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United Arab Emirates Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
264,148,374
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+3.87%
increase
Global Share
0.5%
Per Capita
25.62
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in the United Arab Emirates were 264,148,374 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 3.87% over the previous year, representing an increase by 9,841,053 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 254,307,321 tons.
  • Per capita: 25.62 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • the United Arab Emirates accounts for 0.5% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 264,148,374 200,558,970 37,083,684 2,205,511 24,300,208 25.62 3.87% 0.50%
2023 254,307,321 192,696,444 36,662,622 2,138,821 22,809,434 24.96 −0.5% 0.48%
2022 255,592,730 195,184,009 36,945,895 2,133,945 21,328,880 25.4 0.09% 0.49%
2021 255,352,457 199,420,992 33,971,968 2,131,612 19,827,885 25.7 2.24% 0.50%
2020 249,749,036 195,674,236 33,729,736 2,055,023 18,290,041 25.45 −0.85% 0.51%
2019 251,893,828 197,849,360 35,110,485 2,046,762 16,887,220 26.02 5.49% 0.50%
2018 238,779,502 187,285,348 34,074,650 1,996,428 15,423,077 25.03 −6.09% 0.47%
2017 254,267,209 204,422,709 33,962,079 2,107,894 13,774,527 27.05 −3.02% 0.51%
2016 262,189,457 212,430,541 35,250,439 2,105,344 12,403,132 28.28 3.14% 0.54%
2015 254,207,255 206,851,875 34,232,200 2,010,431 11,112,750 27.77 5.02% 0.52%
2014 242,049,742 198,113,781 31,788,765 2,079,677 10,067,519 26.68 1.46% 0.50%
2013 238,577,451 195,053,358 32,157,137 2,075,403 9,291,552 26.49 5.23% 0.50%
2012 226,717,274 185,010,293 30,731,624 1,911,272 9,064,085 25.47 4.29% 0.48%
2011 217,382,002 177,257,234 29,333,589 1,856,169 8,935,009 25.07 3.67% 0.46%
2010 209,693,260 171,952,920 27,146,023 1,854,212 8,740,105 25.35 4.07% 0.46%
2009 201,499,313 165,336,872 25,766,534 1,754,782 8,641,124 26.28 0.55% 0.47%
2008 200,391,418 164,251,886 26,156,250 1,601,350 8,381,933 29.07 15.94% 0.46%
2007 172,835,806 137,144,091 25,972,249 1,453,596 8,265,869 28.6 6.48% 0.40%
2006 162,324,982 127,197,214 25,892,153 1,345,772 7,889,844 30.97 4.38% 0.39%
2005 155,519,233 122,461,281 24,332,981 1,286,822 7,438,149 33.96 6.48% 0.38%
2004 146,051,808 115,019,664 23,383,356 1,210,300 6,438,489 35.73 4.76% 0.37%
2003 139,410,550 108,819,556 23,909,317 1,192,446 5,489,231 37.26 6.17% 0.37%
2002 131,314,418 103,518,397 22,058,369 1,138,639 4,599,014 37.44 1.21% 0.36%
2001 129,743,467 101,259,310 23,591,715 1,069,657 3,822,785 39.01 10.68% 0.36%
2000 117,226,022 88,456,930 24,739,907 966,892 3,062,292 37.16 2.21% 0.33%
1999 114,688,559 89,152,449 22,535,436 1,012,251 1,988,424 38.38 2.46% 0.33%
1998 111,937,192 86,478,134 22,936,128 972,213 1,550,717 39.44 0.96% 0.32%
1997 110,869,289 84,301,610 24,329,865 939,772 1,298,042 41.06 1.64% 0.32%
1996 109,083,857 80,890,830 26,255,724 891,971 1,045,332 42.43 4.9% 0.32%
1995 103,984,525 77,402,543 24,915,003 834,015 832,964 42.46 5.1% 0.31%
1994 98,940,664 72,568,529 24,607,532 775,895 988,708 42.49 5.2% 0.30%
1993 94,052,920 65,914,121 26,494,591 724,140 920,069 42.61 7.59% 0.29%
1992 87,420,939 62,522,409 23,294,352 677,588 926,590 41.9 −0.53% 0.27%
1991 87,887,217 64,722,216 21,606,128 681,775 877,099 44.61 10.54% 0.27%
1990 79,503,672 56,887,567 21,267,503 634,063 714,540 42.74 3.07% 0.25%
1989 77,133,195 56,936,025 19,134,393 613,222 449,555 43.92 13.19% 0.24%
1988 68,144,866 50,989,237 16,177,790 571,288 406,550 41.15 −0.85% 0.22%
1987 68,730,058 52,068,048 15,683,370 565,979 412,660 44.04 5.51% 0.23%
1986 65,140,595 50,234,069 13,975,539 536,892 394,095 44.25 −0.01% 0.22%
1985 65,147,516 51,811,517 12,427,766 531,527 376,705 46.83 3.39% 0.22%
1984 63,011,667 49,981,221 12,153,372 517,994 359,080 47.79 26.53% 0.22%
1983 49,799,320 36,792,776 12,226,631 459,137 320,775 39.74 −4.09% 0.18%
1982 51,923,382 38,065,032 13,057,497 455,403 345,450 43.65 −3.72% 0.19%
1981 53,927,974 38,055,484 15,069,882 436,478 366,130 48.11 −8.31% 0.19%
1980 58,818,567 41,138,480 16,846,873 420,318 412,895 56.43 4.31% 0.21%
1979 56,386,017 37,879,505 17,834,346 334,471 337,695 59.23 −20.49% 0.20%
1978 70,912,595 52,611,389 17,658,036 378,325 264,845 83.21 8.44% 0.25%
1977 65,392,842 45,876,446 18,962,023 332,063 222,310 87.41 1.63% 0.24%
1976 64,346,587 45,580,994 18,267,853 313,500 184,240 99.46 21.22% 0.24%
1975 53,081,230 36,679,444 15,968,778 276,027 156,980 95.76 1.66% 0.21%
1974 52,212,711 36,010,684 15,774,218 270,829 156,980 110.77 3.01% 0.21%
1973 50,687,408 35,843,602 14,427,093 259,733 156,980 127.62 28.38% 0.20%
1972 39,481,945 27,747,359 11,368,906 208,699 156,980 118.65 10.23% 0.16%
1971 35,818,424 25,429,812 10,041,060 190,571 156,980 128.47 20.31% 0.15%
1970 29,772,725 19,464,782 9,993,216 157,747 156,980 126.42 – 0.13%

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).