Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — High-income countries

Share of global CO2 emissions in high-income countries in 2024 — 35.823%. Since 1950, the indicator has fallen by 50.305 pp.

2024 35.823% −0.527 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 86.128%1950
Period minimum 35.823%2024

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — High-income countries, 1950–20242040608010019501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 86.128%1952: 84.527%1954: 83.444%1956: 82.196%1958: 77.892%1960: 75.488%1962: 78.231%1964: 78.229%1966: 77.129%1968: 77.227%1970: 76.148%1972: 75.02%1974: 74.035%1976: 72.911%1978: 71.535%1980: 70.885%1982: 68.825%1984: 67.789%1986: 66.084%1988: 64.78%1990: 65.663%1992: 64.165%1994: 62.891%1996: 61.545%1998: 60.918%2000: 60.404%2002: 59.056%2004: 55.915%2006: 52.725%2008: 49.886%2010: 47%2012: 44.246%2014: 42.974%2016: 42.428%2018: 41.248%2020: 38.832%2022: 37.895%2024: 35.823%
Change over the period: −50.305 pp Annual average: -0.68 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 35.823%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 35.823 −0.527 pp
2023 36.35 −1.545 pp
2022 37.895 −0.945 pp
2021 38.84 +0.008 pp
2020 38.832 −1.252 pp
2019 40.084 −1.164 pp
2018 41.248 −0.483 pp
2017 41.731 −0.697 pp
2016 42.428 −0.397 pp
2015 42.825 −0.149 pp
2014 42.974 −0.785 pp
2013 43.759 −0.487 pp
2012 44.246 −0.845 pp
2011 45.091 −1.909 pp
2010 47 −0.728 pp
2009 47.728 −2.158 pp
2008 49.886 −1.69 pp
2007 51.576 −1.149 pp
2006 52.725 −1.562 pp
2005 54.287 −1.628 pp
2004 55.915 −1.204 pp
2003 57.119 −1.937 pp
2002 59.056 −0.935 pp
2001 59.991 −0.413 pp
2000 60.404 +0.113 pp
1999 60.291 −0.627 pp
1998 60.918 +0.05 pp
1997 60.868 −0.677 pp
1996 61.545 −0.391 pp
1995 61.936 −0.955 pp
1994 62.891 −0.735 pp
1993 63.626 −0.539 pp
1992 64.165 −1.642 pp
1991 65.807 +0.144 pp
1990 65.663 +0.86 pp
1989 64.803 +0.023 pp
1988 64.78 −0.442 pp
1987 65.222 −0.862 pp
1986 66.084 −0.835 pp
1985 66.919 −0.87 pp
1984 67.789 −0.426 pp
1983 68.215 −0.61 pp
1982 68.825 −1.41 pp
1981 70.235 −0.65 pp
1980 70.885 −0.424 pp
1979 71.309 −0.226 pp
1978 71.535 −0.67 pp
1977 72.205 −0.706 pp
1976 72.911 +0.18 pp
1975 72.731 −1.304 pp
1974 74.035 −0.683 pp
1973 74.718 −0.302 pp
1972 75.02 −0.066 pp
1971 75.086 −1.062 pp
1970 76.148 −0.746 pp
1969 76.894 −0.333 pp
1968 77.227 −0.358 pp
1967 77.585 +0.456 pp
1966 77.129 −0.531 pp
1965 77.66 −0.569 pp
1964 78.229 −0.188 pp
1963 78.417 +0.186 pp
1962 78.231 +1.027 pp
1961 77.204 +1.716 pp
1960 75.488 −0.472 pp
1959 75.96 −1.932 pp
1958 77.892 −3.07 pp
1957 80.962 −1.234 pp
1956 82.196 −0.424 pp
1955 82.62 −0.824 pp
1954 83.444 −0.972 pp
1953 84.416 −0.111 pp
1952 84.527 −0.985 pp
1951 85.512 −0.616 pp
1950 86.128

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.