Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
169
Highest
140.67 %
Mayotte
Lowest
-232.88 %
Honduras
Median
1.51 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 169 countries. The highest value is 140.67 % in Mayotte; the lowest is -232.88 % in Honduras.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.51 %, and the mean is 11.61 %.
Over the past decade 27 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 35,900.0%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 1,325.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 140.67 % | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 2 | Liberia | 84.85 % | 2023 | down 10.6% | volatile |
| 3 | Belize | 72.52 % | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 4 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 71.51 % | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 5 | Suriname | 69.83 % | 2023 | up 84.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Central African Republic | 67.17 % | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 7 | Cambodia | 59.64 % | 2023 | down 29.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Cameroon | 59.36 % | 2023 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 9 | Brazil | 57.94 % | 2023 | down 7.1% | falling |
| 10 | Peru | 56.46 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 11 | Bhutan | 56.06 % | 2023 | up 31,044.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 53.69 % | 2023 | up 15.1% | falling |
| 13 | Cote d'Ivoire | 52.15 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 13 | Côte d'Ivoire | 52.15 % | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 15 | Paraguay | 51.88 % | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 16 | Vanuatu | 51.23 % | 2023 | up 7.6% | falling |
| 17 | Mozambique | 46.03 % | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 18 | Solomon Islands | 45.13 % | 2023 | up 2.5% | falling |
| 19 | Guyana | 44.35 % | 2023 | down 28.7% | rising |
| 20 | Laos | 38.4 % | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 38.4 % | 2023 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 37.12 % | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 23 | Myanmar | 37.07 % | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 24 | Guinea | 35.67 % | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 25 | Madagascar | 34.79 % | 2023 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 26 | United Republic of Tanzania | 34.64 % | 2023 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 27 | Guatemala | 33.04 % | 2023 | up 43.5% | falling |
| 28 | Angola | 32.89 % | 2023 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 29 | Burkina Faso | 30.78 % | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 29.86 % | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 31 | Mali | 29.35 % | 2023 | down 34.2% | falling |
| 32 | Zambia | 28.87 % | 2023 | down 32.8% | rising |
| 33 | Malawi | 28.6 % | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 26.23 % | 2023 | up 42.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Romania | 26.18 % | 2023 | up 437.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Benin | 23.28 % | 2023 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Nicaragua | 22.8 % | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 38 | Colombia | 19.78 % | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 39 | Gambia | 19.46 % | 2023 | up 0.6% | falling |
| 40 | Guinea-Bissau | 17.02 % | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 41 | Chad | 16.81 % | 2023 | down 35.3% | flat |
| 42 | Somalia | 16.7 % | 2023 | down 67.8% | falling |
| 43 | Sweden | 16.19 % | 2023 | down 53.9% | rising |
| 44 | Gabon | 16.16 % | 2023 | down 41.6% | rising |
| 45 | Samoa | 14.75 % | 2023 | up 2.0% | falling |
| 46 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.73 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 47 | Ecuador | 14.18 % | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 48 | Indonesia | 14.12 % | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Argentina | 14.04 % | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 50 | Malaysia | 13.15 % | 2023 | up 193.5% | falling |
| 51 | Eritrea | 11.69 % | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 52 | Thailand | 11.17 % | 2023 | up 1,198.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Uganda | 11.03 % | 2023 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Nigeria | 10.2 % | 2023 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 55 | East Timor | 10.03 % | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 55 | Timor-Leste | 10.03 % | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 57 | Canada | 9.95 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 9.48 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Eswatini | 8.5 % | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 60 | Polynesia | 8.21 % | 2023 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 61 | Dominica | 7.76 % | 2023 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Melanesia | 7.71 % | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 63 | Costa Rica | 7.32 % | 2023 | down 80.7% | volatile |
| 64 | Seychelles | 7.31 % | 2023 | down 36.5% | falling |
| 65 | Panama | 6.95 % | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 6.7 % | 2023 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 67 | North Macedonia | 6.11 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 5.35 % | 2023 | down 13.1% | flat |
| 69 | Papua New Guinea | 5.31 % | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 70 | Togo | 5.22 % | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 71 | Sudan (former) | 5.19 % | 2011 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 72 | Mauritania | 4.32 % | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 73 | Niger | 4.12 % | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 4.04 % | 2023 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 75 | Congo | 3.8 % | 2023 | down 87.3% | falling |
| 76 | Slovenia | 3.6 % | 2023 | up 35,900.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Estonia | 3.56 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 78 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.14 % | 2023 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 79 | Nepal | 3.08 % | 2023 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 80 | South Sudan | 2.49 % | 2023 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 81 | Austria | 2.18 % | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 82 | Mexico | 2.08 % | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 1.94 % | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 84 | Chile | 1.93 % | 2023 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 85 | Moldova | 1.51 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Republic of Moldova | 1.51 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Bangladesh | 1.39 % | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 88 | Fiji | 1.06 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 89 | OECD | 1.04 % | 2023 | up 136.4% | falling |
| 90 | Vietnam | 0.98 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Viet Nam | 0.98 % | 2023 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 92 | Caribbean | 0.72 % | 2023 | down 17.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Namibia | 0.68 % | 2023 | down 17.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.67 % | 1999 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 95 | Bahamas | 0.62 % | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Norway | 0.55 % | 2023 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.47 % | 2023 | down 28.8% | volatile |
| 98 | Tunisia | 0.36 % | 2023 | up 56.5% | falling |
| 99 | United States | 0.34 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 100 | Morocco | 0.29 % | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 101 | Australia | 0.26 % | 2023 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 102 | Cuba | 0.25 % | 2023 | up 127.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Japan | 0.24 % | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 104 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.23 % | 2023 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei | 0.2 % | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.2 % | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Croatia | 0.19 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.19 % | 2023 | up 26.7% | falling |
| 109 | Republic of Korea | 0.18 % | 2023 | down 75.0% | falling |
| 110 | Cyprus | 0.16 % | 2023 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Israel | 0.16 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.13 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 112 | Iraq | 0.13 % | 2023 | down 71.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Italy | 0.1 % | 2023 | down 92.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 0.05 % | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 116 | Libya | 0.03 % | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 117 | India | 0.02 % | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Philippines | 0.01 % | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 119 | Albania | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Armenia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Azerbaijan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Burundi | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Belgium | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Belarus | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Switzerland | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | China | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Comoros | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 119 | Czechia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Denmark | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Spain | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Finland | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Grenada | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Haiti | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Hungary | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Ireland | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Jamaica | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Kazakhstan | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Kenya | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Lithuania | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Latvia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Marshall Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Mongolia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Mauritius | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | New Zealand | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Pakistan | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Portugal | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Russia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Rwanda | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Singapore | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | El Salvador | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Slovakia | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Ukraine | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Uzbekistan | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | British Virgin Islands | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | South Africa | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Niue | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Micronesia | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Russian Federation | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | China, mainland | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 119 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 % | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 % | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 222 | Ghana | -0.49 % | 2023 | down 1,325.0% | volatile |
| 223 | Honduras | -232.88 % | 2023 | down 651.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Middle Africa 48.24 %
- South America 44.21 %
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 27.82 %
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24.18 %
- Eastern Africa 21.32 %
- Western Africa 20.53 %
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 20.39 %
- Africa 17.87 %
- Americas 16.09 %
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 14.56 %
- South-eastern Asia 13.58 %
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 8.32 %
- Non-Annex I countries 8.09 %
- World 6.12 %
- Central America 5.96 %
- Asia 1.85 %
- Northern America 1.69 %
- Northern Europe 1.36 %
- European Union (27) 1.2 %
- Annex I countries 1.1 %
- Eastern Europe 1.09 %
- Northern Africa 0.89 %
- Europe 0.72 %
- Oceania 0.63 %
- United States of America 0.34 %
- Southern Europe 0.17 %
- Southern Asia 0.16 %
- Western Europe 0.1 %
- Southern Africa 0.07 %
- Eastern Asia 0.03 %
- Western Asia 0.02 %
- 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.