Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Latin America & Caribbean

Share of global CO2 emissions in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 4.549%. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 1.809 pp.

2024 4.549% −0.037 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 5.302%2013
Period minimum 2.74%1950

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Latin America & Caribbean, 1950–20242345619501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 2.74%1952: 3.075%1954: 3.193%1956: 3.256%1958: 3.228%1960: 3.174%1962: 3.32%1964: 3.226%1966: 3.181%1968: 3.348%1970: 3.478%1972: 3.509%1974: 3.857%1976: 3.952%1978: 4.11%1980: 4.512%1982: 4.75%1984: 4.433%1986: 4.447%1988: 4.451%1990: 4.425%1992: 4.616%1994: 4.791%1996: 4.813%1998: 5.288%2000: 5.218%2002: 5.215%2004: 5.025%2006: 5.054%2008: 5.077%2010: 5.098%2012: 5.187%2014: 5.296%2016: 5.072%2018: 4.685%2020: 4.457%2022: 4.614%2024: 4.549%
Change over the period: +1.809 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 4.549%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 4.549 −0.037 pp
2023 4.586 −0.028 pp
2022 4.614 −0.075 pp
2021 4.689 +0.232 pp
2020 4.457 −0.24 pp
2019 4.697 +0.012 pp
2018 4.685 −0.206 pp
2017 4.891 −0.181 pp
2016 5.072 −0.148 pp
2015 5.22 −0.076 pp
2014 5.296 −0.006 pp
2013 5.302 +0.115 pp
2012 5.187 +0.13 pp
2011 5.057 −0.041 pp
2010 5.098 +0.066 pp
2009 5.032 −0.045 pp
2008 5.077 +0.042 pp
2007 5.035 −0.019 pp
2006 5.054 +0 pp
2005 5.054 +0.029 pp
2004 5.025 −0.047 pp
2003 5.072 −0.143 pp
2002 5.215 +0.03 pp
2001 5.185 −0.033 pp
2000 5.218 −0.083 pp
1999 5.301 +0.013 pp
1998 5.288 +0.194 pp
1997 5.094 +0.281 pp
1996 4.813 +0.049 pp
1995 4.764 −0.027 pp
1994 4.791 +0.044 pp
1993 4.747 +0.131 pp
1992 4.616 +0.196 pp
1991 4.42 −0.005 pp
1990 4.425 −0.07 pp
1989 4.495 +0.044 pp
1988 4.451 −0.067 pp
1987 4.518 +0.071 pp
1986 4.447 +0.03 pp
1985 4.417 −0.016 pp
1984 4.433 −0.058 pp
1983 4.491 −0.259 pp
1982 4.75 +0.16 pp
1981 4.59 +0.078 pp
1980 4.512 +0.231 pp
1979 4.281 +0.171 pp
1978 4.11 +0.151 pp
1977 3.959 +0.007 pp
1976 3.952 +0.048 pp
1975 3.904 +0.047 pp
1974 3.857 +0.217 pp
1973 3.64 +0.131 pp
1972 3.509 +0.001 pp
1971 3.508 +0.03 pp
1970 3.478 +0.065 pp
1969 3.413 +0.065 pp
1968 3.348 +0.026 pp
1967 3.322 +0.141 pp
1966 3.181 −0.001 pp
1965 3.182 −0.044 pp
1964 3.226 +0.069 pp
1963 3.157 −0.163 pp
1962 3.32 +0.082 pp
1961 3.238 +0.064 pp
1960 3.174 −0.161 pp
1959 3.335 +0.107 pp
1958 3.228 −0.161 pp
1957 3.389 +0.133 pp
1956 3.256 +0.059 pp
1955 3.197 +0.004 pp
1954 3.193 +0.206 pp
1953 2.987 −0.088 pp
1952 3.075 +0.091 pp
1951 2.984 +0.244 pp
1950 2.74

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.