Total greenhouse gas emissions in World
The world emitted 53,206.4 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1970.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
53,206.4
Change from 2023
+1.3%
European Union, 2024
3,164.7 Mt CO2e
Total greenhouse gas emissions in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 53,206.4 Mt CO2e | 3,164.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2023 | 52,540.8 Mt CO2e | 3,222.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2022 | 51,748.1 Mt CO2e | 3,483.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2021 | 51,188.0 Mt CO2e | 3,572.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2020 | 48,962.1 Mt CO2e | 3,395.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2019 | 50,829.6 Mt CO2e | 3,683.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2018 | 50,566.4 Mt CO2e | 3,834.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2017 | 49,478.6 Mt CO2e | 3,915.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2016 | 48,655.8 Mt CO2e | 3,894.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2015 | 48,451.4 Mt CO2e | 3,885.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2014 | 48,549.1 Mt CO2e | 3,831.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2013 | 48,193.4 Mt CO2e | 3,974.0 Mt CO2e |
| 2012 | 47,430.1 Mt CO2e | 4,063.5 Mt CO2e |
| 2011 | 46,808.1 Mt CO2e | 4,127.3 Mt CO2e |
| 2010 | 45,433.1 Mt CO2e | 4,235.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2009 | 43,188.4 Mt CO2e | 4,118.8 Mt CO2e |
| 2008 | 43,642.4 Mt CO2e | 4,409.4 Mt CO2e |
| 2007 | 43,350.6 Mt CO2e | 4,518.7 Mt CO2e |
| 2006 | 42,078.8 Mt CO2e | 4,550.1 Mt CO2e |
| 2005 | 40,919.6 Mt CO2e | 4,552.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2004 | 39,626.8 Mt CO2e | 4,585.2 Mt CO2e |
| 2003 | 38,064.8 Mt CO2e | 4,578.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2002 | 36,555.7 Mt CO2e | 4,484.6 Mt CO2e |
| 2001 | 36,099.5 Mt CO2e | 4,500.9 Mt CO2e |
| 2000 | 35,794.0 Mt CO2e | 4,468.7 Mt CO2e |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +1.3% from 52,540.8 Mt CO2e in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 48,549.1 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by +9.6%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 3,164.7 Mt CO2e.
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Greenhouse gas emissions per person
6.4 t CO2e per person
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Temperature change
1.88e (Estimate) °C
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Agrifood emissions per person
2.26e (Estimate) t CO2e per person
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CO2 emissions per person
4.69 t CO2 per person
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Methane emissions
9,536.5 Mt CO2e
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Nitrous oxide emissions
2,527.41 Mt CO2e
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