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Colombia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
217,585,730
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.98%
increase
Global Share
0.41%
Per Capita
4.22
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Colombia were 217,585,730 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 0.98% over the previous year, representing an increase by 2,109,111 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 215,476,619 tons.
  • Per capita: 4.22 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Colombia accounts for 0.41% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 217,585,730 95,079,303 94,669,002 18,654,834 9,182,591 4.22 0.98% 0.41%
2023 215,476,619 92,797,300 95,400,826 18,686,216 8,592,279 4.2 2.72% 0.41%
2022 209,760,763 88,344,574 94,589,140 18,827,282 7,999,767 4.12 −1.38% 0.41%
2021 212,698,886 92,168,290 93,622,743 19,496,199 7,411,654 4.21 6.54% 0.42%
2020 199,645,517 84,302,627 90,501,535 18,033,387 6,807,968 3.98 −0.72% 0.41%
2019 201,093,328 86,060,695 91,191,014 17,619,387 6,222,233 4.03 2.66% 0.40%
2018 195,878,305 85,396,478 87,787,520 17,046,278 5,648,029 3.96 4.68% 0.39%
2017 187,125,767 80,999,440 84,723,324 16,405,672 4,997,332 3.81 −1.91% 0.38%
2016 190,772,606 88,493,490 81,817,053 15,997,034 4,465,028 3.92 1.99% 0.39%
2015 187,044,393 86,216,460 80,923,035 15,979,480 3,925,418 3.88 0.91% 0.39%
2014 185,351,392 84,918,846 81,326,783 15,545,961 3,559,802 3.88 −0.03% 0.38%
2013 185,402,221 83,634,886 83,110,939 15,384,905 3,271,491 3.92 5.77% 0.38%
2012 175,287,849 73,602,732 82,786,462 15,717,136 3,181,519 3.74 −1.11% 0.37%
2011 177,254,667 73,168,277 84,528,992 16,439,614 3,117,784 3.82 1.99% 0.38%
2010 173,798,233 68,151,089 85,621,259 16,933,184 3,092,700 3.78 3.58% 0.38%
2009 167,793,745 65,321,518 82,922,992 16,443,318 3,105,917 3.69 3.36% 0.39%
2008 162,342,002 61,197,614 81,956,073 16,184,918 3,003,398 3.62 0.7% 0.37%
2007 161,213,905 61,244,993 80,303,177 16,778,443 2,887,291 3.63 3.07% 0.37%
2006 156,408,895 59,049,788 78,366,874 16,168,261 2,823,972 3.57 −0.73% 0.37%
2005 157,566,340 61,888,280 77,082,641 15,918,932 2,676,486 3.64 2.4% 0.39%
2004 153,866,474 60,094,675 75,812,671 15,717,628 2,241,500 3.6 0.39% 0.39%
2003 153,267,932 60,051,209 75,785,222 15,552,717 1,878,784 3.64 0.43% 0.40%
2002 152,607,141 60,586,327 75,260,656 15,238,684 1,521,474 3.67 −0.81% 0.42%
2001 153,853,875 63,033,458 74,499,904 15,112,196 1,208,318 3.75 0.51% 0.43%
2000 153,072,530 63,416,445 73,735,193 15,038,002 882,890 3.79 3.6% 0.43%
1999 147,748,553 60,240,704 72,293,862 14,699,978 514,009 3.71 −7.4% 0.42%
1998 159,555,306 68,740,003 75,252,422 15,183,975 378,906 4.07 1.25% 0.46%
1997 157,592,483 68,363,921 73,762,577 15,162,863 303,122 4.08 4.89% 0.46%
1996 150,239,162 63,179,445 71,897,263 14,906,136 256,318 3.95 0.09% 0.44%
1995 150,111,253 63,985,884 71,222,587 14,692,122 210,660 4.01 3.55% 0.45%
1994 144,958,118 61,311,240 68,958,699 14,531,768 156,411 3.94 0.94% 0.44%
1993 143,613,646 61,657,438 67,463,756 14,384,504 107,948 3.97 3.26% 0.44%
1992 139,083,797 58,331,733 66,739,311 13,927,586 85,167 3.91 3.95% 0.43%
1991 133,800,953 55,025,878 64,684,141 14,029,114 61,820 3.83 1.18% 0.41%
1990 132,235,097 53,201,831 65,063,560 13,926,754 42,952 3.86 2.61% 0.41%
1989 128,874,299 51,149,465 63,960,989 13,702,550 61,295 3.83 3.14% 0.40%
1988 124,955,141 49,613,355 62,001,298 13,261,347 79,140 3.79 1.66% 0.40%
1987 122,911,314 49,101,794 60,791,804 12,922,595 95,120 3.8 4.15% 0.40%
1986 118,016,974 47,076,564 58,373,608 12,459,477 107,326 3.73 2.64% 0.40%
1985 114,984,889 46,558,548 56,176,046 12,132,630 117,666 3.71 1.91% 0.39%
1984 112,835,374 45,013,817 55,659,178 12,056,468 105,911 3.72 0.07% 0.39%
1983 112,751,197 44,274,197 56,312,473 12,072,961 91,566 3.8 1.08% 0.40%
1982 111,551,888 42,186,324 56,974,086 12,308,377 83,101 3.84 2.16% 0.40%
1981 109,194,128 41,592,672 55,856,702 11,672,239 72,516 3.85 1.52% 0.39%
1980 107,556,529 41,083,935 54,867,846 11,569,836 34,912 3.88 0.89% 0.38%
1979 106,606,720 40,340,327 54,711,415 11,526,660 28,319 3.93 0.51% 0.37%
1978 106,070,276 40,115,486 54,747,921 11,186,083 20,785 4 3.6% 0.38%
1977 102,383,522 37,614,198 53,600,994 11,152,728 15,602 3.95 2.46% 0.38%
1976 99,927,389 36,628,937 52,439,252 10,848,076 11,124 3.95 4.37% 0.38%
1975 95,744,256 34,329,164 51,003,594 10,404,618 6,881 3.87 4.45% 0.38%
1974 91,664,026 31,930,652 49,620,453 10,106,105 6,815 3.79 3.02% 0.36%
1973 88,980,655 30,824,684 48,129,223 10,019,933 6,815 3.76 2.42% 0.35%
1972 86,874,322 29,875,295 47,183,206 9,809,006 6,815 3.75 2.27% 0.36%
1971 84,949,868 29,154,480 46,217,621 9,570,953 6,815 3.76 3.38% 0.37%
1970 82,171,727 28,848,386 44,127,971 9,188,555 6,815 3.72 0.35%

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).