Total greenhouse gas emissions in OECD members

OECD member countries emitted 14,242.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 1983.

Measure: Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR) Unit: Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024 14,242.7 Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Change from 2023 −0.3% 2023: 14,290.5 Mt CO2e
World, 2024 53,206.4 Mt CO2e Official aggregate

Total greenhouse gas emissions in OECD members over time

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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total greenhouse gas emissions (EDGAR) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period OECD membersWorld
2024 14,242.7 Mt CO2e 53,206.4 Mt CO2e
2023 14,290.5 Mt CO2e 52,540.8 Mt CO2e
2022 14,791.4 Mt CO2e 51,748.1 Mt CO2e
2021 14,877.8 Mt CO2e 51,188.0 Mt CO2e
2020 14,272.0 Mt CO2e 48,962.1 Mt CO2e
2019 15,394.9 Mt CO2e 50,829.6 Mt CO2e
2018 15,733.4 Mt CO2e 50,566.4 Mt CO2e
2017 15,661.4 Mt CO2e 49,478.6 Mt CO2e
2016 15,624.8 Mt CO2e 48,655.8 Mt CO2e
2015 15,727.2 Mt CO2e 48,451.4 Mt CO2e
2014 15,818.2 Mt CO2e 48,549.1 Mt CO2e
2013 16,024.7 Mt CO2e 48,193.4 Mt CO2e
2012 15,970.3 Mt CO2e 47,430.1 Mt CO2e
2011 16,157.3 Mt CO2e 46,808.1 Mt CO2e
2010 16,371.9 Mt CO2e 45,433.1 Mt CO2e
2009 15,781.6 Mt CO2e 43,188.4 Mt CO2e
2008 16,661.9 Mt CO2e 43,642.4 Mt CO2e
2007 17,045.9 Mt CO2e 43,350.6 Mt CO2e
2006 16,868.3 Mt CO2e 42,078.8 Mt CO2e
2005 16,963.6 Mt CO2e 40,919.6 Mt CO2e
2004 16,936.7 Mt CO2e 39,626.8 Mt CO2e
2003 16,790.8 Mt CO2e 38,064.8 Mt CO2e
2002 16,566.5 Mt CO2e 36,555.7 Mt CO2e
2001 16,667.6 Mt CO2e 36,099.5 Mt CO2e
2000 16,736.2 Mt CO2e 35,794.0 Mt CO2e

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3% from 14,290.5 Mt CO2e in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 15,818.2 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −10.0%.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 53,206.4 Mt CO2e.

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Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.ALL.MT.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for OECD members
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database