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Ethiopia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
192.704.007
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2,26%
increase
Global Share
0,36%
Per Capita
1,56
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Ethiopia were 192.704.007 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2,26% over the previous year, representing an increase by 4.257.072 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 188.446.935 tons.
  • Per capita: 1,56 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
  • Ethiopia accounts for 0,36% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 192.704.007 19.364.847 131.633.625 41.704.813 721 1,56 2,26% 0,36%
2023 188.446.935 19.016.491 128.797.428 40.632.295 721 1,56 4,42% 0,36%
2022 180.463.554 18.334.879 123.329.893 38.798.061 721 1,53 1,98% 0,35%
2021 176.960.564 19.094.064 120.706.717 37.159.062 721 1,53 −2,52% 0,35%
2020 181.533.394 18.015.798 124.195.185 39.321.689 721 1,61 4,4% 0,37%
2019 173.874.250 18.482.458 118.124.065 37.267.005 721 1,58 6,88% 0,34%
2018 162.682.176 17.469.599 110.553.188 34.658.668 721 1,51 3,07% 0,32%
2017 157.841.425 15.873.564 107.734.813 34.232.325 721 1,5 2,3% 0,32%
2016 154.291.621 16.031.155 105.074.433 33.185.312 721 1,51 4,45% 0,32%
2015 147.717.920 13.509.773 101.930.965 32.276.461 721 1,48 3,17% 0,30%
2014 143.173.281 12.404.739 99.403.620 31.364.201 721 1,47 4,48% 0,29%
2013 137.035.762 10.441.562 96.489.883 30.103.596 721 1,44 3,92% 0,28%
2012 131.864.175 8.986.104 93.638.097 29.239.253 721 1,43 4,1% 0,28%
2011 126.665.398 7.958.499 90.702.146 28.004.032 721 1,41 −0,11% 0,27%
2010 126.801.770 6.881.057 91.770.885 28.149.106 721 1,45 4,66% 0,28%
2009 121.154.731 6.909.849 87.408.730 26.835.431 721 1,42 4,02% 0,28%
2008 116.471.538 6.864.557 84.068.477 25.537.782 721 1,4 4,93% 0,27%
2007 110.999.885 6.351.331 80.154.671 24.493.054 830 1,37 9,52% 0,26%
2006 101.347.270 5.795.736 73.320.745 22.229.312 1.477 1,29 6,09% 0,24%
2005 95.532.478 5.472.930 69.089.663 20.967.046 2.838 1,25 3,71% 0,23%
2004 92.117.861 5.731.447 66.310.715 20.073.255 2.444 1,23 2,82% 0,23%
2003 89.589.477 5.260.677 65.011.245 19.315.569 1.985 1,23 −0,8% 0,24%
2002 90.308.591 4.921.745 65.399.215 19.985.344 2.286 1,28 9,41% 0,25%
2001 82.543.821 4.787.678 59.445.896 18.307.767 2.480 1,21 7,09% 0,23%
2000 77.080.886 3.876.634 56.237.475 16.964.651 2.127 1,16 −2,61% 0,22%
1999 79.145.390 3.496.148 57.760.005 17.887.884 1.353 1,22 0,11% 0,23%
1998 79.056.113 3.541.872 57.644.838 17.868.340 1.063 1,26 6,75% 0,23%
1997 74.060.545 3.333.280 54.204.432 16.521.850 984 1,21 3,33% 0,21%
1996 71.673.399 3.187.225 52.256.179 16.229.272 724 1,21 5,06% 0,21%
1995 68.223.773 2.826.424 50.134.936 15.262.081 332 1,19 1,66% 0,20%
1994 67.107.361 2.496.365 49.465.907 15.144.827 262 1,21 4,04% 0,21%
1993 64.498.410 2.159.038 48.135.121 14.204.045 207 1,2 −7,22% 0,20%
1992 69.514.186 1.696.123 52.044.100 15.773.831 132 1,35 2,73% 0,22%
1991 67.666.946 2.165.855 50.101.467 15.399.493 132 1,36 1,33% 0,21%
1990 66.775.772 2.187.500 49.418.426 15.169.730 116 1,39 2,76% 0,21%
1989 64.979.293 2.092.862 48.079.390 14.806.977 64 1,4 4,94% 0,20%
1988 61.920.821 1.984.539 45.865.613 14.070.620 49 1,38 1,41% 0,20%
1987 61.057.819 1.900.477 45.239.302 13.917.997 43 1,4 −3,49% 0,20%
1986 63.264.685 1.623.216 46.994.753 14.646.671 44 1,5 5,62% 0,21%
1985 59.899.852 1.292.320 44.782.225 13.825.299 8 1,47 4,15% 0,21%
1984 57.511.248 1.242.797 42.952.734 13.315.703 15 1,46 −2,52% 0,20%
1983 58.997.772 1.335.236 43.850.132 13.812.391 14 1,54 2,75% 0,21%
1982 57.416.787 1.250.452 42.641.003 13.525.319 12 1,55 1,88% 0,21%
1981 56.355.589 1.362.915 42.173.290 12.819.367 16 1,56 0,79% 0,20%
1980 55.913.779 1.253.676 41.856.816 12.803.286 2 1,59 −0,05% 0,20%
1979 55.942.452 1.218.494 41.882.861 12.841.097 0 1,62 0,92% 0,19%
1978 55.431.401 1.172.807 41.552.926 12.705.668 0 1,63 1,03% 0,20%
1977 54.866.597 1.136.589 41.110.803 12.619.206 0 1,63 1,18% 0,20%
1976 54.228.597 1.065.315 40.634.819 12.528.463 0 1,64 −0,31% 0,20%
1975 54.396.983 1.070.043 40.667.878 12.659.062 0 1,67 −2,75% 0,21%
1974 55.933.704 1.202.657 41.731.191 12.999.856 0 1,76 −0,14% 0,22%
1973 56.014.683 1.188.079 41.778.123 13.048.481 0 1,81 1,01% 0,22%
1972 55.452.897 1.087.862 41.356.381 13.008.653 0 1,84 −0,96% 0,23%
1971 55.990.402 1.171.644 41.720.462 13.098.296 0 1,91 0,6% 0,24%
1970 55.658.079 1.167.863 41.546.845 12.943.371 0 1,96 0,24%

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).