Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Russia
Russia: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 5.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Russia, 1850–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Russia recorded 5.0% for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024.
That represents a change of up 1.4% on the previous year and up 19.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Russia peaked at 19.2% in 1866 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 1949.
That places Russia 4th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 169 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 18.1% | 17.6% | 19.0% | 4 |
| 1860s | 18.1% | 17.5% | 19.2% | 10 |
| 1870s | 17.0% | 16.5% | 18.3% | 10 |
| 1880s | 16.7% | 16.2% | 17.3% | 10 |
| 1890s | 17.3% | 16.7% | 17.9% | 10 |
| 1900s | 18.3% | 17.3% | 18.8% | 10 |
| 1910s | 10.1% | 6.7% | 14.3% | 10 |
| 1920s | 9.1% | 7.9% | 9.8% | 10 |
| 1930s | 16.0% | 12.8% | 17.6% | 10 |
| 1940s | 6.1% | 2.4% | 12.8% | 10 |
| 1950s | 8.0% | 4.6% | 12.4% | 10 |
| 1960s | 9.4% | 8.8% | 10.7% | 10 |
| 1970s | 9.3% | 8.8% | 9.7% | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.1% | 9.8% | 10.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 6.7% | 4.7% | 10.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 4.6% | 4.3% | 4.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.8% | 4.2% | 5.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.8% | 4.6% | 5.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Russia
More climate change data for Russia
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.2% (2100)
- Population growth -0.1% (2025)
- Population, total 143.51 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Urban population 108.00 million (2025)
- Urban population 75.3% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 12.29 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 122.81 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 12.29 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 12.29 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Russia?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Russia was 5.0% 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 Russia?
- The highest recorded value was 19.2% in 1866.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Russia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 1949.
- How does Russia rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Russia ranks 4th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Russia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Russia 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 169 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.