CO2 emissions from land use — all countries

CO2 emissions from land use — Zambia

CO2 emissions from land use in Zambia in 2024 — 62.59 Mt. Ranked 183 in the world out of 197. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 337.4%.

2024 62.59 Mt −2.47% vs 2023
World rank 183of 197
Period maximum 139.58 Mt2008
Period minimum 5.12 Mt1919

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes

CO2 emissions from land use — Zambia, 1850–2024050100150185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 14.31 Mt1853: 12.09 Mt1856: 10.92 Mt1859: 10.39 Mt1862: 9.92 Mt1865: 9.75 Mt1868: 9.46 Mt1871: 9.36 Mt1874: 9.5 Mt1877: 9.42 Mt1880: 10.23 Mt1883: 11.57 Mt1886: 11.91 Mt1889: 12.41 Mt1892: 10.52 Mt1895: 9.75 Mt1898: 9.28 Mt1901: 8.34 Mt1904: 7.2 Mt1907: 6.24 Mt1910: 5.61 Mt1913: 5.43 Mt1916: 5.3 Mt1919: 5.12 Mt1922: 20.08 Mt1925: 25.48 Mt1928: 28.51 Mt1931: 31.26 Mt1934: 33.21 Mt1937: 35.25 Mt1940: 40.88 Mt1943: 47.51 Mt1946: 50.48 Mt1949: 53.68 Mt1952: 53.42 Mt1955: 60.37 Mt1958: 70.89 Mt1961: 64.24 Mt1964: 47.74 Mt1967: 48.96 Mt1970: 64.19 Mt1973: 54.05 Mt1976: 40.96 Mt1979: 23.84 Mt1982: 37.93 Mt1985: 45.72 Mt1988: 53.45 Mt1991: 50.33 Mt1994: 62.19 Mt1997: 59.03 Mt2000: 48.03 Mt2003: 73.87 Mt2006: 81.44 Mt2009: 113.65 Mt2012: 104.94 Mt2015: 81.17 Mt2018: 79.13 Mt2021: 66.33 Mt2024: 62.59 Mt
Change over the period: +48.28 (+337.41%) Average annual rate: 0.85 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 62.59 Mt
World computed 5,141.76 Mt
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 1,830.12 Mt
Eastern Africa computed 500.81 Mt
Lower-middle-income countries computed 1,158.48 Mt
CO2 emissions from land use — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 62.59 −1.58 −2.47%
2023 64.17 −1.28 −1.95%
2022 65.45 −0.88 −1.32%
2021 66.33 −2 −2.92%
2020 68.32 −4.86 −6.63%
2019 73.18 −5.95 −7.52%
2018 79.13 −7.5 −8.66%
2017 86.63 −0.25 −0.29%
2016 86.88 +5.7 +7.03%
2015 81.17 −3.98 −4.68%
2014 85.16 −6.73 −7.32%
2013 91.88 −13.06 −12.44%
2012 104.94 −23.25 −18.14%
2011 128.19 +5.22 +4.24%
2010 122.98 +9.33 +8.21%
2009 113.65 −25.93 −18.58%
2008 139.58 +38.35 +37.88%
2007 101.23 +19.79 +24.31%
2006 81.44 −13.23 −13.97%
2005 94.66 +24.56 +35.03%
2004 70.11 −3.76 −5.09%
2003 73.87 −12.45 −14.42%
2002 86.31 +24.61 +39.88%
2001 61.71 +13.68 +28.48%
2000 48.03 −3.12 −6.11%
1999 51.15 −4.91 −8.76%
1998 56.07 −2.97 −5.02%
1997 59.03 +6.19 +11.72%
1996 52.84 −6.84 −11.46%
1995 59.68 −2.52 −4.04%
1994 62.19 +2.16 +3.59%
1993 60.03 +6.92 +13.02%
1992 53.12 +2.79 +5.54%
1991 50.33 +10.75 +27.16%
1990 39.58 −7.96 −16.75%
1989 47.54 −5.91 −11.06%
1988 53.45 +6.85 +14.71%
1987 46.6 −1.39 −2.89%
1986 47.98 +2.26 +4.95%
1985 45.72 +2.27 +5.23%
1984 43.45 +3.4 +8.5%
1983 40.05 +2.12 +5.59%
1982 37.93 +4.68 +14.08%
1981 33.25 +2.56 +8.33%
1980 30.69 +6.85 +28.75%
1979 23.84 +4.91 +25.92%
1978 18.93 −14.97 −44.15%
1977 33.9 −7.06 −17.23%
1976 40.96 −3.53 −7.93%
1975 44.48 −4.86 −9.85%
1974 49.34 −4.71 −8.71%
1973 54.05 +0.05 +0.08%
1972 54 −12.35 −18.61%
1971 66.35 +2.16 +3.37%
1970 64.19 +13.27 +26.05%
1969 50.92 +0.57 +1.14%
1968 50.35 +1.38 +2.83%
1967 48.96 −2.84 −5.48%
1966 51.8 +1.34 +2.66%
1965 50.46 +2.72 +5.7%
1964 47.74 −3.23 −6.34%
1963 50.97 −3.49 −6.41%
1962 54.46 −9.78 −15.22%
1961 64.24 −14.03 −17.93%
1960 78.27 +2.49 +3.28%
1959 75.78 +4.9 +6.91%
1958 70.89 +3.18 +4.69%
1957 67.71 +3.88 +6.09%
1956 63.83 +3.46 +5.73%
1955 60.37 +3.6 +6.34%
1954 56.77 +1.23 +2.21%
1953 55.54 +2.12 +3.97%
1952 53.42 +3.39 +6.77%
1951 50.03 +0.32 +0.65%
1950 49.71 −3.97 −7.39%
1949 53.68 +1.03 +1.95%
1948 52.65 +0.79 +1.52%
1947 51.86 +1.39 +2.75%
1946 50.48 +0.16 +0.32%
1945 50.31 +1.55 +3.17%
1944 48.77 +1.26 +2.65%
1943 47.51 +1.3 +2.81%
1942 46.21 +1.77 +3.98%
1941 44.45 +3.57 +8.73%
1940 40.88 +5.45 +15.39%
1939 35.42 +0.12 +0.34%
1938 35.3 +0.05 +0.14%
1937 35.25 +1.29 +3.79%
1936 33.97 +0.43 +1.29%
1935 33.54 +0.33 +0.98%
1934 33.21 +0.14 +0.42%
1933 33.07 +1.12 +3.51%
1932 31.95 +0.69 +2.21%
1931 31.26 +0.83 +2.72%
1930 30.43 +1.2 +4.09%
1929 29.24 +0.73 +2.56%
1928 28.51 +0.85 +3.08%
1927 27.65 +1 +3.74%
1926 26.66 +1.18 +4.62%
1925 25.48 +1.41 +5.85%
1924 24.07 +1.74 +7.81%
1923 22.33 +2.25 +11.21%
1922 20.08 +3.02 +17.69%
1921 17.06 +4.38 +34.56%
1920 12.68 +7.56 +147.52%
1919 5.12 −0.07 −1.37%
1918 5.19 −0.06 −1.2%
1917 5.26 −0.04 −0.83%
1916 5.3 −0.04 −0.79%
1915 5.34 −0.05 −0.87%
1914 5.39 −0.04 −0.79%
1913 5.43 −0.05 −0.88%
1912 5.48 −0.06 −1.07%
1911 5.54 −0.07 −1.27%
1910 5.61 −0.1 −1.68%
1909 5.71 −0.26 −4.36%
1908 5.97 −0.28 −4.44%
1907 6.24 −0.3 −4.56%
1906 6.54 −0.32 −4.62%
1905 6.86 −0.34 −4.7%
1904 7.2 −0.36 −4.74%
1903 7.55 −0.38 −4.83%
1902 7.94 −0.41 −4.85%
1901 8.34 −0.42 −4.79%
1900 8.76 −0.4 −4.41%
1899 9.17 −0.12 −1.27%
1898 9.28 −0.13 −1.42%
1897 9.42 −0.15 −1.61%
1896 9.57 −0.18 −1.81%
1895 9.75 −0.21 −2.07%
1894 9.95 −0.25 −2.46%
1893 10.21 −0.31 −2.97%
1892 10.52 −0.41 −3.73%
1891 10.92 −0.59 −5.12%
1890 11.51 −0.9 −7.21%
1889 12.41 +0 +0.04%
1888 12.4 −0.11 −0.86%
1887 12.51 +0.61 +5.09%
1886 11.91 +0.16 +1.4%
1885 11.74 +0.14 +1.22%
1884 11.6 +0.03 +0.28%
1883 11.57 +0.55 +4.98%
1882 11.02 +0.33 +3.13%
1881 10.69 +0.45 +4.43%
1880 10.23 +0.74 +7.83%
1879 9.49 +0.08 +0.88%
1878 9.41 −0.01 −0.14%
1877 9.42 −0.03 −0.32%
1876 9.45 +0.02 +0.24%
1875 9.43 −0.07 −0.79%
1874 9.5 −0.1 −1.07%
1873 9.6 +0.15 +1.55%
1872 9.46 +0.1 +1.08%
1871 9.36 −0.03 −0.31%
1870 9.39 +0.01 +0.14%
1869 9.37 −0.09 −0.91%
1868 9.46 −0.01 −0.14%
1867 9.47 −0.1 −1%
1866 9.57 −0.18 −1.84%
1865 9.75 +0.06 +0.58%
1864 9.69 −0.12 −1.2%
1863 9.81 −0.11 −1.08%
1862 9.92 −0.15 −1.53%
1861 10.07 −0.19 −1.82%
1860 10.26 −0.13 −1.29%
1859 10.39 −0.15 −1.46%
1858 10.54 −0.27 −2.46%
1857 10.81 −0.11 −1%
1856 10.92 −0.29 −2.6%
1855 11.21 −0.35 −2.99%
1854 11.56 −0.53 −4.41%
1853 12.09 −0.15 −1.22%
1852 12.24 −0.75 −5.78%
1851 12.99 −1.32 −9.22%
1850 14.31

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.