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CO2 Emissions

Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
39,632,664,219
tons
Year-over-Year
+1.33%
increase
Per Capita
4.89
tons per person
See data table

Frequently Asked Questions

A greenhouse gas (GHG) is any gaseous compound that is capable of absorbing and emitting infrared radiation, thereby allowing less heat to escape back to space, and 'trapping' it in the lower atmosphere.

The major greenhouse gases in Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and ozone (O3).


Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions by Country

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# Country CO2 emissions (tons, 2024) 1 Year Change Per Capita Share of World
1
13,124,727,993 0.79% 9.13 33.12%
2
4,632,164,876 0.3% 13.59 11.69%
3
3,153,829,130 4.62% 2.19 7.96%
4
2,009,154,097 3.12% 14.06 5.07%
5
972,266,973 −3.01% 7.79 2.45%
6
828,989,585 1.58% 9.62 2.09%
7
812,204,159 5.13% 2.88 2.05%
8
652,511,035 2.69% 17.73 1.65%
9
588,008,898 −0.4% 11.29 1.48%
10
579,935,607 −1.65% 7.03 1.46%
11
577,972,624 1.92% 14.87 1.46%
12
491,468,781 2.34% 2.24 1.24%
13
475,992,111 0.08% 3.41 1.20%
14
460,027,460 3.04% 5.36 1.16%
15
440,167,752 3.02% 7.19 1.11%
16
430,819,227 10.26% 4.23 1.09%
17
383,403,111 1.56% 14.43 0.97%
18
Italy
San Marino
Holy See
299,228,526 −1.67% 5.1 0.76%
19
295,954,220 4.81% 8.57 0.75%
20
292,419,359 −4.06% 4.25 0.74%
21
291,638,583 5.73% 2.66 0.74%
22
283,809,078 3.19% 4.07 0.72%
23
280,491,856 −0.48% 11.68 0.71%
24
276,061,915 −1.63% 7.36 0.70%
25
France
Monaco
274,450,524 −3.41% 4.12 0.69%
26
258,803,717 1.32% 13.3 0.65%
27
238,670,397 2.44% 5.19 0.60%
28
Spain
Andorra
220,083,943 −0.41% 4.75 0.56%
29
203,988,261 −2.35% 0.91 0.51%
30
200,558,970 4.08% 19.45 0.51%
31
186,358,382 −2.21% 4.07 0.47%
32
183,271,991 −3.49% 3.89 0.46%
33
174,114,309 7.18% 1.5 0.44%
34
148,538,808 11.99% 4.27 0.37%
35
135,266,875 4.7% 45.33 0.34%
36
131,910,141 4.8% 0.58 0.33%
37
124,190,733 4.37% 0.7 0.31%
38
118,790,884 −3.36% 6.84 0.30%
39
118,477,849 −2.64% 2.78 0.30%
40
115,931,281 5.24% 25.51 0.29%
41
98,511,206 2.9% 17.89 0.25%
42
96,411,416 0.02% 2.78 0.24%
43
95,079,303 2.46% 1.84 0.24%
44
86,646,316 1.07% 7.35 0.22%
45
81,408,012 −14.06% 12.81 0.21%
46
77,822,575 1.06% 4.1 0.20%
47
77,749,164 −9.18% 7.32 0.20%
48
70,883,168 0.9% 3.73 0.18%
49
70,040,885 −0.01% 1.81 0.18%
50
69,265,213 6.43% 1.99 0.17%
51
66,239,386 0.88% 2.52 0.17%
52
63,953,380 1.19% 9.18 0.16%
53
58,868,050 4.93% 9.62 0.15%
54
58,030,404 −0.76% 6.55 0.15%
55
Israel
State of Palestine
57,665,413 −4.65% 3.82 0.15%
56
54,215,798 0.73% 5.81 0.14%
57
52,508,701 2.48% 4.78 0.13%
58
47,963,814 2.51% 2.63 0.12%
59
42,626,871 −0.82% 4.5 0.11%
60
39,999,523 −3.86% 7.07 0.10%
61
38,887,499 −6.85% 3.75 0.098%
62
37,969,166 −1.86% 20.7 0.096%
63
37,774,193 3.02% 3.64 0.095%
64
35,557,290 −4.96% 3.53 0.090%
65
34,616,164 1.46% 4.48 0.087%
66
34,222,495 4.37% 2.97 0.086%
67
34,188,472 −7.53% 5.07 0.086%
68
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
33,732,136 0.2% 3.79 0.085%
69
32,569,284 −0.89% 6.47 0.082%
70
32,179,949 3.11% 2.61 0.081%
71
31,814,597 0.12% 6.37 0.080%
72
31,449,838 0.3% 1.4 0.079%
73
31,362,831 0.39% 0.55 0.079%
74
31,107,444 −5.41% 5.5 0.078%
75
29,892,541 −4.03% 5.49 0.075%
76
28,435,622 16.42% 2.33 0.072%
77
28,100,364 2.8% 0.75 0.071%
78
27,657,810 1.86% 8.21 0.070%
79
26,793,426 −0.58% 19.4 0.068%
80
26,062,727 1.24% 3.46 0.066%
81
25,570,825 −2.44% 4.34 0.065%
82
24,171,006 4.08% 0.73 0.061%
83
24,143,975 0.43% 2.29 0.061%
84
23,334,668 8.13% 1.1 0.059%
85
Sudan
South Sudan
21,867,830 0.76% 0.34 0.055%
86
21,638,682 1.74% 0.37 0.055%
87
21,336,296 −1.1% 0.3 0.054%
88
21,004,155 4.88% 1.82 0.053%
89
20,407,390 −2.02% 5.89 0.051%
90
20,369,356 1.2% 1.06 0.051%
91
19,439,220 2.77% 1.1 0.049%
92
19,364,847 1.83% 0.16 0.049%
93
18,810,952 4.94% 0.65 0.047%
94
18,679,585 0.08% 4.64 0.047%
95
15,891,857 2.98% 0.5 0.040%
96
15,430,081 5.47% 4.25 0.039%
97
14,202,340 3.54% 0.74 0.036%
98
13,467,408 −0.66% 3.5 0.034%
99
13,331,365 5.65% 6.42 0.034%
100
12,969,975 −0.07% 4.63 0.033%
101
12,855,358 2.3% 0.67 0.032%
102
12,365,032 −2.93% 2.73 0.031%
103
12,292,756 3.74% 1.19 0.031%
104
12,068,415 3.6% 0.29 0.030%
105
11,573,195 1.89% 0.55 0.029%
106
11,004,120 1.71% 1.93 0.028%
107
10,744,958 5.03% 1.63 0.027%
108
10,648,547 −7.19% 8.29 0.027%
109
10,580,331 −0.42% 0.32 0.027%
110
10,292,889 −0.39% 0.36 0.026%
111
10,112,699 −5.66% 0.28 0.026%
112
9,769,852 4.82% 0.96 0.025%
113
9,543,361 3.32% 1.44 0.024%
114
9,366,689 −3.47% 20.19 0.024%
115
8,695,336 6.16% 2.46 0.022%
116
8,456,802 7.49% 1.34 0.021%
117
8,376,338 3.44% 1.61 0.021%
118
8,254,862 1.7% 0.15 0.021%
119
8,208,088 0.01% 2.07 0.021%
120
8,074,048 4.81% 2.75 0.020%
121
8,025,319 3.65% 1.09 0.020%
122
7,493,590 −0.07% 2.55 0.019%
123
7,412,128 3.28% 0.33 0.019%
124
7,341,094 1.91% 5.92 0.019%
125
7,297,318 −9.01% 3.49 0.018%
126
7,147,366 2.96% 11.27 0.018%
127
7,048,076 2.26% 0.52 0.018%
128
6,901,601 2.69% 2.68 0.017%
129
6,807,219 −1.35% 3.73 0.017%
130
6,475,687 3.38% 0.28 0.016%
131
6,209,636 1.13% 0.06 0.016%
132
5,739,324 3.66% 0.86 0.014%
133
5,467,691 −0.55% 0.58 0.014%
134
5,205,403 3.56% 0.34 0.013%
135
5,198,527 1.52% 2.23 0.013%
136
5,011,632 3.82% 0.95 0.013%
137
4,998,309 2.75% 16.61 0.013%
138
4,826,905 1.3% 3.03 0.012%
139
4,794,948 1.92% 0.21 0.012%
140
4,682,703 1.93% 0.15 0.012%
141
4,405,467 1.92% 3.44 0.011%
142
4,243,706 0.5% 1.44 0.011%
143
3,788,603 1.29% 4.7 0.0096%
144
3,649,815 1% 1.25 0.0092%
145
3,513,798 3.94% 0.3 0.0089%
146
3,292,971 2.27% 9.33 0.0083%
147
3,214,248 1.62% 0.11 0.0081%
148
2,892,773 −0.55% 0.16 0.0073%
149
2,672,829 1.97% 2.9 0.0067%
150
2,627,592 3.8% 0.29 0.0066%
151
2,576,452 3.22% 4.33 0.0065%
152
2,394,239 3.72% 14.34 0.0060%
153
2,311,382 1.01% 0.16 0.0058%
154
1,882,382 4.92% 3.89 0.0047%
155
1,808,332 1.15% 4.13 0.0046%
156
1,734,885 3.24% 2.51 0.0044%
157
1,591,896 2% 1.83 0.0040%
158
1,506,671 4.79% 1.59 0.0038%
159
1,465,894 4.86% 63.73 0.0037%
160
1,461,784 3.64% 0.17 0.0037%
161
1,459,225 3.5% 3.47 0.0037%
162
1,154,955 3.36% 2.58 0.0029%
163
1,094,137 1.46% 0.71 0.0028%
164
1,078,755 3.48% 2.8 0.0027%
165
1,000,558 0.92% 0.41 0.0025%
166
973,893 4.92% 3.29 0.0025%
167
968,739 2.02% 0.07 0.0024%
168
894,666 1.67% 0.85 0.0023%
169
878,216 4.62% 8.96 0.0022%
170
867,112 3.29% 0.15 0.0022%
171
865,216 1.84% 0.05 0.0022%
172
777,977 1.8% 0.13 0.0020%
173
712,786 3.21% 2.47 0.0018%
174
699,446 5.27% 0.47 0.0018%
175
676,218 3.9% 1.14 0.0017%
176
635,108 0.94% 18.15 0.0016%
177
594,101 1.57% 10.42 0.0015%
178
555,961 3.51% 5.15 0.0014%
179
492,293 3.9% 0.19 0.0012%
180
446,267 1.81% 0.47 0.0011%
181
390,985 1.8% 1.17 0.00099%
182
388,943 3.54% 0.91 0.00098%
183
372,018 3.52% 5.55 0.00094%
184
356,187 3.51% 3.24 0.00090%
185
349,758 4.93% 1.71 0.00088%
186
342,161 3.9% 0.16 0.00086%
187
337,407 1.47% 0.06 0.00085%
188
314,545 4.91% 0.45 0.00079%
189
307,460 3.52% 1.68 0.00078%
190
301,175 5% 0.46 0.00076%
191
285,107 4.93% 0.9 0.00072%
192
267,316 3.49% 4.46 0.00067%
193
229,061 3.53% 5.87 0.00058%
194
175,909 3.51% 1.58 0.00044%
195
169,794 4.92% 1.48 0.00043%
196
147,722 1.43% 0.62 0.00037%
197
135,120 3.51% 2.33 0.00034%
198
131,984 3.5% 1.19 0.00033%
199
100,488 4.92% 5.91 0.00025%
200
91,810 3.51% 2.7 0.00023%
201
84,250 3.45% 1.11 0.00021%
202
79,693 4.92% 0.61 0.00020%
203
28,653 −0.39% 4.09 0.000072%
204
22,769 3.88% 1.42 0.000057%
205
18,800 1.82% 6.27 0.000047%
206
17,573 1.34% 4.39 0.000044%
207
2,139 0.66% 0.04 0.0000054%

CO2 Emissions by Sector

CO2 emissions from burning fossil fuel for the following uses:

  • Power Industry - Electricity production comes mostly from burning fossil fuels, mostly coal and natural gas. Greenhouse gas emissions from industry primarily come from burning fossil fuels for energy.
  • Industrial Combustion - From manufacturing.
  • Waste - Solid waste disposed on land, solid waste composted and hazardous solid waste processing/storage, waste water handling, waste incineration.
  • Fuel Exploitation - Fuel extraction, transformation and refineries activities, including venting and flaring.
  • Industrial Processes - Non-metallic minerals, non-ferrous metals, solvents and other product use, chemicals, etc.
  • Transportation - From burning fossil fuel for cars, trucks, ships, trains, and planes.
  • Agriculture - Agriculture livestock (enteric fermentation, manure management), agriculture soils (fertilisers, lime application, rice cultivation, direct soil emissions, indirect N2O emissions from agriculture), field burning of agricultural residues.
  • Buildings - Commercial and residential. Greenhouse gas emissions from businesses and homes arise primarily from fossil fuels burned for heat, the use of certain products that contain greenhouse gases, and the handling of waste.

Excluded are: short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning), large-scale biomass burning (such as forest fires) and carbon emissions/removals of land-use, land-use change and forestry.

International Transport Emissions

International aviation and shipping emissions are not attributed to any individual country.

International Aviation (2024)
614,153,495
tons
+7.61% increase
Not attributed to any country
International Shipping (2024)
697,899,627
tons
−2.03% decrease
Not attributed to any country

Co2 Emission Trends

  • Global Fossil CO2 emissions were 39,632,664,219 tons in 2024.
  • CO2 emissions increased by 1.33% over the previous year, representing an increase by 519,975,428 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 39,112,688,790 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita worldwide are equivalent to 4.89 tons per person, an increase by 0.02 over the figure of 4.87 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 0.4% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Global Fossil CO2 emissions by Year

Year CO2 emissions (tons, 2024) 1 Year Change Per Capita
2024 39,632,664,219 1.33% 4.89
2023 39,112,688,790 1.46% 4.87
2022 38,548,118,943 0.86% 4.85
2021 38,219,996,767 5.55% 4.85
2020 36,209,861,637 −4.73% 4.65
2019 38,008,489,131 0.27% 4.93
2018 37,905,961,547 2.39% 4.97
2017 37,020,028,189 1.73% 4.9
2016 36,390,785,270 0.27% 4.88
2015 36,292,523,415 −0.29% 4.92
2014 36,396,952,687 0.61% 4.99
2013 36,177,328,521 1.94% 5.02
2012 35,489,676,343 1.29% 4.98
2011 35,036,740,902 3.14% 4.98
2010 33,969,474,314 6.27% 4.88
2009 31,966,599,802 −1.38% 4.65
2008 32,414,360,515 0.64% 4.78
2007 32,207,364,953 3.77% 4.8
2006 31,037,618,590 3.4% 4.69
2005 30,015,938,144 3.77% 4.59
2004 28,926,371,610 4.64% 4.48
2003 27,642,403,405 4.65% 4.33
2002 26,414,844,015 1.59% 4.19
2001 26,000,902,282 1.19% 4.18
2000 25,694,728,676 3.03% 4.18
1999 24,939,984,300 0.74% 4.11
1998 24,756,505,864 0.64% 4.13
1997 24,598,717,494 1.86% 4.16
1996 24,149,129,927 1.97% 4.14
1995 23,682,286,016 2.79% 4.12
1994 23,039,384,854 1.01% 4.06
1993 22,808,325,417 0.41% 4.08
1992 22,714,986,482 −0.35% 4.13
1991 22,794,864,895 0.59% 4.21
1990 22,660,079,364 1.42% 4.25
1989 22,343,102,961 1.75% 4.26
1988 21,958,155,737 3.58% 4.27
1987 21,199,385,093 3.21% 4.19
1986 20,540,482,751 1.78% 4.14
1985 20,181,526,621 1.3% 4.14
1984 19,921,949,856 3.21% 4.16
1983 19,302,601,175 0.76% 4.11
1982 19,156,959,542 −1.26% 4.15
1981 19,402,190,315 −1.87% 4.28
1980 19,772,848,598 −1.23% 4.44
1979 20,018,700,426 2.77% 4.57
1978 19,479,851,141 3.23% 4.53
1977 18,869,880,184 3.03% 4.46
1976 18,315,359,106 5.7% 4.41
1975 17,327,699,265 −0.4% 4.25
1974 17,397,837,499 −0.36% 4.35
1973 17,461,301,237 5.96% 4.45
1972 16,478,735,506 5.08% 4.28
1971 15,682,550,812 −0.43% 4.15
1970 15,750,720,652 – 4.26

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).