Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan
Pakistan: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.4% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan, 1946–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan stood at 0.4%.
The figure is down 5.8% on the previous year and up 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan peaked at 0.7% in 1949 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1970.
That places Pakistan 36th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 79 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | 0.7% | — |
| 1947 | 0.6% | -3.2% |
| 1948 | 0.7% | +5.9% |
| 1949 | 0.7% | +9.4% |
| 1950 | 0.6% | -18.7% |
| 1951 | 0.5% | -9.1% |
| 1952 | 0.5% | -0.2% |
| 1953 | 0.5% | -0.1% |
| 1954 | 0.5% | -1.0% |
| 1955 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 1956 | 0.5% | +1.6% |
| 1957 | 0.5% | +0.9% |
| 1958 | 0.6% | +4.0% |
| 1959 | 0.5% | -2.0% |
| 1960 | 0.6% | +10.9% |
| 1961 | 0.5% | -25.9% |
| 1962 | 0.4% | -19.7% |
| 1963 | 0.4% | +23.8% |
| 1964 | 0.6% | +33.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5% | -23.3% |
| 1966 | 0.4% | -21.4% |
| 1967 | 0.3% | -28.8% |
| 1968 | 0.1% | -64.6% |
| 1969 | 0.1% | +27.8% |
| 1970 | 0.1% | -36.4% |
| 1971 | 0.1% | +6.9% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +206.3% |
| 1973 | 0.1% | -50.2% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +31.4% |
| 1975 | 0.1% | -29.1% |
| 1976 | 0.1% | +20.2% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | +52.2% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | -23.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3% | +114.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | -43.6% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +152.8% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | -58.9% |
| 1983 | 0.3% | +50.5% |
| 1984 | 0.2% | -30.0% |
| 1985 | 0.1% | -57.5% |
| 1986 | 0.2% | +159.6% |
| 1987 | 0.1% | -47.7% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | +63.1% |
| 1989 | 0.1% | -24.3% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | +8.6% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | +34.6% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | +2.4% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | +12.7% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -1.3% |
| 1996 | 0.4% | +27.1% |
| 1997 | 0.4% | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 0.4% | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 0.4% | -3.2% |
| 2000 | 0.4% | +11.4% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | -19.8% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +5.4% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +8.7% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | -0.3% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +15.3% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -4.5% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | -6.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +12.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +19.8% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +10.2% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | -12.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +8.5% |
| 2021 | 0.6% | +7.2% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -16.6% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -14.8% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -5.8% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 0.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 6.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 0.4% is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.1%, 2.9× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | +206.3% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1986 | +159.6% | 0.1% | 0.2% |
| 1981 | +152.8% | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| 1979 | +114.0% | 0.2% | 0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 4 |
| 1950s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.4% | 0.1% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More climate change data for Pakistan
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.32 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 170,790 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 34,017 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 136,773 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 128.37 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 4,885 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 48,684 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 37,808 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10,876 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 142.67 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Pakistan was 0.4% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1949.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1970.
- How does Pakistan rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Pakistan ranks 36th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Pakistan data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured as a percentage of global total emissions of CO₂ in the same year.