Land-use change — Emissions Share in Europe
Europe: Land-use change — Emissions Share was 0.98 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for land-use change — emissions share in Europe is 0.98 %, measured in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% on the previous year and up 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions share in Europe peaked at 1.1 % in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.43 %, in 1990.
Europe ranks 24th of 32 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.43 % | — |
| 1991 | 0.45 % | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 0.5 % | +11.1% |
| 1993 | 0.54 % | +8.0% |
| 1994 | 0.58 % | +7.4% |
| 1995 | 0.58 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.57 % | -1.7% |
| 1997 | 0.6 % | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 0.61 % | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.61 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.86 % | +41.0% |
| 2002 | 0.87 % | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 0.84 % | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 0.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.84 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.83 % | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 0.84 % | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 0.85 % | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 0.95 % | +11.8% |
| 2010 | 0.89 % | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 0.86 % | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 0.86 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.89 % | +3.5% |
| 2014 | 0.94 % | +5.6% |
| 2015 | 0.94 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.99 % | +5.3% |
| 2017 | 0.97 % | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 0.96 % | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 1.01 % | +5.2% |
| 2020 | 1.1 % | +8.9% |
| 2021 | 0.93 % | -15.5% |
| 2022 | 0.93 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.98 % | +5.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Land-use change — Emissions Share in Europe 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | +41.0% | 0.61 % | 0.86 % |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.547 % | 0.43 % | 0.61 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.833 % | 0.61 % | 0.95 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.931 % | 0.86 % | 1.01 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.985 % | 0.93 % | 1.1 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 21 Burkina Faso 71 % compare
- 22 Sierra Leone 70.68 % compare
- 23 Bhutan 70 % compare
- 24 Malawi 69.67 % compare
- 25 Peru 68.58 % compare
- 26 Solomon Islands 62.86 % compare
- 27 Guatemala 62.82 % compare
More climate change data for Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 14.60 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 471,113 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 102,735 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 368,378 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 387.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13,156 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 121,153 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 110,533 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,621 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 417.1 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions share in Europe?
- Land-use change — emissions share in Europe was 0.98 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1 % in 2020.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.43 % in 1990.
- How does Europe rank for land-use change — emissions share?
- Europe ranks 24th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions share rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.