Sri Lanka Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
37.166.535
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+5,63%
increase
Global Share
0,07%
Per Capita
1,74
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Sri Lanka were 37.166.535 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 5,63% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1.981.177 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 35.185.358 tons.
- Per capita: 1,74 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6,566.3 t).
- Sri Lanka accounts for 0,07% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 37.166.535 | 23.334.668 | 11.118.373 | 2.160.123 | 553.371 | 1,74 | 5,63% | 0,070% |
| 2023 | 35.185.358 | 21.580.326 | 10.986.742 | 2.100.865 | 517.425 | 1,66 | 3,1% | 0,067% |
| 2022 | 34.125.910 | 20.797.135 | 10.793.772 | 2.053.664 | 481.339 | 1,61 | −5,38% | 0,066% |
| 2021 | 36.065.268 | 22.819.639 | 11.021.607 | 1.778.490 | 445.532 | 1,71 | 0,51% | 0,070% |
| 2020 | 35.882.840 | 22.614.447 | 10.679.774 | 2.179.856 | 408.762 | 1,7 | −1,16% | 0,073% |
| 2019 | 36.304.560 | 23.972.964 | 10.134.361 | 1.824.152 | 373.083 | 1,73 | 5,23% | 0,071% |
| 2018 | 34.501.092 | 21.982.917 | 10.185.936 | 1.994.129 | 338.111 | 1,65 | −0,64% | 0,068% |
| 2017 | 34.724.365 | 23.410.708 | 9.126.603 | 1.888.602 | 298.452 | 1,66 | −3,88% | 0,070% |
| 2016 | 36.126.847 | 23.485.993 | 10.317.474 | 2.057.333 | 266.047 | 1,74 | 8,6% | 0,074% |
| 2015 | 33.265.334 | 19.711.058 | 10.770.348 | 2.550.735 | 233.193 | 1,61 | 10,55% | 0,069% |
| 2014 | 30.090.754 | 17.880.463 | 9.699.874 | 2.299.396 | 211.022 | 1,46 | 7,39% | 0,062% |
| 2013 | 28.020.573 | 14.836.982 | 10.813.417 | 2.176.578 | 193.596 | 1,37 | −8,88% | 0,058% |
| 2012 | 30.752.360 | 17.894.112 | 10.501.581 | 2.168.307 | 188.361 | 1,51 | 7,22% | 0,065% |
| 2011 | 28.680.878 | 15.907.965 | 10.397.819 | 2.190.371 | 184.722 | 1,41 | 8,03% | 0,061% |
| 2010 | 26.548.779 | 13.518.402 | 10.665.759 | 2.181.162 | 183.456 | 1,31 | 6,42% | 0,058% |
| 2009 | 24.948.125 | 12.777.173 | 9.921.476 | 2.064.934 | 184.542 | 1,24 | −3,4% | 0,058% |
| 2008 | 25.825.386 | 13.304.436 | 10.293.594 | 2.048.835 | 178.522 | 1,29 | 0,8% | 0,059% |
| 2007 | 25.620.722 | 14.124.032 | 9.410.128 | 1.914.894 | 171.668 | 1,29 | 3,14% | 0,059% |
| 2006 | 24.840.025 | 13.194.405 | 9.577.354 | 1.900.195 | 168.070 | 1,26 | −4,43% | 0,059% |
| 2005 | 25.991.887 | 14.430.057 | 9.505.414 | 1.897.125 | 159.290 | 1,33 | 7,72% | 0,064% |
| 2004 | 24.130.101 | 13.278.737 | 8.779.215 | 1.938.784 | 133.365 | 1,25 | 0,38% | 0,061% |
| 2003 | 24.038.487 | 12.859.169 | 9.180.871 | 1.886.613 | 111.834 | 1,25 | 5,5% | 0,063% |
| 2002 | 22.784.292 | 11.898.743 | 8.846.521 | 1.948.495 | 90.533 | 1,2 | 2,9% | 0,062% |
| 2001 | 22.142.218 | 11.374.163 | 8.761.764 | 1.934.391 | 71.900 | 1,17 | −1,39% | 0,061% |
| 2000 | 22.454.266 | 11.466.705 | 8.976.032 | 1.959.045 | 52.484 | 1,2 | 6,82% | 0,063% |
| 1999 | 21.019.704 | 10.028.083 | 8.997.823 | 1.964.884 | 28.914 | 1,13 | 7,39% | 0,060% |
| 1998 | 19.573.748 | 9.074.719 | 8.672.916 | 1.806.285 | 19.828 | 1,05 | −3,1% | 0,056% |
| 1997 | 20.199.421 | 8.787.831 | 9.539.505 | 1.857.517 | 14.569 | 1,09 | 0,13% | 0,058% |
| 1996 | 20.173.413 | 8.810.616 | 9.498.135 | 1.854.105 | 10.557 | 1,1 | 10,8% | 0,059% |
| 1995 | 18.207.424 | 6.243.387 | 10.193.513 | 1.763.794 | 6.730 | 1 | 0,06% | 0,054% |
| 1994 | 18.195.879 | 6.223.256 | 10.167.452 | 1.801.253 | 3.919 | 1,01 | 6,7% | 0,056% |
| 1993 | 17.053.427 | 5.396.212 | 9.903.523 | 1.752.026 | 1.665 | 0,95 | 1,05% | 0,053% |
| 1992 | 16.876.137 | 5.512.441 | 9.684.211 | 1.678.453 | 1.032 | 0,95 | 9,09% | 0,052% |
| 1991 | 15.469.520 | 4.425.318 | 9.462.409 | 1.581.141 | 652 | 0,88 | −2,82% | 0,048% |
| 1990 | 15.918.393 | 4.239.033 | 10.050.993 | 1.628.266 | 100 | 0,92 | 18,32% | 0,049% |
| 1989 | 13.453.423 | 4.176.401 | 7.572.047 | 1.704.975 | 0 | 0,79 | −0,84% | 0,042% |
| 1988 | 13.566.738 | 4.390.929 | 7.484.143 | 1.691.666 | 0 | 0,8 | −1,69% | 0,043% |
| 1987 | 13.799.588 | 4.559.744 | 7.551.844 | 1.688.000 | 0 | 0,83 | 6,28% | 0,045% |
| 1986 | 12.984.601 | 3.977.686 | 7.377.415 | 1.629.501 | 0 | 0,79 | −0,17% | 0,044% |
| 1985 | 13.006.795 | 4.020.360 | 7.356.146 | 1.630.289 | 0 | 0,8 | −2,04% | 0,045% |
| 1984 | 13.278.160 | 4.419.473 | 7.269.768 | 1.588.919 | 0 | 0,83 | −2,17% | 0,046% |
| 1983 | 13.573.121 | 5.039.365 | 7.055.139 | 1.478.617 | 0 | 0,86 | 1,69% | 0,048% |
| 1982 | 13.347.700 | 4.936.867 | 6.964.547 | 1.446.286 | 0 | 0,86 | 6,09% | 0,048% |
| 1981 | 12.581.780 | 4.336.641 | 6.834.057 | 1.411.082 | 0 | 0,82 | 2,56% | 0,045% |
| 1980 | 12.267.827 | 4.208.321 | 6.596.170 | 1.463.336 | 0 | 0,82 | 1,5% | 0,043% |
| 1979 | 12.086.614 | 4.210.637 | 6.495.612 | 1.380.365 | 0 | 0,82 | 4,62% | 0,042% |
| 1978 | 11.552.402 | 3.893.918 | 6.299.041 | 1.359.443 | 0 | 0,79 | 5,35% | 0,041% |
| 1977 | 10.966.215 | 3.296.457 | 6.382.650 | 1.287.108 | 0 | 0,77 | 1,45% | 0,040% |
| 1976 | 10.809.782 | 3.054.485 | 6.527.965 | 1.227.332 | 0 | 0,77 | 3,13% | 0,041% |
| 1975 | 10.481.323 | 2.987.425 | 6.359.564 | 1.134.334 | 0 | 0,76 | −3,06% | 0,041% |
| 1974 | 10.812.236 | 3.397.837 | 6.113.205 | 1.301.194 | 0 | 0,8 | −2,6% | 0,043% |
| 1973 | 11.100.495 | 3.946.159 | 5.985.035 | 1.169.301 | 0 | 0,84 | 2,05% | 0,044% |
| 1972 | 10.877.778 | 3.783.387 | 5.929.805 | 1.164.586 | 0 | 0,84 | 7,12% | 0,045% |
| 1971 | 10.154.973 | 3.151.232 | 5.863.342 | 1.140.399 | 0 | 0,8 | 2,82% | 0,044% |
| 1970 | 9.876.093 | 3.121.001 | 5.614.164 | 1.140.929 | 0 | 0,79 | – | 0,043% |
See also
- Sri Lanka CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Sri Lanka
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).