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Forestry & Land
6.2 Gt CO₂e/yr · 9.3% of global tracked · ≈ 1.3 billion cars/yr
The worst emitters in forestry & land — countries and companies, side-by-side, from Climate TRACE open data.
- What is it? Carbon flowing in and out of forests, soils, wetlands and other natural sinks.
- Why does it emit? Clearing, burning or degrading land releases stored carbon; healthy ecosystems absorb it.
- What's it equivalent to? That's about 1.3 billion cars/yr a year.
About this sector
Forestry & Land accounts for 6.2 Gt CO₂e a year — about 9.3% of all tracked global emissions. The league tables below rank both the countries where this sector is largest and the companies whose biggest attributed sector is forestry & land. Totals come from Climate TRACE’s open dataset and refresh whenever the pipeline runs.
6.2 GtAnnual total28Countries ranked0Companies ranked
Top countries in this sector
1Russia= 394M cars/yrForestry & Land share1.8 Gt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.2Colombia= 155M cars/yrForestry & Land share715 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.3Australia= 105M cars/yrForestry & Land share484 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.4India= 89.8M cars/yrForestry & Land share413 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.5Nigeria= 84.6M cars/yrForestry & Land share389 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.6Indonesia= 63.5M cars/yrForestry & Land share292 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.7South Africa= 50.5M cars/yrForestry & Land share233 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.8Malaysia= 31.4M cars/yrForestry & Land share144 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.9Japan= 28.5M cars/yrForestry & Land share131 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.10Philippines= 20M cars/yrForestry & Land share92 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
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11Mongolia= 17.5M cars/yrForestry & Land share80.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.12Venezuela= 17.5M cars/yrForestry & Land share80.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.13Mexico= 16.7M cars/yrForestry & Land share76.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.14Argentina= 15M cars/yrForestry & Land share69.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.15Ukraine= 12.6M cars/yrForestry & Land share58.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.16Turkey= 9.4M cars/yrForestry & Land share43 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.17Iran= 9.3M cars/yrForestry & Land share42.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.18Germany= 8.3M cars/yrForestry & Land share38.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.19South Korea= 5.6M cars/yrForestry & Land share25.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.20Pakistan= 4.3M cars/yrForestry & Land share19.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.21Uzbekistan= 1.4M cars/yrForestry & Land share6.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.22Egypt= 603k cars/yrForestry & Land share2.8 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.23Oman= 227k cars/yrForestry & Land share1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.24Libya= 109k cars/yrForestry & Land share502 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.25Saudi Arabia= 87.4k cars/yrForestry & Land share401.9 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.26UAE= 7.5k cars/yrForestry & Land share34.6 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.27Kuwait= 560 cars/yrForestry & Land share2.6 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.28Qatar= 130 cars/yrForestry & Land share598 t CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0