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Greenhouse gas emissions — Sri Lanka

Greenhouse gas emissions in Sri Lanka in 2024 — 42.7 Mt CO₂e. Ranked 97 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 180.9%.

2024 42.7 Mt CO₂e +4.1% vs 2023
World rank 97of 199
Period maximum 88.91 Mt CO₂e1962
Period minimum 4.41 Mt CO₂e1879

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Sri Lanka, 1850–20240255075100185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 15.2 Mt CO₂e1853: 13.76 Mt CO₂e1856: 13.82 Mt CO₂e1859: 14.54 Mt CO₂e1862: 10.23 Mt CO₂e1865: 9.55 Mt CO₂e1868: 9.61 Mt CO₂e1871: 5.92 Mt CO₂e1874: 5.17 Mt CO₂e1877: 4.61 Mt CO₂e1880: 5.39 Mt CO₂e1883: 6.34 Mt CO₂e1886: 6.8 Mt CO₂e1889: 7.25 Mt CO₂e1892: 11.38 Mt CO₂e1895: 11.35 Mt CO₂e1898: 12.75 Mt CO₂e1901: 11.14 Mt CO₂e1904: 10.46 Mt CO₂e1907: 11.09 Mt CO₂e1910: 10.33 Mt CO₂e1913: 10 Mt CO₂e1916: 10.31 Mt CO₂e1919: 10.79 Mt CO₂e1922: 9.42 Mt CO₂e1925: 9.32 Mt CO₂e1928: 9.88 Mt CO₂e1931: 10.21 Mt CO₂e1934: 10.74 Mt CO₂e1937: 11.32 Mt CO₂e1940: 16.14 Mt CO₂e1943: 22.72 Mt CO₂e1946: 24.63 Mt CO₂e1949: 28.01 Mt CO₂e1952: 24.15 Mt CO₂e1955: 26.55 Mt CO₂e1958: 29.6 Mt CO₂e1961: 22.37 Mt CO₂e1964: 53.98 Mt CO₂e1967: 40.9 Mt CO₂e1970: 32.17 Mt CO₂e1973: 29.43 Mt CO₂e1976: 35.26 Mt CO₂e1979: 28.09 Mt CO₂e1982: 28.38 Mt CO₂e1985: 28.98 Mt CO₂e1988: 27.23 Mt CO₂e1991: 28.44 Mt CO₂e1994: 34.55 Mt CO₂e1997: 32.2 Mt CO₂e2000: 32.48 Mt CO₂e2003: 34.68 Mt CO₂e2006: 40.07 Mt CO₂e2009: 45.55 Mt CO₂e2012: 43.42 Mt CO₂e2015: 45.28 Mt CO₂e2018: 43.63 Mt CO₂e2021: 41.39 Mt CO₂e2024: 42.7 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +27.5 (+180.86%) Average annual rate: 0.6 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Sri Lanka 42.7 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
Lower-middle-income countries computed 10,168.91 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Sri Lanka, by year Sri Lanka All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 42.7 +1.68 +4.1%
2023 41.02 +1.19 +2.98%
2022 39.83 −1.56 −3.77%
2021 41.39 −0.29 −0.7%
2020 41.68 −0.93 −2.19%
2019 42.62 −1.01 −2.32%
2018 43.63 −5.78 −11.7%
2017 49.41 +2.71 +5.8%
2016 46.7 +1.42 +3.15%
2015 45.28 +5.07 +12.6%
2014 40.21 +0.71 +1.79%
2013 39.5 −3.92 −9.03%
2012 43.42 −4.7 −9.76%
2011 48.12 −5.08 −9.54%
2010 53.2 +7.65 +16.79%
2009 45.55 −4.81 −9.55%
2008 50.36 −10.36 −17.06%
2007 60.72 +20.65 +51.53%
2006 40.07 −1.58 −3.8%
2005 41.66 −17.38 −29.44%
2004 59.04 +24.35 +70.22%
2003 34.68 +1.18 +3.51%
2002 33.51 +2.02 +6.41%
2001 31.49 −0.99 −3.04%
2000 32.48 +1.04 +3.31%
1999 31.44 −0.43 −1.34%
1998 31.87 −0.33 −1.03%
1997 32.2 −2.51 −7.24%
1996 34.71 +0.68 +1.99%
1995 34.03 −0.52 −1.51%
1994 34.55 +3.64 +11.76%
1993 30.92 +1.3 +4.38%
1992 29.62 +1.18 +4.14%
1991 28.44 +1.47 +5.44%
1990 26.98 +0.72 +2.73%
1989 26.26 −0.97 −3.57%
1988 27.23 −0.34 −1.23%
1987 27.57 −0.87 −3.05%
1986 28.44 −0.55 −1.89%
1985 28.98 +0.72 +2.54%
1984 28.27 +0.14 +0.51%
1983 28.12 −0.26 −0.9%
1982 28.38 +1.55 +5.77%
1981 26.83 −0.22 −0.81%
1980 27.05 −1.04 −3.69%
1979 28.09 −2 −6.64%
1978 30.08 −6.9 −18.66%
1977 36.98 +1.72 +4.88%
1976 35.26 +2.57 +7.87%
1975 32.69 +4.6 +16.37%
1974 28.09 −1.34 −4.55%
1973 29.43 −0.44 −1.47%
1972 29.87 −1.42 −4.54%
1971 31.29 −0.88 −2.74%
1970 32.17 −1.64 −4.84%
1969 33.81 −1.76 −4.94%
1968 35.56 −5.33 −13.04%
1967 40.9 +0.86 +2.14%
1966 40.04 −4.28 −9.66%
1965 44.32 −9.65 −17.89%
1964 53.98 −10.52 −16.31%
1963 64.5 −24.41 −27.46%
1962 88.91 +66.55 +297.51%
1961 22.37 −1.53 −6.41%
1960 23.9 −2.97 −11.07%
1959 26.87 −2.73 −9.21%
1958 29.6 +0.1 +0.35%
1957 29.5 +2.86 +10.75%
1956 26.64 +0.09 +0.33%
1955 26.55 +1.36 +5.38%
1954 25.19 +0.05 +0.19%
1953 25.15 +1 +4.15%
1952 24.15 −0.43 −1.75%
1951 24.58 −0.7 −2.76%
1950 25.27 −2.74 −9.77%
1949 28.01 +2.8 +11.09%
1948 25.21 −0.63 −2.44%
1947 25.84 +1.21 +4.91%
1946 24.63 +0.4 +1.64%
1945 24.23 −0.19 −0.77%
1944 24.42 +1.7 +7.49%
1943 22.72 +2.32 +11.38%
1942 20.4 +1.36 +7.16%
1941 19.04 +2.89 +17.91%
1940 16.14 +4.4 +37.47%
1939 11.74 −0.22 −1.81%
1938 11.96 +0.64 +5.65%
1937 11.32 −0.26 −2.25%
1936 11.58 +0.7 +6.45%
1935 10.88 +0.14 +1.33%
1934 10.74 +0.1 +0.95%
1933 10.63 +0.03 +0.29%
1932 10.6 +0.4 +3.9%
1931 10.21 +0.15 +1.49%
1930 10.06 +0.28 +2.82%
1929 9.78 −0.1 −0.99%
1928 9.88 +0.48 +5.09%
1927 9.4 +0.13 +1.38%
1926 9.27 −0.05 −0.53%
1925 9.32 +0.07 +0.71%
1924 9.25 −0.3 −3.16%
1923 9.56 +0.14 +1.5%
1922 9.42 −0.22 −2.27%
1921 9.63 −0.28 −2.85%
1920 9.92 −0.88 −8.12%
1919 10.79 +0.78 +7.77%
1918 10.02 +0.04 +0.39%
1917 9.98 −0.33 −3.18%
1916 10.31 +0.35 +3.54%
1915 9.95 −0.97 −8.89%
1914 10.92 +0.92 +9.21%
1913 10 +0.16 +1.6%
1912 9.85 −0.82 −7.66%
1911 10.66 +0.34 +3.25%
1910 10.33 −1.83 −15.06%
1909 12.16 +1.71 +16.4%
1908 10.44 −0.64 −5.78%
1907 11.09 −0.81 −6.8%
1906 11.89 +0.55 +4.8%
1905 11.35 +0.89 +8.46%
1904 10.46 −0.56 −5.11%
1903 11.03 +0.66 +6.39%
1902 10.37 −0.78 −6.96%
1901 11.14 −1.65 −12.91%
1900 12.79 −1.02 −7.39%
1899 13.82 +1.06 +8.34%
1898 12.75 −0.94 −6.85%
1897 13.69 +1.67 +13.91%
1896 12.02 +0.67 +5.91%
1895 11.35 −0.43 −3.67%
1894 11.78 +0.88 +8.04%
1893 10.9 −0.48 −4.23%
1892 11.38 +0.36 +3.26%
1891 11.02 +2.45 +28.56%
1890 8.58 +1.33 +18.31%
1889 7.25 +0.55 +8.15%
1888 6.7 +0.03 +0.39%
1887 6.68 −0.13 −1.85%
1886 6.8 +0.26 +3.93%
1885 6.55 +0.01 +0.18%
1884 6.53 +0.2 +3.13%
1883 6.34 −0.01 −0.13%
1882 6.34 +0.58 +10.06%
1881 5.76 +0.37 +6.86%
1880 5.39 +0.99 +22.37%
1879 4.41 −0.09 −1.98%
1878 4.5 −0.11 −2.49%
1877 4.61 −0.13 −2.68%
1876 4.74 −0.15 −3.17%
1875 4.89 −0.28 −5.43%
1874 5.17 −0.01 −0.14%
1873 5.18 −0.28 −5.04%
1872 5.46 −0.46 −7.84%
1871 5.92 −0.91 −13.29%
1870 6.83 −2.1 −23.49%
1869 8.92 −0.68 −7.11%
1868 9.61 +0.06 +0.68%
1867 9.54 +0.12 +1.27%
1866 9.42 −0.13 −1.37%
1865 9.55 −0.28 −2.8%
1864 9.83 −0.62 −5.96%
1863 10.45 +0.22 +2.15%
1862 10.23 −0.57 −5.24%
1861 10.8 −2.06 −16.02%
1860 12.86 −1.68 −11.58%
1859 14.54 +0.53 +3.82%
1858 14.01 +0.04 +0.25%
1857 13.97 +0.15 +1.11%
1856 13.82 −0.23 −1.64%
1855 14.05 −0.14 −0.97%
1854 14.18 +0.43 +3.11%
1853 13.76 −0.2 −1.43%
1852 13.96 −0.58 −3.98%
1851 14.54 −0.67 −4.4%
1850 15.2 — —

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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