Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Suriname

Greenhouse gases per capita in Suriname in 2024 — 8.89 t/person. Ranked 156 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 179.6%.

2024 8.89 t/person −1.47% vs 2023
World rank 156of 199
Period maximum 15.81 t/person1992
Period minimum 3.15 t/person1851

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Suriname, 1850–202405101520185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 3.18 t/person1853: 3.36 t/person1856: 3.18 t/person1859: 3.19 t/person1862: 4.12 t/person1865: 3.82 t/person1868: 3.9 t/person1871: 3.99 t/person1874: 4.45 t/person1877: 4.13 t/person1880: 4.28 t/person1883: 4.19 t/person1886: 4.23 t/person1889: 4.29 t/person1892: 4.57 t/person1895: 4.54 t/person1898: 4.65 t/person1901: 4.64 t/person1904: 5.25 t/person1907: 4.84 t/person1910: 5.6 t/person1913: 5.85 t/person1916: 5.52 t/person1919: 5.28 t/person1922: 5.36 t/person1925: 5.25 t/person1928: 5.28 t/person1931: 4.34 t/person1934: 3.98 t/person1937: 3.78 t/person1940: 3.54 t/person1943: 3.44 t/person1946: 3.41 t/person1949: 3.41 t/person1952: 5.23 t/person1955: 5.17 t/person1958: 4.63 t/person1961: 5.75 t/person1964: 7.23 t/person1967: 7.26 t/person1970: 10.49 t/person1973: 10.09 t/person1976: 10.39 t/person1979: 14.25 t/person1982: 12.48 t/person1985: 12.78 t/person1988: 11.23 t/person1991: 11.82 t/person1994: 14 t/person1997: 11.22 t/person2000: 12.37 t/person2003: 11.98 t/person2006: 7.71 t/person2009: 9.78 t/person2012: 14.04 t/person2015: 10.87 t/person2018: 9.66 t/person2021: 9.41 t/person2024: 8.89 t/person
Change over the period: +5.71 (+179.56%) Average annual rate: 0.59 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Suriname 8.89 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 — Suriname, by year Suriname All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 8.89 −0.13 −1.47%
2023 9.02 −0.29 −3.16%
2022 9.32 −0.09 −0.98%
2021 9.41 −0.92 −8.87%
2020 10.33 −0.33 −3.12%
2019 10.66 +0.99 +10.29%
2018 9.66 −0.94 −8.86%
2017 10.6 −0.86 −7.52%
2016 11.47 +0.59 +5.45%
2015 10.87 −1.82 −14.36%
2014 12.7 −1.9 −13%
2013 14.59 +0.55 +3.92%
2012 14.04 +3.99 +39.62%
2011 10.06 −0.8 −7.38%
2010 10.86 +1.08 +10.99%
2009 9.78 −3.65 −27.16%
2008 13.43 +5.09 +61.01%
2007 8.34 +0.64 +8.25%
2006 7.71 −0.66 −7.9%
2005 8.37 −0.63 −6.97%
2004 8.99 −2.98 −24.9%
2003 11.98 −0.21 −1.73%
2002 12.19 +1.46 +13.56%
2001 10.73 −1.64 −13.27%
2000 12.37 +1.06 +9.36%
1999 11.31 −1.74 −13.36%
1998 13.06 +1.84 +16.36%
1997 11.22 −0.82 −6.78%
1996 12.04 −2.09 −14.79%
1995 14.13 +0.12 +0.89%
1994 14 +0.74 +5.6%
1993 13.26 −2.55 −16.12%
1992 15.81 +3.99 +33.71%
1991 11.82 +1.07 +9.94%
1990 10.75 +0.3 +2.84%
1989 10.46 −0.77 −6.86%
1988 11.23 −1.46 −11.53%
1987 12.69 −1.83 −12.58%
1986 14.52 +1.73 +13.55%
1985 12.78 −0.07 −0.54%
1984 12.85 +1.46 +12.8%
1983 11.4 −1.09 −8.69%
1982 12.48 −1.31 −9.49%
1981 13.79 −1.33 −8.82%
1980 15.12 +0.87 +6.11%
1979 14.25 +2.25 +18.71%
1978 12.01 +2.05 +20.54%
1977 9.96 −0.43 −4.13%
1976 10.39 +0.6 +6.08%
1975 9.79 +1.24 +14.5%
1974 8.55 −1.53 −15.2%
1973 10.09 +0.17 +1.66%
1972 9.92 +0.69 +7.43%
1971 9.24 −1.26 −11.98%
1970 10.49 +2.05 +24.27%
1969 8.44 −1.18 −12.29%
1968 9.63 +2.37 +32.59%
1967 7.26 +0.53 +7.81%
1966 6.73 +0.19 +2.87%
1965 6.55 −0.69 −9.51%
1964 7.23 −1.65 −18.57%
1963 8.88 +3.66 +69.9%
1962 5.23 −0.52 −9.03%
1961 5.75 +0.86 +17.62%
1960 4.89 +0.31 +6.82%
1959 4.58 −0.05 −1.08%
1958 4.63 −0.44 −8.63%
1957 5.06 −0.03 −0.61%
1956 5.09 −0.08 −1.57%
1955 5.17 −0.09 −1.73%
1954 5.27 +0.01 +0.15%
1953 5.26 +0.02 +0.48%
1952 5.23 +0.01 +0.25%
1951 5.22 +0.01 +0.27%
1950 5.21 +1.8 +52.64%
1949 3.41 −0 −0.09%
1948 3.41 +0.01 +0.38%
1947 3.4 −0.01 −0.26%
1946 3.41 −0.01 −0.15%
1945 3.41 −0 −0.15%
1944 3.42 −0.02 −0.67%
1943 3.44 −0.01 −0.41%
1942 3.46 −0.04 −1.2%
1941 3.5 −0.04 −1.24%
1940 3.54 −0.12 −3.36%
1939 3.67 −0.07 −1.85%
1938 3.73 −0.05 −1.24%
1937 3.78 −0.07 −1.92%
1936 3.86 −0.06 −1.46%
1935 3.91 −0.07 −1.66%
1934 3.98 −0.11 −2.6%
1933 4.08 −0.09 −2.25%
1932 4.18 −0.16 −3.67%
1931 4.34 −0.28 −6.15%
1930 4.62 −0.77 −14.25%
1929 5.39 +0.11 +2.12%
1928 5.28 −0 −0.08%
1927 5.28 +0.03 +0.61%
1926 5.25 +0 +0.04%
1925 5.25 +0 +0%
1924 5.25 −0.04 −0.72%
1923 5.29 −0.07 −1.34%
1922 5.36 −0.35 −6.08%
1921 5.7 +0.35 +6.58%
1920 5.35 +0.08 +1.44%
1919 5.28 −0.13 −2.48%
1918 5.41 −0.35 −6.11%
1917 5.76 +0.24 +4.42%
1916 5.52 −0.1 −1.73%
1915 5.62 −0.11 −1.92%
1914 5.73 −0.12 −2.12%
1913 5.85 −0.22 −3.56%
1912 6.07 +0.23 +3.92%
1911 5.84 +0.23 +4.18%
1910 5.6 +0.75 +15.39%
1909 4.86 −0.01 −0.12%
1908 4.86 +0.02 +0.5%
1907 4.84 −0.01 −0.12%
1906 4.84 −0.06 −1.14%
1905 4.9 −0.35 −6.69%
1904 5.25 +0.57 +12.18%
1903 4.68 +0.02 +0.47%
1902 4.66 +0.02 +0.5%
1901 4.64 +0 +0.11%
1900 4.63 −0 −0.09%
1899 4.63 −0.01 −0.28%
1898 4.65 −0.04 −0.79%
1897 4.68 −0.27 −5.41%
1896 4.95 +0.41 +9.12%
1895 4.54 −0.01 −0.18%
1894 4.55 −0.11 −2.43%
1893 4.66 +0.09 +2.01%
1892 4.57 −0.22 −4.66%
1891 4.79 +0.44 +10.06%
1890 4.35 +0.06 +1.45%
1889 4.29 +0.01 +0.3%
1888 4.28 +0.02 +0.56%
1887 4.25 +0.02 +0.5%
1886 4.23 +0.02 +0.43%
1885 4.21 +0.02 +0.41%
1884 4.2 +0 +0.1%
1883 4.19 +0.01 +0.14%
1882 4.19 −0.03 −0.71%
1881 4.22 −0.06 −1.43%
1880 4.28 −0.35 −7.54%
1879 4.63 +0.5 +12.14%
1878 4.13 −0 −0.07%
1877 4.13 −0.02 −0.46%
1876 4.15 −0.09 −2.08%
1875 4.24 −0.21 −4.79%
1874 4.45 +0.3 +7.13%
1873 4.15 +0.15 +3.88%
1872 4 +0.01 +0.13%
1871 3.99 −0.01 −0.22%
1870 4 +0.08 +1.94%
1869 3.93 +0.03 +0.64%
1868 3.9 +0.02 +0.64%
1867 3.88 +0.02 +0.54%
1866 3.86 +0.03 +0.86%
1865 3.82 −0.01 −0.26%
1864 3.83 −0.02 −0.44%
1863 3.85 −0.27 −6.58%
1862 4.12 +0.52 +14.35%
1861 3.6 +0.12 +3.56%
1860 3.48 +0.29 +9.13%
1859 3.19 +0.01 +0.41%
1858 3.18 +0 +0%
1857 3.18 −0.01 −0.16%
1856 3.18 −0.04 −1.3%
1855 3.22 −0.01 −0.25%
1854 3.23 −0.13 −3.9%
1853 3.36 −0.12 −3.45%
1852 3.48 +0.33 +10.51%
1851 3.15 −0.03 −0.94%
1850 3.18

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.