CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Afghanistan

CO2 emissions from land use in Afghanistan in 2024 — 18.25 Mt. Ranked 161 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 545.5%.

2024 18.25 Mt +16.42% vs 2023
World rank 161of 197
Period maximum 18.25 Mt2024
Period minimum -4.07 Mt1993

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Afghanistan, 1850–2024-1001020185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 2.83 Mt1853: 2.89 Mt1856: 2.93 Mt1859: 2.95 Mt1862: 3.01 Mt1865: 3.03 Mt1868: 3.04 Mt1871: 3.52 Mt1874: 3.82 Mt1877: 3.97 Mt1880: 4.32 Mt1883: 4.77 Mt1886: 4.99 Mt1889: 5.13 Mt1892: 5.35 Mt1895: 5.47 Mt1898: 5.57 Mt1901: 5.72 Mt1904: 5.81 Mt1907: 5.86 Mt1910: 6.01 Mt1913: 6.24 Mt1916: 6.36 Mt1919: 6.44 Mt1922: 6.22 Mt1925: 6.17 Mt1928: 6.16 Mt1931: 5.91 Mt1934: 5.79 Mt1937: 5.74 Mt1940: 5.79 Mt1943: 5.84 Mt1946: 5.87 Mt1949: 6.1 Mt1952: 8.91 Mt1955: 11.87 Mt1958: 14.72 Mt1961: 14.61 Mt1964: 9.93 Mt1967: 7.33 Mt1970: 6.44 Mt1973: 4.37 Mt1976: 3.29 Mt1979: 2.75 Mt1982: 2.17 Mt1985: 1.57 Mt1988: 1.01 Mt1991: 0.03 Mt1994: -3.42 Mt1997: 3.87 Mt2000: 0.07 Mt2003: 4.61 Mt2006: 1.08 Mt2009: 0.62 Mt2012: 0.2 Mt2015: 0.31 Mt2018: 2.88 Mt2021: 3.48 Mt2024: 18.25 Mt
Change over the period: +15.42 (+545.49%) Average annual rate: 1.08 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Afghanistan

Afghanistan 18.25 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
South Asia computed 47.09 Mt
Southern Asia computed 71.35 Mt
Low-income countries computed 1,185.14 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 18.25 +2.57 +16.42%
2023 15.67 +4.3 +37.81%
2022 11.37 +7.89 +226.56%
2021 3.48 −2.12 −37.78%
2020 5.6 −4.07 −42.07%
2019 9.66 +6.78 +235.29%
2018 2.88 −2.37 −45.14%
2017 5.25 +4.91 +1,449.56%
2016 0.34 +0.03 +8.65%
2015 0.31 +0.23 +300%
2014 0.08 +0.02 +36.84%
2013 0.06 −0.15 −71.78%
2012 0.2 −0 −0.49%
2011 0.2 −0.04 −14.71%
2010 0.24 −0.38 −61.43%
2009 0.62 −0.11 −14.78%
2008 0.72 −0.17 −19.11%
2007 0.9 −0.19 −17.44%
2006 1.08 −0.01 −0.82%
2005 1.09 −1.31 −54.44%
2004 2.4 −2.21 −47.96%
2003 4.61 −0.44 −8.71%
2002 5.05 +4.18 +483.14%
2001 0.87 +0.8 +1,232.31%
2000 0.07 −0.79 −92.36%
1999 0.85 +1.06 +515.12%
1998 -0.21 −4.08 −105.3%
1997 3.87 +3.75 +2,972.22%
1996 0.13 +2.52 +105.27%
1995 -2.39 +1.03 +30.13%
1994 -3.42 +0.65 +16.02%
1993 -4.07 −2.41 −145.09%
1992 -1.66 −1.69 −6,744%
1991 0.03 −0.15 −85.47%
1990 0.17 −0.75 −81.39%
1989 0.92 −0.08 −8.42%
1988 1.01 −0.02 −1.46%
1987 1.02 −0.25 −19.56%
1986 1.27 −0.3 −19.12%
1985 1.57 −0.28 −15.15%
1984 1.86 −0.27 −12.71%
1983 2.13 −0.05 −2.21%
1982 2.17 −0.53 −19.49%
1981 2.7 +0.12 +4.45%
1980 2.58 −0.17 −6.17%
1979 2.75 +0.13 +4.83%
1978 2.63 −0.37 −12.37%
1977 3 −0.29 −8.82%
1976 3.29 −0.3 −8.31%
1975 3.59 −0.35 −8.94%
1974 3.94 −0.43 −9.84%
1973 4.37 −0.79 −15.32%
1972 5.16 −0.53 −9.29%
1971 5.69 −0.75 −11.67%
1970 6.44 +0.21 +3.29%
1969 6.23 −0.62 −9%
1968 6.85 −0.49 −6.63%
1967 7.33 −1.73 −19.12%
1966 9.07 −1.21 −11.78%
1965 10.28 +0.35 +3.57%
1964 9.93 −2.72 −21.53%
1963 12.65 −0.57 −4.28%
1962 13.21 −1.4 −9.55%
1961 14.61 −2.59 −15.08%
1960 17.2 +1.83 +11.93%
1959 15.37 +0.65 +4.4%
1958 14.72 +1.01 +7.4%
1957 13.71 +0.94 +7.35%
1956 12.77 +0.9 +7.56%
1955 11.87 +1.05 +9.71%
1954 10.82 +0.86 +8.6%
1953 9.96 +1.05 +11.78%
1952 8.91 +0.91 +11.43%
1951 8 +0.92 +12.91%
1950 7.09 +0.98 +16.11%
1949 6.1 +0.11 +1.82%
1948 5.99 +0.12 +2.06%
1947 5.87 +0.01 +0.1%
1946 5.87 +0.01 +0.1%
1945 5.86 +0.01 +0.12%
1944 5.85 +0.01 +0.15%
1943 5.84 +0.01 +0.17%
1942 5.83 +0.01 +0.26%
1941 5.82 +0.03 +0.48%
1940 5.79 +0.07 +1.22%
1939 5.72 −0.01 −0.17%
1938 5.73 −0.01 −0.19%
1937 5.74 −0.01 −0.23%
1936 5.76 −0.02 −0.29%
1935 5.77 −0.02 −0.36%
1934 5.79 −0.03 −0.46%
1933 5.82 −0.04 −0.61%
1932 5.86 −0.05 −0.86%
1931 5.91 −0.08 −1.35%
1930 5.99 −0.17 −2.79%
1929 6.16 −0 −0.06%
1928 6.16 −0 −0.03%
1927 6.17 −0 −0.03%
1926 6.17 −0 −0.06%
1925 6.17 −0.01 −0.13%
1924 6.18 −0.02 −0.24%
1923 6.2 −0.02 −0.35%
1922 6.22 −0.04 −0.62%
1921 6.26 −0.07 −1.04%
1920 6.32 −0.12 −1.83%
1919 6.44 +0.02 +0.36%
1918 6.42 +0.03 +0.41%
1917 6.39 +0.03 +0.44%
1916 6.36 +0.03 +0.54%
1915 6.33 +0.04 +0.6%
1914 6.29 +0.05 +0.77%
1913 6.24 +0.06 +0.94%
1912 6.19 +0.07 +1.23%
1911 6.11 +0.1 +1.65%
1910 6.01 +0.13 +2.14%
1909 5.89 +0.01 +0.22%
1908 5.87 +0.01 +0.26%
1907 5.86 +0.02 +0.26%
1906 5.84 +0.02 +0.29%
1905 5.83 +0.02 +0.33%
1904 5.81 +0.02 +0.4%
1903 5.78 +0.03 +0.47%
1902 5.76 +0.04 +0.63%
1901 5.72 +0.05 +0.86%
1900 5.67 +0.08 +1.43%
1899 5.59 +0.03 +0.47%
1898 5.57 +0.03 +0.51%
1897 5.54 +0.03 +0.54%
1896 5.51 +0.03 +0.62%
1895 5.47 +0.04 +0.7%
1894 5.44 +0.04 +0.76%
1893 5.39 +0.05 +0.88%
1892 5.35 +0.06 +1.04%
1891 5.29 +0.07 +1.3%
1890 5.22 +0.1 +1.91%
1889 5.13 +0.04 +0.79%
1888 5.09 +0.05 +0.91%
1887 5.04 +0.05 +1.04%
1886 4.99 +0.06 +1.22%
1885 4.93 +0.07 +1.46%
1884 4.86 +0.09 +1.78%
1883 4.77 +0.11 +2.32%
1882 4.66 +0.14 +3.16%
1881 4.52 +0.2 +4.63%
1880 4.32 +0.28 +6.98%
1879 4.04 +0.03 +0.8%
1878 4.01 +0.04 +0.93%
1877 3.97 +0.04 +1.07%
1876 3.93 +0.05 +1.26%
1875 3.88 +0.06 +1.52%
1874 3.82 +0.07 +1.95%
1873 3.75 +0.09 +2.57%
1872 3.65 +0.13 +3.72%
1871 3.52 +0.19 +5.73%
1870 3.33 +0.29 +9.35%
1869 3.05 +0 +0.13%
1868 3.04 +0 +0.13%
1867 3.04 +0 +0.13%
1866 3.04 +0.01 +0.17%
1865 3.03 +0.01 +0.2%
1864 3.02 +0.01 +0.2%
1863 3.02 +0.01 +0.2%
1862 3.01 +0.01 +0.27%
1861 3 +0.01 +0.43%
1860 2.99 +0.04 +1.29%
1859 2.95 +0.01 +0.27%
1858 2.95 +0.01 +0.31%
1857 2.94 +0.01 +0.38%
1856 2.93 +0.01 +0.41%
1855 2.91 +0.01 +0.45%
1854 2.9 +0.02 +0.52%
1853 2.89 +0.02 +0.59%
1852 2.87 +0.02 +0.67%
1851 2.85 +0.02 +0.78%
1850 2.83

Southern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

Carbon dioxide emissions from land-use change: deforestation, peatland drainage, conversion of land to agriculture — net of absorption by growing forests. This is the only series in the section where values can be negative: a country whose forest cover is expanding absorbs more than it releases. For several countries with active logging this item is comparable to all other emissions combined.

Important: Negative values mean absorption. The estimates here are the most uncertain in all of carbon statistics: they are built from satellite data on forest cover and from models of soil carbon stocks.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.