Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding was -8.98 Mt CO2e in 2023. ▼ Falling
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding in Saudi Arabia, 2000–2023
Source: Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting. Measured in Mt CO2e.
Analysis
Saudi Arabia recorded -8.98 Mt CO2e for carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 24 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding in Saudi Arabia peaked at -5.69 Mt CO2e in 2000 and was at its lowest, -8.98 Mt CO2e, in 2012.
Saudi Arabia ranks 132nd of 183 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 24 years of available data.
Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | Mt CO2e | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -5.69 Mt CO2e | — |
| 2001 | -6.02 Mt CO2e | +5.6% |
| 2002 | -6.34 Mt CO2e | +5.3% |
| 2003 | -6.66 Mt CO2e | +5.1% |
| 2004 | -6.98 Mt CO2e | +4.8% |
| 2005 | -7.3 Mt CO2e | +4.6% |
| 2006 | -7.62 Mt CO2e | +4.4% |
| 2007 | -7.94 Mt CO2e | +4.2% |
| 2008 | -8.26 Mt CO2e | +4.0% |
| 2009 | -8.58 Mt CO2e | +3.9% |
| 2010 | -8.9 Mt CO2e | +3.7% |
| 2011 | -8.91 Mt CO2e | +0.1% |
| 2012 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | +0.7% |
| 2013 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2014 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2015 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2016 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2017 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2018 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2019 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2020 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2021 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2022 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
| 2023 | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -7.14 Mt CO2e | -8.58 Mt CO2e | -5.69 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2010s | -8.96 Mt CO2e | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -8.9 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2020s | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -8.98 Mt CO2e | -8.98 Mt CO2e | 4 |
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More environment data for Saudi Arabia
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -52.52 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -27.86 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.424 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 1.58 °C (2025)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, annual growth rate 16.95 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per unit of GDP 0 m3 per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import quantity, per capita 0.0175 m3 per person (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, annual growth rate 5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Plywood and LVL — Import value, per unit of GDP 0 1000 USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding in Saudi Arabia?
- Carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding in Saudi Arabia was -8.98 Mt CO2e in 2023, according to Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting.
- What is the highest carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was -5.69 Mt CO2e in 2000.
- What is the lowest carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was -8.98 Mt CO2e in 2012.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 132nd out of 183 countries with data for 2023.
- Is carbon dioxide (co2) net fluxes from lulucf - total excluding rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia data come from?
- The figures come from Carbon fluxes from land 2000–2020: bringing clarity on countries’ reporting, published as part of Carbon dioxide (CO2) net fluxes from LULUCF - Total excluding non-tropical fires (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Net flux of carbon dioxide (CO2) from Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry LULUCF, excluding non-tropical fires at the country level.