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Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Hong Kong

Greenhouse gases excluding land use in Hong Kong in 2024 — 38.86 Mt. Ranked 123 in the world out of 198. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 117,669.7%.

2024 38.86 Mt +0.91% vs 2023
World rank 123of 198
Period maximum 50.66 Mt2014
Period minimum 0.03 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Hong Kong, 1850–20240204060185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.03 Mt1853: 0.04 Mt1856: 0.04 Mt1859: 0.04 Mt1862: 0.05 Mt1865: 0.05 Mt1868: 0.05 Mt1871: 0.05 Mt1874: 0.06 Mt1877: 0.06 Mt1880: 0.07 Mt1883: 0.07 Mt1886: 0.07 Mt1889: 0.08 Mt1892: 0.08 Mt1895: 0.09 Mt1898: 0.09 Mt1901: 0.1 Mt1904: 0.11 Mt1907: 0.12 Mt1910: 0.12 Mt1913: 0.13 Mt1916: 0.14 Mt1919: 0.15 Mt1922: 0.16 Mt1925: 0.16 Mt1928: 0.17 Mt1931: 0.19 Mt1934: 0.23 Mt1937: 0.27 Mt1940: 0.31 Mt1943: 0.35 Mt1946: 0.4 Mt1949: 0.5 Mt1952: 2.12 Mt1955: 2.62 Mt1958: 3.29 Mt1961: 4.52 Mt1964: 5.66 Mt1967: 7.72 Mt1970: 10.29 Mt1973: 11.49 Mt1976: 14.91 Mt1979: 18.59 Mt1982: 22.64 Mt1985: 26.09 Mt1988: 32.93 Mt1991: 32.63 Mt1994: 35.52 Mt1997: 34.96 Mt2000: 44.59 Mt2003: 47.44 Mt2006: 46.71 Mt2009: 46.56 Mt2012: 47.84 Mt2015: 47.61 Mt2018: 48 Mt2021: 39.1 Mt2024: 38.86 Mt
Change over the period: +38.83 (+117,669.7%) Average annual rate: 4.15 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Hong Kong

Hong Kong 38.86 Mt
World computed 43,694.41 Mt
East Asia & Pacific computed 18,854.79 Mt
Eastern Asia computed 15,771.56 Mt
High-income countries computed 15,845.87 Mt
Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Hong Kong, by year Hong Kong All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 38.86 +0.35 +0.91%
2023 38.51 +2.29 +6.31%
2022 36.23 −2.88 −7.36%
2021 39.1 +0.15 +0.4%
2020 38.95 −8.41 −17.76%
2019 47.36 −0.65 −1.35%
2018 48 +0.22 +0.46%
2017 47.78 −0.86 −1.76%
2016 48.64 +1.03 +2.17%
2015 47.61 −3.06 −6.04%
2014 50.66 +1.24 +2.5%
2013 49.43 +1.59 +3.32%
2012 47.84 −0.38 −0.79%
2011 48.22 +3.16 +7.01%
2010 45.06 −1.51 −3.23%
2009 46.56 −1.14 −2.38%
2008 47.7 −0.75 −1.55%
2007 48.45 +1.74 +3.73%
2006 46.71 −1.37 −2.85%
2005 48.08 +2.27 +4.95%
2004 45.81 −1.63 −3.44%
2003 47.44 +3.78 +8.66%
2002 43.66 +1.64 +3.91%
2001 42.02 −2.57 −5.76%
2000 44.59 −2.92 −6.14%
1999 47.51 +3.84 +8.79%
1998 43.67 +8.71 +24.9%
1997 34.96 +1.64 +4.91%
1996 33.32 −2.41 −6.75%
1995 35.74 +0.22 +0.62%
1994 35.52 −3.66 −9.34%
1993 39.18 +1.99 +5.34%
1992 37.19 +4.56 +13.99%
1991 32.63 +1.54 +4.95%
1990 31.09 −2.85 −8.4%
1989 33.94 +1.01 +3.06%
1988 32.93 +1.38 +4.36%
1987 31.56 +2.65 +9.15%
1986 28.91 +2.82 +10.81%
1985 26.09 +0.71 +2.8%
1984 25.38 +1.4 +5.82%
1983 23.99 +1.35 +5.97%
1982 22.64 +1.09 +5.08%
1981 21.54 +2.11 +10.87%
1980 19.43 +0.84 +4.5%
1979 18.59 +0.23 +1.28%
1978 18.36 +1.63 +9.76%
1977 16.73 +1.82 +12.17%
1976 14.91 +1.58 +11.84%
1975 13.33 +0.4 +3.09%
1974 12.93 +1.44 +12.51%
1973 11.49 +0.06 +0.52%
1972 11.44 +0.18 +1.62%
1971 11.25 +0.96 +9.35%
1970 10.29 +0.75 +7.86%
1969 9.54 +1.62 +20.39%
1968 7.93 +0.21 +2.66%
1967 7.72 +0.96 +14.17%
1966 6.76 +0.44 +6.89%
1965 6.33 +0.67 +11.87%
1964 5.66 +0.07 +1.25%
1963 5.59 +0.66 +13.49%
1962 4.92 +0.41 +8.99%
1961 4.52 +0.5 +12.54%
1960 4.01 +0.33 +8.81%
1959 3.69 +0.4 +12.1%
1958 3.29 +0.07 +2.24%
1957 3.22 +0.3 +10.28%
1956 2.92 +0.3 +11.46%
1955 2.62 +0.14 +5.48%
1954 2.48 +0.12 +5.17%
1953 2.36 +0.24 +11.48%
1952 2.12 +0.02 +0.95%
1951 2.1 +0.27 +14.91%
1950 1.82 +1.32 +261.9%
1949 0.5 +0.03 +5.66%
1948 0.48 +0.03 +6.95%
1947 0.45 +0.04 +10.4%
1946 0.4 +0.02 +5.76%
1945 0.38 +0.02 +6.11%
1944 0.36 +0.01 +4.05%
1943 0.35 +0.01 +3.9%
1942 0.33 −0.04 −11.44%
1941 0.38 +0.07 +20.9%
1940 0.31 −0.04 −11.4%
1939 0.35 +0.01 +3.85%
1938 0.34 +0.07 +25.19%
1937 0.27 +0.01 +5.06%
1936 0.26 +0.01 +5.33%
1935 0.24 +0.01 +5.63%
1934 0.23 +0.01 +5.96%
1933 0.22 +0.01 +6.86%
1932 0.2 +0.01 +6.81%
1931 0.19 +0.01 +7.91%
1930 0.18 +0 +1.14%
1929 0.18 +0 +1.74%
1928 0.17 +0 +1.78%
1927 0.17 +0 +1.2%
1926 0.17 +0 +1.83%
1925 0.16 −0 −0.61%
1924 0.17 +0 +2.48%
1923 0.16 +0 +1.26%
1922 0.16 +0 +1.92%
1921 0.16 +0 +1.96%
1920 0.15 +0 +2%
1919 0.15 +0 +2.04%
1918 0.15 +0 +1.38%
1917 0.15 +0 +2.11%
1916 0.14 +0 +2.16%
1915 0.14 +0 +2.21%
1914 0.14 +0 +2.26%
1913 0.13 +0 +2.31%
1912 0.13 +0 +2.36%
1911 0.13 +0 +2.42%
1910 0.12 +0 +2.48%
1909 0.12 +0 +2.54%
1908 0.12 +0 +2.61%
1907 0.12 +0 +2.68%
1906 0.11 +0 +2.75%
1905 0.11 +0 +2.83%
1904 0.11 +0 +2.91%
1903 0.1 +0 +3%
1902 0.1 +0 +3.09%
1901 0.1 +0 +3.19%
1900 0.09 +0 +2.17%
1899 0.09 +0 +2.22%
1898 0.09 +0 +2.27%
1897 0.09 +0 +1.15%
1896 0.09 +0 +2.35%
1895 0.09 +0 +2.41%
1894 0.08 +0 +2.47%
1893 0.08 +0 +1.25%
1892 0.08 +0 +2.56%
1891 0.08 +0 +2.63%
1890 0.08 +0 +1.33%
1889 0.08 +0 +1.35%
1888 0.07 +0 +1.37%
1887 0.07 +0 +1.39%
1886 0.07 +0 +1.41%
1885 0.07 +0 +1.43%
1884 0.07 +0 +1.45%
1883 0.07 +0 +1.47%
1882 0.07 +0 +1.49%
1881 0.07 +0 +1.52%
1880 0.07 +0 +1.54%
1879 0.07 +0 +1.56%
1878 0.06 +0 +3.23%
1877 0.06 +0 +3.33%
1876 0.06 +0 +1.69%
1875 0.06 +0 +3.51%
1874 0.06 +0 +3.64%
1873 0.06 +0 +1.85%
1872 0.05 +0 +1.89%
1871 0.05 +0 +1.92%
1870 0.05 +0 +1.96%
1869 0.05 +0 +2%
1868 0.05 +0 +2.04%
1867 0.05 +0 +2.08%
1866 0.05 +0 +2.13%
1865 0.05 +0 +2.17%
1864 0.05 +0 +0%
1863 0.05 +0 +2.22%
1862 0.05 +0 +2.27%
1861 0.04 +0 +2.33%
1860 0.04 +0 +2.38%
1859 0.04 +0 +2.44%
1858 0.04 +0 +2.5%
1857 0.04 +0 +2.56%
1856 0.04 +0 +2.63%
1855 0.04 +0 +2.7%
1854 0.04 +0 +2.78%
1853 0.04 +0 +2.86%
1852 0.04 +0 +2.94%
1851 0.03 +0 +3.03%
1850 0.03 — —

Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MO Macao 1.17 HK Hong Kong 38.86 MN Mongolia 67.44 KP North Korea 78.3 TW Taiwan 279.7 KR South Korea 621.36 JP Japan 986.18 CN China 13,698.57
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry. The split is essential for comparing countries: in Brazil and Indonesia the contribution of deforestation is comparable to the whole of the rest of the economy, while for most developed countries land use comes out negative — forests are growing and absorb more than they release. The same list of countries therefore looks different under the two versions of the indicator.

Important: The difference from total greenhouse gases is exactly the contribution of land use — and it can be negative if a country's forests absorb more than they lose.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.

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