Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Lower-middle-income countries

Share of global CO2 emissions in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 15.734%. Since 1950, the indicator has risen by 11.212 pp.

2024 15.734% +0.361 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 15.734%2024
Period minimum 4.451%1951

Trend over time

1950–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Lower-middle-income countries, 1950–20240510152019501958196619741982199019982006201420221950: 4.522%1952: 4.663%1954: 4.971%1956: 5.377%1958: 5.905%1960: 6.015%1962: 6.395%1964: 6.587%1966: 6.948%1968: 6.982%1970: 6.703%1972: 6.93%1974: 7.414%1976: 7.653%1978: 7.652%1980: 7.851%1982: 8.509%1984: 8.625%1986: 8.94%1988: 8.877%1990: 8.943%1992: 9.078%1994: 8.922%1996: 8.976%1998: 9.474%2000: 9.761%2002: 9.896%2004: 9.958%2006: 10.28%2008: 10.725%2010: 11.136%2012: 11.73%2014: 12.461%2016: 13.448%2018: 14.005%2020: 14.704%2022: 14.868%2024: 15.734%
Change over the period: +11.212 pp Annual average: 0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lower-middle-income countries 15.734%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 15.734 +0.361 pp
2023 15.373 +0.505 pp
2022 14.868 −0.122 pp
2021 14.99 +0.286 pp
2020 14.704 +0.339 pp
2019 14.365 +0.36 pp
2018 14.005 +0.205 pp
2017 13.8 +0.352 pp
2016 13.448 +0.674 pp
2015 12.774 +0.313 pp
2014 12.461 +0.523 pp
2013 11.938 +0.208 pp
2012 11.73 +0.392 pp
2011 11.338 +0.202 pp
2010 11.136 −0.075 pp
2009 11.211 +0.486 pp
2008 10.725 +0.278 pp
2007 10.447 +0.167 pp
2006 10.28 +0.239 pp
2005 10.041 +0.083 pp
2004 9.958 +0.17 pp
2003 9.788 −0.108 pp
2002 9.896 −0.039 pp
2001 9.935 +0.174 pp
2000 9.761 −0.059 pp
1999 9.82 +0.346 pp
1998 9.474 +0.316 pp
1997 9.158 +0.182 pp
1996 8.976 +0.053 pp
1995 8.923 +0.001 pp
1994 8.922 +0.031 pp
1993 8.891 −0.187 pp
1992 9.078 +0.385 pp
1991 8.693 −0.25 pp
1990 8.943 +0.191 pp
1989 8.752 −0.125 pp
1988 8.877 +0.019 pp
1987 8.858 −0.082 pp
1986 8.94 −0.005 pp
1985 8.945 +0.32 pp
1984 8.625 −0.1 pp
1983 8.725 +0.216 pp
1982 8.509 +0.397 pp
1981 8.112 +0.261 pp
1980 7.851 +0.104 pp
1979 7.747 +0.095 pp
1978 7.652 −0.075 pp
1977 7.727 +0.074 pp
1976 7.653 −0.022 pp
1975 7.675 +0.261 pp
1974 7.414 +0.373 pp
1973 7.041 +0.111 pp
1972 6.93 +0.05 pp
1971 6.88 +0.177 pp
1970 6.703 −0.113 pp
1969 6.816 −0.166 pp
1968 6.982 +0.028 pp
1967 6.954 +0.006 pp
1966 6.948 +0.133 pp
1965 6.815 +0.228 pp
1964 6.587 +0.035 pp
1963 6.552 +0.157 pp
1962 6.395 +0.174 pp
1961 6.221 +0.206 pp
1960 6.015 +0.134 pp
1959 5.881 −0.024 pp
1958 5.905 +0.233 pp
1957 5.672 +0.295 pp
1956 5.377 +0.128 pp
1955 5.249 +0.278 pp
1954 4.971 +0.24 pp
1953 4.731 +0.068 pp
1952 4.663 +0.212 pp
1951 4.451 −0.071 pp
1950 4.522

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.