Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
53,206,401,266
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.27%
increase
Per Capita
tons per person
CO₂
39,632,664,219
74.49% of GHG
▲ 1.33%
CH₄
9,536,493,881
17.92% of GHG
▲ 0.69%
N₂O
2,527,410,957
4.75% of GHG
▲ 0.87%
F-gases
1,509,832,210
2.84% of GHG
▲ 4.06%

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Country

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# Country GHG emissions (tons, 2024) 1 Year Change Per Capita Share of World
1 15,536,121,683 0.81% 10.81 29.20%
2 5,912,617,724 0.37% 17.34 11.11%
3 4,371,169,327 3.92% 3.04 8.22%
4 2,575,654,764 2.5% 18.02 4.84%
5 1,323,777,911 4.95% 4.69 2.49%
6 1,299,180,208 0.15% 5.93 2.44%
7 1,063,335,849 −2.81% 8.52 2.00%
8 1,054,765,071 2.39% 12.24 1.98%
9 838,876,551 2.53% 22.79 1.58%
10 768,058,921 1.7% 19.76 1.44%
11 686,779,369 0.16% 4.91 1.29%
12 674,358,326 −1.65% 8.17 1.27%
13 668,245,271 −0.28% 12.83 1.26%
14 591,453,961 0.67% 22.26 1.11%
15 584,257,623 7.61% 5.73 1.10%
16 579,506,816 2.74% 6.76 1.09%
17 569,809,610 2.59% 9.31 1.07%
18 525,882,471 0.7% 2.36 0.99%
19 422,387,287 2.86% 6.06 0.79%
20 413,276,421 2% 8.98 0.78%
21 386,695,717 −3.47% 5.63 0.73%
22 386,598,228 4.56% 3.52 0.73%
23
France
Monaco
378,120,190 −3.23% 5.68 0.71%
24 374,344,607 −0.88% 7.95 0.70%
25
Italy
San Marino
Holy See
371,171,711 −1.94% 6.32 0.70%
26 350,555,354 3.78% 1.54 0.66%
27 348,195,041 −1.73% 9.28 0.65%
28 332,166,828 4.33% 9.62 0.62%
29 330,393,346 1.08% 16.98 0.62%
30 309,611,654 −0.27% 12.9 0.58%
31
Spain
Andorra
285,638,322 −0.43% 6.16 0.54%
32 266,597,284 4.74% 2.3 0.50%
33 264,148,374 3.87% 25.62 0.50%
34 252,699,997 −2.41% 5.52 0.47%
35 227,488,366 7.63% 6.54 0.43%
36 220,826,721 2.31% 1.25 0.42%
37 217,585,730 0.98% 4.22 0.41%
38 196,964,006 −2.31% 4.61 0.37%
39 192,704,007 2.26% 1.56 0.36%
40 173,330,697 3.24% 38.14 0.33%
41 167,318,430 1.21% 4.82 0.31%
42 162,744,689 4.24% 54.54 0.31%
43 145,006,675 −3% 8.35 0.27%
44
Sudan
South Sudan
138,701,952 0.25% 2.18 0.26%
45 132,264,662 1.55% 24.02 0.25%
46 118,120,879 1.1% 6.22 0.22%
47 117,787,536 −0.38% 2.08 0.22%
48 114,812,183 −10.53% 18.06 0.22%
49 108,736,424 0.35% 2.81 0.20%
50 107,824,020 0.56% 9.15 0.20%
51 104,354,966 11.35% 30.99 0.20%
52 103,813,025 4.59% 2.99 0.20%
53 102,836,152 2.25% 1.75 0.19%
54 102,525,007 3.06% 1.45 0.19%
55 101,857,590 0.56% 5.36 0.19%
56 101,173,797 4.44% 5.54 0.19%
57 100,379,206 −7.77% 9.45 0.19%
58 98,170,876 0.22% 14.1 0.18%
59 91,251,815 0.69% 3.48 0.17%
60 87,491,361 0.64% 9.37 0.16%
61 77,837,353 −0.47% 15.59 0.15%
62
Israel
State of Palestine
76,620,733 −3.08% 5.07 0.14%
63 76,092,758 5.11% 12.44 0.14%
64 74,408,551 1.65% 4.08 0.14%
65 71,500,075 1.28% 6.51 0.13%
66 70,999,904 −0.83% 8.01 0.13%
67 69,922,939 2.41% 1.88 0.13%
68 64,422,177 −0.74% 35.13 0.12%
69 63,757,198 11.44% 5.23 0.12%
70 60,452,897 −0.82% 6.38 0.11%
71 59,677,828 −1.13% 11.86 0.11%
72 58,491,691 2.26% 0.58 0.11%
73 58,279,785 −4.45% 5.61 0.11%
74 57,298,152 1.23% 1.07 0.11%
75 53,759,636 −3.08% 9.5 0.10%
76 53,169,594 −3.29% 5.27 0.100%
77 52,565,802 2.27% 5.07 0.099%
78 51,580,798 3.57% 4.47 0.097%
79 49,834,755 1.74% 2.83 0.094%
80 48,678,996 −2.4% 8.61 0.091%
81 48,093,949 2.72% 1.44 0.090%
82 48,008,510 3% 2.11 0.090%
83 47,165,576 1.36% 2.1 0.089%
84 46,676,574 −6.02% 6.92 0.088%
85 44,627,146 3.96% 12.61 0.084%
86 44,621,001 2.34% 3.62 0.084%
87 43,472,168 1.11% 2.26 0.082%
88
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
42,992,441 0.27% 4.83 0.081%
89 41,549,638 0.91% 5.51 0.078%
90 41,468,235 −1.54% 1.32 0.078%
91 41,442,035 1.19% 5.6 0.078%
92 41,146,147 2.68% 1.47 0.077%
93 40,621,856 0.65% 1.42 0.076%
94 40,307,052 1.45% 5.22 0.076%
95 39,000,776 −3.24% 7.16 0.073%
96 38,519,002 2.74% 1.84 0.072%
97 38,264,629 −1.75% 6.5 0.072%
98 38,026,697 3.53% 1.32 0.071%
99 37,166,535 5.63% 1.74 0.070%
100 35,985,717 2.52% 3.13 0.068%
101 35,789,967 0.24% 1.17 0.067%
102 34,917,746 0.94% 1.5 0.066%
103 34,855,735 1.32% 3.31 0.066%
104 34,416,873 0.5% 1.9 0.065%
105 33,625,590 −2.02% 0.93 0.063%
106 33,586,578 −0.26% 24.32 0.063%
107 33,034,840 1.85% 0.8 0.062%
108 32,902,757 1.66% 1 0.062%
109 31,720,612 2.08% 1.66 0.060%
110 30,784,272 2.19% 1.6 0.058%
111 29,375,914 2.66% 1.93 0.055%
112 27,626,664 −2.03% 7.97 0.052%
113 26,841,829 0.15% 6.67 0.050%
114 24,623,026 0.85% 3.91 0.046%
115 24,387,071 2.54% 2.37 0.046%
116 22,368,961 3% 3.39 0.042%
117 22,188,971 2.38% 2.18 0.042%
118 21,781,992 1.06% 9.36 0.041%
119 21,535,707 −0.18% 7.69 0.040%
120 19,602,825 −0.25% 5.1 0.037%
121 19,217,955 −1.41% 4.24 0.036%
122 19,158,621 1.04% 2.87 0.036%
123 19,023,565 3.65% 0.84 0.036%
124 18,786,315 2.32% 3.3 0.035%
125 17,767,053 2.38% 1.32 0.033%
126 17,616,494 4.79% 4.85 0.033%
127 17,508,621 1.9% 3.31 0.033%
128 17,336,899 3.96% 8.34 0.033%
129 17,076,872 2.09% 3.28 0.032%
130 14,751,635 2.58% 2.23 0.028%
131 14,212,132 2.32% 4.87 0.027%
132 14,129,202 −5.71% 11 0.027%
133 13,782,309 1.23% 1.16 0.026%
134 13,444,290 5.22% 2.5 0.025%
135 12,097,730 −4.04% 4.7 0.023%
136 11,865,488 −1.62% 25.57 0.022%
137 11,658,325 0.07% 2.94 0.022%
138 11,642,389 −0.48% 6.37 0.022%
139 10,844,265 2.84% 1.18 0.020%
140 10,780,575 0.51% 3.67 0.020%
141 10,761,088 0.93% 1.14 0.020%
142 9,812,096 −7.16% 4.7 0.018%
143 9,424,700 4.23% 3.22 0.018%
144 9,343,181 2.58% 7.53 0.018%
145 8,730,862 1.69% 10.83 0.016%
146 8,421,724 2.87% 0.63 0.016%
147 8,349,881 0.04% 0.59 0.016%
148 8,138,702 2.06% 5.12 0.015%
149 8,053,667 2.56% 12.7 0.015%
150 7,928,483 1.72% 0.91 0.015%
151 7,124,311 −1.89% 2.42 0.013%
152 6,579,258 0.65% 1.11 0.012%
153 6,471,596 2.35% 5.05 0.012%
154 5,381,612 2.61% 17.88 0.010%
155 4,459,909 1.07% 0.79 0.0084%
156 4,282,411 0.86% 12.13 0.0080%
157 3,666,575 2.23% 6.16 0.0069%
158 3,188,633 1.26% 1.45 0.0060%
159 3,054,965 −0.52% 1.25 0.0057%
160 3,034,389 1.84% 3.29 0.0057%
161 2,929,757 0.28% 1.91 0.0055%
162 2,806,318 0.49% 3.23 0.0053%
163 2,750,899 3.85% 2.91 0.0052%
164 2,492,665 3.67% 14.93 0.0047%
165 2,417,345 1.21% 2.29 0.0045%
166 2,243,619 0.83% 5.12 0.0042%
167 2,093,373 4.74% 4.33 0.0039%
168 1,940,120 3.36% 1.29 0.0036%
169 1,859,505 0.93% 0.72 0.0035%
170 1,843,873 3.06% 4.38 0.0035%
171 1,820,095 3.19% 2.63 0.0034%
172 1,533,811 4.91% 66.69 0.0029%
173 1,448,910 2.68% 3.24 0.0027%
174 1,201,808 3.1% 3.12 0.0023%
175 1,081,003 4.57% 3.65 0.0020%
176 1,034,684 3.35% 2.41 0.0019%
177 976,437 4.41% 9.96 0.0018%
178 949,389 1.33% 1 0.0018%
179 912,564 3.34% 1.53 0.0017%
180 912,054 2.61% 3.16 0.0017%
181 735,414 2.94% 1.12 0.0014%
182 659,255 1.43% 11.57 0.0012%
183 658,905 0.95% 18.83 0.0012%
184 632,053 1.51% 1.99 0.0012%
185 619,752 3.47% 0.89 0.0012%
186 588,716 3.37% 5.45 0.0011%
187 586,260 1.6% 1.76 0.0011%
188 521,648 2.69% 2.54 0.00098%
189 468,521 3.16% 2.56 0.00088%
190 426,851 2.84% 3.88 0.00080%
191 405,937 3.36% 6.06 0.00076%
192 305,677 3% 5.09 0.00057%
193 292,904 3.05% 2.55 0.00055%
194 245,465 1.38% 1.03 0.00046%
195 240,991 3.19% 2.17 0.00045%
196 237,848 3.39% 6.1 0.00045%
197 185,492 3.46% 3.2 0.00035%
198 185,236 2.51% 1.67 0.00035%
199 172,895 0.85% 57.63 0.00032%
200 152,357 2.06% 2 0.00029%
201 115,188 3.98% 0.89 0.00022%
202 112,081 4.26% 6.59 0.00021%
203 108,295 3.14% 3.19 0.00020%
204 96,617 0.16% 1.89 0.00018%
205 35,008 −0.29% 5 0.000066%
206 26,035 3.49% 1.63 0.000049%
207 21,008 1.14% 5.25 0.000039%

GHG Emissions per Capita

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Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector

  • Power Industry - Electricity production comes mostly from burning fossil fuels, mostly coal and natural gas. Greenhouse gas emissions from industry primarily come from burning fossil fuels for energy.
  • Industrial Combustion - From manufacturing.
  • Waste - Solid waste disposed on land, solid waste composted and hazardous solid waste processing/storage, waste water handling, waste incineration.
  • Fuel Exploitation - Fuel extraction, transformation and refineries activities, including venting and flaring.
  • Industrial Processes - Non-metallic minerals, non-ferrous metals, solvents and other product use, chemicals, etc.
  • Transportation - From burning fossil fuel for cars, trucks, ships, trains, and planes.
  • Agriculture - Agriculture livestock (enteric fermentation, manure management), agriculture soils (fertilisers, lime application, rice cultivation, direct soil emissions, indirect N2O emissions from agriculture), field burning of agricultural residues.
  • Buildings - Commercial and residential. Greenhouse gas emissions from businesses and homes arise primarily from fossil fuels burned for heat, the use of certain products that contain greenhouse gases, and the handling of waste.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

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Year GHG emissions (tons, 2024) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Change Per Capita
2024 53,206,401,266 39,632,664,219 9,536,493,881 2,527,410,957 1,509,832,210 1.27% 6.56
2023 52,540,765,869 39,112,688,790 9,471,520,948 2,505,587,181 1,450,968,949 1.53% 6.54
2022 51,748,121,504 38,548,118,943 9,335,038,209 2,471,902,794 1,393,061,558 1.09% 6.51
2021 51,187,953,401 38,219,996,767 9,180,393,144 2,454,321,062 1,333,242,428 4.55% 6.5
2020 48,962,126,893 36,209,861,637 9,055,831,990 2,423,634,114 1,272,799,152 −3.67% 6.28
2019 50,829,629,010 38,008,489,131 9,180,894,833 2,419,561,585 1,220,683,461 0.52% 6.59
2018 50,566,421,974 37,905,961,547 9,103,433,487 2,385,523,865 1,171,503,075 2.2% 6.63
2017 49,478,560,064 37,020,028,189 8,969,489,679 2,376,619,410 1,112,422,786 1.69% 6.56
2016 48,655,806,379 36,390,785,270 8,847,609,137 2,363,669,139 1,053,742,832 0.42% 6.52
2015 48,451,420,673 36,292,523,415 8,812,536,398 2,341,385,435 1,004,975,424 −0.2% 6.56
2014 48,549,137,332 36,396,952,687 8,788,340,688 2,323,791,337 1,040,052,621 0.74% 6.65
2013 48,193,437,524 36,177,328,521 8,719,776,939 2,323,963,355 972,368,709 1.61% 6.68
2012 47,430,072,885 35,489,676,343 8,716,949,478 2,294,921,246 928,525,818 1.33% 6.66
2011 46,808,098,605 35,036,740,902 8,617,186,970 2,278,653,008 875,517,725 3.03% 6.65
2010 45,433,102,838 33,969,474,314 8,413,665,797 2,220,816,194 829,146,533 5.2% 6.53
2009 43,188,416,931 31,966,599,802 8,258,484,370 2,186,548,831 776,783,928 −1.04% 6.28
2008 43,642,407,234 32,414,360,515 8,283,498,490 2,186,169,075 758,379,154 0.67% 6.43
2007 43,350,586,882 32,207,364,953 8,153,784,388 2,210,846,400 778,591,141 3.02% 6.47
2006 42,078,825,888 31,037,618,590 8,099,287,445 2,166,475,835 775,444,017 2.83% 6.35
2005 40,919,624,603 30,015,938,144 7,972,056,853 2,126,088,888 805,540,718 3.26% 6.26
2004 39,626,760,852 28,926,371,610 7,839,176,776 2,103,562,576 757,649,889 4.1% 6.13
2003 38,064,796,729 27,642,403,405 7,688,307,510 2,045,862,265 688,223,549 4.13% 5.97
2002 36,555,718,924 26,414,844,015 7,464,209,324 2,013,850,875 662,814,711 1.26% 5.8
2001 36,099,483,796 26,000,902,282 7,498,291,411 2,006,310,043 593,980,059 0.85% 5.8
2000 35,793,980,385 25,694,728,676 7,495,121,761 2,012,744,426 591,385,521 2.49% 5.83
1999 34,923,598,002 24,939,984,300 7,401,915,562 2,021,504,997 560,193,143 0.67% 5.76
1998 34,692,808,501 24,756,505,864 7,388,892,350 2,005,244,624 542,165,663 0.31% 5.79
1997 34,587,073,305 24,598,717,494 7,477,027,784 1,989,978,999 521,349,028 1.18% 5.85
1996 34,183,677,838 24,149,129,927 7,511,956,826 2,029,580,601 493,010,485 1.9% 5.86
1995 33,546,502,836 23,682,286,016 7,420,233,783 1,977,497,030 466,486,007 2.52% 5.83
1994 32,721,435,460 23,039,384,854 7,333,492,776 1,923,589,964 424,967,865 1.11% 5.77
1993 32,363,428,423 22,808,325,417 7,260,479,964 1,896,706,110 397,916,931 0.25% 5.79
1992 32,283,661,303 22,714,986,482 7,287,916,256 1,894,293,229 386,465,335 −0.12% 5.87
1991 32,322,913,657 22,794,864,895 7,270,165,422 1,877,354,479 380,528,862 0.23% 5.97
1990 32,249,866,916 22,660,079,364 7,340,904,024 1,881,006,558 367,876,970 1.03% 6.05
1989 31,920,673,698 22,343,102,961 7,349,126,455 1,903,396,016 325,048,266 1.81% 6.09
1988 31,352,639,359 21,958,155,737 7,183,612,290 1,894,385,670 316,485,662 3.15% 6.09
1987 30,395,987,733 21,199,385,093 7,031,752,268 1,868,602,735 296,247,638 2.57% 6.01
1986 29,635,808,788 20,540,482,751 6,966,522,757 1,837,223,893 291,579,386 1.71% 5.97
1985 29,138,665,369 20,181,526,621 6,851,168,428 1,815,746,618 290,223,701 1.09% 5.98
1984 28,823,531,704 19,921,949,856 6,776,858,460 1,840,000,988 284,722,400 2.84% 6.02
1983 28,027,897,097 19,302,601,175 6,657,804,176 1,809,296,991 258,194,755 0.91% 5.96
1982 27,775,597,674 19,156,959,542 6,620,993,738 1,755,509,611 242,134,782 −0.58% 6.01
1981 27,937,885,010 19,402,190,315 6,565,121,851 1,725,014,094 245,558,750 −1.76% 6.16
1980 28,439,689,463 19,772,848,598 6,684,223,197 1,735,932,978 246,684,690 −0.95% 6.38
1979 28,713,071,570 20,018,700,426 6,720,777,868 1,730,457,042 243,136,234 2.56% 6.56
1978 27,997,100,228 19,479,851,141 6,582,917,758 1,704,784,036 229,547,291 2.66% 6.51
1977 27,272,383,081 18,869,880,184 6,523,730,455 1,659,043,748 219,728,694 2.58% 6.45
1976 26,585,873,375 18,315,359,106 6,441,875,767 1,625,169,065 203,469,437 4.48% 6.4
1975 25,445,008,531 17,327,699,265 6,347,941,002 1,578,278,577 191,089,687 0.08% 6.24
1974 25,424,679,821 17,397,837,499 6,279,134,159 1,555,463,077 192,245,086 0% 6.35
1973 25,423,897,138 17,461,301,237 6,242,769,313 1,538,460,477 181,366,111 5.05% 6.47
1972 24,200,867,464 16,478,735,506 6,060,750,357 1,491,537,601 169,844,001 4.04% 6.28
1971 23,262,161,477 15,682,550,812 5,951,920,113 1,465,324,141 162,366,412 0.14% 6.16
1970 23,228,506,264 15,750,720,652 5,879,790,596 1,444,659,568 153,335,449 6.28

Frequently Asked Questions

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are gaseous compounds in Earth's atmosphere that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation, trapping heat and warming the planet. The major GHGs are carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrous oxide (N₂O), and fluorinated gases (F-gases including HFCs, PFCs, SF₆, and NF₃).

Emissions are measured in CO₂ equivalents (CO₂eq), which converts the warming impact of each gas into the equivalent amount of CO₂ using Global Warming Potentials (GWPs). This allows comparison across different gases on a common scale.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) is by far the largest contributor, accounting for 74% of total GHG emissions. Methane (CH₄) follows at 18%, nitrous oxide (N₂O) at 5%, and fluorinated gases at 3%.

No. International aviation and international shipping emissions are tracked separately because they cannot be reliably attributed to individual countries.


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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).