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CO2 emissions from land use — Botswana

CO2 emissions from land use in Botswana in 2024 — -0.2 Mt. Ranked 47 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 167.1%.

2024 -0.2 Mt +22.53% vs 2023
World rank 47of 197
Period maximum 8.79 Mt1999
Period minimum -0.61 Mt2018

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Botswana, 1850–2024-2.502.557.510185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.29 Mt1853: 0.37 Mt1856: 0.39 Mt1859: 0.41 Mt1862: 0.46 Mt1865: 0.48 Mt1868: 0.49 Mt1871: 0.51 Mt1874: 0.52 Mt1877: 0.53 Mt1880: 0.52 Mt1883: 0.52 Mt1886: 0.52 Mt1889: 0.51 Mt1892: 0.58 Mt1895: 0.6 Mt1898: 0.61 Mt1901: 0.74 Mt1904: 0.81 Mt1907: 0.84 Mt1910: 0.88 Mt1913: 0.91 Mt1916: 0.93 Mt1919: 0.94 Mt1922: 1.24 Mt1925: 1.39 Mt1928: 1.51 Mt1931: 1.71 Mt1934: 1.86 Mt1937: 1.97 Mt1940: 2.42 Mt1943: 2.96 Mt1946: 3.24 Mt1949: 3.45 Mt1952: 3.41 Mt1955: 3.25 Mt1958: 3.34 Mt1961: 3.24 Mt1964: 2.91 Mt1967: 3.03 Mt1970: 2.93 Mt1973: 2.66 Mt1976: 2.38 Mt1979: 2.23 Mt1982: 2.27 Mt1985: 2.24 Mt1988: 2.68 Mt1991: -0.37 Mt1994: 3.09 Mt1997: -0.11 Mt2000: 1.73 Mt2003: 1.54 Mt2006: 0.31 Mt2009: 2.95 Mt2012: 2.64 Mt2015: -0.07 Mt2018: -0.61 Mt2021: -0.47 Mt2024: -0.2 Mt
Change over the period: −0.49 (−167.12%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Botswana -0.2 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,830.12 Mt
Southern Africa computed 15.19 Mt
Upper-middle-income countries computed 2,170.32 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Botswana, by year Botswana All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 -0.2 +0.06 +22.53%
2023 -0.25 +0.09 +25.15%
2022 -0.34 +0.13 +28.39%
2021 -0.47 +0.08 +14.95%
2020 -0.56 +0.03 +5.45%
2019 -0.59 +0.02 +2.98%
2018 -0.61 −0.25 −71.39%
2017 -0.35 −0.21 −146.85%
2016 -0.14 −0.07 −104.29%
2015 -0.07 −1.35 −105.49%
2014 1.28 −7.12 −84.81%
2013 8.39 +5.75 +217.47%
2012 2.64 +0.98 +59.09%
2011 1.66 −3.56 −68.19%
2010 5.22 +2.27 +76.9%
2009 2.95 −2.75 −48.18%
2008 5.7 −0.08 −1.42%
2007 5.78 +5.47 +1,758.84%
2006 0.31 +0.33 +1,452.17%
2005 -0.02 −0.51 −104.73%
2004 0.49 −1.05 −68.4%
2003 1.54 +1.31 +574.56%
2002 0.23 −2.83 −92.55%
2001 3.06 +1.34 +77.39%
2000 1.73 −7.07 −80.38%
1999 8.79 +6.64 +308.12%
1998 2.15 +2.27 +2,006.19%
1997 -0.11 −1.63 −107.45%
1996 1.52 −1.44 −48.64%
1995 2.95 −0.14 −4.53%
1994 3.09 −3.28 −51.44%
1993 6.37 +0.25 +4%
1992 6.12 +6.49 +1,777.26%
1991 -0.37 −0.74 −196.56%
1990 0.38 −2.58 −87.2%
1989 2.95 +0.28 +10.35%
1988 2.68 +0.4 +17.57%
1987 2.28 −0 −0.04%
1986 2.28 +0.04 +1.74%
1985 2.24 −0.01 −0.27%
1984 2.25 +0.01 +0.4%
1983 2.24 −0.04 −1.67%
1982 2.27 −0.05 −2.11%
1981 2.32 +0.11 +4.78%
1980 2.22 −0.01 −0.45%
1979 2.23 −0.07 −3.09%
1978 2.3 +0.03 +1.23%
1977 2.27 −0.11 −4.62%
1976 2.38 −0.09 −3.6%
1975 2.47 −0.07 −2.68%
1974 2.54 −0.12 −4.55%
1973 2.66 −0.14 −5.04%
1972 2.8 −0.13 −4.5%
1971 2.93 +0 +0.03%
1970 2.93 −0.06 −1.88%
1969 2.99 −0.04 −1.48%
1968 3.03 +0 +0.1%
1967 3.03 +0.03 +0.97%
1966 3 +0.17 +5.9%
1965 2.83 −0.08 −2.81%
1964 2.91 −0.06 −2.02%
1963 2.97 −0.11 −3.41%
1962 3.08 −0.16 −5.06%
1961 3.24 −0.36 −9.99%
1960 3.6 +0.16 +4.62%
1959 3.44 +0.1 +2.99%
1958 3.34 +0.05 +1.64%
1957 3.29 +0.04 +1.23%
1956 3.25 +0 +0.03%
1955 3.25 −0.03 −0.85%
1954 3.28 −0.06 −1.77%
1953 3.34 −0.08 −2.2%
1952 3.41 −0.09 −2.6%
1951 3.5 −0.07 −2.04%
1950 3.58 +0.12 +3.53%
1949 3.45 +0.07 +1.98%
1948 3.39 +0.07 +2.14%
1947 3.32 +0.07 +2.25%
1946 3.24 +0.08 +2.63%
1945 3.16 +0.09 +3.03%
1944 3.07 +0.11 +3.62%
1943 2.96 +0.13 +4.63%
1942 2.83 +0.17 +6.48%
1941 2.66 +0.24 +9.84%
1940 2.42 +0.38 +18.41%
1939 2.04 +0.03 +1.64%
1938 2.01 +0.04 +1.82%
1937 1.97 +0.04 +1.91%
1936 1.94 +0.04 +2%
1935 1.9 +0.04 +2.15%
1934 1.86 +0.04 +2.43%
1933 1.81 +0.05 +2.72%
1932 1.77 +0.06 +3.27%
1931 1.71 +0.07 +4.2%
1930 1.64 +0.1 +6.21%
1929 1.55 +0.04 +2.39%
1928 1.51 +0.04 +2.51%
1927 1.47 +0.04 +2.79%
1926 1.43 +0.04 +2.95%
1925 1.39 +0.05 +3.42%
1924 1.35 +0.05 +3.86%
1923 1.3 +0.06 +4.69%
1922 1.24 +0.07 +6.09%
1921 1.17 +0.09 +8.67%
1920 1.07 +0.14 +14.64%
1919 0.94 +0 +0.21%
1918 0.93 +0 +0.32%
1917 0.93 +0 +0.32%
1916 0.93 +0 +0.43%
1915 0.92 +0.01 +0.65%
1914 0.92 +0.01 +0.66%
1913 0.91 +0.01 +0.88%
1912 0.9 +0.01 +1.23%
1911 0.89 +0.02 +1.71%
1910 0.88 +0.02 +2.81%
1909 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1908 0.85 +0.01 +0.59%
1907 0.84 +0.01 +1.08%
1906 0.84 +0.01 +1.21%
1905 0.83 +0.01 +1.48%
1904 0.81 +0.02 +2.14%
1903 0.8 +0.02 +2.98%
1902 0.77 +0.03 +4.32%
1901 0.74 +0.05 +7.08%
1900 0.69 +0.08 +13.44%
1899 0.61 +0 +0.33%
1898 0.61 +0 +0.33%
1897 0.61 +0 +0.5%
1896 0.6 +0 +0.67%
1895 0.6 +0.01 +0.84%
1894 0.59 +0.01 +1.02%
1893 0.59 +0.01 +1.55%
1892 0.58 +0.01 +2.3%
1891 0.57 +0.02 +3.47%
1890 0.55 +0.03 +6.42%
1889 0.51 +0 +0%
1888 0.51 −0 −0.19%
1887 0.52 +0 +0%
1886 0.52 +0 +0%
1885 0.52 −0 −0.19%
1884 0.52 −0 −0.19%
1883 0.52 −0 −0.19%
1882 0.52 −0 −0.58%
1881 0.52 −0 −0.38%
1880 0.52 −0.01 −1.32%
1879 0.53 +0 +0.38%
1878 0.53 +0 +0.19%
1877 0.53 +0 +0.38%
1876 0.53 +0 +0.38%
1875 0.52 +0 +0.38%
1874 0.52 +0 +0.58%
1873 0.52 +0 +0.58%
1872 0.52 +0 +0.78%
1871 0.51 +0.01 +1.19%
1870 0.51 +0.01 +1.81%
1869 0.5 +0 +0.61%
1868 0.49 +0 +0.61%
1867 0.49 +0 +0.82%
1866 0.49 +0 +0.83%
1865 0.48 +0.01 +1.26%
1864 0.48 +0.01 +1.28%
1863 0.47 +0.01 +1.95%
1862 0.46 +0.01 +2.67%
1861 0.45 +0.02 +3.7%
1860 0.43 +0.03 +6.13%
1859 0.41 +0 +0.99%
1858 0.4 +0.01 +1.25%
1857 0.4 +0.01 +1.53%
1856 0.39 +0.01 +1.81%
1855 0.39 +0.01 +2.39%
1854 0.38 +0.01 +3.29%
1853 0.37 +0.02 +4.58%
1852 0.35 +0.02 +7.06%
1851 0.33 +0.03 +11.64%
1850 0.29 — —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

BW Botswana -0.2 SZ Eswatini 0.21 ZA South Africa 3.81 NA Namibia 4.65 LS Lesotho 6.72
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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.

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