Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

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

Share of global CO2 emissions in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 44.477%. Since 1933, the indicator has risen by 38.876 pp.

2024 44.477% −0.062 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 44.539%2023
Period minimum 5.117%1948

Trend over time

1933–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Upper-middle-income countries, 1933–2024020406019331943195319631973198319932003201320231933: 5.601%1935: 6.314%1937: 5.951%1939: 6.352%1943: 5.64%1947: 5.318%1949: 6.218%1951: 6.757%1953: 7.547%1955: 8.53%1957: 9.468%1959: 14.627%1961: 12.801%1963: 11.235%1965: 11.568%1967: 11.272%1969: 12.087%1971: 13.754%1973: 14.013%1975: 15.75%1977: 16.449%1979: 17.396%1981: 18.094%1983: 19.707%1985: 20.8%1987: 21.741%1989: 22.151%1991: 21.86%1993: 23.764%1995: 25.31%1997: 25.936%1999: 25.549%2001: 25.856%2003: 28.865%2005: 31.344%2007: 33.504%2009: 36.66%2011: 39.289%2013: 40.089%2015: 40.219%2017: 40.151%2019: 41.31%2021: 42.949%2023: 44.539%2024: 44.477%
Change over the period: +38.876 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Upper-middle-income countries 44.477%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 44.477 −0.062 pp
2023 44.539 +0.731 pp
2022 43.808 +0.859 pp
2021 42.949 −0.277 pp
2020 43.226 +1.916 pp
2019 41.31 +0.805 pp
2018 40.505 +0.354 pp
2017 40.151 +0.251 pp
2016 39.9 −0.319 pp
2015 40.219 −0.18 pp
2014 40.399 +0.31 pp
2013 40.089 +0.236 pp
2012 39.853 +0.564 pp
2011 39.289 +1.87 pp
2010 37.419 +0.759 pp
2009 36.66 +1.748 pp
2008 34.912 +1.408 pp
2007 33.504 +0.918 pp
2006 32.586 +1.242 pp
2005 31.344 +1.529 pp
2004 29.815 +0.95 pp
2003 28.865 +2.096 pp
2002 26.769 +0.913 pp
2001 25.856 +0.324 pp
2000 25.532 −0.017 pp
1999 25.549 +0.193 pp
1998 25.356 −0.58 pp
1997 25.936 +0.335 pp
1996 25.601 +0.291 pp
1995 25.31 +0.879 pp
1994 24.431 +0.667 pp
1993 23.764 +0.696 pp
1992 23.068 +1.208 pp
1991 21.86 +0.246 pp
1990 21.614 −0.537 pp
1989 22.151 +0.07 pp
1988 22.081 +0.34 pp
1987 21.741 +0.294 pp
1986 21.447 +0.647 pp
1985 20.8 +0.553 pp
1984 20.247 +0.54 pp
1983 19.707 +0.425 pp
1982 19.282 +1.188 pp
1981 18.094 +0.431 pp
1980 17.663 +0.267 pp
1979 17.396 +0.107 pp
1978 17.289 +0.84 pp
1977 16.449 +0.604 pp
1976 15.845 +0.095 pp
1975 15.75 +1.313 pp
1974 14.437 +0.424 pp
1973 14.013 +0.119 pp
1972 13.894 +0.14 pp
1971 13.754 +0.73 pp
1970 13.024 +0.937 pp
1969 12.087 +0.592 pp
1968 11.495 +0.223 pp
1967 11.272 −0.649 pp
1966 11.921 +0.353 pp
1965 11.568 +0.289 pp
1964 11.279 +0.044 pp
1963 11.235 −0.312 pp
1962 11.547 −1.254 pp
1961 12.801 −2.14 pp
1960 14.941 +0.314 pp
1959 14.627 +1.889 pp
1958 12.738 +3.27 pp
1957 9.468 +0.681 pp
1956 8.787 +0.257 pp
1955 8.53 +0.364 pp
1954 8.166 +0.619 pp
1953 7.547 +0.071 pp
1952 7.476 +0.719 pp
1951 6.757 +0.359 pp
1950 6.398 +0.18 pp
1949 6.218 +1.101 pp
1948 5.117 −0.201 pp
1947 5.318
1944 5.659 +0.019 pp
1943 5.64
1940 6.334 −0.018 pp
1939 6.352 +0.142 pp
1938 6.21 +0.259 pp
1937 5.951 −0.203 pp
1936 6.154 −0.16 pp
1935 6.314 +0.438 pp
1934 5.876 +0.275 pp
1933 5.601

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.