Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF in Samoa
Samoa: Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF was -0.2602 Mt CO2e in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF in Samoa, 2000–2023
Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database. Measured in Mt CO2e.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf in Samoa is -0.2602 Mt CO2e, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf in Samoa peaked at -0.1849 Mt CO2e in 2016 and was at its lowest, -0.7331 Mt CO2e, in 2000.
Samoa ranks 153rd of 176 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF in Samoa, year by year
| Year | Mt CO2e | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | -0.7331 Mt CO2e | — |
| 2001 | -0.6483 Mt CO2e | -11.6% |
| 2002 | -0.5848 Mt CO2e | -9.8% |
| 2003 | -0.5195 Mt CO2e | -11.2% |
| 2004 | -0.465 Mt CO2e | -10.5% |
| 2005 | -0.4012 Mt CO2e | -13.7% |
| 2006 | -0.3442 Mt CO2e | -14.2% |
| 2007 | -0.3316 Mt CO2e | -3.7% |
| 2008 | -0.3279 Mt CO2e | -1.1% |
| 2009 | -0.3174 Mt CO2e | -3.2% |
| 2010 | -0.2882 Mt CO2e | -9.2% |
| 2011 | -0.2757 Mt CO2e | -4.3% |
| 2012 | -0.2704 Mt CO2e | -1.9% |
| 2013 | -0.2557 Mt CO2e | -5.4% |
| 2014 | -0.247 Mt CO2e | -3.4% |
| 2015 | -0.1912 Mt CO2e | -22.6% |
| 2016 | -0.1849 Mt CO2e | -3.3% |
| 2017 | -0.2344 Mt CO2e | +26.8% |
| 2018 | -0.2233 Mt CO2e | -4.7% |
| 2019 | -0.2164 Mt CO2e | -3.1% |
| 2020 | -0.543 Mt CO2e | +150.9% |
| 2021 | -0.2396 Mt CO2e | -55.9% |
| 2022 | -0.2566 Mt CO2e | +7.1% |
| 2023 | -0.2602 Mt CO2e | +1.4% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's -0.2602 Mt CO2e is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 27.64 Mt CO2e. (52 countries reporting)
- Samoa's -0.2602 Mt CO2e is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 63.54 Mt CO2e. (27 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF in Samoa changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | -150.9% | -0.2164 Mt CO2e | -0.543 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | +55.9% | -0.543 Mt CO2e | -0.2396 Mt CO2e |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | -0.4673 Mt CO2e | -0.7331 Mt CO2e | -0.3174 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2010s | -0.2387 Mt CO2e | -0.2882 Mt CO2e | -0.1849 Mt CO2e | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.3249 Mt CO2e | -0.543 Mt CO2e | -0.2396 Mt CO2e | 4 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
- 150 Grenada 0.0566 Mt CO2e compare
- 151 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0423 Mt CO2e compare
- 152 Tuvalu 0.0041 Mt CO2e compare
- 154 Sao Tome and Principe -0.2739 Mt CO2e compare
- 155 Micronesia (country) -0.5088 Mt CO2e compare
- 156 Eswatini -0.7113 Mt CO2e compare
More environment data for Samoa
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly 0.3482 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly 0.3183 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Standard Deviation 0.23 °C (2025)
- Temperature change 0.919 °C (2025)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.68 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf in Samoa?
- Total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf in Samoa was -0.2602 Mt CO2e in 2023, according to EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database.
- What is the highest total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was -0.1849 Mt CO2e in 2016.
- What is the lowest total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.7331 Mt CO2e in 2000.
- How does Samoa rank for total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf?
- Samoa ranks 153rd out of 176 countries with data for 2023.
- Is total greenhouse gas emissions including lulucf rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Samoa data come from?
- The figures come from EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, published as part of Total greenhouse gas emissions including LULUCF (Mt CO2e). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A measure of annual emissions of the six greenhouse gases (GHG) covered by the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6)) from the energy, industry, waste, agriculture, and land use, land use changes, and forestry (LULUCF) sectors, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values. The measure is standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values using the Global Warming Potential (GWP) factors of IPCC's 5th Assessment Report (AR5).