Agrifood emissions per person in World
Agrifood system emissions in the world were 2.26 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person in 2024.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by FAOSTAT, not an average calculated on this site.
The latest value carries the source flag “Estimate”.
World, 2024
2.26e (Estimate)
Change from 2023
−1.8%
Agrifood emissions per person in World over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
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.
| Period | World |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.26 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2023 | 2.30 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2022 | 2.27 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2021 | 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2020 | 2.25 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2019 | 2.31 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2018 | 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2017 | 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2016 | 2.28 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2015 | 2.40 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2014 | 2.42 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2013 | 2.38 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2012 | 2.40 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2011 | 2.41 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2010 | 2.42 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2009 | 2.46 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2008 | 2.43 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2007 | 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2006 | 2.53 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2005 | 2.48 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2004 | 2.52 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2003 | 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2002 | 2.51 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2001 | 2.45 t CO2e per persone (Estimated value) |
| 2000 | 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 −1.8% from 2.30 t CO2e per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2.42 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by −6.5%.
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1.88e (Estimate) °C
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53,206.4 Mt CO2e
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Greenhouse gas emissions per person
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CO2 emissions per person
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Methane emissions
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Nitrous oxide emissions
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