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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Share of global cumulative co emissions from land use change
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
197 places, 34,475 data points, 1850–2024
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