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Western Sahara Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
735,414
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+2.94%
increase
Global Share
0%
Per Capita
1.12
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Western Sahara were 735,414 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 2.94% over the previous year, representing an increase by 20,988 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 714,426 tons.
  • Per capita: 1.12 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Western Sahara accounts for 0% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 735,414 301,175 381,928 52,311 1.12 2.94% 0.0014%
2023 714,426 286,832 376,450 51,143 1.12 3.86% 0.0014%
2022 687,906 265,976 371,893 50,037 1.1 4.78% 0.0013%
2021 656,546 240,866 366,755 48,925 1.07 8.62% 0.0013%
2020 604,441 197,393 359,881 47,167 1.01 −4.46% 0.0012%
2019 632,673 233,009 352,977 46,687 1.09 2.54% 0.0012%
2018 617,008 225,725 345,805 45,478 1.09 2.14% 0.0012%
2017 604,073 214,772 344,334 44,966 1.09 −3.87% 0.0012%
2016 628,416 240,047 343,308 45,062 1.17 0.71% 0.0013%
2015 623,974 238,078 341,613 44,283 1.19 1.23% 0.0013%
2014 616,394 233,442 338,965 43,987 1.2 −0.35% 0.0013%
2013 618,585 238,093 336,673 43,819 1.23 0.26% 0.0013%
2012 616,988 239,484 334,030 43,475 1.24 0.74% 0.0013%
2011 612,472 238,902 330,235 43,336 1.26 −1.54% 0.0013%
2010 622,082 252,954 325,902 43,226 1.3 −0.08% 0.0014%
2009 622,611 255,592 323,986 43,032 1.31 0.06% 0.0014%
2008 622,220 257,508 321,880 42,832 1.33 0.93% 0.0014%
2007 616,460 256,062 317,861 42,537 1.33 −0.28% 0.0014%
2006 618,199 260,020 315,931 42,248 1.37 0.68% 0.0015%
2005 614,046 259,562 312,720 41,764 1.4 0.78% 0.0015%
2004 609,318 263,240 304,725 41,354 1.46 1.32% 0.0015%
2003 601,390 264,145 296,335 40,910 1.54 2.74% 0.0016%
2002 585,373 258,234 286,603 40,537 1.61 1.02% 0.0016%
2001 579,447 258,849 278,783 41,815 1.72 2.83% 0.0016%
2000 563,518 255,332 269,862 38,324 1.79 13.28% 0.0016%
1999 497,437 197,818 263,427 36,192 1.68 2.89% 0.0014%
1998 483,455 190,310 257,500 35,645 1.71 1.68% 0.0014%
1997 475,483 187,717 252,139 35,627 1.74 3.07% 0.0014%
1996 461,307 179,041 246,901 35,365 1.75 2.06% 0.0013%
1995 451,989 175,653 241,375 34,961 1.77 6.94% 0.0013%
1994 422,668 150,998 237,341 34,330 1.71 1.18% 0.0013%
1993 417,750 149,783 233,754 34,213 1.75 −1.45% 0.0013%
1992 423,918 160,347 230,055 33,515 1.83 −3.83% 0.0013%
1991 440,810 181,063 225,998 33,749 1.96 9.22% 0.0014%
1990 403,597 149,701 221,051 32,845 1.86 1.16% 0.0013%
1989 398,957 150,953 215,921 32,083 1.9 −2.05% 0.0012%
1988 407,325 163,186 212,403 31,735 2.01 −1.57% 0.0013%
1987 413,808 174,861 207,487 31,459 2.12 12.54% 0.0014%
1986 367,702 133,588 203,052 31,061 1.95 2.61% 0.0012%
1985 358,339 129,227 198,532 30,580 1.96 6.11% 0.0012%
1984 337,718 115,403 192,568 29,747 1.91 1.02% 0.0012%
1983 334,311 118,509 186,634 29,168 1.93 1.22% 0.0012%
1982 330,268 115,599 185,940 28,729 1.97 3.47% 0.0012%
1981 319,182 112,439 178,836 27,907 1.98 −2.44% 0.0011%
1980 327,158 122,451 176,694 28,013 2.17 6.27% 0.0012%
1979 307,848 111,410 169,093 27,346 2.25 6.31% 0.0011%
1978 289,575 100,587 162,340 26,649 2.43 1.62% 0.0010%
1977 284,957 103,387 155,536 26,034 2.82 4.18% 0.0010%
1976 273,516 99,860 148,860 24,796 3.19 3.16% 0.0010%
1975 265,148 99,434 141,787 23,928 3.54 4.77% 0.0010%
1974 253,081 94,289 135,934 22,858 3.6 4.18% 0.00100%
1973 242,934 88,005 130,940 23,989 3.45 1.96% 0.00096%
1972 238,267 85,648 128,972 23,647 3.24 5.73% 0.00098%
1971 225,354 86,829 116,733 21,793 2.95 1.43% 0.00097%
1970 222,177 86,830 113,801 21,547 2.89 0.00096%

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).