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Ethiopia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
192,704,007
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.26%
increase
Global Share
0.36%
Per Capita
1.56
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Ethiopia were 192,704,007 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.26% over the previous year, representing an increase by 4,257,072 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 188,446,935 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.56 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Ethiopia accounts for 0.36% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 192,704,007 19,364,847 131,633,625 41,704,813 721 1.56 2.26% 0.36%
2023 188,446,935 19,016,491 128,797,428 40,632,295 721 1.56 4.42% 0.36%
2022 180,463,554 18,334,879 123,329,893 38,798,061 721 1.53 1.98% 0.35%
2021 176,960,564 19,094,064 120,706,717 37,159,062 721 1.53 −2.52% 0.35%
2020 181,533,394 18,015,798 124,195,185 39,321,689 721 1.61 4.4% 0.37%
2019 173,874,250 18,482,458 118,124,065 37,267,005 721 1.58 6.88% 0.34%
2018 162,682,176 17,469,599 110,553,188 34,658,668 721 1.51 3.07% 0.32%
2017 157,841,425 15,873,564 107,734,813 34,232,325 721 1.5 2.3% 0.32%
2016 154,291,621 16,031,155 105,074,433 33,185,312 721 1.51 4.45% 0.32%
2015 147,717,920 13,509,773 101,930,965 32,276,461 721 1.48 3.17% 0.30%
2014 143,173,281 12,404,739 99,403,620 31,364,201 721 1.47 4.48% 0.29%
2013 137,035,762 10,441,562 96,489,883 30,103,596 721 1.44 3.92% 0.28%
2012 131,864,175 8,986,104 93,638,097 29,239,253 721 1.43 4.1% 0.28%
2011 126,665,398 7,958,499 90,702,146 28,004,032 721 1.41 −0.11% 0.27%
2010 126,801,770 6,881,057 91,770,885 28,149,106 721 1.45 4.66% 0.28%
2009 121,154,731 6,909,849 87,408,730 26,835,431 721 1.42 4.02% 0.28%
2008 116,471,538 6,864,557 84,068,477 25,537,782 721 1.4 4.93% 0.27%
2007 110,999,885 6,351,331 80,154,671 24,493,054 830 1.37 9.52% 0.26%
2006 101,347,270 5,795,736 73,320,745 22,229,312 1,477 1.29 6.09% 0.24%
2005 95,532,478 5,472,930 69,089,663 20,967,046 2,838 1.25 3.71% 0.23%
2004 92,117,861 5,731,447 66,310,715 20,073,255 2,444 1.23 2.82% 0.23%
2003 89,589,477 5,260,677 65,011,245 19,315,569 1,985 1.23 −0.8% 0.24%
2002 90,308,591 4,921,745 65,399,215 19,985,344 2,286 1.28 9.41% 0.25%
2001 82,543,821 4,787,678 59,445,896 18,307,767 2,480 1.21 7.09% 0.23%
2000 77,080,886 3,876,634 56,237,475 16,964,651 2,127 1.16 −2.61% 0.22%
1999 79,145,390 3,496,148 57,760,005 17,887,884 1,353 1.22 0.11% 0.23%
1998 79,056,113 3,541,872 57,644,838 17,868,340 1,063 1.26 6.75% 0.23%
1997 74,060,545 3,333,280 54,204,432 16,521,850 984 1.21 3.33% 0.21%
1996 71,673,399 3,187,225 52,256,179 16,229,272 724 1.21 5.06% 0.21%
1995 68,223,773 2,826,424 50,134,936 15,262,081 332 1.19 1.66% 0.20%
1994 67,107,361 2,496,365 49,465,907 15,144,827 262 1.21 4.04% 0.21%
1993 64,498,410 2,159,038 48,135,121 14,204,045 207 1.2 −7.22% 0.20%
1992 69,514,186 1,696,123 52,044,100 15,773,831 132 1.35 2.73% 0.22%
1991 67,666,946 2,165,855 50,101,467 15,399,493 132 1.36 1.33% 0.21%
1990 66,775,772 2,187,500 49,418,426 15,169,730 116 1.39 2.76% 0.21%
1989 64,979,293 2,092,862 48,079,390 14,806,977 64 1.4 4.94% 0.20%
1988 61,920,821 1,984,539 45,865,613 14,070,620 49 1.38 1.41% 0.20%
1987 61,057,819 1,900,477 45,239,302 13,917,997 43 1.4 −3.49% 0.20%
1986 63,264,685 1,623,216 46,994,753 14,646,671 44 1.5 5.62% 0.21%
1985 59,899,852 1,292,320 44,782,225 13,825,299 8 1.47 4.15% 0.21%
1984 57,511,248 1,242,797 42,952,734 13,315,703 15 1.46 −2.52% 0.20%
1983 58,997,772 1,335,236 43,850,132 13,812,391 14 1.54 2.75% 0.21%
1982 57,416,787 1,250,452 42,641,003 13,525,319 12 1.55 1.88% 0.21%
1981 56,355,589 1,362,915 42,173,290 12,819,367 16 1.56 0.79% 0.20%
1980 55,913,779 1,253,676 41,856,816 12,803,286 2 1.59 −0.05% 0.20%
1979 55,942,452 1,218,494 41,882,861 12,841,097 0 1.62 0.92% 0.19%
1978 55,431,401 1,172,807 41,552,926 12,705,668 0 1.63 1.03% 0.20%
1977 54,866,597 1,136,589 41,110,803 12,619,206 0 1.63 1.18% 0.20%
1976 54,228,597 1,065,315 40,634,819 12,528,463 0 1.64 −0.31% 0.20%
1975 54,396,983 1,070,043 40,667,878 12,659,062 0 1.67 −2.75% 0.21%
1974 55,933,704 1,202,657 41,731,191 12,999,856 0 1.76 −0.14% 0.22%
1973 56,014,683 1,188,079 41,778,123 13,048,481 0 1.81 1.01% 0.22%
1972 55,452,897 1,087,862 41,356,381 13,008,653 0 1.84 −0.96% 0.23%
1971 55,990,402 1,171,644 41,720,462 13,098,296 0 1.91 0.6% 0.24%
1970 55,658,079 1,167,863 41,546,845 12,943,371 0 1.96 0.24%

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).