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Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
143
Highest
0.0187 kt per person
Suriname
Lowest
0 kt per person
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,685

What the numbers show

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 143 countries. The highest value is 0.0187 kt per person in Suriname; the lowest is 0 kt per person in United States Virgin Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0008 kt per person.

Over the past decade 15 countries rose and 91 fell. The largest increase was in Slovenia (up 25,004.0%), and the largest decrease in American Samoa (down 100.0%).

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 0.0187 kt per person 2023 up 252.7% volatile
2 Belize 0.0107 kt per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
3 Guyana 0.0098 kt per person 2023 down 40.8% rising
4 Brazil 0.0059 kt per person 2023 up 28.1% falling
5 Paraguay 0.0054 kt per person 2023 down 47.1% falling
6 Central African Republic 0.0049 kt per person 2023 up 20.0% falling
7 Bhutan 0.0046 kt per person 2023 — volatile
8 Liberia 0.0042 kt per person 2023 down 71.7% volatile
9 Cambodia 0.0041 kt per person 2023 down 35.5% volatile
10 Peru 0.0039 kt per person 2023 down 12.1% falling
11 Canada 0.0023 kt per person 2023 — volatile
12 Laos 0.0023 kt per person 2023 down 16.8% rising
13 Cameroon 0.0021 kt per person 2023 up 52.1% falling
14 Equatorial Guinea 0.0021 kt per person 2023 down 27.1% falling
15 Vanuatu 0.0019 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
16 Gabon 0.0017 kt per person 2023 down 57.2% volatile
17 Malaysia 0.0015 kt per person 2023 — falling
18 Guinea 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 23.6% falling
19 Argentina 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 33.6% falling
20 Mozambique 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 25.6% falling
21 Romania 0.0013 kt per person 2023 up 694.6% volatile
22 Myanmar 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 7.2% falling
23 Colombia 0.0011 kt per person 2023 up 14.1% falling
24 Zimbabwe 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 23.8% falling
25 Chad 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 29.2% rising
26 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0011 kt per person 2023 down 49.2% volatile
27 Madagascar 0.001 kt per person 2023 down 43.5% falling
28 Mali 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 43.4% falling
29 Sweden 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 24.6% falling
30 Angola 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 28.8% rising
31 Guatemala 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 57.3% volatile
32 Nicaragua 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 15.0% volatile
33 Thailand 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 1,816.4% volatile
34 Burkina Faso 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
35 Estonia 0.0007 kt per person 2023 — volatile
36 Ecuador 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 47.2% falling
37 Solomon Islands 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 25.8% falling
38 Honduras 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 5.1% rising
39 Seychelles 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 20.0% falling
40 Benin 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 82.8% falling
41 Bulgaria 0.0005 kt per person 2023 — rising
42 Zambia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 61.6% volatile
43 Sierra Leone 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
44 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 — volatile
45 Samoa 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 9.0% falling
46 Somalia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 87.2% falling
47 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 43.8% volatile
48 Malawi 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 23.4% falling
49 Dominica 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 58.8% volatile
50 Puerto Rico 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 998.0% volatile
51 Eritrea 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 11.4% falling
52 Guinea-Bissau 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 21.2% falling
53 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
54 Slovenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 25,004.0% volatile
55 Costa Rica 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 61.5% volatile
56 Gambia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 11.9% falling
57 Eswatini 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 8.5% falling
58 Nigeria 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 20.5% falling
59 Papua New Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.5% volatile
60 Sudan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% flat
61 East Timor 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 49.3% falling
62 Austria 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 4.5% flat
63 Uganda 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 63.4% volatile
64 Mauritania 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% falling
65 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
66 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 40.7% falling
67 Mexico 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.0% falling
68 Congo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 96.1% falling
69 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 2.4% falling
70 Niger 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 4.8% volatile
71 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
72 Norway 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.0% volatile
73 Brunei 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 82.5% volatile
74 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 74.8% falling
75 Australia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% volatile
76 Moldova 0.0001 kt per person 2023 — volatile
77 United States 0.0001 kt per person 2023 — volatile
78 Vietnam 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
79 Namibia 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.0% volatile
80 Sri Lanka 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.9% volatile
81 Japan 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.1% volatile
82 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 6.4% volatile
83 Tunisia 0 kt per person 2023 up 43.0% flat
84 Israel 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
85 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
86 Cyprus 0 kt per person 2023 up 47.5% volatile
87 Croatia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
88 Iraq 0 kt per person 2023 down 68.1% volatile
89 Morocco 0 kt per person 2023 up 9.4% volatile
90 Italy 0 kt per person 2023 down 92.7% volatile
91 Libya 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% falling
92 Algeria 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.8% falling
93 Jordan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Albania 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Andorra 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Armenia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 American Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Azerbaijan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Belgium 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Belarus 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 China 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% falling
94 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Cayman Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Czechia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Denmark 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Dominican Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Spain 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Finland 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Hungary 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Indonesia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Ireland 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Jamaica 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Kazakhstan 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Kenya 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Kyrgyzstan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Lithuania 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Luxembourg 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Latvia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Mongolia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 New Caledonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Nepal 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 New Zealand 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Pakistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Philippines 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Portugal 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Russia 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Singapore 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 El Salvador 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Slovakia 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 Ukraine 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Uzbekistan 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile
94 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% volatile
94 United States Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 — volatile

Regions and income groups

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

  • World 0.0003 kt per person

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Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
201 places, 6,685 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Net Forest conversion — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.