Land-use change — Emissions per capita in East Timor
East Timor: Land-use change — Emissions per capita was 0.17 t CO2eq/cap in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in East Timor, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t CO2eq/cap.
Analysis
East Timor recorded 0.17 t CO2eq/cap for land-use change — emissions per capita in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 48.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions per capita in East Timor peaked at 0.52 t CO2eq/cap in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.17 t CO2eq/cap, in 2021.
That places East Timor 69th out of 223 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions per capita in East Timor, year by year
| Year | t CO2eq/cap | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | — |
| 1991 | 0.5 t CO2eq/cap | -2.0% |
| 1992 | 0.49 t CO2eq/cap | -2.0% |
| 1993 | 0.47 t CO2eq/cap | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 0.46 t CO2eq/cap | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 0.45 t CO2eq/cap | -2.2% |
| 1996 | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.41 t CO2eq/cap | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 0.47 t CO2eq/cap | +14.6% |
| 2000 | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | +10.6% |
| 2001 | 0.48 t CO2eq/cap | -7.7% |
| 2002 | 0.45 t CO2eq/cap | -6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.42 t CO2eq/cap | -6.7% |
| 2004 | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 0.42 t CO2eq/cap | -2.3% |
| 2006 | 0.41 t CO2eq/cap | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 0.39 t CO2eq/cap | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 0.38 t CO2eq/cap | -2.6% |
| 2009 | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | -2.7% |
| 2011 | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | -2.8% |
| 2012 | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | -2.9% |
| 2013 | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.31 t CO2eq/cap | -3.1% |
| 2018 | 0.31 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | -43.3% |
| 2022 | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | +0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 0.17 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.12 t CO2eq/cap, 1.4× the median. (43 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 0.17 t CO2eq/cap is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.05 t CO2eq/cap, 3.4× the median. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land-use change — Emissions per capita in East Timor 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | -43.3% | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.462 t CO2eq/cap | 0.41 t CO2eq/cap | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.427 t CO2eq/cap | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.327 t CO2eq/cap | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2025 t CO2eq/cap | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
- 66 Papua New Guinea 0.19 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 67 Sudan 0.18 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 67 Sudan (former) 0.18 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 69 Timor-Leste 0.17 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 71 Austria 0.16 t CO2eq/cap compare
- 72 Uganda 0.15 t CO2eq/cap compare
More climate change data for East Timor
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 934.91 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 229.94 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 704.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.8677 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 25.18 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 259.51 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 20.09 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 239.42 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.0758 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 8.55 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions per capita in East Timor?
- Land-use change — emissions per capita in East Timor was 0.17 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 East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 0.52 t CO2eq/cap in 2000.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions per capita recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.17 t CO2eq/cap in 2021.
- How does East Timor rank for land-use change — emissions per capita?
- East Timor ranks 69th out of 223 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions per capita rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 48.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor 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.