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Iceland Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
4,282,411
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.86%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
12.13
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Iceland were 4,282,411 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 0.86% over the previous year, representing an increase by 36,359 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 4,246,051 tons.
  • Per capita: 12.13 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Iceland accounts for 0.01% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 4,282,411 3,292,971 480,704 264,520 244,216 12.13 0.86% 0.0080%
2023 4,246,051 3,219,982 502,281 267,359 256,430 12.1 −1.29% 0.0081%
2022 4,301,723 3,239,411 518,812 270,950 272,551 12.36 0.97% 0.0083%
2021 4,260,353 3,163,653 536,014 279,829 280,857 12.31 0.77% 0.0083%
2020 4,227,769 3,071,715 547,238 291,534 317,282 12.32 −2.51% 0.0086%
2019 4,336,512 3,176,824 542,164 296,574 320,950 12.73 −3.11% 0.0085%
2018 4,475,516 3,294,624 568,356 301,327 311,209 13.25 −0.72% 0.0089%
2017 4,507,901 3,329,909 576,915 304,060 297,017 13.46 3.45% 0.0091%
2016 4,357,676 3,178,862 585,955 298,354 294,506 13.11 −9.94% 0.0090%
2015 4,838,419 3,629,167 591,918 309,208 308,126 14.65 4.21% 0.0100%
2014 4,642,762 3,463,851 585,360 308,902 284,649 14.13 −5.2% 0.0096%
2013 4,897,678 3,710,575 567,904 298,802 320,398 14.98 0.81% 0.010%
2012 4,858,270 3,645,099 577,854 326,915 308,403 14.92 −0.12% 0.010%
2011 4,864,312 3,603,832 597,847 328,634 333,999 15.04 −2.72% 0.010%
2010 5,000,357 3,736,402 617,105 330,346 316,504 15.61 −1.3% 0.011%
2009 5,065,983 3,827,400 625,649 331,368 281,566 16.03 0.31% 0.012%
2008 5,050,325 3,779,812 631,997 330,299 308,218 16.25 6.21% 0.012%
2007 4,755,050 3,475,126 637,277 329,476 313,171 15.58 8.13% 0.011%
2006 4,397,430 3,241,711 628,711 332,127 194,881 14.67 4.37% 0.010%
2005 4,213,407 3,127,382 595,712 330,008 160,305 14.28 −2.06% 0.010%
2004 4,301,905 3,175,686 600,890 329,785 195,543 14.78 2% 0.011%
2003 4,217,753 3,100,039 597,178 331,641 188,896 14.65 −0.63% 0.011%
2002 4,244,563 3,128,898 596,077 331,145 188,443 14.88 4.83% 0.012%
2001 4,049,081 2,957,606 597,683 328,812 164,980 14.31 2.82% 0.011%
2000 3,938,044 2,852,417 588,027 318,943 178,656 14.04 2.83% 0.011%
1999 3,829,539 2,740,976 593,076 325,651 169,836 13.78 1.58% 0.011%
1998 3,769,978 2,708,222 587,383 323,824 150,549 13.69 4.26% 0.011%
1997 3,615,770 2,624,697 577,358 321,052 92,663 13.26 −1.74% 0.010%
1996 3,679,910 2,708,649 570,421 326,442 74,398 13.62 8.89% 0.011%
1995 3,379,351 2,440,428 558,981 314,123 65,819 12.63 −5.07% 0.010%
1994 3,559,873 2,520,662 556,817 325,822 156,573 13.43 3.9% 0.011%
1993 3,426,408 2,406,917 543,489 328,036 147,966 13.05 3.61% 0.011%
1992 3,307,050 2,305,953 539,260 322,923 138,914 12.71 −24.63% 0.010%
1991 4,387,991 2,291,486 533,529 329,501 1,233,476 17.03 −0.58% 0.014%
1990 4,413,428 2,339,621 533,533 335,479 1,204,796 17.3 −0.45% 0.014%
1989 4,433,269 2,299,317 535,518 385,504 1,212,930 17.56 2.5% 0.014%
1988 4,325,201 2,299,129 538,757 383,940 1,103,375 17.32 2.74% 0.014%
1987 4,209,976 2,178,194 543,653 383,054 1,105,075 17.04 3.35% 0.014%
1986 4,073,367 2,140,235 557,694 387,569 987,869 16.67 1.2% 0.014%
1985 4,024,913 2,133,140 566,520 386,565 938,688 16.66 −4.5% 0.014%
1984 4,214,754 2,243,967 561,554 380,815 1,028,418 17.65 7.41% 0.015%
1983 3,924,019 2,019,170 551,038 380,221 973,590 16.63 1.45% 0.014%
1982 3,867,856 1,977,838 549,270 378,114 962,634 16.58 −7.29% 0.014%
1981 4,171,957 2,338,251 565,818 325,740 942,148 18.09 −1.74% 0.015%
1980 4,245,630 2,430,822 557,620 322,762 934,427 18.6 −4.82% 0.015%
1979 4,460,466 2,626,114 588,156 338,688 907,508 19.73 1.05% 0.016%
1978 4,413,961 2,539,064 591,236 345,815 937,846 19.69 2.94% 0.016%
1977 4,287,723 2,463,997 582,528 339,835 901,364 19.29 3.6% 0.016%
1976 4,138,809 2,394,300 576,950 336,805 830,754 18.79 2.34% 0.016%
1975 4,044,256 2,371,901 581,321 339,690 751,344 18.55 −6.13% 0.016%
1974 4,308,247 2,526,971 578,398 331,924 870,954 19.99 −1.63% 0.017%
1973 4,379,447 2,581,783 570,009 319,799 907,855 20.58 18.92% 0.017%
1972 3,682,783 2,245,088 549,105 309,026 579,563 17.54 9.07% 0.015%
1971 3,376,459 2,031,776 525,752 296,628 522,303 16.3 4.31% 0.015%
1970 3,236,833 1,933,379 522,444 299,426 481,585 15.83 – 0.014%

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).