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Guatemala Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
43,472,168
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.11%
increase
Global Share
0.08%
Per Capita
2.26
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Guatemala were 43,472,168 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.11% over the previous year, representing an increase by 479,283 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 42,992,885 tons.
  • Per capita: 2.26 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Guatemala accounts for 0.08% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 43,472,168 20,369,356 18,192,262 4,546,014 364,536 2.26 1.11% 0.082%
2023 42,992,885 20,127,877 18,006,356 4,515,657 342,994 2.27 3.63% 0.082%
2022 41,487,333 18,951,792 17,759,896 4,454,276 321,369 2.23 −2.42% 0.080%
2021 42,517,374 20,204,741 17,324,020 4,688,702 299,910 2.33 7.52% 0.083%
2020 39,544,939 17,618,716 16,917,140 4,731,208 277,875 2.21 −3.49% 0.081%
2019 40,973,297 19,662,960 16,504,019 4,549,825 256,493 2.33 3.5% 0.081%
2018 39,586,915 18,739,740 16,021,240 4,590,399 235,535 2.3 6.1% 0.078%
2017 37,312,199 17,057,316 15,664,171 4,378,943 211,768 2.21 −1.4% 0.075%
2016 37,841,405 18,023,765 15,279,193 4,346,098 192,349 2.28 4.44% 0.078%
2015 36,233,923 16,957,613 14,854,077 4,249,573 172,660 2.23 9.35% 0.075%
2014 33,137,074 14,535,669 14,443,654 3,998,377 159,373 2.08 5.37% 0.068%
2013 31,448,741 13,535,326 13,864,313 3,900,171 148,930 2.02 5.63% 0.065%
2012 29,771,354 12,579,246 13,544,964 3,501,350 145,793 1.95 3.38% 0.063%
2011 28,797,100 12,142,714 13,157,382 3,353,392 143,613 1.93 2.08% 0.062%
2010 28,210,770 11,779,085 13,039,243 3,249,588 142,854 1.93 0.36% 0.062%
2009 28,110,611 12,199,452 12,568,295 3,199,360 143,505 1.96 5% 0.065%
2008 26,772,525 11,561,337 12,069,523 3,000,433 141,232 1.91 −2% 0.061%
2007 27,318,126 12,699,319 11,554,092 2,921,217 143,499 1.99 4.09% 0.063%
2006 26,244,293 11,928,227 11,086,602 3,054,817 174,648 1.96 2.4% 0.062%
2005 25,629,056 11,765,653 10,767,460 2,895,454 200,489 1.96 5.33% 0.063%
2004 24,331,719 10,835,665 10,457,165 2,863,170 175,720 1.9 3.52% 0.061%
2003 23,504,152 10,627,258 10,036,461 2,684,981 155,453 1.88 −0.53% 0.062%
2002 23,630,296 10,638,336 10,176,337 2,675,170 140,453 1.94 4.91% 0.065%
2001 22,524,955 10,170,331 9,620,272 2,607,540 126,812 1.89 4.06% 0.062%
2000 21,645,232 9,679,101 9,313,819 2,546,276 106,036 1.86 5.21% 0.060%
1999 20,574,277 8,645,277 9,271,433 2,573,525 84,042 1.81 3.04% 0.059%
1998 19,967,903 8,702,041 8,818,455 2,374,865 72,542 1.79 10.6% 0.058%
1997 18,054,511 6,972,172 8,650,414 2,369,196 62,730 1.66 3.65% 0.052%
1996 17,417,930 6,669,175 8,427,736 2,264,356 56,663 1.64 −0.07% 0.051%
1995 17,430,278 6,794,360 8,302,563 2,284,163 49,193 1.67 7.5% 0.052%
1994 16,213,633 5,823,294 8,137,392 2,214,945 38,002 1.59 2.44% 0.050%
1993 15,827,330 5,387,979 8,203,914 2,207,289 28,148 1.59 6.7% 0.049%
1992 14,833,647 4,858,320 7,874,744 2,079,443 21,139 1.53 8.49% 0.046%
1991 13,673,003 4,143,944 7,488,838 2,025,066 15,155 1.44 4.54% 0.042%
1990 13,079,715 3,919,328 7,296,650 1,853,407 10,329 1.41 2.96% 0.041%
1989 12,703,210 3,760,543 7,147,167 1,789,874 5,626 1.4 3.46% 0.040%
1988 12,278,512 3,528,198 7,059,894 1,686,132 4,288 1.39 1.36% 0.039%
1987 12,113,855 3,589,833 6,857,004 1,663,255 3,764 1.4 3.53% 0.040%
1986 11,700,539 3,210,592 6,764,881 1,721,173 3,894 1.39 −2.71% 0.039%
1985 12,026,268 3,696,498 6,726,571 1,602,450 749 1.46 2.77% 0.041%
1984 11,702,360 3,517,586 6,628,537 1,554,950 1,286 1.45 2.63% 0.041%
1983 11,402,529 3,134,239 6,713,697 1,553,387 1,205 1.45 −1.14% 0.041%
1982 11,533,621 3,689,789 6,271,175 1,571,619 1,038 1.51 −2.76% 0.042%
1981 11,860,448 4,036,785 6,339,890 1,482,358 1,415 1.59 −3.21% 0.042%
1980 12,253,763 4,670,333 6,102,518 1,480,774 138 1.68 4.1% 0.043%
1979 11,771,466 4,655,403 5,708,173 1,407,890 0 1.66 6.48% 0.041%
1978 11,054,653 4,176,055 5,524,132 1,354,466 0 1.59 5.78% 0.039%
1977 10,451,013 3,776,959 5,353,631 1,320,423 0 1.54 9.35% 0.038%
1976 9,557,222 3,294,957 5,047,011 1,215,253 0 1.45 −3.5% 0.036%
1975 9,903,609 3,323,992 5,344,190 1,235,427 0 1.54 4.54% 0.039%
1974 9,473,536 3,022,885 5,235,581 1,215,069 0 1.51 −0.88% 0.037%
1973 9,558,069 2,914,080 5,382,990 1,260,999 0 1.57 1.88% 0.038%
1972 9,381,901 2,744,434 5,374,437 1,263,030 0 1.58 6.85% 0.039%
1971 8,780,485 2,502,024 5,070,880 1,207,581 0 1.52 5.17% 0.038%
1970 8,348,795 2,503,079 4,691,474 1,154,242 0 1.49 0.036%

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).