Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Low-income countries

Share of global CO2 emissions in low-income countries in 2024 — 0.551%. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 0.459 pp.

2024 0.551% −0.006 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 1.258%1989
Period minimum 0.092%1950

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Low-income countries, 1950–202400.511.519501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 0.092%1952: 0.107%1954: 0.244%1956: 0.266%1958: 0.337%1960: 0.425%1962: 0.485%1964: 0.501%1966: 0.583%1968: 0.728%1970: 0.695%1972: 0.743%1974: 0.808%1976: 0.824%1978: 0.782%1980: 0.839%1982: 0.901%1984: 1.015%1986: 1.076%1988: 1.239%1990: 0.836%1992: 0.766%1994: 0.69%1996: 0.619%1998: 0.619%2000: 0.651%2002: 0.597%2004: 0.633%2006: 0.635%2008: 0.66%2010: 0.633%2012: 0.514%2014: 0.499%2016: 0.457%2018: 0.553%2020: 0.6%2022: 0.547%2024: 0.551%
Change over the period: +0.459 pp Annual average: 0.01 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Low-income countries 0.551%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Low-income countries, by year Low-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 0.551 −0.006 pp
2023 0.557 +0.01 pp
2022 0.547 −0.006 pp
2021 0.553 −0.047 pp
2020 0.6 +0.013 pp
2019 0.587 +0.034 pp
2018 0.553 −0.017 pp
2017 0.57 +0.113 pp
2016 0.457 +0.018 pp
2015 0.439 −0.06 pp
2014 0.499 +0.019 pp
2013 0.48 −0.034 pp
2012 0.514 −0.049 pp
2011 0.563 −0.07 pp
2010 0.633 −0.037 pp
2009 0.67 +0.01 pp
2008 0.66 +0.025 pp
2007 0.635 +0 pp
2006 0.635 +0.006 pp
2005 0.629 −0.004 pp
2004 0.633 −0.016 pp
2003 0.649 +0.052 pp
2002 0.597 −0.06 pp
2001 0.657 +0.006 pp
2000 0.651 +0.005 pp
1999 0.646 +0.027 pp
1998 0.619 −0.001 pp
1997 0.62 +0.001 pp
1996 0.619 −0.047 pp
1995 0.666 −0.024 pp
1994 0.69 −0.034 pp
1993 0.724 −0.042 pp
1992 0.766 −0.042 pp
1991 0.808 −0.028 pp
1990 0.836 −0.422 pp
1989 1.258 +0.019 pp
1988 1.239 +0.08 pp
1987 1.159 +0.083 pp
1986 1.076 +0.052 pp
1985 1.024 +0.009 pp
1984 1.015 +0.048 pp
1983 0.967 +0.066 pp
1982 0.901 +0.008 pp
1981 0.893 +0.054 pp
1980 0.839 +0.02 pp
1979 0.819 +0.037 pp
1978 0.782 −0.052 pp
1977 0.834 +0.01 pp
1976 0.824 −0.019 pp
1975 0.843 +0.035 pp
1974 0.808 +0.042 pp
1973 0.766 +0.023 pp
1972 0.743 −0.164 pp
1971 0.907 +0.212 pp
1970 0.695 −0.004 pp
1969 0.699 −0.029 pp
1968 0.728 +0.122 pp
1967 0.606 +0.023 pp
1966 0.583 +0.015 pp
1965 0.568 +0.067 pp
1964 0.501 +0.024 pp
1963 0.477 −0.008 pp
1962 0.485 +0.037 pp
1961 0.448 +0.023 pp
1960 0.425 +0.046 pp
1959 0.379 +0.042 pp
1958 0.337 +0.028 pp
1957 0.309 +0.043 pp
1956 0.266 +0.006 pp
1955 0.26 +0.016 pp
1954 0.244 +0.121 pp
1953 0.123 +0.016 pp
1952 0.107 +0.012 pp
1951 0.095 +0.003 pp
1950 0.092

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.