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Vietnam Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
584,257,623
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+7.61%
increase
Global Share
1.1%
Per Capita
5.73
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Vietnam were 584,257,623 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 7.61% over the previous year, representing an increase by 41,334,148 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 542,923,475 tons.
  • Per capita: 5.73 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Vietnam accounts for 1.1% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 584,257,623 430,819,227 116,474,679 26,090,590 10,873,126 5.73 7.61% 1.10%
2023 542,923,475 390,725,307 117,051,457 25,066,833 10,079,879 5.37 9.8% 1.03%
2022 494,474,375 343,999,861 117,285,402 23,903,076 9,286,036 4.94 1.58% 0.96%
2021 486,779,435 336,170,299 116,973,941 25,141,813 8,493,383 4.9 −1.25% 0.95%
2020 492,955,089 348,331,508 113,412,428 23,486,269 7,724,884 5.01 1.7% 1.01%
2019 484,710,042 336,528,821 115,560,473 25,716,240 6,904,508 4.98 13.32% 0.95%
2018 427,739,946 282,097,328 115,330,479 24,196,715 6,115,424 4.43 15.48% 0.85%
2017 370,390,542 229,253,858 112,980,059 22,737,238 5,419,387 3.88 1.65% 0.75%
2016 364,378,465 223,805,096 113,372,623 22,757,365 4,443,382 3.85 6.04% 0.75%
2015 343,626,267 200,818,305 115,123,177 23,936,615 3,748,170 3.67 7.35% 0.71%
2014 320,089,473 178,942,197 117,502,861 20,265,810 3,378,605 3.46 5.28% 0.66%
2013 304,038,012 163,159,851 116,822,257 20,961,909 3,093,995 3.32 2.9% 0.63%
2012 295,460,431 156,224,349 116,127,091 20,100,660 3,008,331 3.27 −0.06% 0.62%
2011 295,641,401 156,766,416 116,656,856 19,267,913 2,950,216 3.31 0.99% 0.63%
2010 292,740,414 156,783,937 114,522,071 18,504,407 2,930,000 3.31 6.19% 0.64%
2009 275,684,297 140,824,260 113,841,218 18,071,482 2,947,337 3.15 7.61% 0.64%
2008 256,198,830 125,791,645 110,961,358 16,594,631 2,851,195 2.95 4.5% 0.59%
2007 245,166,813 114,313,985 110,762,444 17,348,647 2,741,737 2.85 5.93% 0.57%
2006 231,436,664 103,159,988 108,551,172 17,041,236 2,684,269 2.72 2.77% 0.55%
2005 225,204,936 100,549,488 105,378,237 16,733,166 2,544,045 2.67 5.52% 0.55%
2004 213,415,394 91,927,357 101,540,155 17,817,893 2,129,989 2.56 11.71% 0.54%
2003 191,039,229 77,646,326 94,669,867 16,936,926 1,786,109 2.31 4.45% 0.50%
2002 182,894,484 73,081,778 92,280,281 16,086,514 1,445,910 2.23 8.78% 0.50%
2001 168,130,754 62,091,684 90,105,974 14,784,777 1,148,319 2.07 2.74% 0.47%
2000 163,642,430 56,535,616 90,432,953 15,835,634 838,228 2.04 4.81% 0.46%
1999 156,127,921 51,103,786 89,567,104 14,995,235 461,796 1.97 4.31% 0.45%
1998 149,671,338 49,892,278 84,845,387 14,617,003 316,669 1.91 7.39% 0.43%
1997 139,372,091 44,644,049 81,630,376 12,864,981 232,685 1.8 5.35% 0.40%
1996 132,299,397 38,706,612 80,340,518 13,083,661 168,606 1.73 6.87% 0.39%
1995 123,795,472 34,372,143 77,567,878 11,747,971 107,479 1.65 7.42% 0.37%
1994 115,248,251 29,881,425 73,391,575 11,912,665 62,587 1.56 7.01% 0.35%
1993 107,696,250 25,414,992 72,105,750 10,148,909 26,600 1.48 7.14% 0.33%
1992 100,519,325 21,702,500 69,204,597 9,595,748 16,480 1.41 4.66% 0.31%
1991 96,046,144 20,720,609 65,550,839 9,764,278 10,418 1.38 4.52% 0.30%
1990 91,895,181 20,577,764 62,692,668 8,623,149 1,600 1.35 1.63% 0.28%
1989 90,417,005 20,330,475 61,492,487 8,594,042 0 1.35 −0.4% 0.28%
1988 90,781,230 23,675,093 58,670,464 8,435,673 0 1.39 3.65% 0.29%
1987 87,580,732 24,118,456 55,809,701 7,652,575 0 1.37 2.29% 0.29%
1986 85,620,361 21,684,788 56,059,552 7,876,021 0 1.37 4.03% 0.29%
1985 82,302,546 19,757,785 55,131,161 7,413,600 0 1.35 2.22% 0.28%
1984 80,513,250 19,596,884 53,875,002 7,041,364 0 1.35 1.47% 0.28%
1983 79,344,932 19,543,674 52,868,821 6,932,437 0 1.36 3.69% 0.28%
1982 76,524,244 18,123,803 52,237,996 6,162,445 0 1.34 6.86% 0.28%
1981 71,613,789 16,739,734 49,332,473 5,541,582 0 1.29 4.23% 0.26%
1980 68,709,687 16,271,213 47,328,002 5,110,472 0 1.26 1.98% 0.24%
1979 67,376,276 15,579,585 46,917,290 4,879,401 0 1.27 3.51% 0.23%
1978 65,091,732 14,936,299 44,885,829 5,269,604 0 1.25 −1.79% 0.23%
1977 66,276,055 14,752,543 45,857,757 5,665,756 0 1.3 2.79% 0.24%
1976 64,477,415 13,559,384 45,636,730 5,281,301 0 1.29 −2.64% 0.24%
1975 66,222,580 18,559,330 42,686,542 4,976,707 0 1.36 2.27% 0.26%
1974 64,754,823 15,778,427 44,232,462 4,743,934 0 1.36 −3.14% 0.25%
1973 66,856,426 18,926,271 43,195,661 4,734,494 0 1.43 6.19% 0.26%
1972 62,960,322 16,984,331 41,368,944 4,607,048 0 1.38 −0.21% 0.26%
1971 63,092,083 17,523,275 40,983,044 4,585,764 0 1.42 0.65% 0.27%
1970 62,681,676 17,507,290 40,577,154 4,597,233 0 1.44 0.27%

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).