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Latvia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
11,642,389
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
−0.48%
decrease
Global Share
0.02%
Per Capita
6.37
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Latvia were 11,642,389 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions decreased by −0.48% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −55,632 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 11,698,021 tons.
  • Per capita: 6.37 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Latvia accounts for 0.02% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 11,642,389 6,807,219 2,066,331 2,331,902 436,937 6.37 −0.48% 0.022%
2023 11,698,021 6,900,393 2,075,640 2,287,598 434,390 6.35 −1.06% 0.022%
2022 11,823,611 6,926,780 2,153,478 2,312,430 430,923 6.36 −5.02% 0.023%
2021 12,448,505 7,530,390 2,167,586 2,321,233 429,296 6.64 2.13% 0.024%
2020 12,188,514 7,277,080 2,161,619 2,335,064 414,750 6.44 −4.66% 0.025%
2019 12,784,104 7,907,791 2,188,367 2,265,828 422,118 6.69 −0.98% 0.025%
2018 12,911,064 8,107,921 2,203,283 2,176,003 423,856 6.69 4.69% 0.026%
2017 12,332,456 7,432,143 2,255,705 2,216,079 428,529 6.33 −1.07% 0.025%
2016 12,465,504 7,480,595 2,264,129 2,286,331 434,449 6.33 −0.12% 0.026%
2015 12,480,765 7,647,969 2,285,442 2,133,413 413,940 6.26 2.22% 0.026%
2014 12,209,949 7,573,859 2,286,081 1,948,908 401,101 6.06 −0.97% 0.025%
2013 12,329,164 7,779,380 2,228,144 1,933,847 387,793 6.04 −1.96% 0.026%
2012 12,575,371 8,027,369 2,231,948 1,941,864 374,190 6.09 −0.6% 0.027%
2011 12,650,919 8,233,358 2,193,758 1,850,078 373,725 6.05 −4.37% 0.027%
2010 13,228,635 8,879,932 2,173,306 1,803,625 371,772 6.24 8.82% 0.029%
2009 12,156,720 7,751,935 2,228,584 1,830,387 345,814 5.67 −5.84% 0.028%
2008 12,910,407 8,478,698 2,214,700 1,887,229 329,779 5.94 −2.99% 0.030%
2007 13,308,955 8,914,292 2,169,839 1,886,261 338,562 6.05 3.34% 0.031%
2006 12,878,306 8,540,024 2,182,430 1,805,380 350,473 5.79 4.82% 0.031%
2005 12,286,216 8,030,014 2,139,614 1,769,967 346,621 5.46 1.21% 0.030%
2004 12,139,563 7,957,768 2,141,744 1,745,212 294,840 5.33 0.65% 0.031%
2003 12,061,663 7,915,053 2,163,642 1,728,981 253,987 5.23 2.57% 0.032%
2002 11,759,287 7,665,015 2,153,161 1,713,571 227,541 5.04 0.49% 0.032%
2001 11,701,862 7,669,211 2,120,344 1,707,013 205,295 4.96 5.43% 0.032%
2000 11,099,244 7,230,882 2,056,293 1,638,083 173,986 4.66 −6.86% 0.031%
1999 11,916,437 7,866,447 2,232,363 1,667,823 149,805 4.95 −5.12% 0.034%
1998 12,559,731 8,417,689 2,372,444 1,635,005 134,593 5.17 −4.13% 0.036%
1997 13,100,639 8,814,727 2,501,635 1,665,689 118,589 5.34 −3.94% 0.038%
1996 13,637,356 9,250,682 2,613,073 1,672,570 101,030 5.5 −0.15% 0.040%
1995 13,658,124 9,235,455 2,667,531 1,672,106 83,033 5.44 −10.71% 0.041%
1994 15,296,086 10,487,222 2,999,086 1,754,687 55,091 6.01 −17.16% 0.047%
1993 18,464,566 12,051,095 4,247,021 2,126,984 39,467 7.15 −14.97% 0.057%
1992 21,714,803 14,305,364 5,027,526 2,351,647 30,265 8.29 −15.83% 0.067%
1991 25,797,833 17,991,281 5,295,236 2,475,083 36,232 9.74 −6.35% 0.080%
1990 27,546,434 19,619,063 5,395,206 2,514,733 17,432 10.34 1.52% 0.085%
1989 27,134,549 18,976,628 5,566,033 2,582,337 9,551 10.19 −1.07% 0.085%
1988 27,429,221 19,325,740 5,488,349 2,607,853 7,279 10.35 −0.57% 0.087%
1987 27,586,849 19,367,830 5,555,785 2,656,844 6,390 10.5 1.4% 0.091%
1986 27,205,886 19,116,042 5,443,129 2,640,105 6,611 10.46 1.48% 0.092%
1985 26,810,354 18,763,105 5,421,483 2,624,494 1,272 10.39 0.53% 0.092%
1984 26,669,447 18,721,880 5,346,739 2,598,645 2,183 10.4 0.82% 0.093%
1983 26,452,961 18,651,562 5,222,837 2,576,516 2,046 10.37 1.32% 0.094%
1982 26,108,794 18,431,011 5,139,097 2,536,924 1,762 10.28 1.81% 0.094%
1981 25,643,401 18,051,662 5,073,753 2,515,585 2,402 10.13 0.89% 0.092%
1980 25,415,997 17,846,139 5,057,839 2,511,784 233 10.08 2.85% 0.089%
1979 24,710,904 17,180,777 5,023,046 2,507,081 0 9.84 2.35% 0.086%
1978 24,144,278 16,670,049 4,974,897 2,499,332 0 9.65 3.31% 0.086%
1977 23,370,971 16,026,204 4,893,723 2,451,044 0 9.37 2.32% 0.086%
1976 22,841,556 15,543,296 4,859,829 2,438,432 0 9.2 3.09% 0.086%
1975 22,157,029 14,920,069 4,836,747 2,400,213 0 8.97 5.33% 0.087%
1974 21,035,229 13,940,128 4,726,001 2,369,100 0 8.57 5.5% 0.083%
1973 19,938,129 13,027,784 4,585,960 2,324,385 0 8.18 5.75% 0.078%
1972 18,854,839 12,075,398 4,488,061 2,291,380 0 7.8 4.99% 0.078%
1971 17,958,233 11,351,271 4,351,564 2,255,398 0 7.49 1.39% 0.077%
1970 17,712,435 11,336,538 4,161,584 2,214,314 0 7.45 – 0.076%

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).