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Ecuador Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
74.408.551
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1,65%
increase
Global Share
0,14%
Per Capita
4,08
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Ecuador were 74.408.551 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1,65% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1.208.783 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 73.199.768 tons.
  • Per capita: 4,08 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
  • Ecuador accounts for 0,14% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 74.408.551 47.963.814 21.671.509 3.830.046 943.181 4,08 1,65% 0,14%
2023 73.199.768 46.790.115 21.689.107 3.838.330 882.215 4,06 3,31% 0,14%
2022 70.856.512 44.169.334 21.974.851 3.891.313 821.013 3,98 3,49% 0,14%
2021 68.466.691 41.160.686 22.076.530 4.469.191 760.283 3,9 7,04% 0,13%
2020 63.962.623 36.598.595 22.358.482 4.307.626 697.920 3,69 −8,3% 0,13%
2019 69.753.591 41.925.372 22.869.768 4.321.043 637.408 4,08 0,63% 0,14%
2018 69.314.973 42.214.543 22.075.961 4.446.375 578.094 4,11 1% 0,14%
2017 68.626.178 41.058.128 22.844.107 4.213.111 510.831 4,13 −2,12% 0,14%
2016 70.110.174 42.068.061 23.110.051 4.476.191 455.871 4,28 −1,13% 0,14%
2015 70.910.668 43.275.860 22.985.219 4.249.439 400.150 4,39 −1,78% 0,15%
2014 72.194.819 43.459.356 23.926.562 4.446.354 362.547 4,54 2,76% 0,15%
2013 70.253.572 41.158.339 24.375.294 4.386.947 332.992 4,49 4,91% 0,15%
2012 66.962.874 38.660.950 23.781.214 4.196.596 324.113 4,34 0,51% 0,14%
2011 66.623.055 38.318.821 23.699.149 4.287.143 317.942 4,39 0,87% 0,14%
2010 66.046.757 38.252.942 23.258.795 4.219.226 315.795 4,42 6,43% 0,15%
2009 62.055.597 35.390.278 22.302.150 4.045.533 317.636 4,22 7,15% 0,14%
2008 57.915.508 32.669.197 21.120.147 3.818.738 307.426 4,01 2,83% 0,13%
2007 56.322.025 31.653.917 20.634.159 3.737.051 296.897 3,96 0,42% 0,13%
2006 56.086.405 30.977.187 20.903.049 3.911.340 294.830 4,02 4,7% 0,13%
2005 53.567.912 28.865.558 20.910.026 3.508.512 283.816 3,9 1,63% 0,13%
2004 52.709.456 26.765.820 21.736.885 3.968.080 238.672 3,9 7,68% 0,13%
2003 48.951.811 24.940.974 20.018.531 3.791.802 200.503 3,68 4,43% 0,13%
2002 46.875.246 24.297.566 18.646.244 3.767.187 164.249 3,59 0,43% 0,13%
2001 46.675.448 24.317.150 18.656.580 3.569.286 132.432 3,63 9,24% 0,13%
2000 42.726.126 22.062.437 17.352.319 3.213.050 98.320 3,38 −3,64% 0,12%
1999 44.338.815 21.711.925 19.083.073 3.486.368 57.449 3,58 −7,24% 0,13%
1998 47.797.708 24.530.443 19.361.882 3.862.349 43.034 3,93 −4,08% 0,14%
1997 49.828.697 24.985.939 20.843.168 3.965.998 33.592 4,18 2,62% 0,14%
1996 48.558.086 23.969.872 20.878.865 3.683.090 26.259 4,16 9,81% 0,14%
1995 44.218.853 20.804.681 19.941.896 3.453.286 18.991 3,87 6,51% 0,13%
1994 41.517.333 18.954.248 19.242.940 3.307.097 13.048 3,71 5,52% 0,13%
1993 39.344.127 18.081.239 18.053.524 3.201.694 7.669 3,59 2,43% 0,12%
1992 38.411.822 18.533.489 16.881.247 2.991.390 5.696 3,59 6,72% 0,12%
1991 35.992.568 17.593.994 15.552.122 2.842.306 4.146 3,44 1,89% 0,11%
1990 35.325.708 17.556.888 15.076.880 2.689.704 2.236 3,46 4,6% 0,11%
1989 33.771.234 16.339.312 14.726.710 2.704.079 1.132 3,38 −0,19% 0,11%
1988 33.836.036 16.273.530 14.955.790 2.605.854 863 3,47 15,72% 0,11%
1987 29.240.376 14.493.415 12.304.981 2.441.222 757 3,08 −9,63% 0,096%
1986 32.355.758 15.750.494 14.176.811 2.427.669 784 3,49 3,09% 0,11%
1985 31.385.648 15.060.494 13.760.265 2.564.738 151 3,47 4,84% 0,11%
1984 29.937.010 14.000.525 13.204.828 2.731.398 259 3,39 7,1% 0,10%
1983 27.952.233 13.332.756 12.040.732 2.578.503 243 3,25 −1,12% 0,100%
1982 28.269.592 14.184.396 11.590.110 2.494.877 209 3,37 1,04% 0,10%
1981 27.978.915 14.089.245 11.456.657 2.432.729 285 3,42 6,3% 0,10%
1980 26.319.574 12.795.514 11.108.525 2.415.508 28 3,3 4,04% 0,093%
1979 25.298.287 12.154.500 10.829.271 2.314.515 0 3,25 6,1% 0,088%
1978 23.843.263 11.216.083 10.424.210 2.202.970 0 3,15 6,94% 0,085%
1977 22.295.981 9.980.257 10.081.391 2.234.333 0 3,02 8,02% 0,082%
1976 20.640.821 8.587.806 9.964.544 2.088.471 0 2,88 10,51% 0,078%
1975 18.677.376 7.498.370 9.341.895 1.837.111 0 2,67 3,24% 0,073%
1974 18.091.525 6.918.899 9.368.313 1.804.312 0 2,66 5,11% 0,071%
1973 17.212.362 5.667.160 9.777.498 1.767.705 0 2,6 28,41% 0,068%
1972 13.403.870 4.481.775 7.205.297 1.716.799 0 2,09 14,07% 0,055%
1971 11.750.488 4.491.762 5.575.420 1.683.306 0 1,88 −5,44% 0,051%
1970 12.426.988 5.020.694 5.710.115 1.696.179 0 2,05 0,053%

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).