Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania
Tanzania: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 0.3% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative 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 cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania stood at 0.3%.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania peaked at 0.3% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1950.
That places Tanzania 45th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 0.0% | — |
| 1951 | 0.0% | +104.2% |
| 1952 | 0.0% | +51.9% |
| 1953 | 0.0% | +35.6% |
| 1954 | 0.1% | +26.4% |
| 1955 | 0.1% | +21.0% |
| 1956 | 0.1% | +17.0% |
| 1957 | 0.1% | +14.2% |
| 1958 | 0.1% | +12.4% |
| 1959 | 0.1% | +10.5% |
| 1960 | 0.1% | +9.9% |
| 1961 | 0.1% | +6.3% |
| 1962 | 0.1% | +15.5% |
| 1963 | 0.2% | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 0.2% | +5.8% |
| 1965 | 0.2% | +3.7% |
| 1966 | 0.2% | +2.7% |
| 1967 | 0.2% | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 0.2% | +1.6% |
| 1969 | 0.2% | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 0.2% | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 0.2% | +3.5% |
| 1972 | 0.2% | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 0.2% | +1.1% |
| 1974 | 0.2% | +0.7% |
| 1975 | 0.2% | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 0.2% | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 0.2% | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.2% | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 0.2% | +1.4% |
| 1981 | 0.2% | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 0.2% | +0.2% |
| 1983 | 0.2% | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 0.3% | +2.9% |
| 1985 | 0.3% | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 0.3% | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 1988 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 0.3% | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 1991 | 0.3% | -0.7% |
| 1992 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.3% | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | -0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +1.3% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +1.9% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2023 | 0.3% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 0.3% | -0.3% |
Tanzania compared with similar countries
- Tanzania's 0.3% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 4.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Tanzania's 0.3% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 6.0× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global cumulative 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | +104.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1952 | +51.9% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1953 | +35.6% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1954 | +26.4% | 0.0% | 0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 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 cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change in Tanzania was 0.3% 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 Tanzania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Tanzania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1950.
- How does Tanzania rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Tanzania ranks 45th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Tanzania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 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).