Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Saudi Arabia

Share of global CO2 emissions in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 1.793%. Ranked 207 in the world out of 214. Since 1936, the indicator has risen by 1.793 pp.

2024 1.793% +0.015 pp vs 2023
World rank 207of 214
Period maximum 1.91%2019
Period minimum 0%1936

Trend over time

1936–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Saudi Arabia, 1936–202400.511.52193619451954196319721981199019992008201720241936: 0%1938: 0.005%1940: 0.044%1942: 0.038%1944: 0.063%1946: 0.546%1948: 0.329%1950: 0.087%1952: 0%1954: 0.018%1956: 0.021%1958: 0.024%1960: 0.028%1962: 0.064%1964: 0.065%1966: 0.054%1968: 0.225%1970: 0.304%1972: 0.433%1974: 0.581%1976: 0.568%1978: 0.605%1980: 0.872%1982: 0.843%1984: 0.799%1986: 1.001%1988: 0.923%1990: 0.801%1992: 1.226%1994: 1.268%1996: 1.112%1998: 0.901%2000: 1.214%2002: 1.321%2004: 1.425%2006: 1.454%2008: 1.465%2010: 1.668%2012: 1.733%2014: 1.65%2016: 1.812%2018: 1.775%2020: 1.859%2022: 1.777%2024: 1.793%
Change over the period: +1.793 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia 1.793%
World computed 96.886%
Middle East & North Africa computed 7.976%
Western Asia computed 5.808%
High-income countries computed 35.823%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 1.793 +0.015 pp
2023 1.778 +0.001 pp
2022 1.777 −0.109 pp
2021 1.886 +0.027 pp
2020 1.859 −0.051 pp
2019 1.91 +0.135 pp
2018 1.775 −0.017 pp
2017 1.792 −0.02 pp
2016 1.812 +0.048 pp
2015 1.764 +0.114 pp
2014 1.65 −0.003 pp
2013 1.653 −0.08 pp
2012 1.733 +0.166 pp
2011 1.567 −0.101 pp
2010 1.668 +0.069 pp
2009 1.599 +0.134 pp
2008 1.465 +0.121 pp
2007 1.344 −0.11 pp
2006 1.454 +0.061 pp
2005 1.393 −0.032 pp
2004 1.425 +0.155 pp
2003 1.27 −0.051 pp
2002 1.321 +0.059 pp
2001 1.262 +0.048 pp
2000 1.214 +0.257 pp
1999 0.957 +0.056 pp
1998 0.901 −0.031 pp
1997 0.932 −0.18 pp
1996 1.112 −0.056 pp
1995 1.168 −0.1 pp
1994 1.268 −0.041 pp
1993 1.309 +0.083 pp
1992 1.226 +0.172 pp
1991 1.054 +0.253 pp
1990 0.801 −0.115 pp
1989 0.916 −0.007 pp
1988 0.923 +0.021 pp
1987 0.902 −0.099 pp
1986 1.001 +0.145 pp
1985 0.856 +0.057 pp
1984 0.799 −0.052 pp
1983 0.851 +0.008 pp
1982 0.843 −0.085 pp
1981 0.928 +0.056 pp
1980 0.872 +0.165 pp
1979 0.707 +0.102 pp
1978 0.605 −0.038 pp
1977 0.643 +0.075 pp
1976 0.568 +0.078 pp
1975 0.49 −0.091 pp
1974 0.581 +0.024 pp
1973 0.557 +0.124 pp
1972 0.433 +0.048 pp
1971 0.385 +0.081 pp
1970 0.304 +0.048 pp
1969 0.256 +0.031 pp
1968 0.225 +0.017 pp
1967 0.208 +0.154 pp
1966 0.054 +0.017 pp
1965 0.037 −0.028 pp
1964 0.065 −0.003 pp
1963 0.068 +0.004 pp
1962 0.064 +0.026 pp
1961 0.038 +0.01 pp
1960 0.028 +0.007 pp
1959 0.021 −0.003 pp
1958 0.024 −0.002 pp
1957 0.026 +0.005 pp
1956 0.021 −0.007 pp
1955 0.028 +0.01 pp
1954 0.018 +0.011 pp
1953 0.007 +0.007 pp
1952 0 +0 pp
1951 0 −0.087 pp
1950 0.087 −0.266 pp
1949 0.353 +0.024 pp
1948 0.329 −0.402 pp
1947 0.731 +0.185 pp
1946 0.546 +0.341 pp
1945 0.205 +0.142 pp
1944 0.063 +0.024 pp
1943 0.039 +0.001 pp
1942 0.038 +0.002 pp
1941 0.036 −0.008 pp
1940 0.044 +0.007 pp
1939 0.037 +0.032 pp
1938 0.005 +0.004 pp
1937 0.001 +0.001 pp
1936 0

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.