GHG Emissions by Year

Global GHG Emissions Over Time


  • Global GHG emissions first exceeded 40 Gt CO₂eq in 2005.
  • Between 1990 and 2024, emissions grew by 65%.
  • The fastest growth decade was 2000–2010 (+ 2.7%/year).
  • Emissions dropped by 3.7% in 2020 due to COVID-19, but rebounded the following year.
  • In 2024, global GHG emissions reached 53,206,401,266 tons CO₂eq.

Year-by-Year GHG Emissions

YearGHG emissions (tons)CO₂CH₄N₂OF-gasesChangePer Capita
202453,206,401,26639,632,664,2199,536,493,8812,527,410,9571,509,832,2101.27%6.56
202352,540,765,86939,112,688,7909,471,520,9482,505,587,1811,450,968,9491.53%6.54
202251,748,121,50438,548,118,9439,335,038,2092,471,902,7941,393,061,5581.09%6.51
202151,187,953,40138,219,996,7679,180,393,1442,454,321,0621,333,242,4284.55%6.5
202048,962,126,89336,209,861,6379,055,831,9902,423,634,1141,272,799,152−3.67%6.28
201950,829,629,01038,008,489,1319,180,894,8332,419,561,5851,220,683,4610.52%6.59
201850,566,421,97437,905,961,5479,103,433,4872,385,523,8651,171,503,0752.2%6.63
201749,478,560,06437,020,028,1898,969,489,6792,376,619,4101,112,422,7861.69%6.56
201648,655,806,37936,390,785,2708,847,609,1372,363,669,1391,053,742,8320.42%6.52
201548,451,420,67336,292,523,4158,812,536,3982,341,385,4351,004,975,424−0.2%6.56
201448,549,137,33236,396,952,6878,788,340,6882,323,791,3371,040,052,6210.74%6.65
201348,193,437,52436,177,328,5218,719,776,9392,323,963,355972,368,7091.61%6.68
201247,430,072,88535,489,676,3438,716,949,4782,294,921,246928,525,8181.33%6.66
201146,808,098,60535,036,740,9028,617,186,9702,278,653,008875,517,7253.03%6.65
201045,433,102,83833,969,474,3148,413,665,7972,220,816,194829,146,5335.2%6.53
200943,188,416,93131,966,599,8028,258,484,3702,186,548,831776,783,928−1.04%6.28
200843,642,407,23432,414,360,5158,283,498,4902,186,169,075758,379,1540.67%6.43
200743,350,586,88232,207,364,9538,153,784,3882,210,846,400778,591,1413.02%6.47
200642,078,825,88831,037,618,5908,099,287,4452,166,475,835775,444,0172.83%6.35
200540,919,624,60330,015,938,1447,972,056,8532,126,088,888805,540,7183.26%6.26
200439,626,760,85228,926,371,6107,839,176,7762,103,562,576757,649,8894.1%6.13
200338,064,796,72927,642,403,4057,688,307,5102,045,862,265688,223,5494.13%5.97
200236,555,718,92426,414,844,0157,464,209,3242,013,850,875662,814,7111.26%5.8
200136,099,483,79626,000,902,2827,498,291,4112,006,310,043593,980,0590.85%5.8
200035,793,980,38525,694,728,6767,495,121,7612,012,744,426591,385,5212.49%5.83
199934,923,598,00224,939,984,3007,401,915,5622,021,504,997560,193,1430.67%5.76
199834,692,808,50124,756,505,8647,388,892,3502,005,244,624542,165,6630.31%5.79
199734,587,073,30524,598,717,4947,477,027,7841,989,978,999521,349,0281.18%5.85
199634,183,677,83824,149,129,9277,511,956,8262,029,580,601493,010,4851.9%5.86
199533,546,502,83623,682,286,0167,420,233,7831,977,497,030466,486,0072.52%5.83
199432,721,435,46023,039,384,8547,333,492,7761,923,589,964424,967,8651.11%5.77
199332,363,428,42322,808,325,4177,260,479,9641,896,706,110397,916,9310.25%5.79
199232,283,661,30322,714,986,4827,287,916,2561,894,293,229386,465,335−0.12%5.87
199132,322,913,65722,794,864,8957,270,165,4221,877,354,479380,528,8620.23%5.97
199032,249,866,91622,660,079,3647,340,904,0241,881,006,558367,876,9701.03%6.05
198931,920,673,69822,343,102,9617,349,126,4551,903,396,016325,048,2661.81%6.09
198831,352,639,35921,958,155,7377,183,612,2901,894,385,670316,485,6623.15%6.09
198730,395,987,73321,199,385,0937,031,752,2681,868,602,735296,247,6382.57%6.01
198629,635,808,78820,540,482,7516,966,522,7571,837,223,893291,579,3861.71%5.97
198529,138,665,36920,181,526,6216,851,168,4281,815,746,618290,223,7011.09%5.98
198428,823,531,70419,921,949,8566,776,858,4601,840,000,988284,722,4002.84%6.02
198328,027,897,09719,302,601,1756,657,804,1761,809,296,991258,194,7550.91%5.96
198227,775,597,67419,156,959,5426,620,993,7381,755,509,611242,134,782−0.58%6.01
198127,937,885,01019,402,190,3156,565,121,8511,725,014,094245,558,750−1.76%6.16
198028,439,689,46319,772,848,5986,684,223,1971,735,932,978246,684,690−0.95%6.38
197928,713,071,57020,018,700,4266,720,777,8681,730,457,042243,136,2342.56%6.56
197827,997,100,22819,479,851,1416,582,917,7581,704,784,036229,547,2912.66%6.51
197727,272,383,08118,869,880,1846,523,730,4551,659,043,748219,728,6942.58%6.45
197626,585,873,37518,315,359,1066,441,875,7671,625,169,065203,469,4374.48%6.4
197525,445,008,53117,327,699,2656,347,941,0021,578,278,577191,089,6870.08%6.24
197425,424,679,82117,397,837,4996,279,134,1591,555,463,077192,245,0860%6.35
197325,423,897,13817,461,301,2376,242,769,3131,538,460,477181,366,1115.05%6.47
197224,200,867,46416,478,735,5066,060,750,3571,491,537,601169,844,0014.04%6.28
197123,262,161,47715,682,550,8125,951,920,1131,465,324,141162,366,4120.14%6.16
197023,228,506,26415,750,720,6525,879,790,5961,444,659,568153,335,449–6.28

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).