Total greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia
South Asia emitted 4,675.5 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
4,675.5
Change from 2023
+3.8%
World, 2024
53,206.4 Mt CO2e
Total greenhouse gas emissions in South Asia 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 | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4,675.5 Mt CO2e | 53,206.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 4,504.3 Mt CO2e | 52,540.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 4,271.5 Mt CO2e | 51,748.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 4,030.5 Mt CO2e | 51,188.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 3,753.6 Mt CO2e | 48,962.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 3,934.8 Mt CO2e | 50,829.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 3,921.9 Mt CO2e | 50,566.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 3,775.6 Mt CO2e | 49,478.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 3,623.9 Mt CO2e | 48,655.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 3,563.9 Mt CO2e | 48,451.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 3,496.0 Mt CO2e | 48,549.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 3,305.8 Mt CO2e | 48,193.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 3,267.2 Mt CO2e | 47,430.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 3,079.8 Mt CO2e | 46,808.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 2,935.1 Mt CO2e | 45,433.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 2,797.1 Mt CO2e | 43,188.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 2,682.5 Mt CO2e | 43,642.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 2,547.2 Mt CO2e | 43,350.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 2,397.7 Mt CO2e | 42,078.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 2,290.2 Mt CO2e | 40,919.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 2,212.5 Mt CO2e | 39,626.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 2,107.5 Mt CO2e | 38,064.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 2,052.2 Mt CO2e | 36,555.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 2,020.0 Mt CO2e | 36,099.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 1,989.3 Mt CO2e | 35,794.0 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.8% from 4,504.3 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 3,496.0 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +33.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 53,206.4 Mt CO2e.