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Palau Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
1,533,811
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+4.91%
increase
Global Share
0%
Per Capita
66.69
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Palau were 1,533,811 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 4.91% over the previous year, representing an increase by 71,776 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 1,462,035 tons.
  • Per capita: 66.69 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Palau accounts for 0% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 1,533,811 1,465,894 38,760 29,157 66.69 4.91% 0.0029%
2023 1,462,035 1,397,906 36,313 27,816 63.57 −0.04% 0.0028%
2022 1,462,683 1,398,142 36,630 27,910 63.59 5.27% 0.0028%
2021 1,389,473 1,328,991 33,897 26,585 63.16 4% 0.0027%
2020 1,336,027 1,276,382 34,102 25,542 59.53 0.72% 0.0027%
2019 1,326,505 1,268,316 33,297 24,892 59.74 3.09% 0.0026%
2018 1,286,735 1,230,533 32,051 24,152 58.58 2.51% 0.0025%
2017 1,255,262 1,196,368 34,930 23,964 57.77 4.55% 0.0025%
2016 1,200,618 1,144,381 33,579 22,658 55.83 −4.2% 0.0025%
2015 1,253,205 1,195,368 34,893 22,945 58.87 −5.22% 0.0026%
2014 1,322,277 1,267,719 29,873 24,686 62.68 −29.69% 0.0027%
2013 1,880,676 1,824,339 28,740 27,597 89.9 −49.46% 0.0039%
2012 3,720,993 3,603,943 56,170 60,880 179.26 50.94% 0.0078%
2011 2,465,254 2,369,695 51,788 43,771 119.68 11.81% 0.0053%
2010 2,204,945 2,110,718 58,847 35,380 107.72 −3.44% 0.0049%
2009 2,283,554 2,173,795 73,539 36,220 112.26 54.18% 0.0053%
2008 1,481,133 1,397,795 57,050 26,288 73.22 1.2% 0.0034%
2007 1,463,569 1,383,652 55,398 24,520 72.76 −18.79% 0.0034%
2006 1,802,236 1,697,757 73,211 31,268 90.06 −2.21% 0.0043%
2005 1,842,962 1,735,190 75,457 32,315 92.58 15.44% 0.0045%
2004 1,596,439 1,521,839 45,970 28,630 80.61 −11.04% 0.0040%
2003 1,794,536 1,718,117 43,553 32,866 91.09 18.87% 0.0047%
2002 1,509,647 1,444,097 39,012 26,538 77.13 −39.2% 0.0041%
2001 2,482,882 2,363,564 76,448 42,870 127.96 10.8% 0.0069%
2000 2,240,786 2,121,968 79,354 39,463 116.86 −13.84% 0.0063%
1999 2,600,807 2,419,917 124,209 56,680 137.76 6.68% 0.0074%
1998 2,437,976 2,278,760 106,148 53,068 131.61 −9.64% 0.0070%
1997 2,697,955 2,518,166 123,380 56,410 148.87 12.14% 0.0078%
1996 2,405,839 2,211,582 146,308 47,949 135.99 −5.9% 0.0070%
1995 2,556,632 2,349,735 157,794 49,103 148.18 −21.54% 0.0076%
1994 3,258,644 2,995,836 207,046 55,761 193.9 49.66% 0.0100%
1993 2,177,428 2,001,682 139,395 36,351 133.24 2.34% 0.0067%
1992 2,127,602 1,955,845 136,412 35,345 133.86 −8.53% 0.0066%
1991 2,325,959 2,139,886 149,234 36,840 150.31 −0.74% 0.0072%
1990 2,343,390 2,155,970 150,276 37,144 155.31 1.07% 0.0073%
1989 2,318,574 2,133,417 148,610 36,547 157.12 4.42% 0.0073%
1988 2,220,408 2,042,973 142,286 35,149 153.24 −4.27% 0.0071%
1987 2,319,556 2,134,409 148,453 36,695 162.89 4.84% 0.0076%
1986 2,212,487 2,036,043 141,584 34,859 158.2 9.02% 0.0075%
1985 2,029,449 1,867,770 129,945 31,734 148.18 −19.06% 0.0070%
1984 2,507,330 2,308,172 159,971 39,187 187.51 10.58% 0.0087%
1983 2,267,411 2,087,053 144,685 35,673 174.26 3.83% 0.0081%
1982 2,183,795 2,010,374 139,316 34,105 172.45 −0.71% 0.0079%
1981 2,199,403 2,024,871 140,189 34,343 177.56 1.51% 0.0079%
1980 2,166,661 1,994,805 138,033 33,823 177.68 −0.01% 0.0076%
1979 2,166,868 1,994,805 137,959 34,103 178.73 0% 0.0075%
1978 2,166,933 1,994,805 137,908 34,220 178.3 0% 0.0077%
1977 2,166,881 1,994,805 137,849 34,227 177.25 0% 0.0079%
1976 2,166,828 1,994,805 137,790 34,233 176.38 0.01% 0.0082%
1975 2,166,683 1,994,805 137,690 34,188 176.47 0% 0.0085%
1974 2,166,640 1,994,805 137,603 34,231 177.64 0% 0.0085%
1973 2,166,562 1,994,805 137,532 34,226 179.86 0% 0.0085%
1972 2,166,491 1,994,805 137,429 34,257 182.8 0% 0.0090%
1971 2,166,509 1,994,804 137,342 34,363 185.9 0.01% 0.0093%
1970 2,166,347 1,994,804 137,212 34,332 188.71 0.0093%

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).