CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Eastern Africa

CO2 emissions from land use in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 500.81 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 335.1%.

2024 500.81 Mt +0.44% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 781.17 Mt2010
Period minimum 8.34 Mt1909

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Eastern Africa, 1850–20240200400600800185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 115.1 Mt1853: 77.03 Mt1856: 66.92 Mt1859: 59.29 Mt1862: 54.59 Mt1865: 51.17 Mt1868: 48.83 Mt1871: 52.07 Mt1874: 54.93 Mt1877: 55.13 Mt1880: 57.62 Mt1883: 62.88 Mt1886: 65.28 Mt1889: 64.13 Mt1892: 35.13 Mt1895: 22.6 Mt1898: 14.26 Mt1901: 14.31 Mt1904: 12.57 Mt1907: 10.17 Mt1910: 10.04 Mt1913: 14.32 Mt1916: 17.61 Mt1919: 17.79 Mt1922: 130.35 Mt1925: 176.2 Mt1928: 204.66 Mt1931: 231.29 Mt1934: 249.99 Mt1937: 265.74 Mt1940: 314.8 Mt1943: 379.06 Mt1946: 399.56 Mt1949: 420.61 Mt1952: 522.51 Mt1955: 567.06 Mt1958: 628.01 Mt1961: 607.15 Mt1964: 553.86 Mt1967: 441.8 Mt1970: 550.45 Mt1973: 408.6 Mt1976: 383.8 Mt1979: 322.8 Mt1982: 334.75 Mt1985: 415.68 Mt1988: 334.49 Mt1991: 291.76 Mt1994: 367.73 Mt1997: 403.6 Mt2000: 521.42 Mt2003: 734.04 Mt2006: 745.78 Mt2009: 714.8 Mt2012: 592.3 Mt2015: 577.11 Mt2018: 604.63 Mt2021: 487.42 Mt2024: 500.81 Mt
Change over the period: +385.71 (+335.1%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Eastern Africa 500.81 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 500.81 +2.18 +0.44%
2023 498.64 +0.18 +0.04%
2022 498.46 +11.04 +2.26%
2021 487.42 −90.29 −15.63%
2020 577.71 −10.41 −1.77%
2019 588.12 −16.51 −2.73%
2018 604.63 −46.8 −7.18%
2017 651.43 +51.68 +8.62%
2016 599.74 +22.64 +3.92%
2015 577.11 +61.84 +12%
2014 515.27 +3.39 +0.66%
2013 511.88 −80.41 −13.58%
2012 592.3 −91.14 −13.34%
2011 683.44 −97.73 −12.51%
2010 781.17 +66.36 +9.28%
2009 714.8 +41.3 +6.13%
2008 673.5 −59 −8.05%
2007 732.5 −13.27 −1.78%
2006 745.78 +15.13 +2.07%
2005 730.65 +11.87 +1.65%
2004 718.77 −15.27 −2.08%
2003 734.04 +77.16 +11.75%
2002 656.88 +149.67 +29.51%
2001 507.21 −14.21 −2.73%
2000 521.42 +28.07 +5.69%
1999 493.35 −15.19 −2.99%
1998 508.54 +104.94 +26%
1997 403.6 +23.4 +6.15%
1996 380.21 −6.77 −1.75%
1995 386.98 +19.25 +5.24%
1994 367.73 +40.68 +12.44%
1993 327.05 +56.18 +20.74%
1992 270.87 −20.89 −7.16%
1991 291.76 −13.28 −4.35%
1990 305.04 +5.35 +1.78%
1989 299.69 −34.8 −10.4%
1988 334.49 +22.61 +7.25%
1987 311.88 −24.28 −7.22%
1986 336.16 −79.52 −19.13%
1985 415.68 −54.76 −11.64%
1984 470.44 +152.86 +48.13%
1983 317.58 −17.16 −5.13%
1982 334.75 +0.99 +0.3%
1981 333.76 −17.83 −5.07%
1980 351.58 +28.79 +8.92%
1979 322.8 −71.57 −18.15%
1978 394.36 −79.87 −16.84%
1977 474.23 +90.43 +23.56%
1976 383.8 −40.44 −9.53%
1975 424.24 −34.58 −7.54%
1974 458.82 +50.22 +12.29%
1973 408.6 −25.87 −5.95%
1972 434.46 −63.71 −12.79%
1971 498.17 −52.28 −9.5%
1970 550.45 +15.42 +2.88%
1969 535.04 +77.77 +17.01%
1968 457.27 +15.47 +3.5%
1967 441.8 −5.74 −1.28%
1966 447.54 −50.11 −10.07%
1965 497.65 −56.21 −10.15%
1964 553.86 −44.05 −7.37%
1963 597.91 −57.17 −8.73%
1962 655.08 +47.93 +7.89%
1961 607.15 −83.83 −12.13%
1960 690.99 +35.05 +5.34%
1959 655.94 +27.93 +4.45%
1958 628.01 +17.52 +2.87%
1957 610.5 +23.89 +4.07%
1956 586.6 +19.55 +3.45%
1955 567.06 +23.99 +4.42%
1954 543.06 +8.68 +1.63%
1953 534.38 +11.87 +2.27%
1952 522.51 +3.86 +0.74%
1951 518.65 −17.92 −3.34%
1950 536.57 +115.95 +27.57%
1949 420.61 +7.4 +1.79%
1948 413.21 −0.29 −0.07%
1947 413.5 +13.95 +3.49%
1946 399.56 +6.75 +1.72%
1945 392.81 +10.38 +2.71%
1944 382.44 +3.37 +0.89%
1943 379.06 +21.19 +5.92%
1942 357.87 +20 +5.92%
1941 337.88 +23.08 +7.33%
1940 314.8 +41.91 +15.36%
1939 272.89 −2.46 −0.89%
1938 275.35 +9.61 +3.61%
1937 265.74 +6.86 +2.65%
1936 258.88 +4.7 +1.85%
1935 254.17 +4.18 +1.67%
1934 249.99 +6.6 +2.71%
1933 243.39 +5.85 +2.46%
1932 237.54 +6.26 +2.71%
1931 231.29 +5.84 +2.59%
1930 225.45 +11.2 +5.23%
1929 214.25 +9.59 +4.69%
1928 204.66 +6.92 +3.5%
1927 197.74 +8.59 +4.54%
1926 189.15 +12.95 +7.35%
1925 176.2 +13 +7.96%
1924 163.2 +14.21 +9.54%
1923 148.99 +18.63 +14.3%
1922 130.35 +22.69 +21.08%
1921 107.66 +33.29 +44.77%
1920 74.37 +56.58 +317.96%
1919 17.79 +0.14 +0.79%
1918 17.65 −0.76 −4.14%
1917 18.42 +0.8 +4.56%
1916 17.61 +1.89 +12.01%
1915 15.72 +1.05 +7.14%
1914 14.68 +0.35 +2.46%
1913 14.32 +0.82 +6.03%
1912 13.51 +2.55 +23.23%
1911 10.96 +0.92 +9.22%
1910 10.04 +1.69 +20.3%
1909 8.34 −1.49 −15.12%
1908 9.83 −0.34 −3.33%
1907 10.17 −0.6 −5.59%
1906 10.77 −0.91 −7.81%
1905 11.68 −0.89 −7.06%
1904 12.57 −0.76 −5.72%
1903 13.33 −0.42 −3.08%
1902 13.76 −0.55 −3.87%
1901 14.31 +0.29 +2.03%
1900 14.03 +1.52 +12.18%
1899 12.5 −1.76 −12.32%
1898 14.26 −2.55 −15.16%
1897 16.81 −2.71 −13.89%
1896 19.52 −3.08 −13.62%
1895 22.6 −3.5 −13.42%
1894 26.1 −3.96 −13.16%
1893 30.06 −5.07 −14.44%
1892 35.13 −6.23 −15.06%
1891 41.36 −8.64 −17.28%
1890 50 −14.13 −22.03%
1889 64.13 −0.46 −0.72%
1888 64.59 +0.13 +0.2%
1887 64.46 −0.82 −1.26%
1886 65.28 +2.11 +3.34%
1885 63.17 −1.75 −2.7%
1884 64.92 +2.05 +3.26%
1883 62.88 +4.3 +7.33%
1882 58.58 −2.12 −3.5%
1881 60.7 +3.09 +5.36%
1880 57.62 +4.21 +7.88%
1879 53.41 −0.68 −1.25%
1878 54.08 −1.05 −1.9%
1877 55.13 +2.32 +4.39%
1876 52.81 −0.24 −0.45%
1875 53.05 −1.88 −3.42%
1874 54.93 −1.04 −1.85%
1873 55.97 +3.14 +5.94%
1872 52.83 +0.75 +1.45%
1871 52.07 +0.93 +1.82%
1870 51.14 +0.1 +0.19%
1869 51.04 +2.22 +4.54%
1868 48.83 −1.61 −3.2%
1867 50.44 −1.7 −3.27%
1866 52.14 +0.98 +1.91%
1865 51.17 −0.16 −0.31%
1864 51.32 −1.95 −3.66%
1863 53.27 −1.32 −2.42%
1862 54.59 −1.78 −3.16%
1861 56.37 −1.03 −1.8%
1860 57.41 −1.88 −3.17%
1859 59.29 +0.19 +0.31%
1858 59.1 −3.97 −6.29%
1857 63.07 −3.85 −5.75%
1856 66.92 −4.62 −6.45%
1855 71.54 −1.45 −1.99%
1854 72.99 −4.04 −5.25%
1853 77.03 −4.39 −5.39%
1852 81.42 −12.14 −12.98%
1851 93.57 −21.54 −18.71%
1850 115.1

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.