Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan
Bhutan: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan, 1970–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 0.0% for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan peaked at 0.0% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1970.
That places Bhutan 137th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 0.0% | — |
| 1971 | 0.0% | +100.0% |
| 1972 | 0.0% | +47.7% |
| 1973 | 0.0% | +34.6% |
| 1974 | 0.0% | +22.2% |
| 1975 | 0.0% | +17.7% |
| 1976 | 0.0% | +14.8% |
| 1977 | 0.0% | +11.4% |
| 1978 | 0.0% | +10.0% |
| 1979 | 0.0% | +10.0% |
| 1980 | 0.0% | +7.9% |
| 1981 | 0.0% | +7.9% |
| 1982 | 0.0% | +7.6% |
| 1983 | 0.0% | +7.4% |
| 1984 | 0.0% | +4.4% |
| 1985 | 0.0% | +3.7% |
| 1986 | 0.0% | +5.1% |
| 1987 | 0.0% | +3.5% |
| 1988 | 0.0% | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 0.0% | +3.1% |
| 1990 | 0.0% | +5.3% |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +0.9% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +0.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | -0.4% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 0.0% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 37% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 0.0% is below the median for South Asia, which is 0.1%, 36% of the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan 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 | +100.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1972 | +47.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1973 | +34.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
More climate change data for Bhutan
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.70 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 581.26 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 78.23 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 503.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 0.2952 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 17.97 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 129 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 40.23 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 88.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1518 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Bhutan was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2013.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1970.
- How does Bhutan rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Bhutan ranks 137th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan 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 cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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).