Papua New Guinea Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
10.761.088
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0,93%
increase
Global Share
0,02%
Per Capita
1,14
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Papua New Guinea were 10.761.088 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 0,93% over the previous year, representing an increase by 98.785 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 10.662.302 tons.
- Per capita: 1,14 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Papua New Guinea accounts for 0,02% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.761.088 | 5.467.691 | 3.712.660 | 1.553.346 | 27.392 | 1,14 | 0,93% | 0,020% |
| 2023 | 10.662.302 | 5.497.952 | 3.576.825 | 1.560.134 | 27.392 | 1,15 | 2,25% | 0,020% |
| 2022 | 10.427.687 | 5.529.499 | 3.328.399 | 1.542.398 | 27.392 | 1,15 | 3,48% | 0,020% |
| 2021 | 10.077.277 | 5.386.694 | 3.134.491 | 1.528.700 | 27.392 | 1,13 | −0,47% | 0,020% |
| 2020 | 10.124.635 | 5.474.416 | 3.108.684 | 1.514.144 | 27.392 | 1,16 | 4,72% | 0,021% |
| 2019 | 9.667.964 | 5.036.378 | 3.086.393 | 1.517.801 | 27.392 | 1,13 | 3,15% | 0,019% |
| 2018 | 9.372.814 | 4.903.964 | 2.920.686 | 1.520.772 | 27.392 | 1,11 | −10,6% | 0,019% |
| 2017 | 10.483.771 | 5.779.216 | 3.172.721 | 1.504.442 | 27.392 | 1,27 | −7,48% | 0,021% |
| 2016 | 11.331.141 | 6.621.012 | 3.174.937 | 1.507.800 | 27.392 | 1,4 | 6,58% | 0,023% |
| 2015 | 10.631.312 | 5.973.949 | 3.031.245 | 1.598.727 | 27.392 | 1,34 | 10,79% | 0,022% |
| 2014 | 9.595.834 | 5.537.868 | 2.515.416 | 1.515.158 | 27.392 | 1,24 | 20,19% | 0,020% |
| 2013 | 7.983.654 | 4.576.654 | 1.886.322 | 1.493.287 | 27.392 | 1,05 | 5,46% | 0,017% |
| 2012 | 7.570.549 | 4.260.921 | 1.797.199 | 1.485.038 | 27.392 | 1,02 | −2,63% | 0,016% |
| 2011 | 7.775.267 | 4.469.211 | 1.795.786 | 1.482.879 | 27.392 | 1,07 | 3,27% | 0,017% |
| 2010 | 7.529.371 | 4.231.420 | 1.788.612 | 1.481.947 | 27.392 | 1,06 | −12,41% | 0,017% |
| 2009 | 8.596.637 | 4.950.165 | 2.128.449 | 1.490.632 | 27.392 | 1,24 | −16,43% | 0,020% |
| 2008 | 10.287.252 | 5.101.952 | 3.678.733 | 1.479.838 | 26.729 | 1,52 | 5,95% | 0,024% |
| 2007 | 9.709.828 | 5.283.892 | 2.900.252 | 1.501.394 | 24.290 | 1,46 | −8,13% | 0,022% |
| 2006 | 10.568.540 | 5.317.503 | 3.705.479 | 1.523.707 | 21.852 | 1,63 | 5,73% | 0,025% |
| 2005 | 9.995.474 | 5.229.849 | 3.240.683 | 1.509.526 | 15.416 | 1,58 | 15,94% | 0,024% |
| 2004 | 8.620.942 | 4.818.965 | 2.213.608 | 1.576.216 | 12.153 | 1,4 | 6,29% | 0,022% |
| 2003 | 8.111.081 | 4.529.278 | 2.055.672 | 1.516.968 | 9.163 | 1,35 | 2,99% | 0,021% |
| 2002 | 7.875.595 | 4.063.909 | 2.281.453 | 1.523.677 | 6.557 | 1,34 | 10,13% | 0,022% |
| 2001 | 7.151.356 | 3.542.679 | 2.089.750 | 1.515.122 | 3.805 | 1,25 | 1,08% | 0,020% |
| 2000 | 7.074.670 | 2.914.473 | 2.649.658 | 1.510.212 | 326 | 1,27 | 14,61% | 0,020% |
| 1999 | 6.172.578 | 2.683.338 | 2.059.099 | 1.420.867 | 9.274 | 1,14 | −31,42% | 0,018% |
| 1998 | 9.000.037 | 3.290.947 | 4.299.315 | 1.399.860 | 9.916 | 1,7 | 58,59% | 0,026% |
| 1997 | 5.675.014 | 2.634.925 | 1.733.036 | 1.293.779 | 13.274 | 1,1 | −0,99% | 0,016% |
| 1996 | 5.731.697 | 2.511.930 | 1.875.140 | 1.326.084 | 18.543 | 1,14 | 2,21% | 0,017% |
| 1995 | 5.607.926 | 2.453.398 | 1.843.728 | 1.291.289 | 19.511 | 1,15 | 0,69% | 0,017% |
| 1994 | 5.569.284 | 2.528.713 | 1.823.617 | 1.198.926 | 18.028 | 1,17 | −0,13% | 0,017% |
| 1993 | 5.576.370 | 2.538.152 | 1.775.499 | 1.249.548 | 13.170 | 1,2 | 2,4% | 0,017% |
| 1992 | 5.445.631 | 2.490.354 | 1.703.928 | 1.243.687 | 7.662 | 1,2 | 8,71% | 0,017% |
| 1991 | 5.009.102 | 2.202.892 | 1.620.076 | 1.181.485 | 4.649 | 1,13 | 2,82% | 0,015% |
| 1990 | 4.871.850 | 2.149.936 | 1.555.003 | 1.164.028 | 2.883 | 1,13 | 20,56% | 0,015% |
| 1989 | 4.041.072 | 2.031.435 | 896.928 | 1.111.130 | 1.580 | 0,96 | −2,37% | 0,013% |
| 1988 | 4.139.205 | 2.054.060 | 893.946 | 1.189.996 | 1.204 | 1,01 | −3,22% | 0,013% |
| 1987 | 4.277.125 | 2.189.018 | 897.462 | 1.189.588 | 1.057 | 1,07 | 10,86% | 0,014% |
| 1986 | 3.858.074 | 1.721.312 | 905.848 | 1.229.821 | 1.093 | 0,99 | −2,54% | 0,013% |
| 1985 | 3.958.483 | 1.938.966 | 903.372 | 1.115.934 | 210 | 1,04 | 3,4% | 0,014% |
| 1984 | 3.828.313 | 1.757.120 | 896.136 | 1.174.696 | 361 | 1,04 | 2,72% | 0,013% |
| 1983 | 3.727.115 | 1.689.098 | 895.777 | 1.141.901 | 338 | 1,04 | 0,48% | 0,013% |
| 1982 | 3.709.294 | 1.709.205 | 889.487 | 1.110.310 | 291 | 1,06 | 0,7% | 0,013% |
| 1981 | 3.683.485 | 1.734.927 | 888.360 | 1.059.801 | 397 | 1,08 | 0% | 0,013% |
| 1980 | 3.683.668 | 1.752.794 | 877.787 | 1.053.049 | 39 | 1,11 | 4,03% | 0,013% |
| 1979 | 3.540.903 | 1.627.781 | 864.585 | 1.048.537 | 0 | 1,1 | 4,12% | 0,012% |
| 1978 | 3.400.766 | 1.514.833 | 843.636 | 1.042.297 | 0 | 1,09 | 0,32% | 0,012% |
| 1977 | 3.389.994 | 1.526.395 | 826.180 | 1.037.418 | 0 | 1,12 | 3% | 0,012% |
| 1976 | 3.291.391 | 1.445.592 | 813.256 | 1.032.543 | 0 | 1,11 | 0,35% | 0,012% |
| 1975 | 3.280.016 | 1.467.067 | 785.090 | 1.027.860 | 0 | 1,14 | −7,86% | 0,013% |
| 1974 | 3.559.694 | 1.775.689 | 762.588 | 1.021.416 | 0 | 1,27 | 11,74% | 0,014% |
| 1973 | 3.185.556 | 1.447.102 | 727.625 | 1.010.829 | 0 | 1,17 | 9,64% | 0,013% |
| 1972 | 2.905.342 | 1.203.088 | 699.368 | 1.002.886 | 0 | 1,09 | 4% | 0,012% |
| 1971 | 2.793.729 | 1.128.340 | 671.013 | 994.375 | 0 | 1,08 | 1,11% | 0,012% |
| 1970 | 2.762.997 | 1.128.178 | 645.819 | 988.999 | 0 | 1,09 | – | 0,012% |
See also
- Papua New Guinea CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Papua New Guinea
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).