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Greenhouse gas emissions — Afghanistan

Greenhouse gas emissions in Afghanistan in 2024 — 39.89 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 91 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 428.6%.

2024 39.89 Mt CO₂e +3.13% vs 2023
World rank 91of 199
Period maximum 39.89 Mt CO₂e2024
Period minimum 7.55 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Afghanistan, 1850–2024010203040185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 7.55 Mt CO₂e1853: 7.73 Mt CO₂e1856: 7.9 Mt CO₂e1859: 8.06 Mt CO₂e1862: 8.23 Mt CO₂e1865: 8.37 Mt CO₂e1868: 8.5 Mt CO₂e1871: 9.05 Mt CO₂e1874: 9.49 Mt CO₂e1877: 9.85 Mt CO₂e1880: 10.36 Mt CO₂e1883: 10.95 Mt CO₂e1886: 11.34 Mt CO₂e1889: 11.66 Mt CO₂e1892: 12.09 Mt CO₂e1895: 12.4 Mt CO₂e1898: 12.66 Mt CO₂e1901: 13 Mt CO₂e1904: 13.24 Mt CO₂e1907: 13.86 Mt CO₂e1910: 14.38 Mt CO₂e1913: 14.66 Mt CO₂e1916: 14.7 Mt CO₂e1919: 14.73 Mt CO₂e1922: 14.65 Mt CO₂e1925: 14.81 Mt CO₂e1928: 15.04 Mt CO₂e1931: 15.31 Mt CO₂e1934: 15.58 Mt CO₂e1937: 16.02 Mt CO₂e1940: 16.6 Mt CO₂e1943: 17.26 Mt CO₂e1946: 18.22 Mt CO₂e1949: 18.67 Mt CO₂e1952: 22.09 Mt CO₂e1955: 25.57 Mt CO₂e1958: 29.56 Mt CO₂e1961: 27.36 Mt CO₂e1964: 24.74 Mt CO₂e1967: 23.82 Mt CO₂e1970: 23.14 Mt CO₂e1973: 19.58 Mt CO₂e1976: 20.58 Mt CO₂e1979: 19.59 Mt CO₂e1982: 18.87 Mt CO₂e1985: 16.83 Mt CO₂e1988: 14.97 Mt CO₂e1991: 13.71 Mt CO₂e1994: 10.98 Mt CO₂e1997: 18.06 Mt CO₂e2000: 16.01 Mt CO₂e2003: 20.77 Mt CO₂e2006: 19.43 Mt CO₂e2009: 25.67 Mt CO₂e2012: 30.96 Mt CO₂e2015: 30.71 Mt CO₂e2018: 33.58 Mt CO₂e2021: 33.33 Mt CO₂e2024: 39.89 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +32.34 (+428.64%) Average annual rate: 0.96 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Afghanistan 39.89 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
South Asia computed 5,128.6 Mt CO₂e
Southern Asia computed 6,140.82 Mt CO₂e
Low-income countries computed 2,052.87 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Afghanistan, by year Afghanistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 39.89 +1.21 +3.13%
2023 38.68 +2.03 +5.53%
2022 36.65 +3.32 +9.95%
2021 33.33 −2.43 −6.8%
2020 35.77 −0.79 −2.15%
2019 36.55 +2.97 +8.84%
2018 33.58 −0.1 −0.29%
2017 33.68 +3.73 +12.46%
2016 29.95 −0.76 −2.48%
2015 30.71 +0.02 +0.05%
2014 30.69 +0.52 +1.73%
2013 30.17 −0.79 −2.56%
2012 30.96 −2.01 −6.1%
2011 32.98 +3.41 +11.54%
2010 29.57 +3.9 +15.17%
2009 25.67 +2.61 +11.33%
2008 23.06 +2.81 +13.9%
2007 20.24 +0.82 +4.21%
2006 19.43 +0.23 +1.18%
2005 19.2 +0.27 +1.4%
2004 18.93 −1.84 −8.84%
2003 20.77 +0.73 +3.65%
2002 20.04 +5.14 +34.52%
2001 14.9 −1.11 −6.96%
2000 16.01 −2.33 −12.7%
1999 18.34 +1.65 +9.87%
1998 16.69 −1.37 −7.56%
1997 18.06 +3.21 +21.59%
1996 14.85 +2.74 +22.63%
1995 12.11 +1.13 +10.29%
1994 10.98 +0.53 +5.03%
1993 10.45 −1.09 −9.43%
1992 11.54 −2.17 −15.81%
1991 13.71 +0.19 +1.42%
1990 13.52 −1.02 −7%
1989 14.54 −0.44 −2.91%
1988 14.97 +0.07 +0.5%
1987 14.9 +0.3 +2.05%
1986 14.6 −2.23 −13.27%
1985 16.83 −0.54 −3.11%
1984 17.37 −1.11 −5.98%
1983 18.48 −0.39 −2.05%
1982 18.87 −0.27 −1.41%
1981 19.14 +0.17 +0.88%
1980 18.97 −0.62 −3.18%
1979 19.59 −0.26 −1.29%
1978 19.85 −0.63 −3.09%
1977 20.48 −0.1 −0.49%
1976 20.58 −0.16 −0.77%
1975 20.74 +0.62 +3.09%
1974 20.12 +0.54 +2.75%
1973 19.58 +0.15 +0.78%
1972 19.42 −3.23 −14.24%
1971 22.65 −0.49 −2.13%
1970 23.14 +0.82 +3.66%
1969 22.33 −1.14 −4.87%
1968 23.47 −0.35 −1.45%
1967 23.82 −1.01 −4.07%
1966 24.83 −0.43 −1.68%
1965 25.25 +0.51 +2.05%
1964 24.74 −1.56 −5.93%
1963 26.3 −0.09 −0.34%
1962 26.39 −0.96 −3.51%
1961 27.36 −3.19 −10.43%
1960 30.54 −0.21 −0.68%
1959 30.75 +1.19 +4.03%
1958 29.56 +1.45 +5.14%
1957 28.11 +1.34 +5%
1956 26.77 +1.2 +4.7%
1955 25.57 +1.32 +5.44%
1954 24.25 +1 +4.28%
1953 23.26 +1.16 +5.26%
1952 22.09 +1.03 +4.86%
1951 21.07 +1.2 +6.04%
1950 19.87 +1.2 +6.44%
1949 18.67 +0.02 +0.1%
1948 18.65 +0.01 +0.08%
1947 18.64 +0.41 +2.26%
1946 18.22 +0.35 +1.96%
1945 17.87 +0.26 +1.45%
1944 17.62 +0.36 +2.06%
1943 17.26 +0.22 +1.29%
1942 17.04 +0.19 +1.11%
1941 16.86 +0.25 +1.51%
1940 16.6 +0.19 +1.17%
1939 16.41 +0.18 +1.09%
1938 16.24 +0.22 +1.35%
1937 16.02 +0.12 +0.74%
1936 15.9 +0.19 +1.19%
1935 15.72 +0.13 +0.85%
1934 15.58 +0.07 +0.43%
1933 15.52 +0.13 +0.84%
1932 15.39 +0.08 +0.5%
1931 15.31 +0.11 +0.72%
1930 15.2 +0.02 +0.14%
1929 15.18 +0.14 +0.91%
1928 15.04 +0.07 +0.47%
1927 14.97 +0.07 +0.49%
1926 14.9 +0.09 +0.58%
1925 14.81 +0.05 +0.33%
1924 14.76 +0.1 +0.72%
1923 14.66 +0.01 +0.03%
1922 14.65 +0.08 +0.54%
1921 14.58 +0.04 +0.28%
1920 14.54 −0.19 −1.3%
1919 14.73 +0.01 +0.08%
1918 14.72 −0 −0.01%
1917 14.72 +0.02 +0.14%
1916 14.7 −0.08 −0.53%
1915 14.78 +0.02 +0.16%
1914 14.75 +0.09 +0.61%
1913 14.66 +0.04 +0.29%
1912 14.62 +0.11 +0.74%
1911 14.51 +0.13 +0.92%
1910 14.38 +0.22 +1.57%
1909 14.16 +0.13 +0.95%
1908 14.03 +0.17 +1.19%
1907 13.86 +0.14 +1.01%
1906 13.72 +0.24 +1.8%
1905 13.48 +0.24 +1.82%
1904 13.24 +0.1 +0.78%
1903 13.14 +0.04 +0.31%
1902 13.1 +0.09 +0.72%
1901 13 +0.13 +0.97%
1900 12.88 +0.14 +1.06%
1899 12.74 +0.08 +0.66%
1898 12.66 +0.09 +0.68%
1897 12.57 +0.09 +0.7%
1896 12.49 +0.09 +0.72%
1895 12.4 +0.09 +0.75%
1894 12.3 +0.1 +0.84%
1893 12.2 +0.11 +0.88%
1892 12.09 +0.11 +0.95%
1891 11.98 +0.14 +1.16%
1890 11.84 +0.18 +1.55%
1889 11.66 +0.1 +0.9%
1888 11.56 +0.11 +0.95%
1887 11.45 +0.11 +1%
1886 11.34 +0.12 +1.06%
1885 11.22 +0.13 +1.14%
1884 11.09 +0.14 +1.31%
1883 10.95 +0.16 +1.45%
1882 10.79 +0.18 +1.73%
1881 10.61 +0.25 +2.39%
1880 10.36 +0.31 +3.08%
1879 10.05 +0.1 +0.96%
1878 9.95 +0.11 +1.08%
1877 9.85 +0.11 +1.14%
1876 9.74 +0.12 +1.24%
1875 9.62 +0.12 +1.31%
1874 9.49 +0.13 +1.4%
1873 9.36 +0.14 +1.54%
1872 9.22 +0.17 +1.88%
1871 9.05 +0.23 +2.57%
1870 8.82 +0.28 +3.25%
1869 8.55 +0.04 +0.51%
1868 8.5 +0.04 +0.51%
1867 8.46 +0.04 +0.52%
1866 8.42 +0.04 +0.54%
1865 8.37 +0.04 +0.54%
1864 8.33 +0.05 +0.57%
1863 8.28 +0.05 +0.6%
1862 8.23 +0.05 +0.61%
1861 8.18 +0.06 +0.7%
1860 8.12 +0.07 +0.83%
1859 8.06 +0.05 +0.64%
1858 8 +0.05 +0.67%
1857 7.95 +0.05 +0.68%
1856 7.9 +0.05 +0.69%
1855 7.84 +0.06 +0.73%
1854 7.79 +0.06 +0.75%
1853 7.73 +0.06 +0.78%
1852 7.67 +0.06 +0.79%
1851 7.61 +0.06 +0.83%
1850 7.55 — —

Southern Asia, 2024

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

MV Maldives 2.54 BT Bhutan 7.39 AF Afghanistan 39.89 LK Sri Lanka 42.7 NP Nepal 58.84 BD Bangladesh 241.06 PK Pakistan 473.78 IR Iran 1,012.22 IN India 4,262.41
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About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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

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How much greenhouse gas falls on each resident — all gases, not CO2 alone.

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