Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Lower-middle-income countries

Greenhouse gas emissions in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 1,002.1%.

2024 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e +2.3% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e2024
Period minimum 793.5 Mt CO₂e1869

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Lower-middle-income countries, 1850–202405,00010,00015,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 922.69 Mt CO₂e1853: 963.45 Mt CO₂e1856: 985.67 Mt CO₂e1859: 996.78 Mt CO₂e1862: 820.9 Mt CO₂e1865: 802.27 Mt CO₂e1868: 795.37 Mt CO₂e1871: 826.59 Mt CO₂e1874: 864.85 Mt CO₂e1877: 872.09 Mt CO₂e1880: 944.92 Mt CO₂e1883: 1,040.74 Mt CO₂e1886: 1,075.53 Mt CO₂e1889: 1,116.45 Mt CO₂e1892: 1,234.52 Mt CO₂e1895: 1,265.46 Mt CO₂e1898: 1,289.73 Mt CO₂e1901: 1,254.48 Mt CO₂e1904: 1,287.68 Mt CO₂e1907: 1,299.33 Mt CO₂e1910: 1,308.7 Mt CO₂e1913: 1,311.76 Mt CO₂e1916: 1,320.19 Mt CO₂e1919: 1,306.52 Mt CO₂e1922: 1,507.79 Mt CO₂e1925: 1,575.99 Mt CO₂e1928: 1,646.18 Mt CO₂e1931: 1,744.81 Mt CO₂e1934: 1,841.77 Mt CO₂e1937: 1,952.71 Mt CO₂e1940: 2,096.35 Mt CO₂e1943: 2,179.58 Mt CO₂e1946: 2,365 Mt CO₂e1949: 2,462.17 Mt CO₂e1952: 3,019.75 Mt CO₂e1955: 3,434.91 Mt CO₂e1958: 3,835.5 Mt CO₂e1961: 3,526.36 Mt CO₂e1964: 3,431.69 Mt CO₂e1967: 3,559.36 Mt CO₂e1970: 3,972.01 Mt CO₂e1973: 4,200.17 Mt CO₂e1976: 4,461.64 Mt CO₂e1979: 4,475.5 Mt CO₂e1982: 4,415.49 Mt CO₂e1985: 4,943.86 Mt CO₂e1988: 5,218.59 Mt CO₂e1991: 5,374.68 Mt CO₂e1994: 5,786.57 Mt CO₂e1997: 6,013.87 Mt CO₂e2000: 6,396.69 Mt CO₂e2003: 6,709.7 Mt CO₂e2006: 7,144.15 Mt CO₂e2009: 7,763.96 Mt CO₂e2012: 8,410.16 Mt CO₂e2015: 8,696.19 Mt CO₂e2018: 9,289.27 Mt CO₂e2021: 9,466.31 Mt CO₂e2024: 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +9,246.22 (+1,002.09%) Average annual rate: 1.39 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 10,168.91 +228.28 +2.3%
2023 9,940.62 +367.01 +3.83%
2022 9,573.61 +107.31 +1.13%
2021 9,466.31 +262.89 +2.86%
2020 9,203.41 −180.76 −1.93%
2019 9,384.18 +94.9 +1.02%
2018 9,289.27 +56.01 +0.61%
2017 9,233.26 +285.8 +3.19%
2016 8,947.46 +251.28 +2.89%
2015 8,696.19 −112.52 −1.28%
2014 8,808.7 +389.62 +4.63%
2013 8,419.08 +8.92 +0.11%
2012 8,410.16 +161.9 +1.96%
2011 8,248.26 +257.18 +3.22%
2010 7,991.08 +227.12 +2.93%
2009 7,763.96 +58 +0.75%
2008 7,705.95 +237.84 +3.18%
2007 7,468.12 +323.97 +4.53%
2006 7,144.15 +219.29 +3.17%
2005 6,924.87 +153.29 +2.26%
2004 6,771.57 +61.88 +0.92%
2003 6,709.7 +408.96 +6.49%
2002 6,300.74 +13.02 +0.21%
2001 6,287.71 −108.98 −1.7%
2000 6,396.69 +111.45 +1.77%
1999 6,285.24 +113.15 +1.83%
1998 6,172.09 +158.22 +2.63%
1997 6,013.87 −7.15 −0.12%
1996 6,021.02 +185.14 +3.17%
1995 5,835.88 +49.31 +0.85%
1994 5,786.57 +320.61 +5.87%
1993 5,465.97 −49.16 −0.89%
1992 5,515.13 +140.44 +2.61%
1991 5,374.68 +9.56 +0.18%
1990 5,365.12 +147.19 +2.82%
1989 5,217.93 −0.65 −0.01%
1988 5,218.59 +142.45 +2.81%
1987 5,076.14 +85.82 +1.72%
1986 4,990.31 +46.45 +0.94%
1985 4,943.86 +129.7 +2.69%
1984 4,814.16 +119.99 +2.56%
1983 4,694.17 +278.68 +6.31%
1982 4,415.49 −23.92 −0.54%
1981 4,439.41 +11.02 +0.25%
1980 4,428.39 −47.11 −1.05%
1979 4,475.5 −46.42 −1.03%
1978 4,521.92 −77.23 −1.68%
1977 4,599.15 +137.51 +3.08%
1976 4,461.64 +113.97 +2.62%
1975 4,347.68 +31.99 +0.74%
1974 4,315.68 +115.51 +2.75%
1973 4,200.17 +129.24 +3.17%
1972 4,070.94 +131.31 +3.33%
1971 3,939.62 −32.39 −0.82%
1970 3,972.01 −136.55 −3.32%
1969 4,108.55 +632.46 +18.19%
1968 3,476.09 −83.27 −2.34%
1967 3,559.36 +20.79 +0.59%
1966 3,538.57 +136.66 +4.02%
1965 3,401.91 −29.78 −0.87%
1964 3,431.69 −17.51 −0.51%
1963 3,449.2 +40.57 +1.19%
1962 3,408.63 −117.73 −3.34%
1961 3,526.36 −109.49 −3.01%
1960 3,635.85 −416.3 −10.27%
1959 4,052.15 +216.65 +5.65%
1958 3,835.5 +110.29 +2.96%
1957 3,725.21 +150.81 +4.22%
1956 3,574.4 +139.49 +4.06%
1955 3,434.91 +163.57 +5%
1954 3,271.34 +118.58 +3.76%
1953 3,152.76 +133.01 +4.4%
1952 3,019.75 +136.15 +4.72%
1951 2,883.6 +149.76 +5.48%
1950 2,733.84 +271.67 +11.03%
1949 2,462.17 −9.24 −0.37%
1948 2,471.41 +60.53 +2.51%
1947 2,410.88 +45.88 +1.94%
1946 2,365 +54.26 +2.35%
1945 2,310.74 +54.77 +2.43%
1944 2,255.98 +76.4 +3.51%
1943 2,179.58 +48.42 +2.27%
1942 2,131.16 −11.74 −0.55%
1941 2,142.9 +46.55 +2.22%
1940 2,096.35 +94.66 +4.73%
1939 2,001.69 +11.9 +0.6%
1938 1,989.79 +37.08 +1.9%
1937 1,952.71 +44.61 +2.34%
1936 1,908.1 +32.77 +1.75%
1935 1,875.32 +33.55 +1.82%
1934 1,841.77 +29.99 +1.66%
1933 1,811.78 +40.47 +2.28%
1932 1,771.31 +26.5 +1.52%
1931 1,744.81 +50.33 +2.97%
1930 1,694.48 +50.26 +3.06%
1929 1,644.21 −1.97 −0.12%
1928 1,646.18 +29.6 +1.83%
1927 1,616.58 +27.73 +1.75%
1926 1,588.85 +12.86 +0.82%
1925 1,575.99 +19.78 +1.27%
1924 1,556.21 +36.28 +2.39%
1923 1,519.93 +12.15 +0.81%
1922 1,507.79 +37.14 +2.53%
1921 1,470.65 +57.89 +4.1%
1920 1,412.75 +106.23 +8.13%
1919 1,306.52 −21.66 −1.63%
1918 1,328.18 +18.08 +1.38%
1917 1,310.1 −10.08 −0.76%
1916 1,320.19 −9.32 −0.7%
1915 1,329.51 +6.98 +0.53%
1914 1,322.53 +10.77 +0.82%
1913 1,311.76 +0.93 +0.07%
1912 1,310.83 +11.09 +0.85%
1911 1,299.74 −8.96 −0.68%
1910 1,308.7 −1 −0.08%
1909 1,309.7 −1.82 −0.14%
1908 1,311.52 +12.19 +0.94%
1907 1,299.33 −9.29 −0.71%
1906 1,308.62 +22.69 +1.76%
1905 1,285.93 −1.74 −0.14%
1904 1,287.68 +29.74 +2.36%
1903 1,257.93 −19.01 −1.49%
1902 1,276.94 +22.46 +1.79%
1901 1,254.48 +10.11 +0.81%
1900 1,244.36 −53.82 −4.15%
1899 1,298.18 +8.45 +0.65%
1898 1,289.73 +3.78 +0.29%
1897 1,285.95 +20.65 +1.63%
1896 1,265.3 −0.15 −0.01%
1895 1,265.46 +19.48 +1.56%
1894 1,245.98 +16.75 +1.36%
1893 1,229.22 −5.3 −0.43%
1892 1,234.52 +7.26 +0.59%
1891 1,227.27 +30.71 +2.57%
1890 1,196.56 +80.11 +7.18%
1889 1,116.45 +17.61 +1.6%
1888 1,098.85 +8.41 +0.77%
1887 1,090.44 +14.9 +1.39%
1886 1,075.53 +9.47 +0.89%
1885 1,066.07 +5.26 +0.5%
1884 1,060.81 +20.07 +1.93%
1883 1,040.74 +6.59 +0.64%
1882 1,034.15 +38.87 +3.91%
1881 995.28 +50.36 +5.33%
1880 944.92 +46.32 +5.15%
1879 898.6 +5.48 +0.61%
1878 893.12 +21.03 +2.41%
1877 872.09 +2.37 +0.27%
1876 869.72 +3.52 +0.41%
1875 866.2 +1.35 +0.16%
1874 864.85 +9.04 +1.06%
1873 855.81 +6.88 +0.81%
1872 848.93 +22.34 +2.7%
1871 826.59 +5.86 +0.71%
1870 820.73 +27.23 +3.43%
1869 793.5 −1.87 −0.23%
1868 795.37 −14.56 −1.8%
1867 809.93 +8.17 +1.02%
1866 801.76 −0.51 −0.06%
1865 802.27 −9.43 −1.16%
1864 811.7 −11.17 −1.36%
1863 822.87 +1.97 +0.24%
1862 820.9 −25.35 −2.99%
1861 846.25 −41.3 −4.65%
1860 887.54 −109.24 −10.96%
1859 996.78 −1.37 −0.14%
1858 998.15 +4.84 +0.49%
1857 993.3 +7.63 +0.77%
1856 985.67 +17.82 +1.84%
1855 967.85 +12.7 +1.33%
1854 955.15 −8.3 −0.86%
1853 963.45 +16.65 +1.76%
1852 946.81 +5.04 +0.54%
1851 941.76 +19.07 +2.07%
1850 922.69

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.