1.52 t CO2eq/cap | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 1.48 t CO2eq/cap | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 1.44 t CO2eq/cap | -2.7% |
| 2010 | 1.41 t CO2eq/cap | -2.1% |
| 2011 | 2.8 t CO2eq/cap | +98.6% |
| 2012 | 2.78 t CO2eq/cap | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 2.69 t CO2eq/cap | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 2.6 t CO2eq/cap | -3.3% |
| 2015 | 2.51 t CO2eq/cap | -3.5% |
| 2016 | 2.41 t CO2eq/cap | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 2.32 t CO2eq/cap | -3.7% |
| 2018 | 2.24 t CO2eq/cap | -3.4% |
| 2019 | 2.16 t CO2eq/cap | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 2.08 t CO2eq/cap | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | -82.7% |
| 2022 | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | -2.8% |
| 2023 | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | -2.9% |
Somalia compared with similar countries
- Somalia's 0.34 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.27 t CO2eq/cap, 1.3× the median. (23 countries reporting)
- Somalia's 0.34 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.22 t CO2eq/cap, 1.5× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land-use change — Emissions per capita in Somalia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +98.6% | 1.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2.8 t CO2eq/cap |
| 2021 | -82.7% | 2.08 t CO2eq/cap | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2.66 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.67 t CO2eq/cap | 1.44 t CO2eq/cap | 1.95 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.39 t CO2eq/cap | 1.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2.8 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7825 t CO2eq/cap | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2.08 t CO2eq/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
- 50 Sierra Leone 0.41 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 51 North Macedonia 0.37 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 52 Samoa 0.36 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 53 Malawi 0.34 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 53 Panama 0.34 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 56 Dominica 0.3 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 56 Guinea-Bissau 0.3 t CO2eq/cap compare
More climate change data for Somalia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 76.68 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 40,869 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 11,404 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 29,465 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 43.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 1,052 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 530.13 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 497.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 32.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.88 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions per capita in Somalia?
- Land-use change — emissions per capita in Somalia was 0.34 t CO2eq/cap in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.8 t CO2eq/cap in 2011.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.34 t CO2eq/cap in 2023.
- How does Somalia rank for land-use change — emissions per capita?
- Somalia ranks 53rd out of 223 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions per capita rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 87.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land-use change — Emissions per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.