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Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change

Name: Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change by country, 2024
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Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change league table
#	Country	t	Region	Income
1	China	-319.42M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
2	Mexico	-37.24M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
3	Poland	-28.89M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
4	Romania	-21.37M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
5	Greece	-20.36M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
6	Pakistan	-17.15M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
7	Serbia	-16.41M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
8	Morocco	-12.81M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
9	Italy	-12.35M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
10	France	-12.23M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
11	Ecuador	-12.18M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
12	Hungary	-10.75M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
13	Spain	-10.46M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
14	Turkiye	-9.52M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
15	Bulgaria	-7.83M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
16	Kazakhstan	-7.8M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
17	Georgia	-6.64M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
18	Syrian Arab Republic	-6.39M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
19	Czechia	-5.68M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
20	Germany	-4.98M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
21	United Kingdom	-4.53M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
22	Haiti	-4.24M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
23	Korea, Rep.	-3.62M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
24	Belarus	-3.52M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
25	Moldova	-3.39M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
26	Croatia	-2.62M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
27	Montenegro	-2.46M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
28	Zimbabwe	-1.75M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
29	Tunisia	-1.32M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
30	Fiji	-1.08M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
31	Costa Rica	-986,495.3	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
32	Cyprus	-904,092	Europe & Central Asia	High income
33	Uzbekistan	-791,204.1	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
34	Lithuania	-685,534.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
35	Austria	-667,947.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
36	Bosnia and Herzegovina	-621,561	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
37	North Macedonia	-488,411.2	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
38	Albania	-420,040.9	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
39	Jamaica	-390,692.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
40	Ireland	-335,622.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
41	Kyrgyz Republic	-330,676	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
42	Turkmenistan	-321,845.8	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
43	Vanuatu	-315,360.5	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
44	Samoa	-232,004.5	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
45	Estonia	-207,748.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
46	Libya	-203,718.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
47	Botswana	-196,207.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
48	Trinidad and Tobago	-164,550.2	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
49	Switzerland	-127,690.4	Europe & Central Asia	High income
50	Cuba	-96,693	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
51	St. Lucia	-96,436.5	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
52	Dominica	-92,039.7	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
53	Grenada	-84,125.4	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
54	Barbados	-69,909.1	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
55	Malta	-68,883.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
56	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	-68,406.9	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
57	St. Kitts and Nevis	-58,037.8	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
58	Israel	-38,801.8	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
59	Mauritius	-36,273.6	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
60	Antigua and Barbuda	-26,307.5	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
61	Bahamas, The	-19,236	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
62	Liechtenstein	-14,399.5	Europe & Central Asia	High income
63	Andorra	-5,972.3	Europe & Central Asia	High income
64	San Marino	-5,715.8	Europe & Central Asia	High income
65	Marshall Islands	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
66	Naoero	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
67	Seychelles	0	Sub-Saharan Africa	High income
68	Palau	0	East Asia & Pacific	High income
69	Tuvalu	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
70	Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	0	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
71	Kiribati	0	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
72	Bahrain	36.6	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
73	Maldives	36.6	South Asia	Upper middle income
74	Monaco	109.9	Europe & Central Asia	High income
75	United Arab Emirates	109.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
76	Cabo Verde	2,821.3	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
77	Kuwait	9,929.4	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
78	Tonga	15,608.6	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
79	Qatar	22,570.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
80	Armenia	24,292.3	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
81	Comoros	26,527.4	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
82	West Bank and Gaza	37,665.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
83	Tajikistan	70,019	Europe & Central Asia	Lower middle income
84	Lebanon	71,924.3	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
85	Singapore	97,389.1	East Asia & Pacific	High income
86	Djibouti	101,382.9	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
87	Dominican Republic	108,894.1	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
88	Sao Tome and Principe	123,366.9	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
89	Luxembourg	138,499.2	Europe & Central Asia	High income
90	Suriname	174,516.3	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
91	El Salvador	197,892.6	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
92	Yemen, Rep.	204,781	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
93	Eswatini	210,899.8	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
94	Oman	269,084.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
95	Gambia, The	313,455.2	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
96	Iceland	355,921	Europe & Central Asia	High income
97	Mauritania	367,975.5	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
98	Saudi Arabia	471,923.2	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	High income
99	Uruguay	534,980.6	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
100	Brunei Darussalam	841,401	East Asia & Pacific	High income
101	Jordan	1.32M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
102	Slovak Republic	1.35M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
103	Equatorial Guinea	1.37M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
104	Mongolia	1.57M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
105	Denmark	1.96M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
106	Panama	2.01M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
107	Togo	2.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
108	Slovenia	2.24M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
109	Iraq	2.27M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
110	Rwanda	2.29M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
111	Algeria	2.54M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
112	Azerbaijan	2.65M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
113	Egypt, Arab Rep.	2.8M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Lower middle income
114	Latvia	2.95M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
115	Guyana	3.48M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
116	Timor-Leste	3.76M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
117	South Africa	3.81M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
118	Belgium	3.84M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
119	Portugal	4.12M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
120	Burundi	4.29M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
121	Uganda	4.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
122	Namibia	4.64M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
123	Guinea-Bissau	4.94M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
124	Netherlands	5.14M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
125	Solomon Islands	5.25M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
126	Japan	5.49M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
127	Ukraine	5.58M	Europe & Central Asia	Upper middle income
128	Senegal	5.89M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
129	Niger	6.35M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
130	Belize	6.38M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
131	Bhutan	6.54M	South Asia	Lower middle income
132	Chad	6.55M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
133	Lesotho	6.72M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
134	Nepal	6.75M	South Asia	Lower middle income
135	Gabon	7.37M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Upper middle income
136	Eritrea	7.41M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
137	India	7.55M	South Asia	Lower middle income
138	Norway	7.74M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
139	Sweden	7.99M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
140	Sierra Leone	8.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
141	Sudan	8.87M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
142	Malawi	9.26M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
143	Nicaragua	9.38M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
144	Chile	9.59M	Latin America & Caribbean	High income
145	Venezuela, RB	9.9M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
146	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	9.99M	East Asia & Pacific	Low income
147	Sri Lanka	10.35M	South Asia	Upper middle income
148	Honduras	13.22M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
149	Kenya	13.23M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
150	Ghana	13.53M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
151	New Zealand	13.74M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
152	Colombia	14.53M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
153	Bangladesh	14.8M	South Asia	Lower middle income
154	South Sudan	15.01M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
155	Paraguay	15.27M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
156	Peru	16.68M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
157	Congo, Rep.	17.33M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
158	Afghanistan	18.25M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Low income
159	Lao PDR	19.45M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
160	Cameroon	23.45M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
161	Liberia	24.26M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
162	Iran, Islamic Rep.	24.26M	Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan	Upper middle income
163	Papua New Guinea	27.97M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
164	Burkina Faso	28.44M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
165	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	29.15M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
166	Guatemala	29.58M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
167	Mozambique	30.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
168	Madagascar	31.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
169	Mali	31.32M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
170	Finland	33.25M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
171	Australia	41.66M	East Asia & Pacific	High income
172	Philippines	42.81M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
173	Cambodia	43.42M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
174	Nigeria	43.52M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
175	Benin	44.09M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
176	Guinea	49.8M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
177	Angola	50M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
178	Central African Republic	50.26M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
179	Malaysia	61.98M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
180	Zambia	62.59M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
181	Myanmar	74.27M	East Asia & Pacific	Lower middle income
182	Tanzania	79.02M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
183	Bolivia	110.94M	Latin America & Caribbean	Lower middle income
184	Canada	111.95M	North America	High income
185	United States	112.06M	North America	High income
186	Thailand	112.24M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
187	Viet Nam	113.23M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
188	Argentina	144.41M	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income
189	Ethiopia	214.04M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
190	Cote d'Ivoire	237.57M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Lower middle income
191	Russian Federation	385.88M	Europe & Central Asia	High income
192	Indonesia	576.19M	East Asia & Pacific	Upper middle income
193	Congo, Dem. Rep.	648.2M	Sub-Saharan Africa	Low income
194	Brazil	1.6B	Latin America & Caribbean	Upper middle income

Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change