Sri Lanka CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
23,334,668
tons
Year-over-Year
+8.13%
increase
Global Share
0.06%
Per Capita
1.1
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Sri Lanka were 23,334,668 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 8.13% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1,754,342 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 21,580,326 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Sri Lanka are equivalent to 1.1 tons per person, an increase by 0.08 over the figure of 1.02 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 7.9% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Sri Lanka
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 23,334,668 | 8.13% | 1.1 | 0.059% |
| 2023 | 21,580,326 | 3.77% | 1.02 | 0.055% |
| 2022 | 20,797,135 | −8.86% | 0.98 | 0.054% |
| 2021 | 22,819,639 | 0.91% | 1.08 | 0.060% |
| 2020 | 22,614,447 | −5.67% | 1.07 | 0.062% |
| 2019 | 23,972,964 | 9.05% | 1.14 | 0.063% |
| 2018 | 21,982,917 | −6.1% | 1.05 | 0.058% |
| 2017 | 23,410,708 | −0.32% | 1.12 | 0.063% |
| 2016 | 23,485,993 | 19.15% | 1.13 | 0.065% |
| 2015 | 19,711,058 | 10.24% | 0.95 | 0.054% |
| 2014 | 17,880,463 | 20.51% | 0.87 | 0.049% |
| 2013 | 14,836,982 | −17.08% | 0.72 | 0.041% |
| 2012 | 17,894,112 | 12.49% | 0.88 | 0.050% |
| 2011 | 15,907,965 | 17.68% | 0.78 | 0.045% |
| 2010 | 13,518,402 | 5.8% | 0.67 | 0.040% |
| 2009 | 12,777,173 | −3.96% | 0.64 | 0.040% |
| 2008 | 13,304,436 | −5.8% | 0.67 | 0.041% |
| 2007 | 14,124,032 | 7.05% | 0.71 | 0.044% |
| 2006 | 13,194,405 | −8.56% | 0.67 | 0.043% |
| 2005 | 14,430,057 | 8.67% | 0.74 | 0.048% |
| 2004 | 13,278,737 | 3.26% | 0.69 | 0.046% |
| 2003 | 12,859,169 | 8.07% | 0.67 | 0.047% |
| 2002 | 11,898,743 | 4.61% | 0.62 | 0.045% |
| 2001 | 11,374,163 | −0.81% | 0.6 | 0.044% |
| 2000 | 11,466,705 | 14.35% | 0.61 | 0.045% |
| 1999 | 10,028,083 | 10.51% | 0.54 | 0.040% |
| 1998 | 9,074,719 | 3.26% | 0.49 | 0.037% |
| 1997 | 8,787,831 | −0.26% | 0.48 | 0.036% |
| 1996 | 8,810,616 | 41.12% | 0.48 | 0.036% |
| 1995 | 6,243,387 | 0.32% | 0.34 | 0.026% |
| 1994 | 6,223,256 | 15.33% | 0.34 | 0.027% |
| 1993 | 5,396,212 | −2.11% | 0.3 | 0.024% |
| 1992 | 5,512,441 | 24.57% | 0.31 | 0.024% |
| 1991 | 4,425,318 | 4.39% | 0.25 | 0.019% |
| 1990 | 4,239,033 | 1.5% | 0.24 | 0.019% |
| 1989 | 4,176,401 | −4.89% | 0.24 | 0.019% |
| 1988 | 4,390,929 | −3.7% | 0.26 | 0.020% |
| 1987 | 4,559,744 | 14.63% | 0.27 | 0.022% |
| 1986 | 3,977,686 | −1.06% | 0.24 | 0.019% |
| 1985 | 4,020,360 | −9.03% | 0.25 | 0.020% |
| 1984 | 4,419,473 | −12.3% | 0.28 | 0.022% |
| 1983 | 5,039,365 | 2.08% | 0.32 | 0.026% |
| 1982 | 4,936,867 | 13.84% | 0.32 | 0.026% |
| 1981 | 4,336,641 | 3.05% | 0.28 | 0.022% |
| 1980 | 4,208,321 | −0.06% | 0.28 | 0.021% |
| 1979 | 4,210,637 | 8.13% | 0.28 | 0.021% |
| 1978 | 3,893,918 | 18.12% | 0.27 | 0.020% |
| 1977 | 3,296,457 | 7.92% | 0.23 | 0.017% |
| 1976 | 3,054,485 | 2.24% | 0.22 | 0.017% |
| 1975 | 2,987,425 | −12.08% | 0.22 | 0.017% |
| 1974 | 3,397,837 | −13.9% | 0.25 | 0.020% |
| 1973 | 3,946,159 | 4.3% | 0.3 | 0.023% |
| 1972 | 3,783,387 | 20.06% | 0.29 | 0.023% |
| 1971 | 3,151,232 | 0.97% | 0.25 | 0.020% |
| 1970 | 3,121,001 | – | 0.25 | 0.020% |
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).