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Egypt Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
386,598,228
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+4.56%
increase
Global Share
0.73%
Per Capita
3.52
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Egypt were 386,598,228 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 4.56% over the previous year, representing an increase by 16,872,059 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 369,726,169 tons.
  • Per capita: 3.52 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Egypt accounts for 0.73% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 386,598,228 291,638,583 57,534,735 19,373,839 18,051,072 3.52 4.56% 0.73%
2023 369,726,169 275,836,510 57,462,311 19,437,780 16,989,568 3.42 5.52% 0.70%
2022 350,400,406 258,993,554 56,211,329 19,278,402 15,917,121 3.29 −0.61% 0.68%
2021 352,547,957 261,631,264 56,593,903 19,456,229 14,866,561 3.37 5.01% 0.69%
2020 335,724,218 246,184,037 56,679,335 19,068,192 13,792,655 3.26 2.85% 0.69%
2019 326,424,872 237,029,828 58,125,396 18,569,869 12,699,779 3.23 −7.52% 0.64%
2018 352,985,620 256,218,966 64,009,914 21,079,068 11,677,672 3.55 −1.28% 0.70%
2017 357,554,139 261,706,667 64,271,455 21,085,167 10,490,851 3.67 3.71% 0.72%
2016 344,762,058 250,123,027 63,830,655 21,239,432 9,568,943 3.6 3.99% 0.71%
2015 331,543,173 239,413,866 62,929,077 20,696,579 8,503,651 3.54 1.97% 0.68%
2014 325,137,658 233,105,497 64,036,711 20,143,050 7,852,400 3.54 1.55% 0.67%
2013 320,189,626 228,753,864 64,225,855 19,879,408 7,330,499 3.57 −1.86% 0.66%
2012 326,250,296 232,956,729 65,853,123 20,314,155 7,126,288 3.72 4.74% 0.69%
2011 311,475,404 219,340,328 64,583,380 20,592,158 6,959,539 3.63 3.24% 0.67%
2010 301,704,331 211,758,618 62,935,160 20,155,586 6,854,966 3.59 −0.01% 0.66%
2009 301,720,639 210,342,496 65,400,791 19,179,437 6,797,915 3.66 2.59% 0.70%
2008 294,113,543 202,025,710 66,311,775 19,067,226 6,708,833 3.63 1.03% 0.67%
2007 291,119,889 201,957,478 64,541,531 18,345,951 6,274,930 3.66 5.18% 0.67%
2006 276,779,866 188,876,284 63,594,182 18,097,282 6,212,117 3.54 4.61% 0.66%
2005 264,588,700 178,386,954 62,155,240 18,091,950 5,954,556 3.45 7.69% 0.65%
2004 245,704,095 160,417,842 62,055,387 17,964,151 5,266,716 3.26 6.41% 0.62%
2003 230,897,644 147,855,272 61,805,100 16,568,812 4,668,460 3.12 2.32% 0.61%
2002 225,651,705 144,962,475 60,613,326 15,963,313 4,112,591 3.11 2.82% 0.62%
2001 219,472,710 141,203,187 58,815,680 15,896,719 3,557,124 3.08 6.79% 0.61%
2000 205,517,879 127,915,682 59,271,427 15,280,665 3,050,105 2.94 0.11% 0.57%
1999 205,282,636 129,408,726 59,219,388 14,338,176 2,316,345 2.99 6.82% 0.59%
1998 192,167,610 120,126,103 55,693,534 14,388,181 1,959,792 2.85 2.52% 0.55%
1997 187,437,553 113,779,486 58,220,765 13,586,024 1,851,278 2.83 4.1% 0.54%
1996 180,063,879 106,923,873 57,418,177 13,878,803 1,843,025 2.77 6.13% 0.53%
1995 169,667,977 99,731,333 55,124,279 13,162,318 1,650,048 2.66 6.35% 0.51%
1994 159,533,878 93,227,533 52,935,449 11,582,338 1,788,557 2.55 −2.64% 0.49%
1993 163,867,729 97,787,655 52,302,163 12,020,280 1,757,630 2.67 1.13% 0.51%
1992 162,029,939 97,450,999 51,189,740 11,585,009 1,804,191 2.7 1.88% 0.50%
1991 159,032,450 93,682,081 53,269,912 10,280,217 1,800,239 2.71 6.6% 0.49%
1990 149,183,636 91,512,200 46,336,937 9,843,717 1,490,783 2.6 2.63% 0.46%
1989 145,357,412 88,583,315 45,038,383 9,980,985 1,754,728 2.6 4.5% 0.46%
1988 139,092,429 83,431,000 43,737,871 10,016,499 1,907,059 2.55 1.17% 0.44%
1987 137,480,678 81,271,394 44,199,607 9,793,798 2,215,878 2.59 7.03% 0.45%
1986 128,449,326 74,994,545 41,696,459 9,607,445 2,150,877 2.49 2.13% 0.43%
1985 125,764,787 71,826,812 42,594,991 8,821,077 2,521,907 2.51 4.57% 0.43%
1984 120,273,939 68,448,074 41,009,118 8,614,334 2,202,414 2.46 8.04% 0.42%
1983 111,325,024 62,169,590 38,503,064 8,568,021 2,084,349 2.34 7.44% 0.40%
1982 103,617,390 55,827,834 37,081,952 8,669,881 2,037,723 2.23 6.58% 0.37%
1981 97,219,448 51,667,258 35,132,002 8,507,009 1,913,179 2.15 7.76% 0.35%
1980 90,221,378 45,712,533 34,509,313 8,263,268 1,736,265 2.05 7.33% 0.32%
1979 84,062,650 41,618,090 32,917,225 7,975,802 1,551,532 1.95 4.98% 0.29%
1978 80,072,673 38,322,949 32,392,169 7,900,490 1,457,066 1.91 3.97% 0.29%
1977 77,011,500 37,840,859 30,207,142 7,629,995 1,333,504 1.88 5.01% 0.28%
1976 73,340,410 36,680,556 28,341,261 7,409,124 909,469 1.83 11.91% 0.28%
1975 65,536,944 31,732,442 26,119,517 7,281,968 403,017 1.67 7.46% 0.26%
1974 60,988,759 29,433,728 24,073,774 7,097,032 384,225 1.59 7.67% 0.24%
1973 56,641,656 25,461,331 24,068,931 6,727,169 384,225 1.51 −4.75% 0.22%
1972 59,465,954 27,345,378 25,195,437 6,540,914 384,225 1.62 1.54% 0.25%
1971 58,562,861 25,164,981 26,614,780 6,398,875 384,225 1.63 −1.01% 0.25%
1970 59,158,517 25,457,082 27,036,196 6,281,014 384,225 1.69 0.25%

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).