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.
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
Change from 2023
−0.3%
World, 2024
53,206.4 Mt CO2e
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.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 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.