Puerto Rico CO2 Emissions
Total CO₂ Emissions (2024)
15,430,081
tons
Year-over-Year
+5.47%
increase
Global Share
0.04%
Per Capita
4.25
tons per person
- Fossil CO2 emissions in Puerto Rico were 15,430,081 tons in 2024.
- CO2 emissions increased by 5.5% over the previous year, representing an increase by 800,109 tons over 2023, when CO2 emissions were 14,629,972 tons.
- CO2 emissions per capita in Puerto Rico are equivalent to 4.25 tons per person, an increase by 0.23 over the figure of 4.03 CO2 tons per person registered in 2023; this represents a change of 5.6% in CO2 emissions per capita.
Fossil Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emissions of Puerto Rico
| Fossil CO2 emissions (tons) | CO2 emissions change | CO2 emissions per capita | Share of World's CO2 emissions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 15,430,081 | 5.47% | 4.25 | 0.04% |
| 2023 | 14,629,972 | 5.12% | 4.03 | 0.04% |
| 2022 | 13,917,758 | 9.87% | 3.82 | 0.04% |
| 2021 | 12,666,919 | 1.61% | 3.47 | 0.03% |
| 2020 | 12,465,789 | −1.27% | 3.41 | 0.03% |
| 2019 | 12,625,749 | −7.95% | 3.45 | 0.03% |
| 2018 | 13,715,617 | 17.93% | 3.75 | 0.04% |
| 2017 | 11,629,841 | 2.47% | 3.17 | 0.03% |
| 2016 | 11,349,276 | −6.18% | 3.09 | 0.03% |
| 2015 | 12,097,078 | 5.09% | 3.29 | 0.03% |
| 2014 | 11,511,570 | 5.24% | 3.13 | 0.03% |
| 2013 | 10,938,191 | −3.52% | 2.97 | 0.03% |
| 2012 | 11,337,513 | −2.83% | 3.07 | 0.03% |
| 2011 | 11,667,256 | −13.15% | 3.15 | 0.03% |
| 2010 | 13,433,700 | −3.86% | 3.61 | 0.04% |
| 2009 | 13,972,802 | −9.25% | 3.75 | 0.04% |
| 2008 | 15,396,623 | −14.26% | 4.12 | 0.05% |
| 2007 | 17,957,572 | 5.83% | 4.79 | 0.06% |
| 2006 | 16,968,420 | −35.51% | 4.52 | 0.05% |
| 2005 | 26,312,265 | 0.5% | 6.99 | 0.09% |
| 2004 | 26,182,567 | 0.19% | 6.93 | 0.09% |
| 2003 | 26,134,188 | 29.74% | 6.9 | 0.09% |
| 2002 | 20,143,631 | −18.98% | 5.31 | 0.08% |
| 2001 | 24,863,218 | −1.27% | 6.54 | 0.10% |
| 2000 | 25,184,017 | 0.14% | 6.63 | 0.10% |
| 1999 | 25,148,024 | 8.46% | 6.64 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 23,186,494 | 1.7% | 6.15 | 0.09% |
| 1997 | 22,797,856 | 2.79% | 6.09 | 0.09% |
| 1996 | 22,179,603 | 1.43% | 5.96 | 0.09% |
| 1995 | 21,866,191 | 2.14% | 5.93 | 0.09% |
| 1994 | 21,408,956 | 3.08% | 5.85 | 0.09% |
| 1993 | 20,768,793 | 2.53% | 5.73 | 0.09% |
| 1992 | 20,255,385 | 3.71% | 5.65 | 0.09% |
| 1991 | 19,530,212 | 2.69% | 5.5 | 0.09% |
| 1990 | 19,018,752 | −18.77% | 5.41 | 0.08% |
| 1989 | 23,413,740 | 4.8% | 6.72 | 0.10% |
| 1988 | 22,340,922 | 16.73% | 6.46 | 0.10% |
| 1987 | 19,139,394 | −10.61% | 5.58 | 0.09% |
| 1986 | 21,410,084 | 24.05% | 6.3 | 0.10% |
| 1985 | 17,259,918 | −12.54% | 5.12 | 0.09% |
| 1984 | 19,735,268 | −10.28% | 5.91 | 0.10% |
| 1983 | 21,996,259 | 1.8% | 6.66 | 0.11% |
| 1982 | 21,607,874 | −24.04% | 6.61 | 0.11% |
| 1981 | 28,447,034 | −14.27% | 8.81 | 0.15% |
| 1980 | 33,181,806 | −17.92% | 10.41 | 0.17% |
| 1979 | 40,425,686 | −14.79% | 12.87 | 0.20% |
| 1978 | 47,444,512 | 1.26% | 15.36 | 0.24% |
| 1977 | 46,852,339 | 12.38% | 15.43 | 0.25% |
| 1976 | 41,692,062 | 9.62% | 13.97 | 0.23% |
| 1975 | 38,032,985 | −6.95% | 12.97 | 0.22% |
| 1974 | 40,873,952 | −5.18% | 14.18 | 0.23% |
| 1973 | 43,105,584 | 10.9% | 15.21 | 0.25% |
| 1972 | 38,867,194 | 22.41% | 13.94 | 0.24% |
| 1971 | 31,750,910 | 7.82% | 11.56 | 0.20% |
| 1970 | 29,448,502 | – | 10.87 | 0.19% |
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).