Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — South America

Share of global CO2 emissions in South America in 2024 — 2.876%. Since 1892, the indicator has risen by 2.389 pp.

2024 2.876% −0.031 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 3.443%2014
Period minimum 0.334%1918

Trend over time

1892–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — South America, 1892–20240123418921906192019341948196219761990200420181892: 0.487%1895: 0.57%1898: 0.538%1901: 0.476%1904: 0.476%1907: 0.609%1910: 0.677%1913: 0.737%1916: 0.43%1919: 0.448%1922: 0.537%1925: 0.709%1928: 0.791%1931: 0.763%1934: 1.05%1937: 1.137%1940: 1.043%1943: 0.966%1946: 1.25%1949: 1.37%1952: 2.188%1955: 2.284%1958: 2.124%1961: 2.144%1964: 2.126%1967: 2.184%1970: 2.267%1973: 2.299%1976: 2.348%1979: 2.534%1982: 2.62%1985: 2.492%1988: 2.648%1991: 2.612%1994: 2.854%1997: 3.145%2000: 3.182%2003: 2.967%2006: 2.973%2009: 3.049%2012: 3.267%2015: 3.354%2018: 2.945%2021: 3.012%2024: 2.876%
Change over the period: +2.389 pp Annual average: 0.02 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: South America

South America 2.876%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — South America, by year South America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.876 −0.031 pp
2023 2.907 −0.025 pp
2022 2.932 −0.08 pp
2021 3.012 +0.215 pp
2020 2.797 −0.154 pp
2019 2.951 +0.006 pp
2018 2.945 −0.185 pp
2017 3.13 −0.097 pp
2016 3.227 −0.127 pp
2015 3.354 −0.089 pp
2014 3.443 +0.026 pp
2013 3.417 +0.15 pp
2012 3.267 +0.11 pp
2011 3.157 −0.06 pp
2010 3.217 +0.168 pp
2009 3.049 −0.035 pp
2008 3.084 +0.083 pp
2007 3.001 +0.028 pp
2006 2.973 −0.005 pp
2005 2.978 −0.017 pp
2004 2.995 +0.028 pp
2003 2.967 −0.155 pp
2002 3.122 +0.043 pp
2001 3.079 −0.103 pp
2000 3.182 −0.092 pp
1999 3.274 +0.017 pp
1998 3.257 +0.112 pp
1997 3.145 +0.175 pp
1996 2.97 +0.038 pp
1995 2.932 +0.078 pp
1994 2.854 −0.017 pp
1993 2.871 +0.127 pp
1992 2.744 +0.132 pp
1991 2.612 −0.021 pp
1990 2.633 +0.023 pp
1989 2.61 −0.038 pp
1988 2.648 +0.006 pp
1987 2.642 +0.048 pp
1986 2.594 +0.102 pp
1985 2.492 −0.034 pp
1984 2.526 −0.043 pp
1983 2.569 −0.051 pp
1982 2.62 +0.028 pp
1981 2.592 −0.027 pp
1980 2.619 +0.085 pp
1979 2.534 +0.104 pp
1978 2.43 +0.062 pp
1977 2.368 +0.02 pp
1976 2.348 −0.075 pp
1975 2.423 −0.027 pp
1974 2.45 +0.151 pp
1973 2.299 +0.065 pp
1972 2.234 −0.001 pp
1971 2.235 −0.032 pp
1970 2.267 +0.004 pp
1969 2.263 +0.035 pp
1968 2.228 +0.044 pp
1967 2.184 +0.06 pp
1966 2.124 +0 pp
1965 2.124 −0.002 pp
1964 2.126 −0.011 pp
1963 2.137 −0.074 pp
1962 2.211 +0.067 pp
1961 2.144 +0.022 pp
1960 2.122 −0.103 pp
1959 2.225 +0.101 pp
1958 2.124 −0.235 pp
1957 2.359 +0.036 pp
1956 2.323 +0.039 pp
1955 2.284 +0.059 pp
1954 2.225 +0.11 pp
1953 2.115 −0.073 pp
1952 2.188 +0.132 pp
1951 2.056 +0.144 pp
1950 1.912 +0.542 pp
1949 1.37 +0.084 pp
1948 1.286 +0.068 pp
1947 1.218 −0.032 pp
1946 1.25 −0.027 pp
1945 1.277 +0.229 pp
1944 1.048 +0.082 pp
1943 0.966 −0.006 pp
1942 0.972 −0.058 pp
1941 1.03 −0.013 pp
1940 1.043 +0.001 pp
1939 1.042 −0.084 pp
1938 1.126 −0.011 pp
1937 1.137 +0.166 pp
1936 0.971 −0.109 pp
1935 1.08 +0.03 pp
1934 1.05 +0.028 pp
1933 1.022 +0.068 pp
1932 0.954 +0.191 pp
1931 0.763 +0.015 pp
1930 0.748 −0.062 pp
1929 0.81 +0.019 pp
1928 0.791 +0.04 pp
1927 0.751 +0.001 pp
1926 0.75 +0.041 pp
1925 0.709 +0.039 pp
1924 0.67 +0.134 pp
1923 0.536 −0.001 pp
1922 0.537 +0.044 pp
1921 0.493 +0.037 pp
1920 0.456 +0.008 pp
1919 0.448 +0.114 pp
1918 0.334 −0.035 pp
1917 0.369 −0.061 pp
1916 0.43 −0.067 pp
1915 0.497 −0.178 pp
1914 0.675 −0.062 pp
1913 0.737 −0.023 pp
1912 0.76 −0.014 pp
1911 0.774 +0.097 pp
1910 0.677 +0.043 pp
1909 0.634 −0.037 pp
1908 0.671 +0.062 pp
1907 0.609 +0 pp
1906 0.609 +0.085 pp
1905 0.524 +0.048 pp
1904 0.476 +0.013 pp
1903 0.463 −0.032 pp
1902 0.495 +0.019 pp
1901 0.476 +0.021 pp
1900 0.455 −0.062 pp
1899 0.517 −0.021 pp
1898 0.538 +0.009 pp
1897 0.529 −0.067 pp
1896 0.596 +0.026 pp
1895 0.57 −0.025 pp
1894 0.595 +0.102 pp
1893 0.493 +0.006 pp
1892 0.487

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.