Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change by country
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
13.9%
United States
Lowest
-0.4%
France
Median
0.1%
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
34,475
What the numbers show
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 13.9% in United States; the lowest is -0.4% in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.6%.
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 (up 1,076.3%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 129.0%).
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from land-use change: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 13.9% | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 2 | Brazil | 13.4% | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 3 | Russia | 11.9% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 4 | China | 9.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | Indonesia | 8.7% | 2024 | up 5.8% | flat |
| 6 | India | 4.6% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 4.5% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.0% | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 9 | Thailand | 2.4% | 2024 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Colombia | 2.3% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 11 | Myanmar | 1.8% | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.6% | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 13 | Philippines | 1.6% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 14 | Mexico | 1.6% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 15 | Australia | 1.5% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 16 | Malaysia | 1.5% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 17 | Argentina | 1.5% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 18 | Ukraine | 1.5% | 2024 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 19 | Nigeria | 1.4% | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Vietnam | 1.2% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 1.0% | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 0.9% | 2024 | up 5.1% | falling |
| 23 | Tanzania | 0.9% | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Angola | 0.8% | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | South Africa | 0.8% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 26 | Turkey | 0.8% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 27 | Madagascar | 0.7% | 2024 | down 0.8% | rising |
| 28 | Venezuela | 0.7% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 29 | Zambia | 0.7% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 0.6% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 31 | Guinea | 0.6% | 2024 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 32 | Japan | 0.6% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 0.6% | 2024 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 34 | Cambodia | 0.6% | 2024 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Ecuador | 0.5% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 36 | Chile | 0.5% | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 37 | Mozambique | 0.5% | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 38 | Nicaragua | 0.5% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.5% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 40 | Kazakhstan | 0.5% | 2024 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 41 | Cuba | 0.4% | 2024 | down 5.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Paraguay | 0.4% | 2024 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 43 | Ghana | 0.4% | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 44 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2024 | down 1.8% | falling |
| 45 | Finland | 0.4% | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 46 | Cameroon | 0.4% | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 47 | Honduras | 0.4% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 48 | Kenya | 0.4% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Laos | 0.4% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 0.4% | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 51 | Romania | 0.4% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 52 | New Zealand | 0.3% | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 53 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 54 | Congo | 0.3% | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 55 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 56 | Pakistan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Papua New Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Sudan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 59 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 60 | Sweden | 0.3% | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 61 | Iran | 0.3% | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.3% | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Panama | 0.3% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 64 | Costa Rica | 0.2% | 2024 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 65 | Nepal | 0.2% | 2024 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 66 | Zimbabwe | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.9% | volatile |
| 67 | South Sudan | 0.2% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 68 | Spain | 0.2% | 2024 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 69 | Mali | 0.2% | 2024 | up 14.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Liberia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 71 | Morocco | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 72 | Niger | 0.2% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 73 | North Korea | 0.2% | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 74 | Dominican Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 75 | Benin | 0.2% | 2024 | up 23.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Togo | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Lithuania | 0.2% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 79 | Denmark | 0.2% | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 80 | Greece | 0.2% | 2024 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 81 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 82 | Malawi | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Chad | 0.1% | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 86 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 87 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 88 | Gabon | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 89 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2024 | down 0.5% | falling |
| 90 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | up 0.9% | falling |
| 91 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 92 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 93 | Central African Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 96 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 97 | Haiti | 0.1% | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 98 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 99 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 101 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1% | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 102 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 103 | Uruguay | 0.1% | 2024 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 104 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 105 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 106 | Rwanda | 0.1% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 107 | Burundi | 0.1% | 2024 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 108 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 109 | Syria | 0.1% | 2024 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 110 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 111 | Belize | 0.1% | 2024 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 112 | Poland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 45.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | falling |
| 114 | Italy | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 116 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 117 | Albania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 118 | East Timor | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | falling |
| 119 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 121 | Jamaica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 122 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 123 | Namibia | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 125 | Eswatini | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 126 | Botswana | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 127 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 128 | Eritrea | 0.0% | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 129 | Austria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 0.0% | 2024 | up 38.9% | rising |
| 131 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2024 | up 9.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Estonia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Solomon Islands | 0.0% | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 134 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 135 | Montenegro | 0.0% | 2024 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 136 | Turkmenistan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 137 | Vanuatu | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Suriname | 0.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 139 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 141 | Libya | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Armenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 143 | Brunei | 0.0% | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Moldova | 0.0% | 2024 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Gambia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 146 | Jordan | 0.0% | 2024 | up 5.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Fiji | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 148 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 149 | Cyprus | 0.0% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 150 | Mauritania | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Israel | 0.0% | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Singapore | 0.0% | 2024 | down 0.9% | volatile |
| 153 | Lebanon | 0.0% | 2024 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 155 | Comoros | 0.0% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 156 | Germany | 0.0% | 2024 | down 78.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Djibouti | 0.0% | 2024 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 158 | Cape Verde | 0.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 159 | Bahamas | 0.0% | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Luxembourg | 0.0% | 2024 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0% | 2024 | up 57.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Tonga | 0.0% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 163 | Barbados | 0.0% | 2024 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 164 | Dominica | 0.0% | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0% | 2024 | down 28.8% | flat |
| 166 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | up 1,076.3% | volatile |
| 168 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0% | 2024 | down 22.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Andorra | 0.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 170 | Saint Lucia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 62.7% | falling |
| 171 | Mauritius | 0.0% | 2024 | up 164.3% | volatile |
| 172 | San Marino | 0.0% | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 173 | Bahrain | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 174 | Maldives | 0.0% | 2024 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 175 | Monaco | 0.0% | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 185 | Vatican | -0.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Liechtenstein | -0.0% | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Kuwait | -0.0% | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 188 | Grenada | -0.0% | 2024 | down 129.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -0.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 190 | Oman | -0.0% | 2024 | up 56.9% | falling |
| 191 | Malta | -0.0% | 2024 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 192 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.0% | 2024 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 193 | Yemen | -0.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 194 | Equatorial Guinea | -0.0% | 2024 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 195 | Czechia | -0.0% | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 196 | Georgia | -0.0% | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 197 | France | -0.4% | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from land-use change since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from land-use change.