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

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

Countries reporting
184
Highest
476.85 Mt CO2e
Indonesia
Lowest
-2.96 Mt CO2e
Argentina
Median
0 Mt CO2e
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
5,108

What the numbers show

Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Organic Soil (Mt CO2e) is currently reported for 184 countries. The highest value is 476.85 Mt CO2e in Indonesia; the lowest is -2.96 Mt CO2e in Argentina.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 Mt CO2e, and the mean is 4.06 Mt CO2e.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 161.

Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Australia (up 71.6%), and the largest decrease in France (down 69.3%).

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

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 476.85 Mt CO2e 2023 down 3.7% rising
2 Malaysia 54.15 Mt CO2e 2023 up 11.4% rising
3 United States 52.92 Mt CO2e 2023 up 4.4% rising
4 Germany 44.54 Mt CO2e 2023 down 9.8% rising
5 Russian Federation 29.85 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.9% falling
6 Finland 21.13 Mt CO2e 2023 up 41.9% rising
7 Belarus, Republic of 14.71 Mt CO2e 2023 down 22.8% falling
8 United Kingdom 8.96 Mt CO2e 2023 down 11.2% falling
9 Iceland 7.32 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3.4% rising
10 Ireland 5.33 Mt CO2e 2023 down 14.3% rising
11 Netherlands 5.13 Mt CO2e 2023 down 2.6% falling
12 Poland 4.75 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.1% flat
13 Norway 4.06 Mt CO2e 2023 up 8.0% rising
14 Latvia 4.04 Mt CO2e 2023 up 5.2% flat
15 Denmark 2.84 Mt CO2e 2023 down 36.1% falling
16 Estonia 2.46 Mt CO2e 2023 up 5.1% rising
17 Colombia 2.01 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
18 New Zealand 1.87 Mt CO2e 2023 up 0.2% flat
19 Papua New Guinea 1.72 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
20 Japan 1.26 Mt CO2e 2023 down 0.8% falling
21 Canada 1.16 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
22 Italy 0.8608 Mt CO2e 2023 down 1.6% flat
23 Switzerland 0.7638 Mt CO2e 2023 down 1.1% flat
24 Lithuania 0.6876 Mt CO2e 2023 down 7.7% rising
25 Austria 0.3041 Mt CO2e 2022 unchanged flat
26 Greece 0.2444 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
27 Romania 0.2284 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
28 Croatia, Republic of 0.0923 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
29 Bulgaria 0.0806 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
30 Australia 0.0755 Mt CO2e 2023 up 71.6% volatile
31 Belgium 0.0753 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
32 Hungary 0.0584 Mt CO2e 2023 up 5.6% rising
33 France 0.0385 Mt CO2e 2023 down 69.3% volatile
34 Spain 0.0375 Mt CO2e 2023 up 3.9% rising
35 Georgia 0.0261 Mt CO2e 2023 up 65.2% rising
36 Micronesia, Federated States of 0.0241 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged flat
37 Liechtenstein 0.0086 Mt CO2e 2023 down 1.1% flat
38 Afghanistan, Islamic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Angola 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Albania 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Andorra, Principality of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 United Arab Emirates 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Armenia, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Antigua and Barbuda 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Azerbaijan, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Burundi 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Benin 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Burkina Faso 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bangladesh 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bahrain, Kingdom of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bahamas, The 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Belize 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bolivia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Brazil 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Brunei Darussalam 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Bhutan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Botswana 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Central African Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Chile 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 China, People's Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Cameroon 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Congo, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Comoros, Union of the 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Cabo Verde 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Costa Rica 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Cuba 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Cyprus 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Czechia 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Djibouti 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Dominica 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Dominican Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Algeria 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Ecuador 0 Mt CO2e 2023 β€” flat
38 Eritrea, The State of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Ethiopia, The Federal Democratic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Fiji, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Gabon 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Ghana 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Guinea 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Gambia, The 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Guinea-Bissau 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Equatorial Guinea, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Grenada 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Guatemala 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Guyana 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Honduras 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Haiti 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 India 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Iran, Islamic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Israel 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Jamaica 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Jordan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Kazakhstan, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Kenya 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Kyrgyz Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Cambodia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 St. Kitts and Nevis 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Korea 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Kuwait 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Lebanon 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Liberia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 St. Lucia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Sri Lanka 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Lesotho, Kingdom of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Luxembourg 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Morocco 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Monaco 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Moldova, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Madagascar, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Maldives 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mexico 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 North Macedonia, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mali 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Malta 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Myanmar 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Montenegro 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mongolia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mozambique, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mauritania, Islamic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Mauritius 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Malawi 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Namibia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Niger 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Nigeria 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Nicaragua 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Nepal 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Pakistan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Panama 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Peru 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Philippines 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” volatile
38 Palau, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Portugal 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Paraguay 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Rwanda 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Saudi Arabia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Sudan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Senegal 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Solomon Islands 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 El Salvador 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 San Marino, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Somalia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Serbia, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 South Sudan, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 SΓ£o TomΓ© and PrΓ­ncipe, Democratic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Suriname 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Slovak Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2022 β€” flat
38 Slovenia 0 Mt CO2e 2023 β€” volatile
38 Sweden 0 Mt CO2e 2023 β€” flat
38 Eswatini, Kingdom of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Seychelles 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Syrian Arab Republic 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Chad 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Togo 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Thailand 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Tajikistan, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Turkmenistan 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Timor-Leste, Democratic Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Tonga 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Trinidad and Tobago 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Tunisia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 TΓΌrkiye 0 Mt CO2e 2023 β€” flat
38 Tuvalu 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Tanzania, United Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Uganda 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Ukraine 0 Mt CO2e 2023 β€” flat
38 Uruguay 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Uzbekistan, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Venezuela, RepΓΊblica Bolivariana de 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Vietnam 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Vanuatu 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Samoa 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Yemen, Republic of 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 South Africa 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Zambia 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
38 Zimbabwe 0 Mt CO2e 2020 β€” flat
182 Singapore -0.0019 Mt CO2e 2023 down 11.8% volatile
183 Barbados -0.008 Mt CO2e 2023 unchanged falling
184 Argentina -2.96 Mt CO2e 2022 up 50.9% rising

Regions and income groups

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

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About this data

Indicator
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Organic Soil (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
231 places, 5,108 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

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