Papua New Guinea Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
10,761,088
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+0.93%
increase
Global Share
0.02%
Per Capita
1.14
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in Papua New Guinea were 10,761,088 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 0.93% over the previous year, representing an increase by 98,785 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 10,662,302 tons.
- Per capita: 1.14 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.56 t).
- Papua New Guinea accounts for 0.02% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,761,088 | 5,467,691 | 3,712,660 | 1,553,346 | 27,392 | 1.14 | 0.93% | 0.02% |
| 2023 | 10,662,302 | 5,497,952 | 3,576,825 | 1,560,134 | 27,392 | 1.15 | 2.25% | 0.02% |
| 2022 | 10,427,687 | 5,529,499 | 3,328,399 | 1,542,398 | 27,392 | 1.15 | 3.48% | 0.02% |
| 2021 | 10,077,277 | 5,386,694 | 3,134,491 | 1,528,700 | 27,392 | 1.13 | −0.47% | 0.02% |
| 2020 | 10,124,635 | 5,474,416 | 3,108,684 | 1,514,144 | 27,392 | 1.16 | 4.72% | 0.02% |
| 2019 | 9,667,964 | 5,036,378 | 3,086,393 | 1,517,801 | 27,392 | 1.13 | 3.15% | 0.02% |
| 2018 | 9,372,814 | 4,903,964 | 2,920,686 | 1,520,772 | 27,392 | 1.11 | −10.6% | 0.02% |
| 2017 | 10,483,771 | 5,779,216 | 3,172,721 | 1,504,442 | 27,392 | 1.27 | −7.48% | 0.02% |
| 2016 | 11,331,141 | 6,621,012 | 3,174,937 | 1,507,800 | 27,392 | 1.4 | 6.58% | 0.02% |
| 2015 | 10,631,312 | 5,973,949 | 3,031,245 | 1,598,727 | 27,392 | 1.34 | 10.79% | 0.02% |
| 2014 | 9,595,834 | 5,537,868 | 2,515,416 | 1,515,158 | 27,392 | 1.24 | 20.19% | 0.02% |
| 2013 | 7,983,654 | 4,576,654 | 1,886,322 | 1,493,287 | 27,392 | 1.05 | 5.46% | 0.02% |
| 2012 | 7,570,549 | 4,260,921 | 1,797,199 | 1,485,038 | 27,392 | 1.02 | −2.63% | 0.02% |
| 2011 | 7,775,267 | 4,469,211 | 1,795,786 | 1,482,879 | 27,392 | 1.07 | 3.27% | 0.02% |
| 2010 | 7,529,371 | 4,231,420 | 1,788,612 | 1,481,947 | 27,392 | 1.06 | −12.41% | 0.02% |
| 2009 | 8,596,637 | 4,950,165 | 2,128,449 | 1,490,632 | 27,392 | 1.24 | −16.43% | 0.02% |
| 2008 | 10,287,252 | 5,101,952 | 3,678,733 | 1,479,838 | 26,729 | 1.52 | 5.95% | 0.02% |
| 2007 | 9,709,828 | 5,283,892 | 2,900,252 | 1,501,394 | 24,290 | 1.46 | −8.13% | 0.02% |
| 2006 | 10,568,540 | 5,317,503 | 3,705,479 | 1,523,707 | 21,852 | 1.63 | 5.73% | 0.03% |
| 2005 | 9,995,474 | 5,229,849 | 3,240,683 | 1,509,526 | 15,416 | 1.58 | 15.94% | 0.02% |
| 2004 | 8,620,942 | 4,818,965 | 2,213,608 | 1,576,216 | 12,153 | 1.4 | 6.29% | 0.02% |
| 2003 | 8,111,081 | 4,529,278 | 2,055,672 | 1,516,968 | 9,163 | 1.35 | 2.99% | 0.02% |
| 2002 | 7,875,595 | 4,063,909 | 2,281,453 | 1,523,677 | 6,557 | 1.34 | 10.13% | 0.02% |
| 2001 | 7,151,356 | 3,542,679 | 2,089,750 | 1,515,122 | 3,805 | 1.25 | 1.08% | 0.02% |
| 2000 | 7,074,670 | 2,914,473 | 2,649,658 | 1,510,212 | 326 | 1.27 | 14.61% | 0.02% |
| 1999 | 6,172,578 | 2,683,338 | 2,059,099 | 1,420,867 | 9,274 | 1.14 | −31.42% | 0.02% |
| 1998 | 9,000,037 | 3,290,947 | 4,299,315 | 1,399,860 | 9,916 | 1.7 | 58.59% | 0.03% |
| 1997 | 5,675,014 | 2,634,925 | 1,733,036 | 1,293,779 | 13,274 | 1.1 | −0.99% | 0.02% |
| 1996 | 5,731,697 | 2,511,930 | 1,875,140 | 1,326,084 | 18,543 | 1.14 | 2.21% | 0.02% |
| 1995 | 5,607,926 | 2,453,398 | 1,843,728 | 1,291,289 | 19,511 | 1.15 | 0.69% | 0.02% |
| 1994 | 5,569,284 | 2,528,713 | 1,823,617 | 1,198,926 | 18,028 | 1.17 | −0.13% | 0.02% |
| 1993 | 5,576,370 | 2,538,152 | 1,775,499 | 1,249,548 | 13,170 | 1.2 | 2.4% | 0.02% |
| 1992 | 5,445,631 | 2,490,354 | 1,703,928 | 1,243,687 | 7,662 | 1.2 | 8.71% | 0.02% |
| 1991 | 5,009,102 | 2,202,892 | 1,620,076 | 1,181,485 | 4,649 | 1.13 | 2.82% | 0.02% |
| 1990 | 4,871,850 | 2,149,936 | 1,555,003 | 1,164,028 | 2,883 | 1.13 | 20.56% | 0.02% |
| 1989 | 4,041,072 | 2,031,435 | 896,928 | 1,111,130 | 1,580 | 0.96 | −2.37% | 0.01% |
| 1988 | 4,139,205 | 2,054,060 | 893,946 | 1,189,996 | 1,204 | 1.01 | −3.22% | 0.01% |
| 1987 | 4,277,125 | 2,189,018 | 897,462 | 1,189,588 | 1,057 | 1.07 | 10.86% | 0.01% |
| 1986 | 3,858,074 | 1,721,312 | 905,848 | 1,229,821 | 1,093 | 0.99 | −2.54% | 0.01% |
| 1985 | 3,958,483 | 1,938,966 | 903,372 | 1,115,934 | 210 | 1.04 | 3.4% | 0.01% |
| 1984 | 3,828,313 | 1,757,120 | 896,136 | 1,174,696 | 361 | 1.04 | 2.72% | 0.01% |
| 1983 | 3,727,115 | 1,689,098 | 895,777 | 1,141,901 | 338 | 1.04 | 0.48% | 0.01% |
| 1982 | 3,709,294 | 1,709,205 | 889,487 | 1,110,310 | 291 | 1.06 | 0.7% | 0.01% |
| 1981 | 3,683,485 | 1,734,927 | 888,360 | 1,059,801 | 397 | 1.08 | 0% | 0.01% |
| 1980 | 3,683,668 | 1,752,794 | 877,787 | 1,053,049 | 39 | 1.11 | 4.03% | 0.01% |
| 1979 | 3,540,903 | 1,627,781 | 864,585 | 1,048,537 | 0 | 1.1 | 4.12% | 0.01% |
| 1978 | 3,400,766 | 1,514,833 | 843,636 | 1,042,297 | 0 | 1.09 | 0.32% | 0.01% |
| 1977 | 3,389,994 | 1,526,395 | 826,180 | 1,037,418 | 0 | 1.12 | 3% | 0.01% |
| 1976 | 3,291,391 | 1,445,592 | 813,256 | 1,032,543 | 0 | 1.11 | 0.35% | 0.01% |
| 1975 | 3,280,016 | 1,467,067 | 785,090 | 1,027,860 | 0 | 1.14 | −7.86% | 0.01% |
| 1974 | 3,559,694 | 1,775,689 | 762,588 | 1,021,416 | 0 | 1.27 | 11.74% | 0.01% |
| 1973 | 3,185,556 | 1,447,102 | 727,625 | 1,010,829 | 0 | 1.17 | 9.64% | 0.01% |
| 1972 | 2,905,342 | 1,203,088 | 699,368 | 1,002,886 | 0 | 1.09 | 4% | 0.01% |
| 1971 | 2,793,729 | 1,128,340 | 671,013 | 994,375 | 0 | 1.08 | 1.11% | 0.01% |
| 1970 | 2,762,997 | 1,128,178 | 645,819 | 988,999 | 0 | 1.09 | – | 0.01% |
See also
- Papua New Guinea CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of Papua New Guinea
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).