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Réunion Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
3,034,389
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.84%
increase
Global Share
0.01%
Per Capita
3.29
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Réunion were 3,034,389 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.84% over the previous year, representing an increase by 54,807 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 2,979,582 tons.
  • Per capita: 3.29 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Réunion 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 3,034,389 2,672,829 243,327 118,233 3.29 1.84% 0.0057%
2023 2,979,582 2,621,182 241,512 116,889 3.25 2.05% 0.0057%
2022 2,919,813 2,565,360 239,028 115,425 3.21 0.62% 0.0056%
2021 2,901,751 2,550,507 236,345 114,900 3.21 0.41% 0.0057%
2020 2,889,963 2,541,118 234,430 114,415 3.22 −0.41% 0.0059%
2019 2,901,966 2,555,365 232,730 113,872 3.26 −0.12% 0.0057%
2018 2,905,341 2,561,060 230,867 113,413 3.29 0.3% 0.0057%
2017 2,896,521 2,557,669 225,719 113,133 3.3 0.06% 0.0059%
2016 2,894,719 2,558,214 223,912 112,592 3.33 0.62% 0.0059%
2015 2,876,766 2,546,089 221,684 108,993 3.33 −0.83% 0.0059%
2014 2,900,956 2,573,762 218,518 108,676 3.39 −0.35% 0.0060%
2013 2,911,104 2,593,134 210,583 107,387 3.42 0.21% 0.0060%
2012 2,905,005 2,581,407 212,582 111,016 3.44 1.36% 0.0061%
2011 2,865,906 2,545,975 208,618 111,313 3.42 −3.16% 0.0061%
2010 2,959,422 2,640,765 207,766 110,891 3.56 5.63% 0.0065%
2009 2,801,792 2,469,625 220,887 111,281 3.4 5.03% 0.0065%
2008 2,667,688 2,345,362 216,534 105,792 3.27 7.9% 0.0061%
2007 2,472,411 2,164,661 208,450 99,300 3.06 −4.82% 0.0057%
2006 2,597,704 2,273,708 222,925 101,071 3.24 −3.48% 0.0062%
2005 2,691,438 2,369,950 219,669 101,819 3.4 −3.43% 0.0066%
2004 2,787,089 2,469,183 214,547 103,359 3.56 8.11% 0.0070%
2003 2,578,097 2,271,481 209,114 97,502 3.34 3.21% 0.0068%
2002 2,497,812 2,201,033 202,656 94,123 3.29 5.22% 0.0068%
2001 2,374,000 2,082,714 199,688 91,598 3.17 2.19% 0.0066%
2000 2,323,012 2,034,317 199,992 88,704 3.15 2.6% 0.0065%
1999 2,264,126 1,981,144 196,648 86,334 3.13 3.8% 0.0065%
1998 2,181,217 1,905,595 188,667 86,956 3.06 27.29% 0.0063%
1997 1,713,582 1,444,002 187,395 82,184 2.45 −0.88% 0.0050%
1996 1,728,870 1,463,079 183,437 82,353 2.52 2.5% 0.0051%
1995 1,686,663 1,423,121 180,991 82,551 2.5 1.01% 0.0050%
1994 1,669,748 1,410,838 178,683 80,227 2.53 2.56% 0.0051%
1993 1,628,099 1,369,978 179,263 78,859 2.51 15.48% 0.0050%
1992 1,409,891 1,158,701 175,790 75,401 2.22 −9.13% 0.0044%
1991 1,551,556 1,293,421 176,991 81,143 2.49 33.61% 0.0048%
1990 1,161,249 923,566 169,176 68,508 1.9 −8.87% 0.0036%
1989 1,274,246 1,083,847 130,580 59,819 2.13 −2.21% 0.0040%
1988 1,303,011 1,105,088 134,569 63,354 2.21 6.75% 0.0042%
1987 1,220,668 1,027,127 130,828 62,713 2.11 40.48% 0.0040%
1986 868,929 686,504 128,228 54,197 1.53 1.71% 0.0029%
1985 854,332 673,672 127,367 53,294 1.53 −0.19% 0.0029%
1984 855,947 674,981 127,020 53,946 1.56 6.62% 0.0030%
1983 802,823 625,783 124,671 52,369 1.49 17.79% 0.0029%
1982 681,597 505,388 124,994 51,215 1.29 2.09% 0.0025%
1981 667,621 494,253 122,074 51,293 1.29 0.04% 0.0024%
1980 667,337 505,917 116,720 44,700 1.31 −2.28% 0.0023%
1979 682,873 521,675 117,786 43,411 1.36 10.21% 0.0024%
1978 619,595 449,101 122,422 48,072 1.25 −2.57% 0.0022%
1977 635,962 455,670 124,557 55,735 1.29 5.03% 0.0023%
1976 605,516 441,684 113,971 49,861 1.24 5.07% 0.0023%
1975 576,290 425,738 106,757 43,794 1.19 2.68% 0.0023%
1974 561,259 413,077 104,797 43,386 1.17 4.74% 0.0022%
1973 535,863 387,866 106,268 41,729 1.12 3.36% 0.0021%
1972 518,442 374,730 103,632 40,080 1.09 0.71% 0.0021%
1971 514,763 370,819 103,547 40,397 1.09 −0.1% 0.0022%
1970 515,290 367,720 106,298 41,272 1.12 0.0022%

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).