Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Iraq

Greenhouse gas emissions in Iraq in 2024 — 398.13 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 178 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 29,390.9%.

2024 398.13 Mt CO₂e +0.48% vs 2023
World rank 178of 199
Period maximum 398.13 Mt CO₂e2024
Period minimum 1.35 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Iraq, 1850–20240100200300400185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.35 Mt CO₂e1853: 1.39 Mt CO₂e1856: 1.41 Mt CO₂e1859: 1.44 Mt CO₂e1862: 1.85 Mt CO₂e1865: 2 Mt CO₂e1868: 2.11 Mt CO₂e1871: 2.27 Mt CO₂e1874: 2.42 Mt CO₂e1877: 2.55 Mt CO₂e1880: 2.69 Mt CO₂e1883: 2.82 Mt CO₂e1886: 2.91 Mt CO₂e1889: 2.99 Mt CO₂e1892: 3.15 Mt CO₂e1895: 3.25 Mt CO₂e1898: 3.33 Mt CO₂e1901: 3.51 Mt CO₂e1904: 3.67 Mt CO₂e1907: 3.79 Mt CO₂e1910: 3.84 Mt CO₂e1913: 3.86 Mt CO₂e1916: 3.91 Mt CO₂e1919: 3.98 Mt CO₂e1922: 3.77 Mt CO₂e1925: 3.73 Mt CO₂e1928: 4.49 Mt CO₂e1931: 8.03 Mt CO₂e1934: 16.37 Mt CO₂e1937: 26.19 Mt CO₂e1940: 30.12 Mt CO₂e1943: 38.7 Mt CO₂e1946: 52.76 Mt CO₂e1949: 30.85 Mt CO₂e1952: 34.06 Mt CO₂e1955: 37.74 Mt CO₂e1958: 44.26 Mt CO₂e1961: 57.96 Mt CO₂e1964: 63.76 Mt CO₂e1967: 72.42 Mt CO₂e1970: 105.78 Mt CO₂e1973: 129 Mt CO₂e1976: 160.28 Mt CO₂e1979: 209.3 Mt CO₂e1982: 87.89 Mt CO₂e1985: 120.36 Mt CO₂e1988: 196.16 Mt CO₂e1991: 73.7 Mt CO₂e1994: 112.98 Mt CO₂e1997: 127.79 Mt CO₂e2000: 158.76 Mt CO₂e2003: 168.65 Mt CO₂e2006: 182.06 Mt CO₂e2009: 195.63 Mt CO₂e2012: 259.72 Mt CO₂e2015: 282.67 Mt CO₂e2018: 361.9 Mt CO₂e2021: 352.96 Mt CO₂e2024: 398.13 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +396.78 (+29,390.89%) Average annual rate: 3.32 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Iraq 398.13 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Middle East & North Africa computed 4,023.97 Mt CO₂e
Western Asia computed 2,932.37 Mt CO₂e
Upper-middle-income countries computed 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Iraq, by year Iraq All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 398.13 +1.91 +0.48%
2023 396.21 +5.13 +1.31%
2022 391.08 +38.12 +10.8%
2021 352.96 +20.16 +6.06%
2020 332.8 −41.68 −11.13%
2019 374.48 +12.58 +3.48%
2018 361.9 +21.33 +6.26%
2017 340.57 +16.16 +4.98%
2016 324.41 +41.74 +14.77%
2015 282.67 +12.75 +4.72%
2014 269.92 −2.92 −1.07%
2013 272.84 +13.12 +5.05%
2012 259.72 +27.21 +11.7%
2011 232.51 +15.31 +7.05%
2010 217.21 +21.57 +11.03%
2009 195.63 +29.68 +17.89%
2008 165.95 +35.22 +26.94%
2007 130.73 −51.34 −28.2%
2006 182.06 −12.68 −6.51%
2005 194.74 −0.33 −0.17%
2004 195.08 +26.43 +15.67%
2003 168.65 −2.33 −1.36%
2002 170.98 −8.63 −4.8%
2001 179.61 +20.86 +13.14%
2000 158.76 +6.77 +4.46%
1999 151.99 +12.05 +8.61%
1998 139.94 +12.14 +9.5%
1997 127.79 +21.09 +19.77%
1996 106.7 −10.66 −9.08%
1995 117.36 +4.38 +3.88%
1994 112.98 +13.3 +13.34%
1993 99.68 +0.88 +0.89%
1992 98.8 +25.1 +34.05%
1991 73.7 −86.42 −53.97%
1990 160.12 −50.18 −23.86%
1989 210.3 +14.14 +7.21%
1988 196.16 +38.55 +24.46%
1987 157.61 +23.17 +17.23%
1986 134.45 +14.09 +11.7%
1985 120.36 +14.42 +13.61%
1984 105.94 +10.55 +11.06%
1983 95.39 +7.5 +8.54%
1982 87.89 −0.64 −0.72%
1981 88.53 −80.04 −47.48%
1980 168.57 −40.74 −19.46%
1979 209.3 +46.78 +28.79%
1978 162.52 +8.31 +5.39%
1977 154.21 −6.07 −3.79%
1976 160.28 +21.96 +15.87%
1975 138.32 +13.04 +10.41%
1974 125.28 −3.71 −2.88%
1973 129 +24.65 +23.62%
1972 104.35 −9.97 −8.72%
1971 114.33 +8.54 +8.08%
1970 105.78 +4.42 +4.36%
1969 101.37 +11.7 +13.05%
1968 89.67 +17.25 +23.81%
1967 72.42 −52.34 −41.95%
1966 124.76 +48 +62.54%
1965 76.76 +13 +20.38%
1964 63.76 −1.03 −1.59%
1963 64.79 +3.63 +5.93%
1962 61.16 +3.21 +5.53%
1961 57.96 +2.15 +3.85%
1960 55.81 +6.88 +14.05%
1959 48.93 +4.67 +10.55%
1958 44.26 +4.63 +11.68%
1957 39.63 −0.93 −2.3%
1956 40.56 +2.82 +7.47%
1955 37.74 +1.51 +4.17%
1954 36.23 +1.08 +3.08%
1953 35.15 +1.09 +3.21%
1952 34.06 +0.08 +0.24%
1951 33.97 +1.42 +4.36%
1950 32.55 +1.7 +5.51%
1949 30.85 +2.1 +7.3%
1948 28.75 −26.77 −48.22%
1947 55.53 +2.77 +5.25%
1946 52.76 +3.16 +6.37%
1945 49.6 +6.02 +13.82%
1944 43.57 +4.87 +12.58%
1943 38.7 +7.9 +25.65%
1942 30.8 +8.22 +36.4%
1941 22.58 −7.53 −25.01%
1940 30.12 −11.94 −28.39%
1939 42.06 +16.41 +63.96%
1938 25.65 −0.54 −2.05%
1937 26.19 +1.49 +6.05%
1936 24.69 +0.55 +2.27%
1935 24.15 +7.78 +47.52%
1934 16.37 +6.96 +73.99%
1933 9.41 +0.52 +5.86%
1932 8.89 +0.85 +10.63%
1931 8.03 +1.24 +18.33%
1930 6.79 +2.09 +44.39%
1929 4.7 +0.21 +4.77%
1928 4.49 +0.4 +9.68%
1927 4.09 +0.36 +9.77%
1926 3.73 +0 +0.05%
1925 3.73 −0 −0.08%
1924 3.73 −0.01 −0.4%
1923 3.74 −0.02 −0.61%
1922 3.77 −0.05 −1.23%
1921 3.81 −0.06 −1.63%
1920 3.88 −0.1 −2.52%
1919 3.98 +0.02 +0.53%
1918 3.96 +0.02 +0.58%
1917 3.93 +0.02 +0.49%
1916 3.91 +0.02 +0.51%
1915 3.89 +0.02 +0.44%
1914 3.88 +0.01 +0.39%
1913 3.86 +0.02 +0.44%
1912 3.84 +0 +0.1%
1911 3.84 +0 +0.05%
1910 3.84 −0.02 −0.57%
1909 3.86 +0.03 +0.86%
1908 3.83 +0.04 +0.98%
1907 3.79 +0.04 +1.07%
1906 3.75 +0.04 +1.08%
1905 3.71 +0.04 +1.15%
1904 3.67 +0.04 +1.21%
1903 3.62 +0.05 +1.43%
1902 3.57 +0.06 +1.68%
1901 3.51 +0.07 +1.97%
1900 3.45 +0.09 +2.62%
1899 3.36 +0.03 +0.81%
1898 3.33 +0.03 +0.82%
1897 3.3 +0.03 +0.82%
1896 3.28 +0.03 +0.89%
1895 3.25 +0.03 +0.9%
1894 3.22 +0.03 +1.04%
1893 3.19 +0.03 +1.08%
1892 3.15 +0.04 +1.25%
1891 3.11 +0.05 +1.5%
1890 3.07 +0.08 +2.61%
1889 2.99 +0.03 +0.88%
1888 2.96 +0.03 +0.89%
1887 2.94 +0.03 +0.93%
1886 2.91 +0.03 +1.01%
1885 2.88 +0.03 +1.05%
1884 2.85 +0.03 +1.17%
1883 2.82 +0.04 +1.33%
1882 2.78 +0.04 +1.53%
1881 2.74 +0.05 +1.94%
1880 2.69 +0.07 +2.67%
1879 2.62 +0.03 +1.28%
1878 2.58 +0.04 +1.45%
1877 2.55 +0.04 +1.56%
1876 2.51 +0.04 +1.7%
1875 2.47 +0.04 +1.77%
1874 2.42 +0.05 +2.02%
1873 2.38 +0.05 +2.11%
1872 2.33 +0.05 +2.29%
1871 2.27 +0.06 +2.62%
1870 2.22 +0.07 +3.45%
1869 2.14 +0.03 +1.47%
1868 2.11 +0.03 +1.59%
1867 2.08 +0.04 +1.76%
1866 2.04 +0.04 +1.95%
1865 2 +0.04 +2.25%
1864 1.96 +0.05 +2.73%
1863 1.91 +0.06 +3.36%
1862 1.85 +0.09 +4.89%
1861 1.76 +0.13 +7.65%
1860 1.63 +0.2 +13.55%
1859 1.44 +0.01 +0.49%
1858 1.43 +0.01 +0.63%
1857 1.42 +0.01 +0.64%
1856 1.41 +0.01 +0.64%
1855 1.41 +0.01 +0.72%
1854 1.4 +0.01 +0.72%
1853 1.39 +0.01 +0.8%
1852 1.37 +0.01 +0.88%
1851 1.36 +0.01 +0.89%
1850 1.35

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.