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Pakistan Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
525,882,471
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.70%
increase
Global Share
0.99%
Per Capita
2.36
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Pakistan were 525,882,471 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 0.7% over the previous year, representing an increase by 3,672,462 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 522,210,009 tons.
  • Per capita: 2.36 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Pakistan accounts for 0.99% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 525,882,471 203,988,261 250,901,720 59,451,968 11,540,522 2.36 0.7% 0.99%
2023 522,210,009 208,889,513 244,260,802 58,207,966 10,851,728 2.38 −2.87% 0.99%
2022 537,656,336 235,372,548 234,840,795 57,281,926 10,161,066 2.49 2.03% 1.04%
2021 526,951,710 229,136,567 231,419,773 56,921,230 9,474,140 2.48 3.07% 1.03%
2020 511,264,218 222,599,688 224,311,337 55,581,970 8,771,223 2.45 7.39% 1.04%
2019 476,090,849 198,840,735 216,369,526 52,791,510 8,089,078 2.33 0.59% 0.94%
2018 473,292,763 202,312,397 210,767,627 52,793,153 7,419,585 2.36 −0.82% 0.94%
2017 477,201,033 213,295,842 205,190,100 52,048,950 6,666,141 2.42 5.1% 0.96%
2016 454,030,451 196,797,635 199,410,660 51,779,514 6,042,642 2.35 7.19% 0.93%
2015 423,572,318 178,284,145 194,589,493 45,287,572 5,411,108 2.24 2.7% 0.87%
2014 412,434,666 169,202,704 190,512,593 47,748,444 4,970,925 2.22 4.08% 0.85%
2013 396,269,888 160,798,942 184,535,001 46,320,188 4,615,758 2.18 3.79% 0.82%
2012 381,795,935 157,110,011 176,314,425 43,892,524 4,478,975 2.15 1.1% 0.80%
2011 377,643,785 155,239,307 172,788,671 45,244,785 4,371,022 2.17 2.3% 0.81%
2010 369,146,232 155,656,618 165,521,711 43,662,562 4,305,341 2.16 −1.77% 0.81%
2009 375,795,179 160,075,280 166,477,717 44,958,990 4,283,192 2.25 2.92% 0.87%
2008 365,142,638 156,377,033 162,800,759 41,831,319 4,133,526 2.23 0.43% 0.84%
2007 363,581,222 161,964,627 156,492,960 41,158,705 3,964,930 2.27 6.58% 0.84%
2006 341,148,375 145,311,002 153,517,944 38,459,377 3,860,052 2.17 6.89% 0.81%
2005 319,164,850 133,920,954 143,219,618 38,365,215 3,659,063 2.07 2.67% 0.78%
2004 310,878,836 131,439,742 139,246,835 37,105,245 3,087,014 2.06 6.88% 0.78%
2003 290,865,304 117,497,613 135,715,964 35,052,645 2,599,082 1.97 3.93% 0.76%
2002 279,876,886 113,331,255 130,819,568 33,597,623 2,128,439 1.93 1.9% 0.77%
2001 274,661,922 113,976,603 126,124,131 32,852,077 1,709,111 1.94 1.23% 0.76%
2000 271,331,948 111,889,856 125,741,372 32,419,081 1,281,639 1.96 2.29% 0.76%
1999 265,270,034 109,579,280 122,969,243 31,882,066 839,445 1.96 5.24% 0.76%
1998 252,065,320 100,057,798 120,643,100 30,708,435 655,986 1.91 2.22% 0.73%
1997 246,587,624 99,105,809 116,632,928 30,267,125 581,762 1.91 2.68% 0.71%
1996 240,162,326 96,168,777 114,094,266 29,376,704 522,579 1.91 4.2% 0.70%
1995 230,476,181 91,874,569 109,186,193 28,962,813 452,607 1.88 5.23% 0.69%
1994 219,020,949 85,585,441 105,962,859 26,937,150 535,499 1.83 2.35% 0.67%
1993 213,985,961 83,293,724 104,230,863 25,814,899 646,475 1.83 6.03% 0.66%
1992 201,807,698 74,911,034 100,866,096 25,216,374 814,194 1.77 5.76% 0.63%
1991 190,819,295 68,126,004 97,987,733 23,783,012 922,546 1.72 1.03% 0.59%
1990 188,877,421 65,640,462 98,846,899 23,396,095 993,965 1.75 3.27% 0.59%
1989 182,902,493 63,466,155 95,389,349 23,068,214 978,775 1.75 5% 0.57%
1988 174,195,944 58,723,852 92,802,442 21,798,740 870,910 1.72 4.43% 0.56%
1987 166,804,159 54,535,138 90,191,751 21,208,005 869,265 1.7 5.7% 0.55%
1986 157,811,157 47,146,195 88,780,616 21,069,367 814,980 1.66 9.55% 0.53%
1985 144,049,480 43,938,367 80,367,866 18,978,556 764,690 1.56 6.21% 0.49%
1984 135,624,839 39,868,974 77,409,234 17,688,866 657,765 1.52 3.37% 0.47%
1983 131,200,852 37,881,724 75,484,511 17,298,347 536,270 1.52 3.26% 0.47%
1982 127,054,595 35,496,066 73,842,793 17,183,226 532,510 1.52 5.51% 0.46%
1981 120,422,260 31,608,806 71,951,600 16,338,510 523,345 1.49 4.72% 0.43%
1980 114,994,389 29,032,587 69,351,074 16,060,357 550,370 1.47 1.68% 0.40%
1979 113,093,808 27,119,071 69,499,488 16,035,564 439,685 1.5 4.5% 0.39%
1978 108,224,215 25,128,009 67,762,258 15,001,423 332,525 1.48 4.16% 0.39%
1977 103,898,370 23,934,767 65,750,111 13,948,412 265,080 1.46 4.77% 0.38%
1976 99,171,414 22,503,801 63,122,512 13,344,881 200,220 1.44 1.29% 0.37%
1975 97,908,817 23,578,161 61,557,507 12,643,195 129,955 1.47 4.97% 0.38%
1974 93,273,286 21,281,648 59,900,176 11,961,507 129,955 1.44 3.34% 0.37%
1973 90,262,323 20,048,720 58,557,101 11,526,546 129,955 1.43 3.29% 0.36%
1972 87,383,205 18,841,315 57,281,572 11,130,363 129,955 1.42 2.44% 0.36%
1971 85,305,584 18,092,722 56,182,181 10,900,725 129,955 1.43 1.29% 0.37%
1970 84,222,458 17,857,388 55,468,756 10,766,359 129,955 1.45 0.36%

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).