Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania
Tanzania: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania, 1950–2024
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 Tanzania stood at 0.2%.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.5% on the previous year and down 27.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania peaked at 1.1% in 1962 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 1991.
Tanzania ranks 47th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 75 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.5% | — |
| 1951 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1952 | 0.6% | +4.6% |
| 1953 | 0.6% | +5.8% |
| 1954 | 0.6% | +0.8% |
| 1955 | 0.6% | -0.9% |
| 1956 | 0.6% | -1.2% |
| 1957 | 0.6% | -1.0% |
| 1958 | 0.6% | +2.8% |
| 1959 | 0.6% | -4.5% |
| 1960 | 0.6% | +9.6% |
| 1961 | 0.5% | -21.7% |
| 1962 | 1.1% | +128.6% |
| 1963 | 0.8% | -24.3% |
| 1964 | 0.6% | -25.6% |
| 1965 | 0.5% | -22.7% |
| 1966 | 0.4% | -14.1% |
| 1967 | 0.4% | -12.8% |
| 1968 | 0.3% | -9.7% |
| 1969 | 0.8% | +156.5% |
| 1970 | 0.8% | -4.2% |
| 1971 | 0.6% | -29.5% |
| 1972 | 0.4% | -27.5% |
| 1973 | 0.3% | -17.3% |
| 1974 | 0.3% | -12.6% |
| 1975 | 0.3% | -11.7% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 0.6% | +180.5% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | -20.1% |
| 1979 | 0.4% | -31.3% |
| 1980 | 0.4% | +14.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3% | -22.3% |
| 1982 | 0.3% | -14.9% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -15.5% |
| 1984 | 0.6% | +173.0% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | -21.3% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | -34.9% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -19.5% |
| 1988 | 0.2% | -17.3% |
| 1989 | 0.2% | -17.1% |
| 1990 | 0.2% | +7.0% |
| 1991 | 0.2% | -17.7% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +33.8% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | +3.8% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +12.6% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | -10.2% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +32.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | -18.8% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | -7.8% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | -4.3% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +19.5% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +35.9% |
| 2004 | 0.4% | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | +10.4% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +21.1% |
| 2007 | 0.5% | -3.4% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -20.3% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +2.9% |
| 2010 | 0.5% | +8.8% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | -22.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | -7.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | -9.8% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -5.3% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | -2.8% |
| 2020 | 0.2% | -17.8% |
| 2021 | 0.2% | -20.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2% | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2% | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 0.2% | +7.5% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 0.2% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 3.8× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 0.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 6.7× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | +180.5% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 1984 | +173.0% | 0.2% | 0.6% |
| 1969 | +156.5% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| 1962 | +128.6% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.6% | 0.3% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.6% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tanzania
More climate change data for Tanzania
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.6683 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.3295 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.5126 °C (2026)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 2.6% (2100)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 2.9 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 4.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, per capita 0.3688 units per person (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate -140.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania was 0.2% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 1.1% in 1962.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 1991.
- How does Tanzania rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Tanzania ranks 47th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 27.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tanzania 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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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.