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Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation (Mt CO2e) by country

Net flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the category "Deforestation".

Countries reporting
183
Highest
1,025 Mt CO2e
Brazil
Lowest
-0.004 Mt CO2e
Barbados
Median
0.8199 Mt CO2e
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,498

What the numbers show

Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 183 countries. The highest value is 1,025 Mt CO2e in Brazil; the lowest is -0.004 Mt CO2e in Barbados.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.8199 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 18.3 Mt CO2e.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 3,944.8%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.1%).

Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Brazil 1,025 Mt CO2e 2023 up 52.9% volatile
2 Democratic Republic of Congo 529.23 Mt CO2e 2023 down 36.3% rising
3 Ethiopia 156.42 Mt CO2e 2023 up 14.2% rising
4 Cote d'Ivoire 130.3 Mt CO2e 2023 down 29.5% falling
5 United States 124.7 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.8% flat
6 Peru 94.53 Mt CO2e 2023 down 5.3% rising
7 Iran 71.52 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
8 Angola 63.41 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.0% rising
9 Myanmar 53.81 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
10 Philippines 51.53 Mt CO2e 2023 up 492.6% volatile
11 Argentina 50.85 Mt CO2e 2023 down 46.6% falling
12 Indonesia 45.77 Mt CO2e 2023 down 86.7% volatile
13 Tanzania 43.74 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
14 Colombia 42.58 Mt CO2e 2023 up 41.7% rising
15 Malaysia 40.85 Mt CO2e 2022 up 1,703.0% volatile
16 Zimbabwe 37.96 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
17 Ecuador 36.6 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.7% falling
18 Madagascar 34.34 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
19 Cambodia 32.62 Mt CO2e 2023 down 78.4% volatile
20 Paraguay 32.53 Mt CO2e 2023 down 42.6% falling
21 Nigeria 32.4 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
22 Zambia 31.71 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
23 Mozambique 30.71 Mt CO2e 2023 up 20.8% falling
24 Kenya 30.55 Mt CO2e 2023 up 390.1% volatile
25 Bolivia 28.24 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
26 South Sudan 28.1 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
27 Sudan 23.92 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
28 Laos 20.06 Mt CO2e 2023 up 20.6% volatile
29 Guinea 19 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
30 Mali 17.64 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.2% flat
31 Somalia 17.35 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
32 Botswana 15.2 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
33 Mexico 13.98 Mt CO2e 2023 down 32.0% rising
34 Guatemala 13.93 Mt CO2e 2023 down 2.7% flat
35 Benin 13.73 Mt CO2e 2023 down 4.6% falling
36 Vietnam 13.54 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
37 Ghana 13.33 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
38 Uganda 13.1 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
39 South Africa 12.86 Mt CO2e 2023 up 13.5% rising
40 Burkina Faso 12.05 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3.3% rising
41 Namibia 11.61 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
42 Nicaragua 11.56 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
43 Gabon 11.52 Mt CO2e 2023 up 1.9% rising
44 Canada 11.5 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.4% flat
45 France 10.32 Mt CO2e 2023 down 28.4% falling
46 Cameroon 10.31 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
47 Yemen 9.86 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
48 India 9.73 Mt CO2e 2023 down 8.7% falling
49 Thailand 9.63 Mt CO2e 2023 up 10.7% rising
50 Papua New Guinea 9.55 Mt CO2e 2023 down 32.2% rising
51 Poland 8.95 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3,944.8% volatile
52 Suriname 7.21 Mt CO2e 2023 up 16.9% volatile
53 Guinea-Bissau 7.1 Mt CO2e 2023 down 53.1% volatile
54 Honduras 7.1 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
55 Panama 6.83 Mt CO2e 2023 up 69.2% falling
56 Afghanistan 6.51 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
57 Guyana 6.01 Mt CO2e 2023 down 54.1% falling
58 Russia 5.88 Mt CO2e 2023 up 12.0% flat
59 Central African Republic 5.63 Mt CO2e 2023 up 15.0% falling
60 Belize 5.03 Mt CO2e 2023 down 28.2% volatile
61 Dominican Republic 4.45 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
62 Australia 4.36 Mt CO2e 2023 down 91.7% volatile
63 Bahamas 4.02 Mt CO2e 2023 down 2.0% rising
64 Belarus 3.65 Mt CO2e 2023 up 61.8% rising
65 Uzbekistan 3.58 Mt CO2e 2022 down 52.7% flat
66 Albania 3.51 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.1% falling
67 Equatorial Guinea 3.38 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
68 Uruguay 3.34 Mt CO2e 2023 up 246.2% volatile
69 China 3.25 Mt CO2e 2023 down 24.0% rising
70 Congo 2.95 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
71 Japan 2.64 Mt CO2e 2023 down 12.4% falling
72 North Korea 2.3 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
73 Gambia 2.3 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
74 Chile 2.08 Mt CO2e 2023 down 58.5% falling
75 Malawi 2.06 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
76 Norway 2.06 Mt CO2e 2023 down 13.9% rising
77 Italy 1.88 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.5% rising
78 New Zealand 1.84 Mt CO2e 2023 down 79.3% volatile
79 Sweden 1.63 Mt CO2e 2023 down 5.5% rising
80 Costa Rica 1.61 Mt CO2e 2023 down 83.5% volatile
81 El Salvador 1.37 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged falling
82 Finland 1.33 Mt CO2e 2023 down 50.5% falling
83 Spain 1.32 Mt CO2e 2023 down 10.4% falling
84 Turkey 1.32 Mt CO2e 2023 up 5.4% rising
85 Austria 1.26 Mt CO2e 2023 up 2.1% flat
86 United Kingdom 1.25 Mt CO2e 2023 up 41.7% rising
87 Niger 1.17 Mt CO2e 2023 up 120.0% volatile
88 Romania 1.12 Mt CO2e 2023 up 15.0% falling
89 Portugal 1.04 Mt CO2e 2023 down 13.4% falling
90 Liberia 0.963 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
91 Netherlands 0.8452 Mt CO2e 2023 down 23.4% rising
92 Bangladesh 0.8199 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
93 Belgium 0.7895 Mt CO2e 2023 up 59.4% rising
94 Latvia 0.7509 Mt CO2e 2023 up 29.6% rising
95 Switzerland 0.5678 Mt CO2e 2023 down 14.3% flat
96 Germany 0.5387 Mt CO2e 2023 up 150.6% volatile
97 Eswatini 0.403 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged falling
98 Sri Lanka 0.3861 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
99 Haiti 0.3714 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
100 Solomon Islands 0.3486 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged falling
101 Moldova 0.2914 Mt CO2e 2023 up 200.1% volatile
102 Estonia 0.2912 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.6% rising
103 Slovenia 0.2497 Mt CO2e 2023 down 12.4% falling
104 Hungary 0.2372 Mt CO2e 2023 up 94.3% volatile
105 Togo 0.2304 Mt CO2e 2023 up 9.5% rising
106 Czechia 0.2288 Mt CO2e 2023 down 32.2% falling
107 Morocco 0.2162 Mt CO2e 2023 down 30.1% rising
108 Bulgaria 0.1793 Mt CO2e 2023 up 30.1% volatile
109 Brunei 0.1602 Mt CO2e 2022 unchanged flat
110 Jamaica 0.151 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
111 Seychelles 0.1422 Mt CO2e 2023 up 383.7% volatile
112 Lithuania 0.1387 Mt CO2e 2023 — volatile
113 Serbia 0.1166 Mt CO2e 2023 up 20.2% volatile
114 Denmark 0.1137 Mt CO2e 2023 up 1,596.0% volatile
115 Bhutan 0.0707 Mt CO2e 2023 up 17.6% rising
116 Ireland 0.0639 Mt CO2e 2023 down 87.7% volatile
117 Tunisia 0.0614 Mt CO2e 2023 up 57.8% rising
118 Cape Verde 0.0558 Mt CO2e 2023 up 42.3% rising
119 Slovakia 0.0516 Mt CO2e 2023 down 29.9% volatile
120 Croatia 0.0479 Mt CO2e 2023 down 42.1% volatile
121 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0472 Mt CO2e 2023 down 61.4% falling
122 Ukraine 0.0451 Mt CO2e 2023 down 69.4% volatile
123 Greece 0.0381 Mt CO2e 2023 down 13.2% flat
124 Venezuela 0.0219 Mt CO2e 2023 down 91.8% falling
125 Luxembourg 0.0167 Mt CO2e 2023 down 58.1% falling
126 Burundi 0.0101 Mt CO2e 2023 down 58.1% rising
127 Cyprus 0.0081 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3.8% volatile
128 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0079 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
129 Liechtenstein 0.0056 Mt CO2e 2023 up 24.4% rising
130 Mongolia 0.0049 Mt CO2e 2023 down 84.4% volatile
131 Micronesia (country) 0.0008 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
132 Saint Lucia 0.0004 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged rising
133 Iceland 0.0002 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged volatile
134 Andorra 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 United Arab Emirates 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Armenia 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Azerbaijan 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 Bahrain 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Comoros 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Cuba 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Djibouti 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Dominica 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Algeria 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 Eritrea 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Fiji 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Georgia 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 Grenada 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Israel 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Jordan 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Kazakhstan 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 Kyrgyzstan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 South Korea 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Kuwait 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Lebanon 0 Mt CO2e 2023 down 100.0% falling
134 Lesotho 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Monaco 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 North Macedonia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Montenegro 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Mauritania 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Mauritius 0 Mt CO2e 2022 — flat
134 Nepal 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Pakistan 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Palau 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Rwanda 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Saudi Arabia 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Senegal 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Singapore 0 Mt CO2e 2023 down 100.0% volatile
134 San Marino 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Syria 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Chad 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Tajikistan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
134 Turkmenistan 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 East Timor 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Tonga 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Tuvalu 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Vanuatu 0 Mt CO2e 2023 — flat
134 Samoa 0 Mt CO2e 2020 — flat
182 Malta -0.0004 Mt CO2e 2023 down 100.1% volatile
183 Barbados -0.004 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation (Mt CO2e)
Unit
Mt CO2e
Source
Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
230 places, 5,498 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

Net flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the category "Deforestation".