United Arab Emirates Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Total GHG Emissions (2024)
264,148,374
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+3.87%
increase
Global Share
0.50%
Per Capita
25.62
tons per person
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector
- GHG emissions in the United Arab Emirates were 264,148,374 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
- Emissions increased by 3.9% over the previous year, representing an increase by 9,841,053 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 254,307,321 tons.
- Per capita: 25.62 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.56 t).
- the United Arab Emirates accounts for 0.50% of global GHG emissions.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year
| Year | GHG Total (tons) | CO₂ | CH₄ | N₂O | F-gases | Per Capita | Change | Global Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 264,148,374 | 200,558,970 | 37,083,684 | 2,205,511 | 24,300,208 | 25.62 | 3.87% | 0.50% |
| 2023 | 254,307,321 | 192,696,444 | 36,662,622 | 2,138,821 | 22,809,434 | 24.96 | −0.5% | 0.48% |
| 2022 | 255,592,730 | 195,184,009 | 36,945,895 | 2,133,945 | 21,328,880 | 25.4 | 0.09% | 0.49% |
| 2021 | 255,352,457 | 199,420,992 | 33,971,968 | 2,131,612 | 19,827,885 | 25.7 | 2.24% | 0.50% |
| 2020 | 249,749,036 | 195,674,236 | 33,729,736 | 2,055,023 | 18,290,041 | 25.45 | −0.85% | 0.51% |
| 2019 | 251,893,828 | 197,849,360 | 35,110,485 | 2,046,762 | 16,887,220 | 26.02 | 5.49% | 0.50% |
| 2018 | 238,779,502 | 187,285,348 | 34,074,650 | 1,996,428 | 15,423,077 | 25.03 | −6.09% | 0.47% |
| 2017 | 254,267,209 | 204,422,709 | 33,962,079 | 2,107,894 | 13,774,527 | 27.05 | −3.02% | 0.51% |
| 2016 | 262,189,457 | 212,430,541 | 35,250,439 | 2,105,344 | 12,403,132 | 28.28 | 3.14% | 0.54% |
| 2015 | 254,207,255 | 206,851,875 | 34,232,200 | 2,010,431 | 11,112,750 | 27.77 | 5.02% | 0.52% |
| 2014 | 242,049,742 | 198,113,781 | 31,788,765 | 2,079,677 | 10,067,519 | 26.68 | 1.46% | 0.50% |
| 2013 | 238,577,451 | 195,053,358 | 32,157,137 | 2,075,403 | 9,291,552 | 26.49 | 5.23% | 0.50% |
| 2012 | 226,717,274 | 185,010,293 | 30,731,624 | 1,911,272 | 9,064,085 | 25.47 | 4.29% | 0.48% |
| 2011 | 217,382,002 | 177,257,234 | 29,333,589 | 1,856,169 | 8,935,009 | 25.07 | 3.67% | 0.46% |
| 2010 | 209,693,260 | 171,952,920 | 27,146,023 | 1,854,212 | 8,740,105 | 25.35 | 4.07% | 0.46% |
| 2009 | 201,499,313 | 165,336,872 | 25,766,534 | 1,754,782 | 8,641,124 | 26.28 | 0.55% | 0.47% |
| 2008 | 200,391,418 | 164,251,886 | 26,156,250 | 1,601,350 | 8,381,933 | 29.07 | 15.94% | 0.46% |
| 2007 | 172,835,806 | 137,144,091 | 25,972,249 | 1,453,596 | 8,265,869 | 28.6 | 6.48% | 0.40% |
| 2006 | 162,324,982 | 127,197,214 | 25,892,153 | 1,345,772 | 7,889,844 | 30.97 | 4.38% | 0.39% |
| 2005 | 155,519,233 | 122,461,281 | 24,332,981 | 1,286,822 | 7,438,149 | 33.96 | 6.48% | 0.38% |
| 2004 | 146,051,808 | 115,019,664 | 23,383,356 | 1,210,300 | 6,438,489 | 35.73 | 4.76% | 0.37% |
| 2003 | 139,410,550 | 108,819,556 | 23,909,317 | 1,192,446 | 5,489,231 | 37.26 | 6.17% | 0.37% |
| 2002 | 131,314,418 | 103,518,397 | 22,058,369 | 1,138,639 | 4,599,014 | 37.44 | 1.21% | 0.36% |
| 2001 | 129,743,467 | 101,259,310 | 23,591,715 | 1,069,657 | 3,822,785 | 39.01 | 10.68% | 0.36% |
| 2000 | 117,226,022 | 88,456,930 | 24,739,907 | 966,892 | 3,062,292 | 37.16 | 2.21% | 0.33% |
| 1999 | 114,688,559 | 89,152,449 | 22,535,436 | 1,012,251 | 1,988,424 | 38.38 | 2.46% | 0.33% |
| 1998 | 111,937,192 | 86,478,134 | 22,936,128 | 972,213 | 1,550,717 | 39.44 | 0.96% | 0.32% |
| 1997 | 110,869,289 | 84,301,610 | 24,329,865 | 939,772 | 1,298,042 | 41.06 | 1.64% | 0.32% |
| 1996 | 109,083,857 | 80,890,830 | 26,255,724 | 891,971 | 1,045,332 | 42.43 | 4.9% | 0.32% |
| 1995 | 103,984,525 | 77,402,543 | 24,915,003 | 834,015 | 832,964 | 42.46 | 5.1% | 0.31% |
| 1994 | 98,940,664 | 72,568,529 | 24,607,532 | 775,895 | 988,708 | 42.49 | 5.2% | 0.30% |
| 1993 | 94,052,920 | 65,914,121 | 26,494,591 | 724,140 | 920,069 | 42.61 | 7.59% | 0.29% |
| 1992 | 87,420,939 | 62,522,409 | 23,294,352 | 677,588 | 926,590 | 41.9 | −0.53% | 0.27% |
| 1991 | 87,887,217 | 64,722,216 | 21,606,128 | 681,775 | 877,099 | 44.61 | 10.54% | 0.27% |
| 1990 | 79,503,672 | 56,887,567 | 21,267,503 | 634,063 | 714,540 | 42.74 | 3.07% | 0.25% |
| 1989 | 77,133,195 | 56,936,025 | 19,134,393 | 613,222 | 449,555 | 43.92 | 13.19% | 0.24% |
| 1988 | 68,144,866 | 50,989,237 | 16,177,790 | 571,288 | 406,550 | 41.15 | −0.85% | 0.22% |
| 1987 | 68,730,058 | 52,068,048 | 15,683,370 | 565,979 | 412,660 | 44.04 | 5.51% | 0.23% |
| 1986 | 65,140,595 | 50,234,069 | 13,975,539 | 536,892 | 394,095 | 44.25 | −0.01% | 0.22% |
| 1985 | 65,147,516 | 51,811,517 | 12,427,766 | 531,527 | 376,705 | 46.83 | 3.39% | 0.22% |
| 1984 | 63,011,667 | 49,981,221 | 12,153,372 | 517,994 | 359,080 | 47.79 | 26.53% | 0.22% |
| 1983 | 49,799,320 | 36,792,776 | 12,226,631 | 459,137 | 320,775 | 39.74 | −4.09% | 0.18% |
| 1982 | 51,923,382 | 38,065,032 | 13,057,497 | 455,403 | 345,450 | 43.65 | −3.72% | 0.19% |
| 1981 | 53,927,974 | 38,055,484 | 15,069,882 | 436,478 | 366,130 | 48.11 | −8.31% | 0.19% |
| 1980 | 58,818,567 | 41,138,480 | 16,846,873 | 420,318 | 412,895 | 56.43 | 4.31% | 0.21% |
| 1979 | 56,386,017 | 37,879,505 | 17,834,346 | 334,471 | 337,695 | 59.23 | −20.49% | 0.20% |
| 1978 | 70,912,595 | 52,611,389 | 17,658,036 | 378,325 | 264,845 | 83.21 | 8.44% | 0.25% |
| 1977 | 65,392,842 | 45,876,446 | 18,962,023 | 332,063 | 222,310 | 87.41 | 1.63% | 0.24% |
| 1976 | 64,346,587 | 45,580,994 | 18,267,853 | 313,500 | 184,240 | 99.46 | 21.22% | 0.24% |
| 1975 | 53,081,230 | 36,679,444 | 15,968,778 | 276,027 | 156,980 | 95.76 | 1.66% | 0.21% |
| 1974 | 52,212,711 | 36,010,684 | 15,774,218 | 270,829 | 156,980 | 110.77 | 3.01% | 0.21% |
| 1973 | 50,687,408 | 35,843,602 | 14,427,093 | 259,733 | 156,980 | 127.62 | 28.38% | 0.20% |
| 1972 | 39,481,945 | 27,747,359 | 11,368,906 | 208,699 | 156,980 | 118.65 | 10.23% | 0.16% |
| 1971 | 35,818,424 | 25,429,812 | 10,041,060 | 190,571 | 156,980 | 128.47 | 20.31% | 0.15% |
| 1970 | 29,772,725 | 19,464,782 | 9,993,216 | 157,747 | 156,980 | 126.42 | – | 0.13% |
See also
- United Arab Emirates CO2 Emissions
- Global GHG Emissions - GHG Emissions by Year, by Country, by Sector
- Population of the United Arab Emirates
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).