Flag of Syria
Syria Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
47,165,576
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.36%
increase
Global Share
0.09%
Per Capita
2.1
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Syria were 47,165,576 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.36% over the previous year, representing an increase by 634,921 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 46,530,655 tons.
  • Per capita: 2.1 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Syria accounts for 0.09% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 47,165,576 31,449,838 6,414,505 3,907,364 5,393,868 2.1 1.36% 0.089%
2023 46,530,655 31,357,113 6,346,835 3,783,217 5,043,489 2.17 1.82% 0.089%
2022 45,699,072 31,165,575 6,260,304 3,581,438 4,691,755 2.23 −1.27% 0.088%
2021 46,286,122 32,036,263 6,431,333 3,475,793 4,342,732 2.36 −0.11% 0.090%
2020 46,339,381 31,749,202 6,970,142 3,635,713 3,984,323 2.45 −2.12% 0.095%
2019 47,341,465 33,317,111 6,916,641 3,471,161 3,636,551 2.56 −0.96% 0.093%
2018 47,801,474 34,004,697 7,303,840 3,197,273 3,295,664 2.61 3.31% 0.095%
2017 46,269,566 31,080,703 8,994,001 3,285,766 2,909,096 2.53 11.93% 0.094%
2016 41,336,179 25,877,191 9,588,400 3,277,352 2,593,236 2.24 −5.45% 0.085%
2015 43,719,800 28,135,670 9,836,429 3,474,698 2,273,003 2.33 −7.05% 0.090%
2014 47,035,513 30,987,344 10,277,482 3,713,799 2,056,888 2.45 −1.81% 0.097%
2013 47,900,769 31,194,965 11,021,139 3,797,632 1,887,034 2.42 −28.07% 0.099%
2012 66,592,958 46,247,684 13,907,785 4,601,483 1,836,006 3.26 −21.13% 0.14%
2011 84,432,370 58,618,126 18,973,492 5,040,214 1,800,539 4.05 −4.9% 0.18%
2010 88,786,442 62,691,766 19,477,006 4,829,470 1,788,200 4.22 −0.51% 0.20%
2009 89,245,853 62,409,052 20,023,439 5,014,580 1,798,781 4.29 −3.03% 0.21%
2008 92,036,940 66,679,418 18,551,752 5,065,664 1,740,105 4.53 −0.36% 0.21%
2007 92,372,942 65,022,839 20,134,637 5,542,163 1,673,303 4.71 4.45% 0.21%
2006 88,434,706 61,568,757 19,922,052 5,305,667 1,638,229 4.68 2.07% 0.21%
2005 86,642,449 58,809,688 20,799,854 5,480,258 1,552,650 4.74 15.97% 0.21%
2004 74,709,608 48,031,818 20,280,437 5,097,404 1,299,948 4.2 1.31% 0.19%
2003 73,746,777 45,981,873 22,152,755 4,522,073 1,090,076 4.23 0.59% 0.19%
2002 73,310,648 45,827,853 22,251,059 4,349,286 882,450 4.29 −5.59% 0.20%
2001 77,654,515 46,013,207 26,894,817 4,045,663 700,828 4.63 −8.59% 0.22%
2000 84,953,054 45,901,721 34,216,733 4,323,023 511,577 5.18 2.54% 0.24%
1999 82,849,611 45,208,259 32,922,866 4,436,649 281,837 5.17 −0.9% 0.24%
1998 83,598,158 46,015,136 32,911,451 4,478,306 193,266 5.36 2.47% 0.24%
1997 81,582,855 43,334,956 33,881,106 4,224,784 142,009 5.38 −1.49% 0.24%
1996 82,820,935 43,527,840 35,022,132 4,168,061 102,902 5.61 3.77% 0.24%
1995 79,808,560 40,512,764 35,196,911 4,033,290 65,595 5.56 2.03% 0.24%
1994 78,217,468 38,883,648 35,447,512 3,848,111 38,197 5.61 3.97% 0.24%
1993 75,230,670 36,871,573 34,722,684 3,620,179 16,234 5.55 5.58% 0.23%
1992 71,254,540 35,880,142 31,782,248 3,582,092 10,058 5.4 −0.82% 0.22%
1991 71,842,778 36,112,679 32,227,832 3,495,908 6,358 5.61 13.32% 0.22%
1990 63,398,980 33,004,357 26,699,035 3,694,611 977 5.09 13.36% 0.20%
1989 55,927,426 28,672,244 23,862,612 3,392,569 0 4.63 5.71% 0.18%
1988 52,908,168 29,711,360 19,692,485 3,504,323 0 4.51 3.89% 0.17%
1987 50,926,232 30,279,717 17,407,887 3,238,628 0 4.48 21% 0.17%
1986 42,086,788 23,838,682 15,153,126 3,094,980 0 3.82 4.9% 0.14%
1985 40,119,716 22,858,653 14,239,770 3,021,294 0 3.77 −5.26% 0.14%
1984 42,345,377 25,335,251 14,037,676 2,972,450 0 4.11 6.82% 0.15%
1983 39,640,338 22,613,745 13,980,589 3,046,004 0 3.99 12.66% 0.14%
1982 35,185,301 19,140,382 13,267,653 2,777,266 0 3.67 9.13% 0.13%
1981 32,241,094 16,165,749 13,431,489 2,643,856 0 3.48 7.81% 0.12%
1980 29,904,915 14,371,485 12,958,484 2,574,947 0 3.35 −0.02% 0.11%
1979 29,911,515 15,341,348 12,203,194 2,366,973 0 3.47 9.17% 0.10%
1978 27,397,790 12,046,012 13,131,962 2,219,816 0 3.29 5.39% 0.098%
1977 25,997,178 11,748,529 12,181,220 2,067,428 0 3.23 1.79% 0.095%
1976 25,540,745 10,683,508 12,876,284 1,980,953 0 3.28 9.53% 0.096%
1975 23,319,193 9,294,695 12,212,758 1,811,740 0 3.09 25.29% 0.092%
1974 18,611,962 7,943,064 8,957,617 1,711,280 0 2.56 21.82% 0.073%
1973 15,277,861 5,837,282 7,911,273 1,529,307 0 2.17 −4.43% 0.060%
1972 15,985,640 6,141,475 8,265,181 1,578,983 0 2.35 2.45% 0.066%
1971 15,603,184 6,371,116 7,717,507 1,514,561 0 2.37 0.01% 0.067%
1970 15,601,030 6,339,028 7,724,663 1,537,339 0 2.46 0.067%

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).