Of the economies in the World Bank's latest release, Brazil has the highest carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Deforestation (Mt CO2e) (1,025 in 2023) and Barbados the lowest (-0.004 in 2023). The world figure is 3,878 (2023).
What this measures
Net flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the category "Deforestation".
Each country's latest available year is shown; countries report on different schedules, so compare years before comparing values.
Ranking
| # | Economy | Latest value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brazil | 1,025 | 2023 |
| 2 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 529.23 | 2023 |
| 3 | Ethiopia | 156.42 | 2023 |
| 4 | Côte d'Ivoire | 130.3 | 2023 |
| 5 | United States | 124.7 | 2023 |
| 6 | Peru | 94.53 | 2023 |
| 7 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 71.52 | 2023 |
| 8 | Angola | 63.41 | 2023 |
| 9 | Myanmar | 53.81 | 2023 |
| 10 | Philippines | 51.53 | 2023 |
| 11 | Argentina | 50.85 | 2023 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 45.77 | 2023 |
| 13 | Tanzania | 43.74 | 2023 |
| 14 | Colombia | 42.58 | 2023 |
| 15 | Malaysia | 40.85 | 2022 |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 37.96 | 2023 |
| 17 | Ecuador | 36.6 | 2023 |
| 18 | Madagascar | 34.34 | 2023 |
| 19 | Cambodia | 32.62 | 2023 |
| 20 | Paraguay | 32.53 | 2023 |
| 21 | Nigeria | 32.4 | 2023 |
| 22 | Zambia | 31.71 | 2023 |
| 23 | Mozambique | 30.71 | 2023 |
| 24 | Kenya | 30.55 | 2023 |
| 25 | Bolivia | 28.24 | 2023 |
| 26 | South Sudan | 28.1 | 2023 |
| 27 | Sudan | 23.92 | 2023 |
| 28 | Lao PDR | 20.06 | 2023 |
| 29 | Guinea | 19 | 2023 |
| 30 | Mali | 17.64 | 2023 |
| 31 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 17.35 | 2023 |
| 32 | Botswana | 15.2 | 2023 |
| 33 | Mexico | 13.98 | 2023 |
| 34 | Guatemala | 13.93 | 2023 |
| 35 | Benin | 13.73 | 2023 |
| 36 | Viet Nam | 13.54 | 2023 |
| 37 | Ghana | 13.33 | 2023 |
| 38 | Uganda | 13.1 | 2023 |
| 39 | South Africa | 12.86 | 2023 |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 12.05 | 2023 |
| 41 | Namibia | 11.61 | 2023 |
| 42 | Nicaragua | 11.56 | 2023 |
| 43 | Gabon | 11.52 | 2023 |
| 44 | Canada | 11.5 | 2023 |
| 45 | France | 10.32 | 2023 |
| 46 | Cameroon | 10.31 | 2023 |
| 47 | Yemen, Rep. | 9.86 | 2023 |
| 48 | India | 9.73 | 2023 |
| 49 | Thailand | 9.63 | 2023 |
| 50 | Papua New Guinea | 9.55 | 2023 |
| 51 | Poland | 8.95 | 2023 |
| 52 | Suriname | 7.21 | 2023 |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau | 7.1 | 2023 |
| 54 | Honduras | 7.1 | 2023 |
| 55 | Panama | 6.83 | 2023 |
| 56 | Afghanistan | 6.51 | 2023 |
| 57 | Guyana | 6.01 | 2023 |
| 58 | Russian Federation | 5.88 | 2023 |
| 59 | Central African Republic | 5.63 | 2023 |
| 60 | Belize | 5.03 | 2023 |
| 61 | Dominican Republic | 4.45 | 2023 |
| 62 | Australia | 4.36 | 2023 |
| 63 | Bahamas, The | 4.02 | 2023 |
| 64 | Belarus | 3.65 | 2023 |
| 65 | Uzbekistan | 3.58 | 2022 |
| 66 | Albania | 3.51 | 2023 |
| 67 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.38 | 2023 |
| 68 | Uruguay | 3.34 | 2023 |
| 69 | China | 3.25 | 2023 |
| 70 | Congo, Rep. | 2.95 | 2023 |
| 71 | Japan | 2.64 | 2023 |
| 72 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 73 | Gambia, The | 2.3 | 2023 |
| 74 | Chile | 2.08 | 2023 |
| 75 | Malawi | 2.07 | 2023 |
| 76 | Norway | 2.06 | 2023 |
| 77 | Italy | 1.88 | 2023 |
| 78 | New Zealand | 1.84 | 2023 |
| 79 | Sweden | 1.63 | 2023 |
| 80 | Costa Rica | 1.61 | 2023 |
| 81 | El Salvador | 1.37 | 2023 |
| 82 | Finland | 1.33 | 2023 |
| 83 | Spain | 1.32 | 2023 |
| 84 | Türkiye | 1.32 | 2023 |
| 85 | Austria | 1.26 | 2023 |
| 86 | United Kingdom | 1.25 | 2023 |
| 87 | Niger | 1.17 | 2023 |
| 88 | Romania | 1.12 | 2023 |
| 89 | Portugal | 1.04 | 2023 |
| 90 | Liberia | 0.96 | 2023 |
| 91 | Netherlands | 0.85 | 2023 |
| 92 | Bangladesh | 0.82 | 2023 |
| 93 | Belgium | 0.79 | 2023 |
| 94 | Latvia | 0.75 | 2023 |
| 95 | Switzerland | 0.57 | 2023 |
| 96 | Germany | 0.54 | 2023 |
| 97 | Eswatini | 0.4 | 2023 |
| 98 | Sri Lanka | 0.39 | 2023 |
| 99 | Haiti | 0.37 | 2023 |
| 100 | Solomon Islands | 0.35 | 2023 |
| 101 | Moldova | 0.29 | 2023 |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.29 | 2023 |
| 103 | Slovenia | 0.25 | 2023 |
| 104 | Hungary | 0.24 | 2023 |
| 105 | Togo | 0.23 | 2023 |
| 106 | Czechia | 0.23 | 2023 |
| 107 | Morocco | 0.22 | 2023 |
| 108 | Bulgaria | 0.18 | 2023 |
| 109 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.16 | 2022 |
| 110 | Jamaica | 0.15 | 2023 |
| 111 | Seychelles | 0.14 | 2023 |
| 112 | Lithuania | 0.14 | 2023 |
| 113 | Serbia | 0.12 | 2023 |
| 114 | Denmark | 0.11 | 2023 |
| 115 | Bhutan | 0.07 | 2023 |
| 116 | Ireland | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 117 | Tunisia | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 118 | Cabo Verde | 0.06 | 2023 |
| 119 | Slovak Republic | 0.05 | 2023 |
| 120 | Croatia | 0.05 | 2023 |
| 121 | São Tomé and Principe | 0.05 | 2023 |
| 122 | Ukraine | 0.05 | 2023 |
| 123 | Greece | 0.04 | 2023 |
| 124 | Venezuela, RB | 0.02 | 2023 |
| 125 | Luxembourg | 0.02 | 2023 |
| 126 | Burundi | 0.01 | 2023 |
| 127 | Cyprus | 0.0081 | 2023 |
| 128 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0079 | 2023 |
| 129 | Liechtenstein | 0.0056 | 2023 |
| 130 | Mongolia | 0.0049 | 2023 |
| 131 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.0008 | 2023 |
| 132 | St. Lucia | 0.0004 | 2023 |
| 133 | Iceland | 0.0002 | 2023 |
| 134 | Algeria | 0 | 2022 |
| 135 | Andorra | 0 | 2023 |
| 136 | Armenia | 0 | 2023 |
| 137 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2022 |
| 138 | Bahrain | 0 | 2023 |
| 139 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2023 |
| 140 | Chad | 0 | 2020 |
| 141 | Comoros | 0 | 2020 |
| 142 | Cuba | 0 | 2023 |
| 143 | Djibouti | 0 | 2023 |
| 144 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 |
| 145 | Eritrea | 0 | 2023 |
| 146 | Fiji | 0 | 2023 |
| 147 | Georgia | 0 | 2022 |
| 148 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 |
| 149 | Israel | 0 | 2023 |
| 150 | Jordan | 0 | 2023 |
| 151 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2022 |
| 152 | Korea, Rep. | 0 | 2023 |
| 153 | Kuwait | 0 | 2020 |
| 154 | Kyrgyz Republic | 0 | 2020 |
| 155 | Lebanon | 0 | 2023 |
| 156 | Lesotho | 0 | 2023 |
| 157 | Mauritania | 0 | 2023 |
| 158 | Mauritius | 0 | 2022 |
| 159 | Monaco | 0 | 2022 |
| 160 | Montenegro | 0 | 2023 |
| 161 | Nepal | 0 | 2023 |
| 162 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2020 |
| 163 | Pakistan | 0 | 2023 |
| 164 | Palau | 0 | 2023 |
| 165 | Rwanda | 0 | 2023 |
| 166 | Samoa | 0 | 2020 |
| 167 | San Marino | 0 | 2023 |
| 168 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2023 |
| 169 | Senegal | 0 | 2023 |
| 170 | Singapore | 0 | 2023 |
| 171 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 |
| 172 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 |
| 173 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0 | 2023 |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2020 |
| 175 | Timor-Leste | 0 | 2023 |
| 176 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 |
| 177 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2023 |
| 178 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2023 |
| 179 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 |
| 180 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2023 |
| 181 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2023 |
| 182 | Malta | -0.0004 | 2023 |
| 183 | Barbados | -0.004 | 2023 |
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- Agricultural land (sq. km)
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- Arable land (hectares)
- Arable land (hectares per person)
- Arable land (% of land area)
- Land under cereal production (hectares)
- Permanent cropland (% of land area)
- Forest area (sq. km)
- Forest area (% of land area)
- Agricultural irrigated land (% of total agricultural land)
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Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, EN.GHG.CO2.LU.DF.MT.CE.AR5, 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) View on data.worldbank.org; the full definition is in the World Bank's metadata glossary.
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