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Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Iceland

Greenhouse gases excluding land use in Iceland in 2024 — 4.12 Mt. Ranked 46 in the world out of 198. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 45,622.2%.

2024 4.12 Mt +7.33% vs 2023
World rank 46of 198
Period maximum 4.19 Mt2008
Period minimum 0.01 Mt1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Iceland, 1850–20240246185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.01 Mt1853: 0.01 Mt1856: 0.01 Mt1859: 0.01 Mt1862: 0.01 Mt1865: 0.01 Mt1868: 0.01 Mt1871: 0.01 Mt1874: 0.01 Mt1877: 0.01 Mt1880: 0.01 Mt1883: 0.01 Mt1886: 0.01 Mt1889: 0.01 Mt1892: 0.02 Mt1895: 0.02 Mt1898: 0.02 Mt1901: 0.02 Mt1904: 0.02 Mt1907: 0.02 Mt1910: 0.02 Mt1913: 0.02 Mt1916: 0.03 Mt1919: 0.03 Mt1922: 0.03 Mt1925: 0.03 Mt1928: 0.03 Mt1931: 0.03 Mt1934: 0.03 Mt1937: 0.05 Mt1940: 0.46 Mt1943: 0.51 Mt1946: 0.56 Mt1949: 0.8 Mt1952: 0.86 Mt1955: 1.01 Mt1958: 1.22 Mt1961: 1.25 Mt1964: 1.51 Mt1967: 1.69 Mt1970: 1.65 Mt1973: 2.04 Mt1976: 2 Mt1979: 2.29 Mt1982: 1.89 Mt1985: 1.93 Mt1988: 2.17 Mt1991: 2.37 Mt1994: 2.64 Mt1997: 2.92 Mt2000: 3.26 Mt2003: 3.33 Mt2006: 3.56 Mt2009: 4.09 Mt2012: 3.8 Mt2015: 3.87 Mt2018: 4.07 Mt2021: 3.82 Mt2024: 4.12 Mt
Change over the period: +4.11 (+45,622.22%) Average annual rate: 3.58 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iceland 4.12 Mt
World computed 43,694.41 Mt
Europe & Central Asia computed 7,009.48 Mt
Northern Europe computed 563.98 Mt
High-income countries computed 15,845.87 Mt
Greenhouse gases excluding land use — Iceland, by year Iceland All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt Change Change, %
2024 4.12 +0.28 +7.33%
2023 3.83 −0.1 −2.59%
2022 3.94 +0.11 +2.96%
2021 3.82 +0.15 +4.2%
2020 3.67 −0.26 −6.62%
2019 3.93 −0.14 −3.39%
2018 4.07 +0.06 +1.57%
2017 4 +0.16 +4.05%
2016 3.85 −0.03 −0.65%
2015 3.87 +0.12 +3.09%
2014 3.76 −0.04 −1.08%
2013 3.8 −0 −0.13%
2012 3.8 −0.02 −0.65%
2011 3.83 −0.15 −3.67%
2010 3.97 −0.11 −2.72%
2009 4.09 −0.11 −2.6%
2008 4.19 +0.32 +8.32%
2007 3.87 +0.31 +8.7%
2006 3.56 +0.18 +5.29%
2005 3.38 −0.08 −2.2%
2004 3.46 +0.13 +3.94%
2003 3.33 −0.01 −0.15%
2002 3.33 +0.13 +4.03%
2001 3.2 −0.06 −1.72%
2000 3.26 +0.1 +3.23%
1999 3.16 +0.21 +7.2%
1998 2.95 +0.02 +0.82%
1997 2.92 +0.09 +3.18%
1996 2.83 +0.06 +2.28%
1995 2.77 +0.13 +4.77%
1994 2.64 −0.04 −1.42%
1993 2.68 +0.16 +6.47%
1992 2.52 +0.15 +6.47%
1991 2.37 −0.12 −4.98%
1990 2.49 +0.27 +12.02%
1989 2.22 +0.06 +2.54%
1988 2.17 −0 −0.05%
1987 2.17 +0.07 +3.44%
1986 2.1 +0.16 +8.38%
1985 1.93 −0.18 −8.47%
1984 2.11 +0.27 +14.9%
1983 1.84 −0.05 −2.6%
1982 1.89 −0.16 −7.86%
1981 2.05 −0.11 −5.18%
1980 2.16 −0.13 −5.59%
1979 2.29 +0.06 +2.6%
1978 2.23 +0.02 +1.09%
1977 2.21 +0.21 +10.29%
1976 2 +0.09 +4.55%
1975 1.91 −0.12 −5.9%
1974 2.03 −0 −0.2%
1973 2.04 +0.28 +15.66%
1972 1.76 +0.02 +1.21%
1971 1.74 +0.1 +5.84%
1970 1.65 +0.11 +6.96%
1969 1.54 −0.32 −17%
1968 1.85 +0.17 +9.77%
1967 1.69 −0.04 −2.14%
1966 1.73 +0.11 +7.08%
1965 1.61 +0.1 +6.76%
1964 1.51 +0.02 +1.14%
1963 1.49 +0.12 +8.67%
1962 1.37 +0.12 +9.49%
1961 1.25 −0.11 −8%
1960 1.36 −0.01 −1.09%
1959 1.38 +0.16 +12.86%
1958 1.22 +0.14 +12.74%
1957 1.08 +0.02 +2.27%
1956 1.06 +0.05 +4.54%
1955 1.01 +0.14 +16.04%
1954 0.87 −0.13 −12.87%
1953 1 +0.15 +17.19%
1952 0.86 +0.14 +19.25%
1951 0.72 −0.09 −11.15%
1950 0.81 +0 +0.5%
1949 0.8 +0.03 +3.21%
1948 0.78 +0.13 +19.33%
1947 0.65 +0.09 +16.64%
1946 0.56 +0.08 +16.95%
1945 0.48 −0.02 −3.63%
1944 0.5 −0.02 −3.31%
1943 0.51 +0.04 +7.77%
1942 0.48 +0.03 +6.25%
1941 0.45 −0.01 −2.4%
1940 0.46 +0.43 +1,250%
1939 0.03 +0 +0%
1938 0.03 −0.02 −34.62%
1937 0.05 −0 −5.45%
1936 0.06 +0.02 +66.67%
1935 0.03 +0 +0%
1934 0.03 +0 +3.13%
1933 0.03 +0 +0%
1932 0.03 +0 +0%
1931 0.03 +0 +0%
1930 0.03 +0 +3.23%
1929 0.03 +0 +0%
1928 0.03 +0 +0%
1927 0.03 +0 +3.33%
1926 0.03 +0 +3.45%
1925 0.03 +0 +0%
1924 0.03 +0 +3.57%
1923 0.03 +0 +0%
1922 0.03 +0 +3.7%
1921 0.03 +0 +0%
1920 0.03 +0 +3.85%
1919 0.03 +0 +0%
1918 0.03 +0 +0%
1917 0.03 +0 +4%
1916 0.03 +0 +0%
1915 0.03 +0 +0%
1914 0.03 +0 +4.17%
1913 0.02 +0 +0%
1912 0.02 +0 +0%
1911 0.02 +0 +4.35%
1910 0.02 +0 +0%
1909 0.02 +0 +4.55%
1908 0.02 +0 +0%
1907 0.02 +0 +4.76%
1906 0.02 +0 +0%
1905 0.02 +0 +5%
1904 0.02 +0 +5.26%
1903 0.02 +0 +0%
1902 0.02 +0 +5.56%
1901 0.02 +0 +0%
1900 0.02 +0 +5.88%
1899 0.02 +0 +0%
1898 0.02 +0 +6.25%
1897 0.02 +0 +0%
1896 0.02 +0 +0%
1895 0.02 +0 +6.67%
1894 0.02 +0 +0%
1893 0.02 +0 +0%
1892 0.02 +0 +7.14%
1891 0.01 +0 +0%
1890 0.01 +0 +7.69%
1889 0.01 +0 +0%
1888 0.01 +0 +0%
1887 0.01 +0 +0%
1886 0.01 +0 +0%
1885 0.01 +0 +0%
1884 0.01 +0 +0%
1883 0.01 +0 +0%
1882 0.01 +0 +0%
1881 0.01 +0 +0%
1880 0.01 +0 +0%
1879 0.01 +0 +8.33%
1878 0.01 +0 +0%
1877 0.01 +0 +0%
1876 0.01 +0 +9.09%
1875 0.01 +0 +0%
1874 0.01 +0 +0%
1873 0.01 +0 +10%
1872 0.01 +0 +0%
1871 0.01 +0 +0%
1870 0.01 +0 +0%
1869 0.01 +0 +0%
1868 0.01 +0 +0%
1867 0.01 +0 +0%
1866 0.01 +0 +0%
1865 0.01 +0 +0%
1864 0.01 +0 +0%
1863 0.01 +0 +0%
1862 0.01 +0 +0%
1861 0.01 +0 +0%
1860 0.01 +0 +0%
1859 0.01 +0 +0%
1858 0.01 +0 +0%
1857 0.01 +0 +0%
1856 0.01 +0 +11.11%
1855 0.01 +0 +0%
1854 0.01 +0 +0%
1853 0.01 +0 +0%
1852 0.01 +0 +0%
1851 0.01 +0 +0%
1850 0.01 — —

Northern Europe, 2024

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

IS Iceland 4.12 LV Latvia 7.94 EE Estonia 9.16 LT Lithuania 15.05 DK Denmark 33.31 FI Finland 35.65 IE Ireland 35.68 SE Sweden 44.43 NO Norway 44.5 GB United Kingdom 334.16
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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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