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Brazil CO2 Emissions

Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
491,468,781
tons
Year-over-Year
+2.34%
increase
Global Share
1.24%
Per Capita
2.24
tons per person

  • Fossil CO2 emissions in Brazil were 491,468,781 tons in 2024.
  • CO2 emissions increased by 2.34% over the previous year, representing an increase by 11,233,816 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 480,234,965 tons.
  • CO2 emissions per capita in Brazil are equivalent to 2.24 tons per person, an increase by 0.04 over the figure of 2.2 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 1.8% in CO2 emissions per capita.

Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Brazil

Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) CO2 emissions change CO2 emissions per capita Share of World's CO2 emissions
2024 491,468,781 2.34% 2.24 1.24%
2023 480,234,965 0.2% 2.2 1.23%
2022 479,266,395 −5.33% 2.21 1.24%
2021 506,233,375 13.02% 2.35 1.32%
2020 447,921,023 −4.41% 2.09 1.24%
2019 468,579,379 −0.53% 2.21 1.23%
2018 471,083,570 −4.79% 2.23 1.24%
2017 494,757,877 2.5% 2.36 1.34%
2016 482,711,203 −6.8% 2.32 1.33%
2015 517,940,765 −5.22% 2.51 1.43%
2014 546,439,425 4.39% 2.68 1.50%
2013 523,475,478 5.14% 2.59 1.45%
2012 497,903,586 7.39% 2.48 1.40%
2011 463,642,963 5.39% 2.33 1.32%
2010 439,921,913 14.09% 2.24 1.30%
2009 385,593,322 −6.59% 1.98 1.21%
2008 412,791,270 5% 2.14 1.27%
2007 393,125,376 5.2% 2.06 1.22%
2006 373,687,259 1.2% 1.98 1.20%
2005 369,257,448 1.08% 1.98 1.23%
2004 365,310,619 5.43% 1.98 1.26%
2003 346,505,526 −1.4% 1.9 1.25%
2002 351,436,994 0.03% 1.95 1.33%
2001 351,336,703 0.55% 1.98 1.35%
2000 349,407,615 4.02% 1.99 1.36%
1999 335,914,776 2.24% 1.94 1.35%
1998 328,558,847 2.92% 1.93 1.33%
1997 319,248,342 6.19% 1.91 1.30%
1996 300,634,400 7.36% 1.82 1.24%
1995 280,028,959 8.22% 1.73 1.18%
1994 258,749,920 3.78% 1.62 1.12%
1993 249,329,691 4.45% 1.59 1.09%
1992 238,695,822 1.46% 1.54 1.05%
1991 235,264,692 3.69% 1.55 1.03%
1990 226,888,851 −1.77% 1.52 1.00%
1989 230,965,650 1.4% 1.57 1.03%
1988 227,765,560 2.17% 1.58 1.04%
1987 222,927,285 2.77% 1.58 1.05%
1986 216,928,142 9.53% 1.57 1.06%
1985 198,047,382 7.2% 1.46 0.98%
1984 184,753,077 1.72% 1.39 0.93%
1983 181,624,390 −4.06% 1.4 0.94%
1982 189,317,592 −1.02% 1.49 0.99%
1981 191,274,600 −7.65% 1.54 0.99%
1980 207,119,249 −0.13% 1.71 1.05%
1979 207,382,645 6.79% 1.75 1.04%
1978 194,201,985 8.13% 1.68 1.00%
1977 179,596,316 4.46% 1.59 0.95%
1976 171,924,388 9.87% 1.56 0.94%
1975 156,484,969 7.18% 1.45 0.90%
1974 146,001,230 7.98% 1.39 0.84%
1973 135,214,027 16.3% 1.32 0.77%
1972 116,263,091 8.88% 1.16 0.71%
1971 106,778,454 −0.34% 1.09 0.68%
1970 107,138,824 1.12 0.68%

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).