Land-use change — Emissions Share in Belize
Belize: Land-use change — Emissions Share was 82.74 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Belize, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Belize recorded 82.74 % for land-use change — emissions share in 2023.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 12.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions share in Belize peaked at 100.88 % in 2004 and was at its lowest, 71.46 %, in 2015.
Belize ranks 11th of 223 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Belize, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 90.48 % | — |
| 1991 | 88.75 % | -1.9% |
| 1992 | 89.67 % | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 89.27 % | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 89.34 % | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 89.3 % | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 90.58 % | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 89.15 % | -1.6% |
| 1998 | 89.49 % | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 89.97 % | +0.5% |
| 2000 | 89.17 % | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 99.58 % | +11.7% |
| 2002 | 99.89 % | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 99.97 % | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 100.88 % | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 100.14 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 99.59 % | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 98.77 % | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 99.49 % | +0.7% |
| 2009 | 97.63 % | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 97.19 % | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 72.49 % | -25.4% |
| 2012 | 73.74 % | +1.7% |
| 2013 | 73.87 % | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 73.56 % | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 71.46 % | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 84.77 % | +18.6% |
| 2017 | 84.82 % | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 84.96 % | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 83.24 % | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 84.74 % | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 83.96 % | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 83.57 % | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 82.74 % | -1.0% |
Belize compared with similar countries
- Belize's 82.74 % is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 1.51 %, 54.8× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land-use change — Emissions Share in Belize 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 | -25.4% | 97.19 % | 72.49 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 89.6 % | 88.75 % | 90.58 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.51 % | 89.17 % | 100.88 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 80.01 % | 71.46 % | 97.19 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 83.75 % | 82.74 % | 84.74 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Belize
More climate change data for Belize
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 5.79 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 226.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 67.02 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 159.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2529 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 5.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 45.12 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 38.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6.38 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1462 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions share in Belize?
- Land-use change — emissions share in Belize was 82.74 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Belize?
- The highest recorded value was 100.88 % in 2004.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Belize?
- The lowest recorded value was 71.46 % in 2015.
- How does Belize rank for land-use change — emissions share?
- Belize ranks 11th out of 223 countries with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions share rising or falling in Belize?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belize data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2). 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.