Share of global cumulative co emissions from land use change by country
Countries reporting
188
Highest
13.88
United States of America
Lowest
-0.432
France
Median
0.0954
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,475
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative co emissions from land use change is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 13.88 in United States of America; the lowest is -0.432 in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0954, and the mean is 0.6206.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 32.
Over the past decade 75 countries rose and 113 fell. The largest increase was in Palestine, State of (up 1,076.3%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 129.0%).
Share of global cumulative co emissions from land use change: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States of America | 13.88 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 13.39 | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Russian Federation | 11.87 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 4 | China | 9.01 | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 8.66 | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 6 | India | 4.63 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 4.45 | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 8 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 3 | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 2.4 | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 2.29 | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Myanmar | 1.82 | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 12 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.64 | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Philippines | 1.61 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.56 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 1.54 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 1.54 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 1.54 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1.48 | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 19 | Nigeria | 1.38 | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Viet Nam | 1.17 | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 0.9814 | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.9243 | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9018 | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Angola | 0.8184 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.7966 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Türkiye | 0.7563 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.7486 | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.7137 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.7073 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 0.6469 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 0.6333 | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 32 | Japan | 0.6108 | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 0.5645 | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cambodia | 0.5637 | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 0.5289 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 0.4953 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 0.4862 | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.486 | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.4589 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 0.4583 | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.4415 | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 0.4301 | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 0.422 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 0.4039 | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 0.3989 | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 0.3813 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 47 | Honduras | 0.3743 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 48 | Kenya | 0.3701 | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.3648 | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.3619 | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 51 | Romania | 0.3501 | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 0.3443 | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | Uganda | 0.3259 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 54 | Congo | 0.3186 | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 0.3113 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 56 | Pakistan | 0.3112 | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3063 | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 0.2763 | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0.2679 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.2671 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 61 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 0.2656 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.259 | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 0.2569 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.2487 | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 65 | Nepal | 0.2474 | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 0.2399 | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 67 | South Sudan | 0.236 | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 68 | Spain | 0.2239 | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 69 | Mali | 0.2219 | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Liberia | 0.2197 | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 71 | Morocco | 0.2088 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 72 | Niger | 0.2067 | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.1848 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.1795 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 0.1763 | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 0.1686 | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Togo | 0.1686 | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Lithuania | 0.153 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 79 | Denmark | 0.1517 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 0.1507 | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.1441 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 0.137 | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Chad | 0.1352 | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Somalia | 0.1311 | 2024 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia | 0.1286 | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 0.1267 | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 87 | Bhutan | 0.1247 | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Gabon | 0.1197 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 0.1188 | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 90 | Norway | 0.1154 | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.1043 | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 92 | Latvia | 0.1019 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 0.0989 | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 0.0957 | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0.0951 | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.0895 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 97 | Haiti | 0.0847 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.0727 | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 0.0711 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.0677 | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0655 | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.0652 | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.0625 | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0.0612 | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 0.0603 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 0.0596 | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 107 | Burundi | 0.0583 | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 0.0548 | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 109 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0542 | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.0538 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 0.0509 | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 112 | Poland | 0.048 | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 0.0459 | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 114 | Italy | 0.0453 | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.0439 | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 0.0434 | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 117 | Albania | 0.0434 | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 118 | Timor-Leste | 0.0423 | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 119 | Egypt | 0.0416 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.041 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0.0401 | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 122 | Republic of Korea | 0.04 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 123 | Namibia | 0.0396 | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0346 | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Eswatini | 0.0328 | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 0.0316 | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 127 | Switzerland | 0.0313 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 128 | Eritrea | 0.0285 | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Austria | 0.0274 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.0258 | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 131 | Ireland | 0.0249 | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.0239 | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 0.0238 | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Iceland | 0.0225 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.0215 | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0.0203 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.0188 | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Suriname | 0.0184 | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 139 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0172 | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.0139 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 141 | Libya | 0.0126 | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 0.0123 | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.0117 | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Republic of Moldova | 0.0109 | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 0.0101 | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 146 | Jordan | 0.0093 | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.0086 | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0072 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.0067 | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritania | 0.0064 | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Israel | 0.0045 | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Singapore | 0.0023 | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Lebanon | 0.0021 | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.0016 | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 0.0015 | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 156 | Germany | 0.0013 | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | 0.0008 | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 0.0008 | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.0008 | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 0.0006 | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0005 | 2024 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Tonga | 0.0004 | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.0004 | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 164 | Dominica | 0.0003 | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0002 | 2024 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.0002 | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Palestine, State of | 0.0002 | 2024 | up 1,076.3% | volatile |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Andorra | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 | 2024 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritius | 0 | 2024 | up 164.3% | volatile |
| 172 | San Marino | 0 | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 0 | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 175 | Monaco | 0 | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Holy See | -0 | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | -0 | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Kuwait | -0.0002 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 186 | Grenada | -0.0002 | 2024 | down 129.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.0002 | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Oman | -0.0003 | 2024 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 189 | Malta | -0.0006 | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 190 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.0013 | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Yemen | -0.0019 | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 192 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.0107 | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Czechia | -0.0243 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 194 | Georgia | -0.0416 | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 195 | France | -0.432 | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |