Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Jamaica

Greenhouse gas emissions in Jamaica in 2024 — 9.09 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 50 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,364.1%.

2024 9.09 Mt CO₂e +4.69% vs 2023
World rank 50of 199
Period maximum 24.45 Mt CO₂e1999
Period minimum -0.19 Mt CO₂e1898

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Jamaica, 1850–2024-100102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 0.62 Mt CO₂e1853: 0.75 Mt CO₂e1856: 0.67 Mt CO₂e1859: 0.75 Mt CO₂e1862: 0.99 Mt CO₂e1865: 1.12 Mt CO₂e1868: 1.12 Mt CO₂e1871: 1.22 Mt CO₂e1874: 1.35 Mt CO₂e1877: 1.42 Mt CO₂e1880: 1.49 Mt CO₂e1883: 1.49 Mt CO₂e1886: 1.55 Mt CO₂e1889: 1.67 Mt CO₂e1892: 0.69 Mt CO₂e1895: 0.32 Mt CO₂e1898: -0.19 Mt CO₂e1901: 0.74 Mt CO₂e1904: 1.32 Mt CO₂e1907: 1.3 Mt CO₂e1910: 1.74 Mt CO₂e1913: 1.74 Mt CO₂e1916: 2.17 Mt CO₂e1919: 2.32 Mt CO₂e1922: 3.23 Mt CO₂e1925: 3.32 Mt CO₂e1928: 3.58 Mt CO₂e1931: 4.27 Mt CO₂e1934: 4.66 Mt CO₂e1937: 4.74 Mt CO₂e1940: 4.97 Mt CO₂e1943: 5.34 Mt CO₂e1946: 5.83 Mt CO₂e1949: 6.82 Mt CO₂e1952: 7 Mt CO₂e1955: 7.73 Mt CO₂e1958: 7.83 Mt CO₂e1961: 6.4 Mt CO₂e1964: 6.59 Mt CO₂e1967: 5.88 Mt CO₂e1970: 6.48 Mt CO₂e1973: 9.81 Mt CO₂e1976: 8.86 Mt CO₂e1979: 10.14 Mt CO₂e1982: 7.4 Mt CO₂e1985: 6.78 Mt CO₂e1988: 6.62 Mt CO₂e1991: 11.69 Mt CO₂e1994: 12.78 Mt CO₂e1997: 12.99 Mt CO₂e2000: 17.2 Mt CO₂e2003: 14.97 Mt CO₂e2006: 20.32 Mt CO₂e2009: 11.24 Mt CO₂e2012: 10.39 Mt CO₂e2015: 9.11 Mt CO₂e2018: 8.74 Mt CO₂e2021: 7.79 Mt CO₂e2024: 9.09 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +8.47 (+1,364.09%) Average annual rate: 1.55 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 9.09 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Latin America & Caribbean computed 5,256.94 Mt CO₂e
Upper-middle-income countries computed 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 9.09 +0.41 +4.69%
2023 8.69 +0.28 +3.31%
2022 8.41 +0.61 +7.88%
2021 7.79 +0.33 +4.38%
2020 7.47 −2.51 −25.18%
2019 9.98 +1.24 +14.16%
2018 8.74 −0.59 −6.28%
2017 9.33 +0.09 +0.99%
2016 9.24 +0.13 +1.39%
2015 9.11 +0 +0%
2014 9.11 −1.5 −14.12%
2013 10.61 +0.22 +2.07%
2012 10.39 −1.2 −10.36%
2011 11.59 +1.16 +11.15%
2010 10.43 −0.81 −7.17%
2009 11.24 −8.53 −43.16%
2008 19.77 −1.13 −5.42%
2007 20.9 +0.58 +2.84%
2006 20.32 +6.6 +48.06%
2005 13.73 −1.47 −9.66%
2004 15.19 +0.22 +1.48%
2003 14.97 −0.8 −5.05%
2002 15.77 +0.36 +2.33%
2001 15.41 −1.79 −10.39%
2000 17.2 −7.25 −29.66%
1999 24.45 +11.43 +87.86%
1998 13.01 +0.02 +0.15%
1997 12.99 −0.91 −6.55%
1996 13.9 +1.63 +13.29%
1995 12.27 −0.51 −3.98%
1994 12.78 +0.08 +0.61%
1993 12.7 −3.59 −22.01%
1992 16.29 +4.6 +39.37%
1991 11.69 +0.96 +8.93%
1990 10.73 +1.98 +22.6%
1989 8.75 +2.13 +32.19%
1988 6.62 −0.83 −11.16%
1987 7.45 +1.02 +15.84%
1986 6.43 −0.34 −5.03%
1985 6.78 +0.05 +0.79%
1984 6.72 −1.17 −14.8%
1983 7.89 +0.49 +6.58%
1982 7.4 −1.42 −16.06%
1981 8.82 −1.33 −13.07%
1980 10.15 +0.01 +0.09%
1979 10.14 −0.36 −3.39%
1978 10.49 +1.34 +14.62%
1977 9.15 +0.29 +3.32%
1976 8.86 −0.86 −8.83%
1975 9.72 +0.57 +6.18%
1974 9.15 −0.66 −6.75%
1973 9.81 +2.03 +26.1%
1972 7.78 +0.49 +6.76%
1971 7.29 +0.81 +12.45%
1970 6.48 +0.19 +2.94%
1969 6.3 +0.31 +5.18%
1968 5.99 +0.11 +1.85%
1967 5.88 +0.13 +2.24%
1966 5.75 +0.28 +5.12%
1965 5.47 −1.12 −16.95%
1964 6.59 +0.68 +11.53%
1963 5.91 −0.12 −1.94%
1962 6.02 −0.38 −5.88%
1961 6.4 −0.04 −0.68%
1960 6.44 −1.83 −22.13%
1959 8.27 +0.44 +5.63%
1958 7.83 −0.35 −4.28%
1957 8.18 +0.28 +3.54%
1956 7.9 +0.17 +2.23%
1955 7.73 +0.05 +0.66%
1954 7.68 +0.65 +9.26%
1953 7.03 +0.03 +0.37%
1952 7 +0.23 +3.41%
1951 6.77 +0.14 +2.08%
1950 6.63 −0.18 −2.67%
1949 6.82 +0.29 +4.49%
1948 6.52 +0.33 +5.36%
1947 6.19 +0.36 +6.19%
1946 5.83 +0.36 +6.58%
1945 5.47 +0.13 +2.45%
1944 5.34 −0.01 −0.11%
1943 5.34 +0.11 +2.02%
1942 5.24 +0.22 +4.3%
1941 5.02 +0.05 +1.05%
1940 4.97 +0.23 +4.96%
1939 4.74 +0.02 +0.49%
1938 4.71 −0.03 −0.55%
1937 4.74 +0.08 +1.72%
1936 4.66 +0.13 +2.92%
1935 4.53 −0.14 −2.92%
1934 4.66 −0 −0.06%
1933 4.67 +0.33 +7.61%
1932 4.34 +0.07 +1.64%
1931 4.27 +0.19 +4.69%
1930 4.07 +0.47 +13.17%
1929 3.6 +0.02 +0.7%
1928 3.58 +0.04 +1.19%
1927 3.53 +0.05 +1.35%
1926 3.49 +0.16 +4.91%
1925 3.32 +0.01 +0.24%
1924 3.32 −0.12 −3.44%
1923 3.43 +0.21 +6.38%
1922 3.23 +0.11 +3.6%
1921 3.12 +0.34 +12.33%
1920 2.77 +0.46 +19.73%
1919 2.32 +0.05 +2.25%
1918 2.27 −0.01 −0.61%
1917 2.28 +0.11 +5.17%
1916 2.17 +0.04 +1.98%
1915 2.13 +0.24 +12.49%
1914 1.89 +0.15 +8.63%
1913 1.74 −0.02 −1.14%
1912 1.76 +0.12 +7.45%
1911 1.64 −0.1 −5.76%
1910 1.74 +0.1 +6.3%
1909 1.63 +0.2 +13.79%
1908 1.44 +0.14 +10.46%
1907 1.3 −0.15 −10.34%
1906 1.45 +0.19 +15.17%
1905 1.26 −0.06 −4.33%
1904 1.32 +0.38 +39.85%
1903 0.94 +0.13 +16.17%
1902 0.81 +0.07 +9.02%
1901 0.74 +0.26 +54.79%
1900 0.48 +0.63 +411.69%
1899 -0.15 +0.04 +19.79%
1898 -0.19 −0.2 −2,842.86%
1897 0.01 −0.2 −96.55%
1896 0.2 −0.12 −36.16%
1895 0.32 −0.08 −20.3%
1894 0.4 −0.01 −2.21%
1893 0.41 −0.29 −41.13%
1892 0.69 −0.25 −26.43%
1891 0.94 −0.25 −20.64%
1890 1.19 −0.48 −28.84%
1889 1.67 +0.05 +3.35%
1888 1.61 +0.03 +2.02%
1887 1.58 +0.03 +1.93%
1886 1.55 −0.05 −3.3%
1885 1.61 +0.01 +0.88%
1884 1.59 +0.1 +6.56%
1883 1.49 −0 −0.07%
1882 1.49 −0.09 −5.5%
1881 1.58 +0.1 +6.46%
1880 1.49 +0.06 +3.99%
1879 1.43 −0.05 −3.25%
1878 1.48 +0.06 +4.24%
1877 1.42 +0 +0.28%
1876 1.41 +0.03 +2.24%
1875 1.38 +0.03 +2.3%
1874 1.35 +0.08 +6.47%
1873 1.27 +0.06 +4.79%
1872 1.21 −0.01 −1.06%
1871 1.22 +0.01 +0.99%
1870 1.21 −0.05 −3.81%
1869 1.26 +0.14 +12.21%
1868 1.12 +0.04 +3.22%
1867 1.09 −0.35 −24.25%
1866 1.44 +0.31 +27.9%
1865 1.12 +0.04 +3.31%
1864 1.09 +0.03 +3.04%
1863 1.05 +0.07 +7.01%
1862 0.99 +0.02 +1.97%
1861 0.97 −0.02 −1.63%
1860 0.98 +0.23 +31.11%
1859 0.75 −0.12 −13.71%
1858 0.87 +0.12 +15.43%
1857 0.75 +0.08 +11.57%
1856 0.67 −0.12 −15.43%
1855 0.8 +0.02 +2.71%
1854 0.78 +0.03 +3.6%
1853 0.75 +0.07 +9.82%
1852 0.68 −0.06 −8.58%
1851 0.75 +0.13 +20.13%
1850 0.62

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.