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Ecuador Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
74,408,551
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.65%
increase
Global Share
0.14%
Per Capita
4.08
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Ecuador were 74,408,551 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.65% over the previous year, representing an increase by 1,208,783 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 73,199,768 tons.
  • Per capita: 4.08 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Ecuador accounts for 0.14% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 74,408,551 47,963,814 21,671,509 3,830,046 943,181 4.08 1.65% 0.14%
2023 73,199,768 46,790,115 21,689,107 3,838,330 882,215 4.06 3.31% 0.14%
2022 70,856,512 44,169,334 21,974,851 3,891,313 821,013 3.98 3.49% 0.14%
2021 68,466,691 41,160,686 22,076,530 4,469,191 760,283 3.9 7.04% 0.13%
2020 63,962,623 36,598,595 22,358,482 4,307,626 697,920 3.69 −8.3% 0.13%
2019 69,753,591 41,925,372 22,869,768 4,321,043 637,408 4.08 0.63% 0.14%
2018 69,314,973 42,214,543 22,075,961 4,446,375 578,094 4.11 1% 0.14%
2017 68,626,178 41,058,128 22,844,107 4,213,111 510,831 4.13 −2.12% 0.14%
2016 70,110,174 42,068,061 23,110,051 4,476,191 455,871 4.28 −1.13% 0.14%
2015 70,910,668 43,275,860 22,985,219 4,249,439 400,150 4.39 −1.78% 0.15%
2014 72,194,819 43,459,356 23,926,562 4,446,354 362,547 4.54 2.76% 0.15%
2013 70,253,572 41,158,339 24,375,294 4,386,947 332,992 4.49 4.91% 0.15%
2012 66,962,874 38,660,950 23,781,214 4,196,596 324,113 4.34 0.51% 0.14%
2011 66,623,055 38,318,821 23,699,149 4,287,143 317,942 4.39 0.87% 0.14%
2010 66,046,757 38,252,942 23,258,795 4,219,226 315,795 4.42 6.43% 0.15%
2009 62,055,597 35,390,278 22,302,150 4,045,533 317,636 4.22 7.15% 0.14%
2008 57,915,508 32,669,197 21,120,147 3,818,738 307,426 4.01 2.83% 0.13%
2007 56,322,025 31,653,917 20,634,159 3,737,051 296,897 3.96 0.42% 0.13%
2006 56,086,405 30,977,187 20,903,049 3,911,340 294,830 4.02 4.7% 0.13%
2005 53,567,912 28,865,558 20,910,026 3,508,512 283,816 3.9 1.63% 0.13%
2004 52,709,456 26,765,820 21,736,885 3,968,080 238,672 3.9 7.68% 0.13%
2003 48,951,811 24,940,974 20,018,531 3,791,802 200,503 3.68 4.43% 0.13%
2002 46,875,246 24,297,566 18,646,244 3,767,187 164,249 3.59 0.43% 0.13%
2001 46,675,448 24,317,150 18,656,580 3,569,286 132,432 3.63 9.24% 0.13%
2000 42,726,126 22,062,437 17,352,319 3,213,050 98,320 3.38 −3.64% 0.12%
1999 44,338,815 21,711,925 19,083,073 3,486,368 57,449 3.58 −7.24% 0.13%
1998 47,797,708 24,530,443 19,361,882 3,862,349 43,034 3.93 −4.08% 0.14%
1997 49,828,697 24,985,939 20,843,168 3,965,998 33,592 4.18 2.62% 0.14%
1996 48,558,086 23,969,872 20,878,865 3,683,090 26,259 4.16 9.81% 0.14%
1995 44,218,853 20,804,681 19,941,896 3,453,286 18,991 3.87 6.51% 0.13%
1994 41,517,333 18,954,248 19,242,940 3,307,097 13,048 3.71 5.52% 0.13%
1993 39,344,127 18,081,239 18,053,524 3,201,694 7,669 3.59 2.43% 0.12%
1992 38,411,822 18,533,489 16,881,247 2,991,390 5,696 3.59 6.72% 0.12%
1991 35,992,568 17,593,994 15,552,122 2,842,306 4,146 3.44 1.89% 0.11%
1990 35,325,708 17,556,888 15,076,880 2,689,704 2,236 3.46 4.6% 0.11%
1989 33,771,234 16,339,312 14,726,710 2,704,079 1,132 3.38 −0.19% 0.11%
1988 33,836,036 16,273,530 14,955,790 2,605,854 863 3.47 15.72% 0.11%
1987 29,240,376 14,493,415 12,304,981 2,441,222 757 3.08 −9.63% 0.096%
1986 32,355,758 15,750,494 14,176,811 2,427,669 784 3.49 3.09% 0.11%
1985 31,385,648 15,060,494 13,760,265 2,564,738 151 3.47 4.84% 0.11%
1984 29,937,010 14,000,525 13,204,828 2,731,398 259 3.39 7.1% 0.10%
1983 27,952,233 13,332,756 12,040,732 2,578,503 243 3.25 −1.12% 0.100%
1982 28,269,592 14,184,396 11,590,110 2,494,877 209 3.37 1.04% 0.10%
1981 27,978,915 14,089,245 11,456,657 2,432,729 285 3.42 6.3% 0.10%
1980 26,319,574 12,795,514 11,108,525 2,415,508 28 3.3 4.04% 0.093%
1979 25,298,287 12,154,500 10,829,271 2,314,515 0 3.25 6.1% 0.088%
1978 23,843,263 11,216,083 10,424,210 2,202,970 0 3.15 6.94% 0.085%
1977 22,295,981 9,980,257 10,081,391 2,234,333 0 3.02 8.02% 0.082%
1976 20,640,821 8,587,806 9,964,544 2,088,471 0 2.88 10.51% 0.078%
1975 18,677,376 7,498,370 9,341,895 1,837,111 0 2.67 3.24% 0.073%
1974 18,091,525 6,918,899 9,368,313 1,804,312 0 2.66 5.11% 0.071%
1973 17,212,362 5,667,160 9,777,498 1,767,705 0 2.6 28.41% 0.068%
1972 13,403,870 4,481,775 7,205,297 1,716,799 0 2.09 14.07% 0.055%
1971 11,750,488 4,491,762 5,575,420 1,683,306 0 1.88 −5.44% 0.051%
1970 12,426,988 5,020,694 5,710,115 1,696,179 0 2.05 0.053%

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).