Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change by country

Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂ (including land-use change).

Countries reporting
190
Highest
20.4%
United States
Lowest
-0.0%
Sao Tome and Principe
Median
0.1%
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
20,936

What the numbers show

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change is currently reported for 190 countries. The highest value is 20.4% in United States; the lowest is -0.0% in Sao Tome and Principe.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.5%.

Over the past decade 86 countries rose and 104 fell. The largest increase was in Equatorial Guinea (up 128.4%), and the largest decrease in Vanuatu (down 19.6%).

Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 20.4% 2024 down 6.5% falling
2 China 13.1% 2024 up 20.7% volatile
3 Russia 8.3% 2024 down 6.8% falling
4 Brazil 5.1% 2024 down 2.0% volatile
5 India 3.8% 2024 up 14.5% rising
6 Germany 3.4% 2024 down 8.4% rising
7 Indonesia 3.2% 2024 up 2.4% rising
8 United Kingdom 2.9% 2024 down 11.1% falling
9 Canada 2.8% 2024 down 6.7% rising
10 Japan 2.7% 2024 down 0.7% volatile
11 Ukraine 1.6% 2024 down 11.0% rising
12 Mexico 1.3% 2024 down 3.0% rising
13 France 1.3% 2024 down 7.3% falling
14 Australia 1.2% 2024 down 1.9% rising
15 South Africa 1.1% 2024 down 0.1% volatile
16 Poland 1.1% 2024 down 6.2% falling
17 Italy 1.0% 2024 down 3.5% rising
18 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.9% 2024 up 13.6% rising
19 Thailand 0.9% 2024 down 0.5% rising
20 Colombia 0.9% 2024 down 9.7% rising
21 Iran 0.9% 2024 up 23.3% volatile
22 Argentina 0.8% 2024 down 1.9% rising
23 South Korea 0.8% 2024 up 20.4% volatile
24 Malaysia 0.7% 2024 up 3.2% rising
25 Turkey 0.7% 2024 up 8.7% rising
26 Saudi Arabia 0.7% 2024 up 29.9% volatile
27 Kazakhstan 0.7% 2024 down 0.3% rising
28 Spain 0.6% 2024 down 2.7% falling
29 Nigeria 0.6% 2024 down 5.5% rising
30 Philippines 0.6% 2024 down 3.2% rising
31 Vietnam 0.5% 2024 up 20.6% rising
32 Venezuela 0.5% 2024 down 6.0% rising
33 Netherlands 0.5% 2024 down 4.5% rising
34 Belgium 0.5% 2024 down 8.3% falling
35 Czechia 0.4% 2024 down 8.2% rising
36 Romania 0.4% 2024 down 10.2% rising
37 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4% 2024 up 13.7% rising
38 Belarus 0.4% 2024 down 9.9% falling
39 Myanmar 0.3% 2024 down 2.4% rising
40 Peru 0.3% 2024 down 5.4% rising
41 Chile 0.3% 2024 down 1.4% falling
42 Egypt 0.3% 2024 up 24.7% volatile
43 Pakistan 0.3% 2024 up 14.0% rising
44 Bolivia 0.3% 2024 down 1.2% volatile
45 Tanzania 0.3% 2024 down 1.3% rising
46 Sweden 0.3% 2024 down 9.5% falling
47 Ethiopia 0.3% 2024 up 25.6% rising
48 Uzbekistan 0.3% 2024 up 0.8% volatile
49 North Korea 0.3% 2024 down 6.1% volatile
50 Finland 0.2% 2024 down 5.6% falling
51 Algeria 0.2% 2024 up 17.4% volatile
52 Austria 0.2% 2024 down 5.1% falling
53 Iraq 0.2% 2024 up 26.2% volatile
54 United Arab Emirates 0.2% 2024 up 33.5% volatile
55 Ecuador 0.2% 2024 down 7.0% rising
56 Cuba 0.2% 2024 down 11.6% rising
57 Hungary 0.2% 2024 down 9.2% falling
58 Denmark 0.2% 2024 down 9.7% falling
59 Angola 0.2% 2024 up 2.2% rising
60 Greece 0.2% 2024 down 7.4% rising
61 Madagascar 0.2% 2024 down 8.7% rising
62 New Zealand 0.2% 2024 down 5.6% falling
63 Zambia 0.2% 2024 up 1.5% rising
64 Bulgaria 0.2% 2024 down 8.7% rising
65 Mozambique 0.2% 2024 down 6.0% rising
66 Slovakia 0.2% 2024 down 7.5% rising
67 Nicaragua 0.2% 2024 down 12.0% rising
68 Guatemala 0.2% 2024 down 4.8% volatile
69 Paraguay 0.1% 2024 down 7.9% rising
70 Kuwait 0.1% 2024 up 16.4% volatile
71 Norway 0.1% 2024 down 2.8% falling
72 Bangladesh 0.1% 2024 up 19.4% rising
73 Honduras 0.1% 2024 down 8.7% volatile
74 Morocco 0.1% 2024 up 4.9% rising
75 Cambodia 0.1% 2024 up 3.4% rising
76 Switzerland 0.1% 2024 down 5.3% rising
77 Serbia 0.1% 2024 down 8.5% rising
78 Azerbaijan 0.1% 2024 down 2.5% rising
79 Portugal 0.1% 2024 down 0.5% rising
80 Kenya 0.1% 2024 down 1.7% rising
81 Zimbabwe 0.1% 2024 down 11.3% volatile
82 Cameroon 0.1% 2024 down 2.6% rising
83 Turkmenistan 0.1% 2024 up 13.9% volatile
84 Lithuania 0.1% 2024 down 11.7% falling
85 Guinea 0.1% 2024 up 9.1% rising
86 Sudan 0.1% 2024 down 1.8% rising
87 Ghana 0.1% 2024 down 3.1% rising
88 Israel 0.1% 2024 up 9.6% volatile
89 Laos 0.1% 2024 up 5.1% rising
90 Qatar 0.1% 2024 up 43.1% volatile
91 Libya 0.1% 2024 up 10.9% volatile
93 Costa Rica 0.1% 2024 down 12.1% rising
94 Syria 0.1% 2024 down 4.0% rising
95 Panama 0.1% 2024 down 10.1% rising
96 Dominican Republic 0.1% 2024 down 3.8% rising
97 Uganda 0.1% 2024 down 10.7% rising
98 Singapore 0.1% 2024 up 9.0% volatile
99 Sri Lanka 0.1% 2024 down 0.6% rising
100 Mongolia 0.1% 2024 up 6.4% rising
101 Congo 0.1% 2024 down 1.9% flat
102 Croatia 0.1% 2024 down 7.4% rising
103 Latvia 0.1% 2024 down 10.6% falling
104 Estonia 0.1% 2024 down 9.0% volatile
105 Papua New Guinea 0.1% 2024 up 12.9% volatile
106 Benin 0.1% 2024 up 13.1% volatile
107 Mali 0.1% 2024 up 11.2% volatile
108 Trinidad and Tobago 0.1% 2024 up 9.6% volatile
109 Oman 0.1% 2024 up 50.7% volatile
110 South Sudan 0.1% 2024 down 2.4% rising
111 Nepal 0.1% 2024 down 0.9% rising
112 Tunisia 0.1% 2024 up 8.5% rising
113 Moldova 0.1% 2024 down 14.2% rising
114 Burkina Faso 0.0% 2024 up 13.9% volatile
115 Niger 0.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
116 Sierra Leone 0.0% 2024 down 6.7% volatile
117 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0% 2024 up 0.6% falling
118 Kyrgyzstan 0.0% 2024 down 7.7% rising
119 Slovenia 0.0% 2024 down 1.6% rising
120 Malawi 0.0% 2024 down 5.2% rising
121 Somalia 0.0% 2024 up 8.7% rising
122 Liberia 0.0% 2024 up 11.1% rising
123 Bahrain 0.0% 2024 up 24.9% volatile
124 Gabon 0.0% 2024 down 2.6% rising
125 Uruguay 0.0% 2024 down 7.2% falling
126 North Macedonia 0.0% 2024 down 7.8% rising
127 El Salvador 0.0% 2024 down 7.2% falling
128 Jordan 0.0% 2024 up 19.0% volatile
129 Haiti 0.0% 2024 down 13.4% rising
130 Lebanon 0.0% 2024 up 17.0% volatile
131 Chad 0.0% 2024 up 2.6% rising
133 Senegal 0.0% 2024 up 11.3% rising
134 Central African Republic 0.0% 2024 up 49.5% rising
135 Yemen 0.0% 2024 down 0.8% volatile
136 Togo 0.0% 2024 down 9.3% falling
137 Bhutan 0.0% 2024 down 0.8% rising
138 Jamaica 0.0% 2024 down 3.6% rising
139 Tajikistan 0.0% 2024 down 0.2% rising
140 Guyana 0.0% 2024 down 5.7% rising
141 Afghanistan 0.0% 2024 up 18.4% rising
142 Albania 0.0% 2024 down 6.5% rising
143 Brunei 0.0% 2024 up 8.4% volatile
144 Armenia 0.0% 2024 down 2.2% rising
145 Rwanda 0.0% 2024 down 6.5% rising
146 Belize 0.0% 2024 up 5.2% rising
147 Burundi 0.0% 2024 up 1.8% rising
148 Botswana 0.0% 2024 up 8.9% volatile
149 Iceland 0.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
150 Cyprus 0.0% 2024 up 11.8% rising
151 Suriname 0.0% 2024 up 0.0% volatile
152 Guinea-Bissau 0.0% 2024 up 1.3% rising
153 Georgia 0.0% 2024 down 6.9% volatile
154 Montenegro 0.0% 2024 down 16.9% falling
155 Namibia 0.0% 2024 up 35.4% rising
156 Solomon Islands 0.0% 2024 up 24.0% volatile
157 Lesotho 0.0% 2024 up 69.8% volatile
158 Eswatini 0.0% 2024 down 8.0% rising
159 Bahamas 0.0% 2024 down 1.4% volatile
160 Eritrea 0.0% 2024 up 70.1% volatile
161 Mauritania 0.0% 2024 up 24.8% volatile
162 Mauritius 0.0% 2024 up 25.4% volatile
163 Equatorial Guinea 0.0% 2024 up 128.4% volatile
164 East Timor 0.0% 2024 up 36.5% rising
166 Fiji 0.0% 2024 down 5.2% rising
167 Vanuatu 0.0% 2024 down 19.6% rising
168 Palestine 0.0% 2024 up 69.1% volatile
169 Gambia 0.0% 2024 down 0.4% volatile
170 Barbados 0.0% 2024 up 5.1% volatile
171 Maldives 0.0% 2024 up 86.7% volatile
172 Djibouti 0.0% 2024 up 8.9% volatile
173 Cape Verde 0.0% 2024 up 17.0% volatile
174 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0% 2024 up 26.9% volatile
175 Andorra 0.0% 2024 up 14.3% rising
176 Seychelles 0.0% 2024 up 34.5% volatile
177 Saint Lucia 0.0% 2024 up 13.1% rising
178 Samoa 0.0% 2024 down 1.9% rising
179 Comoros 0.0% 2024 up 19.2% volatile
180 Palau 0.0% 2024 up 4.4% volatile
182 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0% 2024 up 4.7% rising
183 Tonga 0.0% 2024 up 9.6% rising
184 Grenada 0.0% 2024 up 28.0% rising
185 Nauru 0.0% 2024 down 4.7% rising
186 Micronesia (country) 0.0% 2024 up 20.6% rising
187 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0% 2024 up 43.9% rising
188 Marshall Islands 0.0% 2024 up 33.9% volatile
189 Dominica 0.0% 2024 down 0.9% rising
190 Cook Islands 0.0% 2024 up 18.4% volatile
191 Kiribati 0.0% 2024 up 19.3% rising
192 Tuvalu 0.0% 2024 up 27.4% volatile
193 Niue 0.0% 2024 up 14.2% rising
194 Sao Tome and Principe -0.0% 2024 up 90.1% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change
Unit
%
Source
Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 20,936 data points, 1850–2024
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Total cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global total cumulative emissions of CO₂ (including land-use change).