Belgium vs Low & middle income: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e)

Belgium
0.0028 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Low & middle income
0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre
in 2023
Belgium rank
16th
Low & middle income rank
15th

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) over time

  • Belgium
  • Low & middle income
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How they compare

Belgium currently reports 0.0028 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Low & middle income, a difference of 0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre.

That makes Belgium's figure about 9.2 times Low & middle income's.

Across all 24 years both countries report, Belgium has been ahead every year.

Belgium ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 15th of 203 countries.

Belgium has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Belgium Low & middle income Difference Ahead
2000s 0.0039 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0002 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0037 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Belgium
2010s 0.0034 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0031 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Belgium
2020s 0.003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre 0.0027 Mt CO2e per square kilometre Belgium

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e), Belgium or Low & middle income?
Belgium, at 0.0028 Mt CO2e per square kilometre against 0.0003 Mt CO2e per square kilometre in Low & middle income as of 2023.
What is the difference in carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e) between Belgium and Low & middle income?
0.0025 Mt CO2e per square kilometre, with Belgium ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Belgium and Low & middle income?
24 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2023.
How do Belgium and Low & middle income rank globally for carbon dioxide (co2) emissions (total) excluding lulucf (mt co2e)?
Belgium ranks 16th and Low & middle income ranks 15th of 203 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per square kilometre
Unit
Mt CO2e per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
250 places, 12,804 data points, 1970–2023
Last refreshed

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e) divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.