Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand
Thailand: Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.9% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand, 1931–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand is 0.9%, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand peaked at 2.5% in 1973 and was at its lowest, 0.6%, in 1992.
Thailand ranks 19th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 91 years of available data.
Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 1.4% | — |
| 1932 | 1.6% | +10.0% |
| 1933 | 1.5% | -1.8% |
| 1934 | 1.5% | -2.1% |
| 1935 | 1.4% | -5.5% |
| 1936 | 1.4% | +1.2% |
| 1937 | 1.4% | -3.4% |
| 1938 | 1.4% | +0.2% |
| 1939 | 1.4% | +0.4% |
| 1940 | 1.6% | +16.1% |
| 1941 | 1.8% | +13.3% |
| 1943 | 2.0% | +5.8% |
| 1944 | 2.0% | +2.6% |
| 1947 | 2.0% | +0.6% |
| 1948 | 2.0% | -1.9% |
| 1949 | 2.0% | +0.7% |
| 1950 | 1.8% | -12.1% |
| 1951 | 1.6% | -8.8% |
| 1952 | 1.7% | +3.3% |
| 1953 | 1.6% | -0.5% |
| 1954 | 1.6% | -1.4% |
| 1955 | 1.6% | -3.1% |
| 1956 | 1.6% | -0.4% |
| 1957 | 1.6% | +3.4% |
| 1958 | 1.6% | -0.7% |
| 1959 | 1.4% | -13.4% |
| 1960 | 1.0% | -30.1% |
| 1961 | 1.3% | +33.3% |
| 1962 | 1.8% | +38.9% |
| 1963 | 1.6% | -13.9% |
| 1964 | 1.4% | -7.0% |
| 1965 | 1.4% | -2.3% |
| 1966 | 1.4% | -2.4% |
| 1967 | 1.3% | -5.9% |
| 1968 | 1.2% | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 1.3% | +3.0% |
| 1970 | 1.0% | -20.0% |
| 1971 | 2.0% | +96.1% |
| 1972 | 2.4% | +19.2% |
| 1973 | 2.5% | +4.1% |
| 1974 | 1.9% | -23.2% |
| 1975 | 1.6% | -13.7% |
| 1976 | 1.6% | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 1.5% | -4.3% |
| 1978 | 1.4% | -9.5% |
| 1979 | 1.2% | -11.8% |
| 1980 | 1.3% | +11.4% |
| 1981 | 1.4% | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 1.1% | -23.3% |
| 1983 | 1.0% | -12.1% |
| 1984 | 1.3% | +35.5% |
| 1985 | 1.1% | -17.6% |
| 1986 | 1.2% | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 1.0% | -23.4% |
| 1988 | 0.7% | -23.4% |
| 1989 | 0.7% | -6.3% |
| 1990 | 0.8% | +10.8% |
| 1991 | 0.6% | -17.5% |
| 1992 | 0.6% | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 0.7% | +20.1% |
| 1994 | 0.8% | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 0.9% | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 0.9% | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 0.8% | -6.4% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | -3.6% |
| 1999 | 0.8% | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.8% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 0.9% | +4.9% |
| 2002 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 0.8% | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 0.9% | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 0.9% | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 0.9% | -2.7% |
| 2007 | 1.0% | +9.2% |
| 2008 | 0.9% | -7.2% |
| 2009 | 0.9% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.9% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.8% | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 0.8% | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 0.8% | -1.3% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | -2.9% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | -2.1% |
| 2018 | 0.9% | +11.1% |
| 2019 | 1.0% | +9.5% |
| 2020 | 1.0% | +5.5% |
| 2021 | 0.9% | -17.9% |
| 2022 | 0.9% | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 0.9% | -2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9% | +0.4% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 0.9% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 15.5× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 0.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.1%, 8.4× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +96.1% | 1.0% | 2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 1.5% | 1.4% | 1.6% | 9 |
| 1940s | 1.9% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 7 |
| 1950s | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 1.7% | 1.0% | 2.5% | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.1% | 0.7% | 1.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.9% | 0.9% | 1.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More climate change data for Thailand
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 1.58 billion kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 22,242 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 6,353 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 15,889 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 23.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 567.45 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 38,338 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 10,932 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 27,406 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 41.25 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand?
- Share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change in Thailand was 0.9% 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 Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 2.5% in 1973.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6% in 1992.
- How does Thailand rank for share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Thailand ranks 19th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.