Saudi Arabia Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
838.876.551
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2,53%
increase
Global Share
1,58%
Per Capita
22,79
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Saudi Arabia were 838.876.551 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 2,53% over the previous year, representing an increase by 20.684.825 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 818.191.726 tons.
- Per capita: 22,79 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Saudi Arabia accounts for 1,58% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 838.876.551 | 652.511.035 | 113.120.660 | 10.254.512 | 62.990.345 | 22,79 | 2,53% | 1,58% |
| 2023 | 818.191.726 | 635.433.830 | 113.776.654 | 9.924.889 | 59.056.353 | 22,53 | 1,68% | 1,56% |
| 2022 | 804.653.878 | 620.430.771 | 119.075.992 | 10.035.763 | 55.111.351 | 22,48 | 6,16% | 1,55% |
| 2021 | 757.994.549 | 590.320.982 | 107.071.788 | 9.413.408 | 51.188.371 | 21,5 | 2,4% | 1,48% |
| 2020 | 740.204.806 | 577.104.500 | 106.971.581 | 8.961.477 | 47.167.247 | 21,33 | 0,26% | 1,51% |
| 2019 | 738.285.007 | 579.808.773 | 106.630.324 | 8.569.564 | 43.276.346 | 21,62 | 0,21% | 1,45% |
| 2018 | 736.705.350 | 580.042.932 | 108.638.496 | 8.571.322 | 39.452.600 | 21,96 | −2,12% | 1,46% |
| 2017 | 752.694.212 | 603.329.462 | 105.709.180 | 8.526.039 | 35.129.532 | 22,85 | −0,63% | 1,52% |
| 2016 | 757.455.686 | 609.509.883 | 107.551.659 | 8.823.357 | 31.570.786 | 23,47 | 0,61% | 1,56% |
| 2015 | 752.887.067 | 611.448.293 | 104.597.919 | 8.842.720 | 27.998.134 | 23,86 | 4,41% | 1,55% |
| 2014 | 721.080.893 | 585.927.751 | 101.069.341 | 8.612.116 | 25.471.685 | 23,43 | 6,3% | 1,49% |
| 2013 | 678.320.101 | 547.196.374 | 99.284.656 | 8.402.554 | 23.436.518 | 22,65 | 1,29% | 1,41% |
| 2012 | 669.680.628 | 539.342.660 | 99.338.265 | 8.268.216 | 22.731.487 | 23,02 | 5,59% | 1,41% |
| 2011 | 634.213.919 | 509.214.954 | 94.884.464 | 7.884.026 | 22.230.475 | 22,46 | 5,13% | 1,35% |
| 2010 | 603.270.702 | 486.877.012 | 87.098.627 | 7.313.970 | 21.981.093 | 22 | 8,02% | 1,33% |
| 2009 | 558.504.833 | 444.020.079 | 85.726.733 | 6.777.435 | 21.980.586 | 20,95 | 3,63% | 1,29% |
| 2008 | 538.927.699 | 420.493.260 | 90.461.275 | 6.746.483 | 21.226.681 | 20,78 | 7,23% | 1,23% |
| 2007 | 502.568.057 | 387.879.776 | 87.278.158 | 7.021.231 | 20.388.892 | 19,9 | 4,52% | 1,16% |
| 2006 | 480.836.461 | 366.743.462 | 87.548.809 | 6.638.619 | 19.905.571 | 19,56 | 5,18% | 1,14% |
| 2005 | 457.158.513 | 346.383.730 | 85.392.304 | 6.501.373 | 18.881.106 | 19,12 | 6,38% | 1,12% |
| 2004 | 429.756.842 | 327.019.230 | 80.177.374 | 6.590.952 | 15.969.286 | 18,5 | 5,49% | 1,08% |
| 2003 | 407.388.077 | 308.327.101 | 79.127.425 | 6.354.365 | 13.579.187 | 18,06 | 7,11% | 1,07% |
| 2002 | 380.351.568 | 293.723.254 | 69.237.884 | 6.209.774 | 11.180.656 | 17,36 | 4,93% | 1,04% |
| 2001 | 362.481.127 | 275.790.694 | 71.560.832 | 6.087.015 | 9.042.586 | 17,02 | 3,47% | 1,00% |
| 2000 | 350.314.838 | 265.240.195 | 72.367.651 | 5.858.151 | 6.848.841 | 16,87 | 5,72% | 0,98% |
| 1999 | 331.361.267 | 254.317.450 | 66.622.825 | 6.078.153 | 4.342.839 | 16,33 | 0,38% | 0,95% |
| 1998 | 330.108.957 | 249.502.774 | 71.389.677 | 5.942.453 | 3.274.053 | 16,6 | 5,09% | 0,95% |
| 1997 | 314.106.482 | 233.216.800 | 72.168.651 | 5.966.984 | 2.754.047 | 16,1 | 1,89% | 0,91% |
| 1996 | 308.267.991 | 230.520.354 | 69.831.160 | 5.548.214 | 2.368.262 | 16,11 | 5,85% | 0,90% |
| 1995 | 291.236.177 | 217.159.508 | 66.986.787 | 5.139.654 | 1.950.228 | 15,54 | −1,12% | 0,87% |
| 1994 | 294.533.064 | 218.763.228 | 68.437.723 | 5.410.003 | 1.922.110 | 16,08 | 6,14% | 0,90% |
| 1993 | 277.506.137 | 201.090.217 | 68.944.938 | 5.450.978 | 2.020.004 | 15,54 | 3,77% | 0,86% |
| 1992 | 267.420.760 | 190.973.114 | 68.675.039 | 5.458.854 | 2.313.753 | 15,39 | 6,11% | 0,83% |
| 1991 | 252.024.160 | 177.625.528 | 66.663.346 | 5.262.407 | 2.472.879 | 14,94 | 6,51% | 0,78% |
| 1990 | 236.609.530 | 173.902.351 | 55.209.703 | 5.075.411 | 2.422.065 | 14,49 | 10,53% | 0,73% |
| 1989 | 214.069.404 | 160.547.475 | 46.471.696 | 4.737.728 | 2.312.505 | 13,59 | 0,89% | 0,67% |
| 1988 | 212.176.524 | 159.356.225 | 46.123.433 | 4.630.418 | 2.066.448 | 14 | 9,42% | 0,68% |
| 1987 | 193.909.955 | 147.242.296 | 40.111.599 | 4.483.825 | 2.072.236 | 13,35 | 4,37% | 0,64% |
| 1986 | 185.791.088 | 135.846.679 | 43.935.233 | 4.055.007 | 1.954.169 | 13,4 | 6,41% | 0,63% |
| 1985 | 174.604.426 | 135.665.475 | 33.149.192 | 3.948.912 | 1.840.846 | 13,24 | −4,17% | 0,60% |
| 1984 | 182.199.503 | 136.735.027 | 39.978.401 | 3.797.642 | 1.688.432 | 14,59 | −20,33% | 0,63% |
| 1983 | 228.685.363 | 182.073.752 | 41.429.060 | 3.722.156 | 1.460.396 | 19,44 | −3,71% | 0,82% |
| 1982 | 237.493.850 | 183.097.366 | 49.797.213 | 3.068.553 | 1.530.718 | 21,5 | −6,23% | 0,86% |
| 1981 | 253.266.223 | 179.188.987 | 69.758.647 | 2.733.421 | 1.585.169 | 24,43 | −5,15% | 0,91% |
| 1980 | 267.004.794 | 192.726.796 | 69.923.583 | 2.603.519 | 1.750.896 | 27,41 | 18,31% | 0,94% |
| 1979 | 225.675.365 | 156.776.442 | 65.285.993 | 2.291.055 | 1.321.875 | 24,58 | 16,9% | 0,79% |
| 1978 | 193.051.503 | 132.478.971 | 57.642.148 | 1.991.324 | 939.060 | 22,24 | 2,25% | 0,69% |
| 1977 | 188.796.798 | 124.525.642 | 61.854.294 | 1.721.732 | 695.130 | 22,94 | 7,46% | 0,69% |
| 1976 | 175.690.584 | 115.769.845 | 57.864.122 | 1.568.287 | 488.330 | 22,47 | 22,21% | 0,66% |
| 1975 | 143.758.244 | 94.053.835 | 48.013.684 | 1.361.490 | 329.235 | 19,35 | −16,19% | 0,56% |
| 1974 | 171.529.345 | 113.612.807 | 56.214.022 | 1.373.281 | 329.235 | 24,3 | 7,05% | 0,67% |
| 1973 | 160.230.478 | 108.317.434 | 50.322.711 | 1.261.098 | 329.235 | 23,86 | 30,58% | 0,63% |
| 1972 | 122.706.559 | 80.941.938 | 40.364.202 | 1.071.183 | 329.235 | 19,19 | 26,66% | 0,51% |
| 1971 | 96.878.052 | 63.135.759 | 32.446.357 | 966.702 | 329.235 | 15,88 | 13,48% | 0,42% |
| 1970 | 85.368.044 | 52.008.295 | 32.137.785 | 892.729 | 329.235 | 14,63 | – | 0,37% |
See also
- Saudi Arabia CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Saudi Arabia
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).