Iraq CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
238,670,397
tons
Year-over-Year
+2.44%
increase
Global Share
0.6%
Per Capita
5.19
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Iraq were 238,670,397 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 2.44% over the previous year, representing an increase by 5,694,435 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 232,975,961 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Iraq are equivalent to 5.19 tons per person, a decrease by −0.01 over the figure of 5.19 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of −0.1% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Iraq
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 238,670,397 | 2.44% | 5.19 | 0.60% |
| 2023 | 232,975,961 | 4.81% | 5.19 | 0.60% |
| 2022 | 222,278,365 | 11.3% | 5.08 | 0.58% |
| 2021 | 199,709,826 | 8.61% | 4.69 | 0.52% |
| 2020 | 183,874,331 | −5.05% | 4.43 | 0.51% |
| 2019 | 193,648,142 | 7.02% | 4.79 | 0.51% |
| 2018 | 180,942,928 | 8.13% | 4.6 | 0.48% |
| 2017 | 167,345,270 | 7.93% | 4.37 | 0.45% |
| 2016 | 155,044,239 | 12.43% | 4.17 | 0.43% |
| 2015 | 137,904,074 | −0.28% | 3.82 | 0.38% |
| 2014 | 138,287,957 | −4.24% | 3.95 | 0.38% |
| 2013 | 144,410,162 | 8.54% | 4.26 | 0.40% |
| 2012 | 133,044,768 | 14.79% | 4.06 | 0.37% |
| 2011 | 115,906,455 | 3.96% | 3.65 | 0.33% |
| 2010 | 111,493,529 | 15.12% | 3.62 | 0.33% |
| 2009 | 96,850,379 | 6.81% | 3.24 | 0.30% |
| 2008 | 90,671,351 | 15.61% | 3.11 | 0.28% |
| 2007 | 78,430,040 | −7.58% | 2.76 | 0.24% |
| 2006 | 84,863,994 | −2.72% | 3.06 | 0.27% |
| 2005 | 87,236,339 | −3.42% | 3.23 | 0.29% |
| 2004 | 90,321,883 | 8.97% | 3.43 | 0.31% |
| 2003 | 82,888,450 | −12.8% | 3.23 | 0.30% |
| 2002 | 95,051,759 | −5.56% | 3.81 | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 100,652,777 | 13.33% | 4.15 | 0.39% |
| 2000 | 88,811,043 | 19.53% | 3.77 | 0.35% |
| 1999 | 74,302,694 | −21.18% | 3.25 | 0.30% |
| 1998 | 94,267,732 | −22.17% | 4.25 | 0.38% |
| 1997 | 121,121,129 | 20.32% | 5.63 | 0.49% |
| 1996 | 100,664,722 | −7.73% | 4.83 | 0.42% |
| 1995 | 109,099,982 | −0.78% | 5.4 | 0.46% |
| 1994 | 109,954,598 | 9.77% | 5.61 | 0.48% |
| 1993 | 100,171,128 | 32.2% | 5.27 | 0.44% |
| 1992 | 75,774,160 | 39.16% | 4.11 | 0.33% |
| 1991 | 54,450,923 | −21.59% | 3.03 | 0.24% |
| 1990 | 69,444,529 | −5.51% | 3.98 | 0.31% |
| 1989 | 73,493,378 | 11.67% | 4.31 | 0.33% |
| 1988 | 65,811,052 | 7.63% | 3.95 | 0.30% |
| 1987 | 61,145,629 | −0.44% | 3.75 | 0.29% |
| 1986 | 61,416,625 | 12.24% | 3.85 | 0.30% |
| 1985 | 54,719,580 | 14.67% | 3.51 | 0.27% |
| 1984 | 47,717,957 | 12.6% | 3.14 | 0.24% |
| 1983 | 42,379,792 | 10.02% | 2.86 | 0.22% |
| 1982 | 38,521,471 | 6.11% | 2.67 | 0.20% |
| 1981 | 36,302,858 | −30.5% | 2.58 | 0.19% |
| 1980 | 52,234,958 | −10.08% | 3.83 | 0.26% |
| 1979 | 58,092,208 | 23.84% | 4.38 | 0.29% |
| 1978 | 46,909,495 | 10.03% | 3.65 | 0.24% |
| 1977 | 42,633,949 | −8.23% | 3.42 | 0.23% |
| 1976 | 46,459,761 | 25.48% | 3.85 | 0.25% |
| 1975 | 37,027,033 | 14.44% | 3.17 | 0.21% |
| 1974 | 32,355,983 | 7.62% | 2.86 | 0.19% |
| 1973 | 30,063,705 | 9.75% | 2.75 | 0.17% |
| 1972 | 27,394,053 | −0.52% | 2.58 | 0.17% |
| 1971 | 27,538,205 | 16.88% | 2.69 | 0.18% |
| 1970 | 23,561,141 | – | 2.38 | 0.15% |
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).