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Gabon Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
21,781,992
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.06%
increase
Global Share
0.04%
Per Capita
9.36
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Gabon were 21,781,992 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.06% over the previous year, representing an increase by 228,670 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 21,553,322 tons.
  • Per capita: 9.36 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Gabon accounts for 0.04% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 21,781,992 5,198,527 14,899,302 478,808 1,205,354 9.36 1.06% 0.041%
2023 21,553,322 5,120,476 14,844,734 461,009 1,127,103 9.44 8.1% 0.041%
2022 19,938,195 5,583,309 12,839,290 467,047 1,048,549 8.91 4.01% 0.039%
2021 19,169,095 5,364,724 12,378,462 455,309 970,601 8.74 −4.57% 0.037%
2020 20,086,235 5,528,738 13,211,257 455,684 890,556 9.34 −0.83% 0.041%
2019 20,255,247 5,652,831 13,328,137 461,393 812,887 9.6 10.42% 0.040%
2018 18,344,462 5,410,939 11,744,953 451,814 736,756 8.87 −6.86% 0.036%
2017 19,695,807 5,748,937 12,844,935 451,513 650,422 9.73 −8.15% 0.040%
2016 21,443,634 6,558,996 13,835,499 469,258 579,880 10.83 0.21% 0.044%
2015 21,399,145 6,441,326 13,987,447 462,011 508,361 11.09 4.19% 0.044%
2014 20,538,764 6,267,136 13,355,931 455,602 460,096 10.95 0.87% 0.042%
2013 20,360,929 6,077,672 13,382,584 478,511 422,161 11.2 −1.13% 0.042%
2012 20,592,694 5,890,009 13,932,934 358,985 410,765 11.72 −0.54% 0.043%
2011 20,704,050 5,820,012 14,085,765 395,430 402,844 12.2 −1.44% 0.044%
2010 21,005,668 5,958,210 14,187,302 460,068 400,089 12.81 2.65% 0.046%
2009 20,463,042 5,449,066 14,186,717 424,808 402,452 12.9 −2.75% 0.047%
2008 21,040,694 5,519,116 14,721,769 410,462 389,347 13.69 7.56% 0.048%
2007 19,562,392 5,175,563 13,635,041 377,277 374,510 13.14 −13.58% 0.045%
2006 22,636,205 5,707,154 16,206,694 354,890 367,466 15.67 −13.86% 0.054%
2005 26,277,553 6,391,701 19,208,012 328,767 349,074 18.73 −5.92% 0.064%
2004 27,929,603 6,625,240 20,701,140 310,746 292,478 20.47 −7.48% 0.070%
2003 30,188,273 7,342,251 22,323,018 277,519 245,485 22.73 11.43% 0.079%
2002 27,092,751 6,472,088 20,173,668 247,955 199,040 20.93 −3.29% 0.074%
2001 28,014,792 6,740,968 20,863,966 251,381 158,477 22.19 0.24% 0.078%
2000 27,948,367 6,603,932 20,346,555 881,919 115,961 22.7 2.91% 0.078%
1999 27,158,212 6,590,389 20,040,523 462,775 64,525 22.62 −4.78% 0.078%
1998 28,520,649 6,923,382 21,205,394 346,973 44,900 24.35 16.24% 0.082%
1997 24,535,940 6,049,208 18,209,712 243,659 33,361 21.48 −7.65% 0.071%
1996 26,568,681 6,332,990 19,724,411 486,785 24,495 23.85 12.67% 0.078%
1995 23,581,472 5,671,028 17,640,469 254,013 15,962 21.71 11.79% 0.070%
1994 21,094,726 5,046,190 15,785,009 253,981 9,546 19.93 −2.12% 0.064%
1993 21,550,584 5,082,996 15,611,583 851,593 4,412 20.89 3.15% 0.067%
1992 20,893,022 4,972,165 15,530,328 387,670 2,859 20.8 6.59% 0.065%
1991 19,600,567 4,934,156 14,415,170 249,312 1,929 20.04 −4.03% 0.061%
1990 20,424,205 6,171,345 13,970,738 281,562 559 21.45 17.75% 0.063%
1989 17,345,208 6,258,715 10,837,857 248,449 187 18.72 21.82% 0.054%
1988 14,238,671 4,960,203 8,381,840 896,486 143 15.8 4.51% 0.045%
1987 13,624,220 4,799,402 8,162,112 662,580 125 15.54 −6.75% 0.045%
1986 14,609,927 5,628,495 8,706,910 274,392 129 17.13 −14.52% 0.049%
1985 17,091,601 7,840,699 8,989,968 260,909 25 20.59 8.03% 0.059%
1984 15,820,439 6,860,301 8,284,440 675,655 43 19.58 9.61% 0.055%
1983 14,433,781 5,931,377 8,211,272 291,091 40 18.34 −3.07% 0.051%
1982 14,891,285 6,458,263 8,153,667 279,320 34 19.42 2.54% 0.054%
1981 14,521,904 6,475,250 7,899,934 146,673 47 19.43 −5.63% 0.052%
1980 15,388,835 6,152,033 9,096,534 140,264 5 21.1 −6.6% 0.054%
1979 16,475,472 6,399,484 9,934,173 141,815 0 23.15 −5.17% 0.057%
1978 17,373,416 6,496,092 10,731,063 146,261 0 25.01 −0.15% 0.062%
1977 17,399,561 5,844,467 11,418,981 136,112 0 25.63 −1.27% 0.064%
1976 17,623,220 5,913,221 11,582,456 127,543 0 26.55 5.16% 0.066%
1975 16,758,357 5,097,405 11,543,276 117,677 0 25.79 15.18% 0.066%
1974 14,550,256 3,957,500 10,483,056 109,700 0 22.85 22.53% 0.057%
1973 11,874,806 3,855,497 7,911,204 108,105 0 19.01 49.93% 0.047%
1972 7,920,375 1,203,666 6,622,570 94,139 0 12.92 7.75% 0.033%
1971 7,350,852 1,116,861 6,142,370 91,620 0 12.22 7.61% 0.032%
1970 6,830,731 603,792 6,138,729 88,210 0 11.58 0.029%

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).