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Iraq Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
413,276,421
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.00%
increase
Global Share
0.78%
Per Capita
8.98
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Iraq were 413,276,421 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2% over the previous year, representing an increase by 8,103,260 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 405,173,161 tons.
  • Per capita: 8.98 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Iraq accounts for 0.78% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 413,276,421 238,670,397 163,159,155 6,933,312 4,513,557 8.98 2% 0.78%
2023 405,173,161 232,975,961 161,199,941 6,770,364 4,226,895 9.03 1.5% 0.77%
2022 399,167,465 222,278,365 166,428,032 6,521,843 3,939,225 9.13 10.32% 0.77%
2021 361,816,746 199,709,826 152,428,161 6,025,187 3,653,572 8.49 4.69% 0.71%
2020 345,617,846 183,874,331 152,420,822 5,962,141 3,360,552 8.33 −8.35% 0.71%
2019 377,126,643 193,648,142 173,701,092 6,701,196 3,076,213 9.33 5.5% 0.74%
2018 357,464,547 180,942,928 167,515,729 6,208,489 2,797,401 9.09 5.18% 0.71%
2017 339,868,227 167,345,270 164,192,971 5,848,154 2,481,832 8.88 4.41% 0.69%
2016 325,512,034 155,044,239 162,092,094 6,152,429 2,223,272 8.75 17.97% 0.67%
2015 275,916,288 137,904,074 130,494,241 5,557,006 1,960,967 7.64 3.93% 0.57%
2014 265,477,194 138,287,957 119,038,583 6,368,388 1,782,265 7.58 0.07% 0.55%
2013 265,303,351 144,410,162 113,046,528 6,205,953 1,640,708 7.83 4.72% 0.55%
2012 253,353,124 133,044,768 112,892,301 5,821,255 1,594,800 7.73 13.21% 0.53%
2011 223,788,567 115,906,455 100,800,825 5,520,137 1,561,151 7.05 6.3% 0.48%
2010 210,534,175 111,493,529 92,170,548 5,324,025 1,546,074 6.84 12.38% 0.46%
2009 187,344,036 96,850,379 83,803,758 5,140,265 1,549,635 6.27 9.24% 0.43%
2008 171,497,820 90,671,351 74,863,624 4,465,495 1,497,350 5.89 11.05% 0.39%
2007 154,437,949 78,430,040 70,427,324 4,142,045 1,438,540 5.44 −5.91% 0.36%
2006 164,146,874 84,863,994 73,679,053 4,198,385 1,405,442 5.93 −0.23% 0.39%
2005 164,520,827 87,236,339 71,742,541 4,210,626 1,331,320 6.09 −3.72% 0.40%
2004 170,869,918 90,321,883 76,000,356 3,401,644 1,146,035 6.49 12.27% 0.43%
2003 152,200,999 82,888,450 64,726,983 3,593,010 992,555 5.94 −10.44% 0.40%
2002 169,949,836 95,051,759 67,715,337 6,342,565 840,175 6.81 −6.45% 0.46%
2001 181,674,412 100,652,777 75,236,931 5,078,380 706,324 7.49 8.24% 0.50%
2000 167,851,367 88,811,043 73,780,176 4,695,916 564,232 7.12 13.35% 0.47%
1999 148,087,878 74,302,694 68,698,130 4,707,294 379,760 6.47 −6.83% 0.42%
1998 158,937,416 94,267,732 59,559,251 4,803,673 306,760 7.16 −10.33% 0.46%
1997 177,248,307 121,121,129 51,068,787 4,775,398 282,993 8.24 28.29% 0.51%
1996 138,161,799 100,664,722 32,778,949 4,452,906 265,221 6.63 −6.89% 0.40%
1995 148,392,937 109,099,982 34,599,360 4,455,510 238,085 7.34 0.06% 0.44%
1994 148,303,737 109,954,598 33,490,471 4,617,437 241,231 7.57 8.73% 0.45%
1993 136,395,166 100,171,128 31,371,238 4,606,174 246,625 7.17 27.95% 0.42%
1992 106,600,304 75,774,160 26,900,392 3,659,176 266,576 5.78 35.98% 0.33%
1991 78,394,927 54,450,923 20,606,705 3,074,164 263,136 4.37 −54.35% 0.24%
1990 171,718,241 69,444,529 98,019,739 4,004,558 249,414 9.83 −18.94% 0.53%
1989 211,841,260 73,493,378 134,075,121 3,910,156 362,605 12.43 8.34% 0.66%
1988 195,540,986 65,811,052 125,322,839 3,974,696 432,400 11.74 19.09% 0.62%
1987 164,202,548 61,145,629 98,772,958 3,736,881 547,080 10.08 11.5% 0.54%
1986 147,270,477 61,416,625 81,588,782 3,637,386 627,685 9.24 13.98% 0.50%
1985 129,211,202 54,719,580 70,241,034 3,547,937 702,650 8.3 15.1% 0.44%
1984 112,260,628 47,717,957 60,536,892 3,402,533 603,245 7.38 14.92% 0.39%
1983 97,688,175 42,379,792 51,658,519 3,158,479 491,385 6.59 3.66% 0.35%
1982 94,240,102 38,521,471 52,021,968 3,209,273 487,390 6.53 3.71% 0.34%
1981 90,872,080 36,302,858 50,965,210 3,124,376 479,635 6.47 −47.7% 0.33%
1980 173,736,360 52,234,958 117,878,911 3,116,771 505,720 12.72 −18.26% 0.61%
1979 212,539,246 58,092,208 150,954,681 3,070,062 422,295 16.03 29.81% 0.74%
1978 163,737,031 46,909,495 113,555,360 2,933,542 338,635 12.73 9.33% 0.58%
1977 149,760,232 42,633,949 103,916,053 2,918,595 291,635 12.02 −4.22% 0.55%
1976 156,350,629 46,459,761 106,846,076 2,796,162 248,630 12.96 11.66% 0.59%
1975 140,018,975 37,027,033 100,139,255 2,634,136 218,550 11.98 13.39% 0.55%
1974 123,484,119 32,355,983 88,303,516 2,606,071 218,550 10.92 0% 0.49%
1973 123,490,098 30,063,705 90,666,586 2,541,257 218,550 11.28 25.64% 0.49%
1972 98,292,028 27,394,053 68,020,231 2,659,193 218,550 9.27 −8.74% 0.41%
1971 107,709,476 27,538,205 77,384,011 2,568,710 218,550 10.5 4.05% 0.46%
1970 103,520,899 23,561,141 77,123,373 2,617,834 218,550 10.44 – 0.45%

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).