Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Colombia

Greenhouse gases per capita in Colombia in 2024 — 4.7 t/person. Ranked 93 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 76.8%.

2024 4.7 t/person +2.67% vs 2023
World rank 93of 199
Period maximum 31.56 t/person1959
Period minimum 4.09 t/person2010

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Colombia, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 20.23 t/person1853: 15.13 t/person1856: 13.42 t/person1859: 11.55 t/person1862: 11.29 t/person1865: 11.27 t/person1868: 12.08 t/person1871: 19.98 t/person1874: 21.83 t/person1877: 21.96 t/person1880: 23.58 t/person1883: 21.36 t/person1886: 21.07 t/person1889: 21.66 t/person1892: 22.63 t/person1895: 22.52 t/person1898: 22.64 t/person1901: 24.3 t/person1904: 25.84 t/person1907: 26.1 t/person1910: 27.61 t/person1913: 28.79 t/person1916: 29.1 t/person1919: 26.6 t/person1922: 30.09 t/person1925: 28.86 t/person1928: 28.46 t/person1931: 21.68 t/person1934: 20.43 t/person1937: 19.11 t/person1940: 25.18 t/person1943: 28.55 t/person1946: 28.07 t/person1949: 26.89 t/person1952: 28.73 t/person1955: 28.01 t/person1958: 29.7 t/person1961: 25.59 t/person1964: 22.45 t/person1967: 9 t/person1970: 22.38 t/person1973: 8.31 t/person1976: 8.01 t/person1979: 6.61 t/person1982: 5.77 t/person1985: 5.69 t/person1988: 4.85 t/person1991: 5.23 t/person1994: 5.46 t/person1997: 7.77 t/person2000: 4.79 t/person2003: 8.03 t/person2006: 4.69 t/person2009: 4.22 t/person2012: 10.44 t/person2015: 5.41 t/person2018: 6.26 t/person2021: 4.89 t/person2024: 4.7 t/person
Change over the period: −15.54 (−76.8%) Average annual rate: -0.84 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Colombia 4.7 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Latin America & Caribbean computed 7.98 t/person
South America computed 9.81 t/person
Upper-middle-income countries computed 8.99 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Colombia, by year Colombia All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 4.7 +0.12 +2.67%
2023 4.57 −0.01 −0.26%
2022 4.59 −0.31 −6.26%
2021 4.89 +0.07 +1.45%
2020 4.82 −0.7 −12.68%
2019 5.52 −0.74 −11.75%
2018 6.26 −0.18 −2.83%
2017 6.44 +1.55 +31.66%
2016 4.89 −0.52 −9.54%
2015 5.41 −0.64 −10.51%
2014 6.04 −1.13 −15.71%
2013 7.17 −3.27 −31.33%
2012 10.44 +4.04 +63.05%
2011 6.4 +2.31 +56.5%
2010 4.09 −0.13 −3.08%
2009 4.22 −0.03 −0.66%
2008 4.25 −0.54 −11.24%
2007 4.79 +0.1 +2.07%
2006 4.69 +0.53 +12.61%
2005 4.16 −0.92 −18.03%
2004 5.08 −2.95 −36.72%
2003 8.03 +2.79 +53.18%
2002 5.24 +1.08 +25.93%
2001 4.16 −0.63 −13.06%
2000 4.79 −1.8 −27.28%
1999 6.58 −1.41 −17.62%
1998 7.99 +0.22 +2.84%
1997 7.77 +1.39 +21.86%
1996 6.38 −0.13 −2.04%
1995 6.51 +1.05 +19.17%
1994 5.46 −0.12 −2.08%
1993 5.58 +0.23 +4.26%
1992 5.35 +0.12 +2.22%
1991 5.23 +0.45 +9.36%
1990 4.79 −0.13 −2.58%
1989 4.91 +0.07 +1.4%
1988 4.85 −0.26 −5.07%
1987 5.1 −0.39 −7.1%
1986 5.49 −0.2 −3.44%
1985 5.69 −0.19 −3.17%
1984 5.88 −0.04 −0.74%
1983 5.92 +0.15 +2.64%
1982 5.77 −0.53 −8.42%
1981 6.3 +0.1 +1.68%
1980 6.19 −0.42 −6.29%
1979 6.61 −0.12 −1.81%
1978 6.73 −0.19 −2.82%
1977 6.93 −1.08 −13.51%
1976 8.01 +0.78 +10.82%
1975 7.23 −0.42 −5.53%
1974 7.65 −0.66 −7.98%
1973 8.31 −1.37 −14.18%
1972 9.69 −3.01 −23.69%
1971 12.69 −9.68 −43.27%
1970 22.38 +14.63 +188.75%
1969 7.75 −0.62 −7.39%
1968 8.37 −0.63 −6.98%
1967 9 −1.75 −16.27%
1966 10.74 −3.23 −23.1%
1965 13.97 −8.48 −37.78%
1964 22.45 +3.34 +17.48%
1963 19.11 −2.21 −10.36%
1962 21.32 −4.27 −16.68%
1961 25.59 +4.92 +23.79%
1960 20.67 −10.89 −34.51%
1959 31.56 +1.86 +6.26%
1958 29.7 +0.51 +1.73%
1957 29.2 +0.88 +3.1%
1956 28.32 +0.3 +1.09%
1955 28.01 +0.14 +0.51%
1954 27.87 −1.14 −3.94%
1953 29.01 +0.28 +0.97%
1952 28.73 +0.37 +1.29%
1951 28.37 +0.15 +0.53%
1950 28.22 +1.33 +4.96%
1949 26.89 +0.22 +0.83%
1948 26.66 −0.61 −2.25%
1947 27.28 −0.8 −2.83%
1946 28.07 −0.16 −0.55%
1945 28.23 −0.18 −0.65%
1944 28.41 −0.14 −0.5%
1943 28.55 −0.58 −2%
1942 29.14 +1.14 +4.06%
1941 28 +2.83 +11.22%
1940 25.18 +6.62 +35.69%
1939 18.55 −0.32 −1.72%
1938 18.88 −0.23 −1.23%
1937 19.11 −0.56 −2.83%
1936 19.67 +0.35 +1.83%
1935 19.32 −1.11 −5.45%
1934 20.43 −0.04 −0.18%
1933 20.47 −1.13 −5.24%
1932 21.6 −0.08 −0.38%
1931 21.68 −2.54 −10.5%
1930 24.22 −2.8 −10.36%
1929 27.02 −1.44 −5.06%
1928 28.46 +0.16 +0.58%
1927 28.3 −0.56 −1.94%
1926 28.86 +0 +0.01%
1925 28.86 −0.68 −2.3%
1924 29.54 +0.28 +0.96%
1923 29.26 −0.84 −2.78%
1922 30.09 +0.49 +1.65%
1921 29.6 +0.36 +1.22%
1920 29.25 +2.65 +9.95%
1919 26.6 −1.44 −5.14%
1918 28.04 −0.18 −0.63%
1917 28.22 −0.88 −3.01%
1916 29.1 −0.36 −1.23%
1915 29.46 −0.7 −2.31%
1914 30.15 +1.36 +4.72%
1913 28.79 −0.92 −3.11%
1912 29.72 +0.67 +2.31%
1911 29.04 +1.44 +5.2%
1910 27.61 +3.51 +14.54%
1909 24.1 −0.31 −1.25%
1908 24.41 −1.69 −6.48%
1907 26.1 +1.15 +4.63%
1906 24.95 −0.13 −0.53%
1905 25.08 −0.76 −2.94%
1904 25.84 −0.5 −1.9%
1903 26.34 +0.75 +2.92%
1902 25.59 +1.29 +5.31%
1901 24.3 −0.16 −0.63%
1900 24.46 +2.72 +12.5%
1899 21.74 −0.9 −3.97%
1898 22.64 +1.2 +5.59%
1897 21.44 −1.14 −5.04%
1896 22.58 +0.05 +0.24%
1895 22.52 +0.73 +3.34%
1894 21.79 −0.64 −2.84%
1893 22.43 −0.2 −0.88%
1892 22.63 −0 −0.01%
1891 22.63 +0.2 +0.89%
1890 22.43 +0.77 +3.55%
1889 21.66 +1.61 +8.04%
1888 20.05 −0.6 −2.92%
1887 20.65 −0.42 −1.97%
1886 21.07 +0.09 +0.43%
1885 20.98 −0.03 −0.13%
1884 21.01 −0.35 −1.66%
1883 21.36 −0.6 −2.72%
1882 21.96 +0.56 +2.61%
1881 21.4 −2.18 −9.25%
1880 23.58 +1.4 +6.29%
1879 22.18 −0.23 −1.01%
1878 22.41 +0.45 +2.05%
1877 21.96 +0.14 +0.62%
1876 21.82 +0.11 +0.49%
1875 21.72 −0.11 −0.5%
1874 21.83 +0.81 +3.84%
1873 21.02 −0.96 −4.36%
1872 21.98 +1.99 +9.97%
1871 19.98 +3.86 +23.92%
1870 16.13 +4.74 +41.67%
1869 11.38 −0.7 −5.75%
1868 12.08 −0.91 −6.99%
1867 12.99 +1.62 +14.25%
1866 11.37 +0.09 +0.82%
1865 11.27 +0.5 +4.63%
1864 10.78 +0.64 +6.33%
1863 10.13 −1.16 −10.26%
1862 11.29 +1.01 +9.77%
1861 10.29 −1.81 −14.96%
1860 12.1 +0.55 +4.75%
1859 11.55 −0.08 −0.72%
1858 11.63 −1.47 −11.21%
1857 13.1 −0.32 −2.35%
1856 13.42 −1.23 −8.41%
1855 14.65 +0.2 +1.41%
1854 14.44 −0.69 −4.56%
1853 15.13 −1.9 −11.17%
1852 17.04 −1.06 −5.88%
1851 18.1 −2.13 −10.54%
1850 20.23

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

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