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Venezuela Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
167,318,430
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.21%
increase
Global Share
0.31%
Per Capita
4.82
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Venezuela were 167,318,430 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.21% over the previous year, representing an increase by 2,006,927 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 165,311,504 tons.
  • Per capita: 4.82 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Venezuela accounts for 0.31% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 167,318,430 96,411,416 52,996,527 8,909,615 9,000,873 4.82 1.21% 0.31%
2023 165,311,504 96,390,283 51,658,551 8,811,713 8,450,957 4.82 3.15% 0.31%
2022 160,260,668 92,004,002 51,387,140 8,970,111 7,899,415 4.72 13.4% 0.31%
2021 141,326,417 75,873,038 49,357,847 8,744,406 7,351,125 4.21 −0.13% 0.28%
2020 141,503,484 76,665,742 49,011,105 9,037,785 6,788,851 4.27 −25.33% 0.29%
2019 189,502,817 120,372,429 53,486,318 9,399,282 6,244,788 5.78 −10.03% 0.37%
2018 210,635,670 137,791,300 57,876,518 9,252,663 5,715,189 6.5 −8.85% 0.42%
2017 231,081,417 151,961,940 63,880,516 10,118,959 5,120,002 7.23 −6.12% 0.47%
2016 246,141,859 162,937,847 68,064,857 10,514,290 4,624,865 7.8 −6.39% 0.51%
2015 262,948,952 175,933,928 71,780,468 11,111,624 4,122,933 8.44 −6.58% 0.54%
2014 281,468,041 191,922,351 73,812,964 11,618,867 4,113,859 9.16 −0.77% 0.58%
2013 283,656,201 192,967,428 74,972,707 11,632,317 4,083,749 9.36 −0.32% 0.59%
2012 284,554,777 193,794,105 75,094,628 11,397,814 4,268,230 9.52 10.27% 0.60%
2011 258,048,971 172,961,531 70,814,608 10,188,682 4,084,149 8.76 −1.12% 0.55%
2010 260,967,120 176,794,966 70,154,278 10,020,417 3,997,458 8.99 1.93% 0.57%
2009 256,019,383 165,248,460 75,787,076 10,844,658 4,139,189 8.96 −0.79% 0.59%
2008 258,048,602 164,103,469 78,904,817 10,828,564 4,211,753 9.17 4.56% 0.59%
2007 246,789,204 155,970,203 75,954,450 10,765,247 4,099,303 8.91 −0.43% 0.57%
2006 247,859,253 158,984,123 74,672,812 10,407,859 3,794,459 9.1 1.18% 0.59%
2005 244,969,932 155,937,765 74,762,950 10,629,296 3,639,922 9.15 3.82% 0.60%
2004 235,965,999 149,704,049 72,956,196 10,060,741 3,245,013 8.96 4.72% 0.60%
2003 225,321,014 143,000,890 69,446,933 9,921,629 2,951,561 8.71 −2.15% 0.59%
2002 230,270,656 148,095,476 69,865,999 9,769,065 2,540,115 9.06 0.53% 0.63%
2001 229,059,302 143,278,768 74,155,881 9,500,407 2,124,245 9.18 2.79% 0.63%
2000 222,846,789 137,745,295 73,782,682 9,186,442 2,132,370 9.1 4.58% 0.62%
1999 213,081,722 131,932,632 70,037,055 9,257,120 1,854,914 8.87 −1.95% 0.61%
1998 217,318,508 135,557,990 71,118,738 9,059,052 1,582,727 9.22 2.44% 0.63%
1997 212,132,267 133,822,625 67,410,002 8,887,122 2,012,518 9.18 2.39% 0.61%
1996 207,184,529 133,447,006 63,212,347 8,593,245 1,931,931 9.15 8.43% 0.61%
1995 191,071,156 119,919,741 60,841,241 8,450,895 1,859,279 8.61 1.49% 0.57%
1994 188,266,183 122,550,492 55,233,633 8,307,784 2,174,273 8.67 8.01% 0.58%
1993 174,299,459 110,190,718 53,637,527 8,129,082 2,342,132 8.2 2.61% 0.54%
1992 169,858,201 106,221,528 52,756,542 8,270,799 2,609,333 8.17 0.59% 0.53%
1991 168,863,811 105,382,106 52,418,693 8,402,154 2,660,859 8.31 3.13% 0.52%
1990 163,731,032 102,579,760 50,101,475 8,312,729 2,737,067 8.24 3.47% 0.51%
1989 158,242,439 99,597,716 47,478,001 8,456,959 2,709,763 8.16 4.68% 0.50%
1988 151,163,142 93,527,459 46,442,158 8,841,667 2,351,858 7.99 −0.97% 0.48%
1987 152,651,482 97,165,782 44,544,722 8,566,166 2,374,813 8.28 4.15% 0.50%
1986 146,567,600 92,569,396 43,547,933 8,070,054 2,380,217 8.16 1.86% 0.49%
1985 143,895,848 92,073,952 41,918,362 7,546,809 2,356,725 8.22 −1.25% 0.49%
1984 145,712,065 94,237,172 41,919,380 7,293,127 2,262,386 8.54 3.58% 0.51%
1983 140,672,185 90,815,776 41,112,693 6,729,697 2,014,019 8.47 −1.53% 0.50%
1982 142,858,897 92,963,473 41,567,719 6,638,613 1,689,093 8.83 0.99% 0.51%
1981 141,459,577 91,104,177 42,381,152 6,154,604 1,819,643 8.97 0.64% 0.51%
1980 140,565,993 90,610,780 41,893,538 6,264,212 1,797,463 9.16 6.43% 0.49%
1979 132,079,714 82,596,993 42,322,611 5,935,117 1,224,993 8.85 10.69% 0.46%
1978 119,325,952 73,012,939 39,816,719 5,812,585 683,709 8.21 5.26% 0.43%
1977 113,359,337 67,843,879 39,534,569 5,416,828 564,060 8.02 2.88% 0.42%
1976 110,181,783 66,023,230 38,627,998 4,986,631 543,924 8.02 3.46% 0.41%
1975 106,499,824 62,603,646 38,376,077 4,984,036 536,065 7.97 −6% 0.42%
1974 113,293,305 66,197,569 42,142,400 4,772,191 181,144 8.72 −2.39% 0.45%
1973 116,067,924 67,223,954 44,287,338 4,452,322 104,311 9.18 9.52% 0.46%
1972 105,980,434 59,531,099 42,013,257 4,335,748 100,330 8.63 −0.16% 0.44%
1971 106,147,779 57,940,538 43,906,719 4,202,182 98,339 8.89 −0.61% 0.46%
1970 106,795,160 59,320,078 43,227,515 4,148,033 99,534 9.22 0.46%

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).