Agrifood emissions per person in Brazil

Agrifood system emissions in Brazil were 11.06 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2010.

Measure: Agrifood system greenhouse gas emissions per person Unit: Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: FAOSTAT
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
Brazil, 2024 11.06e (Estimate) Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person
Change from 2023 +0.9% 2023: 10.96 t CO2e per person
World, 2024 2.26 t CO2e per persone (Estimate) Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 2.21 t CO2e per person Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 9th of 193 See the full ranking

Agrifood emissions per person in Brazil over time

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Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person. Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Agrifood system greenhouse gas emissions per person (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person), 2000 to 2024
Period BrazilWorld
2024 11.06 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.26 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2023 10.96 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.30 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2022 10.97 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.27 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2021 10.92 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2020 9.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.25 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2019 9.40 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.31 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2018 9.34 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2017 9.52 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2016 9.51 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2015 9.06 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.40 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2014 9.08 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.42 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2013 9.05 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.38 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2012 9.16 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.40 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2011 9.16 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.41 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2010 12.68 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.42 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2009 12.48 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.46 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2008 12.62 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.43 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2007 12.83 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2006 12.82 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.53 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2005 13.06 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.48 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2004 13.14 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.52 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2003 13.12 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2002 13.17 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.51 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2001 13.15 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)
2000 17.57 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) 2.92 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value)

Flags: e Estimated value . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.9% from 10.96 t CO2e per person in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 9.08 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by +21.8%.
  • Among the 193 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 9th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 2.26 t CO2e per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
FAOSTAT
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAOSTAT
Dataset or series code
EM · dataset details · view at source
Selection
Item Code=6518 Element Code=7279
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for Brazil
Provider update
Not stated by the provider
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (FAO statistical database terms)
Attribution
Source: FAO, FAOSTAT. Licence: CC BY 4.0