Land-use change — Emissions Share in Western Europe
Western Europe: Land-use change — Emissions Share was 0.12 % in 2023. ▲ Rising
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Western Europe, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, land-use change — emissions share in Western Europe stood at 0.12 %.
The figure is up 9.1% on the previous year and down 61.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, land-use change — emissions share in Western Europe peaked at 0.33 % in 2014 and was at its lowest, 0.11 %, in 2021.
Western Europe ranks 28th of 32 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Land-use change — Emissions Share in Western Europe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.16 % | — |
| 1991 | 0.16 % | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 0.17 % | +6.3% |
| 1993 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.17 % | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.19 % | +11.8% |
| 2002 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2 % | +5.3% |
| 2008 | 0.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.21 % | +5.0% |
| 2010 | 0.2 % | -4.8% |
| 2011 | 0.31 % | +55.0% |
| 2012 | 0.31 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.31 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.33 % | +6.5% |
| 2015 | 0.32 % | -3.0% |
| 2016 | 0.19 % | -40.6% |
| 2017 | 0.19 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2 % | +5.3% |
| 2019 | 0.21 % | +5.0% |
| 2020 | 0.23 % | +9.5% |
| 2021 | 0.11 % | -52.2% |
| 2022 | 0.11 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.12 % | +9.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.168 % | 0.16 % | 0.17 % | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.192 % | 0.17 % | 0.21 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.257 % | 0.19 % | 0.33 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.1425 % | 0.11 % | 0.23 % | 4 |
Countries ranked near Western Europe
More climate change data for Western Europe
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 4.53 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 136,034 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 28,488 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 107,546 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 107.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 3,841 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 33,397 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 32,700 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 697.27 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 123.4 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is land-use change — emissions share in Western Europe?
- Land-use change — emissions share in Western Europe was 0.12 % in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Western Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 0.33 % in 2014.
- What is the lowest land-use change — emissions share recorded in Western Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.11 % in 2021.
- How does Western Europe rank for land-use change — emissions share?
- Western Europe ranks 28th out of 32 groups with data for 2023.
- Is land-use change — emissions share rising or falling in Western Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 61.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Western 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.