Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2) by country
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.
Countries reporting
162
Highest
140.67 %
Mayotte
Lowest
-38.76 %
Honduras
Median
2.79 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2) is currently reported for 162 countries. The highest value is 140.67 % in Mayotte; the lowest is -38.76 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.79 %, and the mean is 22.78 %.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 100 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 47,300.0%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 110.9%).
Land-use change — Emissions Share: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 140.67 % | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 2 | Somalia | 140.48 % | 2023 | up 43.4% | falling |
| 3 | Paraguay | 103.21 % | 2023 | up 12.1% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 99.07 % | 2023 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 97.78 % | 2023 | down 1.6% | flat |
| 6 | Liberia | 95.15 % | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 90.75 % | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 8 | Chad | 88.23 % | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 9 | Mozambique | 83.21 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 10 | Cameroon | 83.08 % | 2023 | up 7.5% | flat |
| 11 | Belize | 82.74 % | 2023 | up 12.0% | falling |
| 12 | Guinea | 81.53 % | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 13 | Cambodia | 79.43 % | 2023 | down 30.4% | falling |
| 14 | Mali | 76.83 % | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 15 | Vanuatu | 74.89 % | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 16 | Suriname | 74.86 % | 2023 | up 68.9% | volatile |
| 17 | United Republic of Tanzania | 74.49 % | 2023 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 74.37 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 18 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.37 % | 2023 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 20 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 73.3 % | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 71 % | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 22 | Sierra Leone | 70.68 % | 2023 | down 6.1% | falling |
| 23 | Bhutan | 70 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 69.67 % | 2023 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 25 | Peru | 68.58 % | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 26 | Solomon Islands | 62.86 % | 2023 | up 10.5% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 62.82 % | 2023 | up 45.8% | falling |
| 28 | Zimbabwe | 62.75 % | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 60.28 % | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 30 | Angola | 58.37 % | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 31 | Myanmar | 57.85 % | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 32 | Guyana | 56.76 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 33 | Niger | 55.88 % | 2023 | up 36.7% | falling |
| 34 | Eritrea | 54.44 % | 2023 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 35 | Madagascar | 53.86 % | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 36 | Laos | 53.56 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 53.56 % | 2023 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 52.83 % | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 39 | Gambia | 45 % | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 40 | Romania | 41.35 % | 2023 | up 329.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Uganda | 40.6 % | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 42 | Gabon | 38.97 % | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 36.43 % | 2023 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 44 | Colombia | 33.98 % | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 45 | Equatorial Guinea | 33.12 % | 2023 | up 13.2% | falling |
| 46 | Ethiopia | 29.69 % | 2023 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 47 | Zambia | 29 % | 2023 | down 42.1% | rising |
| 48 | Sudan (former) | 26.73 % | 2011 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 49 | Samoa | 24.31 % | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 50 | Nigeria | 24.12 % | 2023 | down 15.2% | falling |
| 51 | Argentina | 24.02 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 51 | East Timor | 24.02 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 51 | Timor-Leste | 24.02 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 54 | Togo | 23.72 % | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 55 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 23.25 % | 2023 | up 12.4% | falling |
| 56 | Sweden | 21.43 % | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Mauritania | 20.49 % | 2023 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Ecuador | 20.42 % | 2023 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 59 | Eswatini | 17.46 % | 2023 | up 13.4% | falling |
| 60 | Thailand | 15.97 % | 2023 | up 1,694.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Congo | 15.58 % | 2023 | down 71.0% | falling |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 15.36 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 15.15 % | 2023 | down 91.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Indonesia | 14.88 % | 2023 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 65 | Senegal | 14.79 % | 2023 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 66 | Malaysia | 14.39 % | 2023 | up 233.9% | falling |
| 67 | Polynesia | 14.21 % | 2023 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 68 | Sudan | 12.82 % | 2023 | down 67.5% | volatile |
| 69 | Canada | 12.57 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 10.67 % | 2023 | down 55.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Panama | 9.83 % | 2023 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 72 | Melanesia | 9.36 % | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 73 | Seychelles | 8.24 % | 2023 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 74 | North Macedonia | 8.08 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Papua New Guinea | 6.05 % | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 76 | Slovenia | 4.74 % | 2023 | up 47,300.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 4.1 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.47 % | 2023 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 79 | Sri Lanka | 3.16 % | 2023 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Mexico | 2.84 % | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 81 | Chile | 2.8 % | 2023 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Austria | 2.77 % | 2023 | up 18.4% | flat |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 2.65 % | 2023 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 84 | Moldova | 2.35 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Republic of Moldova | 2.35 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 86 | Namibia | 2.32 % | 2023 | down 33.5% | volatile |
| 87 | OECD | 1.32 % | 2023 | up 144.4% | falling |
| 88 | Vietnam | 1.29 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 88 | Viet Nam | 1.29 % | 2023 | down 15.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Caribbean | 0.95 % | 2023 | down 15.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.82 % | 1999 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 92 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.69 % | 2023 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 93 | Norway | 0.68 % | 2023 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Tunisia | 0.48 % | 2023 | up 60.0% | falling |
| 95 | Australia | 0.44 % | 2023 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Morocco | 0.44 % | 2023 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 97 | United States | 0.43 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 98 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.41 % | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Croatia | 0.28 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Japan | 0.26 % | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Iraq | 0.25 % | 2023 | down 69.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Brunei | 0.24 % | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.24 % | 2023 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Cyprus | 0.23 % | 2023 | up 53.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.22 % | 2023 | up 29.4% | falling |
| 106 | Republic of Korea | 0.21 % | 2023 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 107 | Israel | 0.2 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 108 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.18 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Italy | 0.12 % | 2023 | down 93.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Algeria | 0.06 % | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 111 | Libya | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 112 | Albania | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Azerbaijan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Burundi | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Belgium | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Belarus | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Switzerland | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | China | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Comoros | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 112 | Cuba | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Czechia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Denmark | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Spain | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Finland | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Haiti | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Hungary | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Ireland | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Jamaica | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Kazakhstan | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kenya | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Luxembourg | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Latvia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Marshall Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Mongolia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Mauritius | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Nepal | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | New Zealand | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Pakistan | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Philippines | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Portugal | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Russia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Rwanda | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Singapore | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | El Salvador | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | South Sudan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Slovakia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Ukraine | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Uzbekistan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Micronesia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Russian Federation | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | China, mainland | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 112 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 223 | Honduras | -38.76 % | 2023 | down 110.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 83.64 %
- South America 68.93 %
- Eastern Africa 57.03 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 56.72 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 51.75 %
- Western Africa 50.92 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 37.2 %
- Africa 31.33 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 25.63 %
- Americas 21.95 %
- South-Eastern Asia 16.12 %
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 11.14 %
- Non-Annex I countries 10.51 %
- Central America 8.59 %
- World 7.87 %
- Northern America 2.16 %
- Asia 2.02 %
- Northern Europe 1.76 %
- Eastern Europe 1.67 %
- European Union (27) 1.53 %
- Annex I countries 1.44 %
- Northern Africa 1.3 %
- Oceania 1.1 %
- Europe 0.98 %
- United States of America 0.43 %
- Southern Europe 0.22 %
- Southern Asia 0.18 %
- Western Europe 0.12 %
- Southern Africa 0.09 %
- Eastern Asia 0.03 %
- Western Asia 0.03 %
- Central Asia 0 %
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.