Saudi Arabia: Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land (Mt CO2e)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Saudi Arabia had the 4th highest value of the 67 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Saudi Arabia in the 2020 ranking

• Rwanda — 48th of 67: 0
• Samoa — 49th of 67: 0
• San Marino — 50th of 67: 0
• Senegal — 52nd of 67: 0
• Seychelles — 53rd of 67: 0
• Somalia, Fed. Rep. — 54th of 67: 0

What this measures

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

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 21 values

Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land (Mt CO2e) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 0 (2020)
• Algeria — -1.38 (2023)
• Bahrain — 0 (2020)
• Djibouti — 0 (2020)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 0 (2023)
• Israel — 0 (2020)
• Jordan — 0 (2020)
• Kuwait — 0 (2020)
• Lebanon — -1.2 (2023)

More environment data for Saudi Arabia

• Population in largest city — 7.95 million (2025)
• Population in the largest city (% of urban population) — 25.42% (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million — 18.19 million (2025)
• Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) — 49.21% (2025)
• Rural population — 5.69 million (2025)
• Rural population (% of total population) — 15.39% (2025)
• Urban population — 31.28 million (2025)
• Urban population (% of total population) — 84.61% (2025)
• Aquaculture production (metric tons) — 161,883 (2024)

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Questions people ask

What is Saudi Arabia's carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Other Land (Mt CO2e)?

0 in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How does Saudi Arabia rank?

4th highest of 67 economies with data for 2020.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting, uri: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4643-2022, note: Data available from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7190605, publisher: Earth System Science Data (ESSD).

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator EN.GHG.CO2.LU.OL.MT.CE.AR5, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting, uri: https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-4643-2022, note: Data available from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7190605, publisher: Earth System Science Data (ESSD) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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