LULUCF — 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
209
Highest
941.41 %
Honduras
Lowest
-454.88 %
Fiji
Median
0.24 %
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,042

What the numbers show

LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 941.41 % in Honduras; the lowest is -454.88 % in Fiji.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.24 %, and the mean is 19.31 %.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 21,284.6%), and the largest decrease in El Salvador (down 1,166.7%).

LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2eq): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Honduras 941.41 % 2023 up 356.7% volatile
2 Belarus 773.13 % 2023 up 19,084.4% volatile
3 Ghana 641.49 % 2023 up 1,824.7% volatile
4 Rwanda 375.89 % 2023 up 1,575.2% volatile
5 Mayotte 100 % 2023 unchanged flat
6 Liberia 85.28 % 2023 down 10.3% volatile
7 Belize 75.35 % 2023 down 9.4% falling
8 Suriname 73.92 % 2023 up 61.0% volatile
9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 71.26 % 2023 down 21.4% falling
10 Papua New Guinea 63.65 % 2023 down 10.1% falling
11 Guyana 62.31 % 2023 down 20.2% rising
12 Cameroon 60.86 % 2023 up 27.4% flat
13 Madagascar 59.48 % 2023 down 15.5% falling
14 Cambodia 58.84 % 2023 down 18.8% rising
15 Melanesia 56.96 % 2023 down 2.3% falling
16 Bhutan 56.46 % 2023 up 207.3% volatile
17 Mozambique 56.34 % 2023 down 14.6% falling
18 Peru 55.38 % 2023 down 9.2% falling
19 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 53.13 % 2023 up 14.5% falling
20 Vanuatu 51.24 % 2023 up 7.9% falling
21 Côte d'Ivoire 49.37 % 2023 down 19.7% falling
22 Zambia 48.28 % 2023 down 21.5% flat
23 Solomon Islands 44.31 % 2023 up 1.3% falling
24 Myanmar 42.47 % 2023 down 5.8% falling
25 Brazil 42.4 % 2023 up 118.1% falling
26 Benin 39.54 % 2023 down 47.1% volatile
27 Paraguay 39.12 % 2023 down 35.8% falling
28 Latvia 38.55 % 2023 up 227.5% volatile
29 United Republic of Tanzania 37.99 % 2023 down 14.2% falling
30 Zimbabwe 37.21 % 2023 down 7.1% falling
31 Guinea 36.56 % 2023 down 17.9% falling
32 Estonia 34.07 % 2023 up 332.9% volatile
33 Burkina Faso 33.42 % 2023 down 11.5% falling
34 Angola 33.38 % 2023 down 3.1% rising
35 Malawi 31.99 % 2023 down 31.4% falling
36 Mali 30.69 % 2023 down 32.6% falling
37 Sierra Leone 28.94 % 2023 down 7.0% falling
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 28.77 % 2023 down 47.0% falling
39 Burundi 27.84 % 2023 up 156.6% volatile
40 Sudan 27.54 % 2023 up 21,284.6% volatile
41 Equatorial Guinea 26.2 % 2023 up 40.6% volatile
42 Indonesia 25.3 % 2023 down 37.4% volatile
43 Finland 23.12 % 2023 up 108.8% volatile
44 Colombia 20.02 % 2023 up 14.1% falling
45 Gambia 19.46 % 2023 up 1.5% falling
46 Gabon 18.4 % 2023 down 38.1% rising
47 Mongolia 18.04 % 2023 down 19.9% falling
48 Nicaragua 17.91 % 2023 down 13.3% falling
49 Lithuania 17.38 % 2023 up 492.3% volatile
50 Guinea-Bissau 17.21 % 2023 down 30.1% falling
51 Uganda 16.93 % 2023 down 45.2% falling
52 Seychelles 16.92 % 2023 up 79.0% volatile
53 Sweden 16.89 % 2023 up 117.7% volatile
54 Chad 16.87 % 2023 down 35.1% falling
55 Canada 16.71 % 2023 up 109.4% flat
56 South Sudan 16.47 % 2023 unchanged rising
57 Malaysia 15.26 % 2023 up 121.6% volatile
58 Ireland 15.02 % 2023 up 87.0% rising
59 Ecuador 14.27 % 2023 down 26.9% falling
60 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 14.1 % 2023 down 3.6% falling
61 Samoa 13.75 % 2023 down 14.4% falling
62 Cuba 13 % 2023 up 256.2% volatile
63 Italy 12.77 % 2023 up 455.7% volatile
64 Eritrea 11.85 % 2023 down 7.4% falling
65 Guatemala 11.36 % 2023 down 39.4% volatile
66 Argentina 11 % 2023 down 39.2% falling
67 Somalia 9.89 % 2023 down 81.0% rising
68 Thailand 9.85 % 2023 up 749.1% volatile
69 Timor-Leste 9.84 % 2023 down 31.6% falling
70 Eswatini 9.67 % 2023 up 3.1% flat
71 Iceland 8.96 % 2023 down 12.4% falling
72 Dominica 8.63 % 2023 down 52.8% volatile
73 Norway 8.36 % 2023 up 135.9% volatile
74 Nigeria 8.27 % 2023 down 5.4% falling
75 Panama 7.38 % 2023 down 46.6% volatile
76 Bangladesh 7.11 % 2023 down 26.3% falling
77 Sudan (former) 6.47 % 2011 down 16.8% falling
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.91 % 2023 up 132.7% volatile
79 Senegal 5.49 % 2023 down 30.1% falling
80 Sri Lanka 5.44 % 2023 down 43.3% volatile
81 Poland 5.37 % 2023 up 240.9% volatile
82 Morocco 4.67 % 2023 up 280.3% volatile
83 Chile 4.16 % 2023 up 130.9% volatile
84 Ukraine 4.01 % 2023 up 299.5% volatile
85 Germany 4 % 2023 up 231.1% volatile
86 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 3.93 % 2023 up 46.6% falling
87 Ethiopia 3.83 % 2023 down 75.2% volatile
88 Polynesia 3.76 % 2023 down 32.3% volatile
89 Antigua and Barbuda 3.01 % 2023 up 32.0% falling
90 Botswana 2.6 % 2023 down 28.8% falling
91 Mexico 2.22 % 2023 up 188.8% volatile
92 Republic of Moldova 2.08 % 2023 up 142.7% volatile
93 Switzerland 2.03 % 2023 up 250.4% volatile
94 Greece 1.93 % 2023 up 141.2% volatile
95 Caribbean 1.85 % 2023 up 170.9% volatile
96 Brunei Darussalam 1.82 % 2023 down 20.9% volatile
97 Kazakhstan 1.69 % 2023 up 154.7% volatile
98 Hungary 1.35 % 2023 down 34.5% falling
99 Albania 1.2 % 2023 down 94.1% volatile
100 Niger 1.01 % 2023 down 72.1% volatile
101 Namibia 0.71 % 2023 down 15.5% volatile
102 Bahamas 0.67 % 2023 down 79.5% volatile
103 Spain 0.63 % 2023 up 125.3% volatile
104 Montenegro 0.56 % 2023 down 48.1% volatile
105 Barbados 0.24 % 2023 down 46.7% volatile
106 Trinidad and Tobago 0.23 % 2023 up 15.0% falling
107 Belgium 0.18 % 2023 up 109.8% volatile
107 Tunisia 0.18 % 2023 down 98.6% volatile
109 Algeria 0.05 % 2023 up 25.0% volatile
109 Luxembourg 0.05 % 2023 up 102.3% volatile
111 Aruba 0.03 % 2023 down 62.5% volatile
111 Libya 0.03 % 2023 down 40.0% flat
113 Afghanistan 0 % 2023 flat
113 Djibouti 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Egypt 0 % 2023 flat
113 Grenada 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Israel 0 % 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Jordan 0 % 2023 flat
113 Kyrgyzstan 0 % 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Kiribati 0 % 2023 flat
113 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 % 2023 flat
113 Kuwait 0 % 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Lesotho 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Maldives 0 % 2023 flat
113 Marshall Islands 0 % 2023 volatile
113 North Macedonia 0 % 2023 up 100.0% volatile
113 Mauritius 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Nauru 0 % 2023 flat
113 Oman 0 % 2023 flat
113 Qatar 0 % 2023 flat
113 Singapore 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
113 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Turkmenistan 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Tonga 0 % 2023 flat
113 Tuvalu 0 % 2023 flat
113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 % 2023 volatile
113 British Virgin Islands 0 % 2023 down 100.0% volatile
113 Yemen 0 % 2023 flat
113 Anguilla 0 % 2023 flat
113 Cook Islands 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Niue 0 % 2023 volatile
113 Tokelau 0 % 2023 flat
113 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0 % 2023 flat
113 China, Hong Kong SAR 0 % 2023 flat
113 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0 % 2023 volatile
113 China, Taiwan Province of 0 % 2023 flat
113 China, Macao SAR 0 % 2023 flat
113 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0 % 2010 flat
149 Malta -0.01 % 2023 volatile
150 United Arab Emirates -0.02 % 2023 unchanged volatile
150 Saudi Arabia -0.02 % 2023 volatile
152 Lebanon -0.03 % 2023 unchanged volatile
153 Iraq -0.09 % 2023 down 125.0% volatile
154 Bahrain -0.1 % 2023 volatile
155 Tajikistan -0.18 % 2023 down 107.4% volatile
156 Viet Nam -0.21 % 2023 up 97.4% volatile
157 Denmark -0.28 % 2023 up 79.1% volatile
158 OECD -0.67 % 2023 up 91.7% rising
159 Pakistan -0.72 % 2023 down 165.5% volatile
160 Cabo Verde -0.73 % 2023 up 20.7% rising
161 Nepal -1.03 % 2023 down 115.4% volatile
162 Portugal -1.04 % 2023 down 22.4% volatile
163 Uzbekistan -1.11 % 2023 down 246.9% volatile
164 Türkiye -1.2 % 2023 up 92.3% volatile
165 El Salvador -1.6 % 2023 down 1,166.7% volatile
166 Australia -1.61 % 2023 up 49.7% volatile
167 Comoros -1.85 % 2023 down 116.3% falling
168 Mauritania -1.98 % 2023 down 40.4% rising
169 Slovenia -2.02 % 2023 down 112.7% volatile
170 Czechia -2.24 % 2023 down 26.6% volatile
171 Australia and New Zealand -2.26 % 2023 up 60.4% volatile
172 Haiti -2.3 % 2023 down 145.3% volatile
173 Japan -2.35 % 2023 up 57.8% rising
174 Democratic People's Republic of Korea -2.47 % 2023 up 29.0% volatile
175 Cyprus -2.67 % 2023 up 39.2% falling
176 Sao Tome and Principe -2.95 % 2023 down 105.6% volatile
177 Belgium-Luxembourg -3.01 % 1999 up 5.3% rising
178 Dominican Republic -3.04 % 2023 up 5.9% rising
179 India -3.44 % 2023 down 75.5% volatile
180 Togo -3.83 % 2023 down 176.6% volatile
181 Syrian Arab Republic -4.12 % 2023 down 27.2% falling
182 Slovakia -4.44 % 2023 up 78.2% rising
183 Uruguay -5.15 % 2023 up 85.3% volatile
184 Azerbaijan -5.17 % 2023 up 3.7% volatile
185 Armenia -5.55 % 2023 down 164.3% volatile
186 China -5.85 % 2023 down 0.2% rising
187 China, mainland -5.99 % 2023 up 0.5% rising
188 Republic of Korea -6.93 % 2023 up 12.9% rising
189 Micronesia (Federated States of) -6.96 % 2023 down 86.6% falling
190 France -7.15 % 2023 up 48.7% falling
191 Austria -7.22 % 2023 down 14.1% rising
192 Micronesia -7.47 % 2023 down 132.2% volatile
193 New Zealand -7.85 % 2023 up 70.6% rising
194 Romania -8.01 % 2023 up 87.4% volatile
195 Costa Rica -8.23 % 2023 up 89.0% volatile
196 Bosnia and Herzegovina -10.69 % 2023 up 29.2% volatile
197 Philippines -11.35 % 2023 up 9.8% volatile
198 Jamaica -15.89 % 2023 down 832.3% volatile
199 Congo -17.97 % 2023 down 147.4% volatile
200 Croatia -18.32 % 2023 down 186.2% volatile
201 Palau -18.59 % 2023 down 1.7% rising
202 Kenya -19.92 % 2023 down 258.6% volatile
203 Georgia -37.51 % 2023 up 2.2% volatile
204 Bulgaria -44.33 % 2023 down 55.5% flat
205 Serbia -63.38 % 2023 down 1.9% falling
206 Russian Federation -67.24 % 2023 down 9.5% rising
207 Saint Lucia -70.1 % 2023 up 49.1% volatile
208 Serbia and Montenegro -82.89 % 2005 down 227.2% volatile
209 Fiji -454.88 % 2023 down 46.5% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
LULUCF — Emissions Share (CO2eq) (AR5)
Unit
%
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
243 places, 8,042 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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.