CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Western Europe

CO2 emissions from land use in Western Europe in 2024 — -8.9 Mt. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 110.5%.

2024 -8.9 Mt −15.4% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 84.97 Mt1850
Period minimum -108.02 Mt1969

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Western Europe, 1850–2024-150-100-50050100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 84.97 Mt1853: 71.5 Mt1856: 62.01 Mt1859: 51.27 Mt1862: 48.14 Mt1865: 41.69 Mt1868: 39.62 Mt1871: 41.84 Mt1874: 45.6 Mt1877: 45.73 Mt1880: 45.29 Mt1883: 38.15 Mt1886: 32.67 Mt1889: 34.19 Mt1892: 33.37 Mt1895: 31.91 Mt1898: 28.98 Mt1901: 38.24 Mt1904: 39.54 Mt1907: 39.26 Mt1910: 16.62 Mt1913: -10.03 Mt1916: -33.63 Mt1919: -52.23 Mt1922: -36.43 Mt1925: -31.86 Mt1928: -23.56 Mt1931: -27.49 Mt1934: -27.83 Mt1937: -33.07 Mt1940: -36.99 Mt1943: -35.17 Mt1946: -37.42 Mt1949: -35.05 Mt1952: -48.94 Mt1955: -55.5 Mt1958: -60.03 Mt1961: -88.23 Mt1964: -87.98 Mt1967: -101.54 Mt1970: -99.23 Mt1973: -85.88 Mt1976: -79.38 Mt1979: -76.92 Mt1982: -70.15 Mt1985: -55.41 Mt1988: -44.4 Mt1991: -33.01 Mt1994: -5.5 Mt1997: -11.27 Mt2000: -20.33 Mt2003: -12.63 Mt2006: -16 Mt2009: -25.6 Mt2012: -13.56 Mt2015: 0.36 Mt2018: -10.14 Mt2021: -4.55 Mt2024: -8.9 Mt
Change over the period: −93.87 (−110.48%)

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe -8.9 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 -8.9 −1.19 −15.4%
2023 -7.71 −1.38 −21.69%
2022 -6.34 −1.79 −39.32%
2021 -4.55 −5.41 −629.07%
2020 0.86 −12.88 −93.74%
2019 13.74 +23.88 +235.54%
2018 -10.14 −36.84 −137.98%
2017 26.7 +30.35 +830.88%
2016 -3.65 −4.02 −1,103.57%
2015 0.36 +5.84 +106.64%
2014 -5.48 +4.15 +43.09%
2013 -9.63 +3.93 +28.97%
2012 -13.56 +11.85 +46.64%
2011 -25.4 −1.68 −7.09%
2010 -23.72 +1.88 +7.33%
2009 -25.6 −4.22 −19.74%
2008 -21.38 −4.17 −24.22%
2007 -17.21 −1.21 −7.59%
2006 -16 +2.35 +12.82%
2005 -18.35 −2.88 −18.59%
2004 -15.47 −2.84 −22.48%
2003 -12.63 +8.92 +41.38%
2002 -21.55 +3.88 +15.26%
2001 -25.43 −5.1 −25.09%
2000 -20.33 −5.87 −40.61%
1999 -14.46 −5.98 −70.43%
1998 -8.48 +2.79 +24.74%
1997 -11.27 +0.59 +4.97%
1996 -11.86 +1.89 +13.76%
1995 -13.75 −8.26 −150.19%
1994 -5.5 −6.81 −519.3%
1993 1.31 +7.73 +120.42%
1992 -6.42 +26.59 +80.55%
1991 -33.01 +8.48 +20.44%
1990 -41.49 −8.42 −25.46%
1989 -33.07 +11.33 +25.53%
1988 -44.4 +10.01 +18.4%
1987 -54.42 −5.05 −10.22%
1986 -49.37 +6.04 +10.9%
1985 -55.41 +2.59 +4.47%
1984 -58 +4.05 +6.53%
1983 -62.05 +8.1 +11.55%
1982 -70.15 −2.2 −3.23%
1981 -67.96 +3.61 +5.04%
1980 -71.56 +5.36 +6.97%
1979 -76.92 −2.86 −3.87%
1978 -74.06 −3.67 −5.22%
1977 -70.39 +8.99 +11.33%
1976 -79.38 +4.84 +5.75%
1975 -84.22 −3.01 −3.71%
1974 -81.21 +4.67 +5.44%
1973 -85.88 +9.22 +9.69%
1972 -95.1 +2.73 +2.79%
1971 -97.82 +1.4 +1.41%
1970 -99.23 +8.79 +8.14%
1969 -108.02 −10.88 −11.2%
1968 -97.14 +4.4 +4.33%
1967 -101.54 −5.53 −5.76%
1966 -96.01 −2.72 −2.92%
1965 -93.28 −5.31 −6.03%
1964 -87.98 +2.48 +2.74%
1963 -90.46 −1.98 −2.24%
1962 -88.48 −0.24 −0.28%
1961 -88.23 −0.81 −0.93%
1960 -87.42 −0.99 −1.15%
1959 -86.43 −26.4 −43.98%
1958 -60.03 −1.88 −3.23%
1957 -58.15 +0.42 +0.72%
1956 -58.57 −3.07 −5.54%
1955 -55.5 −2.22 −4.16%
1954 -53.29 −2.98 −5.92%
1953 -50.31 −1.37 −2.8%
1952 -48.94 −0.69 −1.44%
1951 -48.25 −4.43 −10.11%
1950 -43.82 −8.77 −25.02%
1949 -35.05 +1.71 +4.64%
1948 -36.75 −0.2 −0.54%
1947 -36.55 +0.87 +2.32%
1946 -37.42 −0.73 −2%
1945 -36.69 −0.87 −2.44%
1944 -35.82 −0.64 −1.83%
1943 -35.17 +1.7 +4.62%
1942 -36.88 −0.04 −0.1%
1941 -36.84 +0.15 +0.41%
1940 -36.99 −2.41 −6.98%
1939 -34.58 −2.87 −9.05%
1938 -31.71 +1.36 +4.1%
1937 -33.07 −1.43 −4.51%
1936 -31.64 −0.81 −2.61%
1935 -30.83 −3 −10.78%
1934 -27.83 −0.56 −2.06%
1933 -27.27 −0.56 −2.09%
1932 -26.71 +0.77 +2.81%
1931 -27.49 −3.42 −14.21%
1930 -24.07 −3.22 −15.46%
1929 -20.85 +2.71 +11.5%
1928 -23.56 +3.74 +13.71%
1927 -27.3 +1.43 +4.98%
1926 -28.73 +3.13 +9.83%
1925 -31.86 +3.72 +10.45%
1924 -35.58 +0.2 +0.56%
1923 -35.78 +0.65 +1.8%
1922 -36.43 +2.38 +6.13%
1921 -38.81 +6.98 +15.25%
1920 -45.79 +6.44 +12.33%
1919 -52.23 −7.85 −17.69%
1918 -44.38 −2.87 −6.92%
1917 -41.51 −7.88 −23.45%
1916 -33.63 −7.35 −27.99%
1915 -26.27 −7.52 −40.09%
1914 -18.75 −8.72 −86.94%
1913 -10.03 −9.42 −1,541.9%
1912 -0.61 −10.82 −105.99%
1911 10.21 −6.41 −38.59%
1910 16.62 −20.57 −55.32%
1909 37.19 −1.09 −2.85%
1908 38.28 −0.98 −2.5%
1907 39.26 +0.59 +1.53%
1906 38.67 −1.11 −2.78%
1905 39.78 +0.24 +0.61%
1904 39.54 +1.7 +4.5%
1903 37.83 −0.09 −0.25%
1902 37.93 −0.31 −0.82%
1901 38.24 −0.79 −2.03%
1900 39.03 +12.38 +46.44%
1899 26.65 −2.33 −8.03%
1898 28.98 −1.72 −5.59%
1897 30.7 −1.19 −3.74%
1896 31.89 −0.02 −0.07%
1895 31.91 −2.07 −6.09%
1894 33.98 +0.04 +0.12%
1893 33.94 +0.58 +1.73%
1892 33.37 −1.08 −3.13%
1891 34.45 −0.98 −2.77%
1890 35.43 +1.24 +3.62%
1889 34.19 −0.15 −0.44%
1888 34.34 −2.27 −6.19%
1887 36.61 +3.93 +12.03%
1886 32.67 −2.34 −6.69%
1885 35.02 −2 −5.41%
1884 37.02 −1.13 −2.96%
1883 38.15 −1.93 −4.81%
1882 40.08 −2.24 −5.28%
1881 42.31 −2.98 −6.58%
1880 45.29 +1.93 +4.46%
1879 43.36 −1.86 −4.11%
1878 45.21 −0.52 −1.13%
1877 45.73 −0.04 −0.08%
1876 45.76 +0.83 +1.84%
1875 44.94 −0.66 −1.46%
1874 45.6 +1.34 +3.03%
1873 44.26 +1.39 +3.23%
1872 42.87 +1.04 +2.48%
1871 41.84 +0.64 +1.55%
1870 41.2 +2.05 +5.23%
1869 39.15 −0.47 −1.19%
1868 39.62 −2.44 −5.81%
1867 42.07 +3.3 +8.52%
1866 38.76 −2.92 −7.01%
1865 41.69 −2.2 −5.01%
1864 43.88 −1.38 −3.06%
1863 45.27 −2.88 −5.98%
1862 48.14 −2.68 −5.26%
1861 50.82 −3.28 −6.06%
1860 54.1 +2.83 +5.52%
1859 51.27 −4.73 −8.45%
1858 56 −2.97 −5.03%
1857 58.97 −3.04 −4.9%
1856 62.01 −2.63 −4.07%
1855 64.64 −4.32 −6.27%
1854 68.96 −2.53 −3.54%
1853 71.5 −2.81 −3.78%
1852 74.3 −3.75 −4.8%
1851 78.05 −6.92 −8.14%
1850 84.97

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.