Greenhouse gas emissions — all countries

Greenhouse gas emissions — Upper-middle-income countries

Greenhouse gas emissions in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,622%.

2024 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e +0.63% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e2024
Period minimum 893.33 Mt CO₂e1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Upper-middle-income countries, 1850–2024010,00020,00030,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 893.33 Mt CO₂e1853: 955.33 Mt CO₂e1856: 966.3 Mt CO₂e1859: 981.85 Mt CO₂e1862: 936.09 Mt CO₂e1865: 921.23 Mt CO₂e1868: 895.13 Mt CO₂e1871: 930.31 Mt CO₂e1874: 970.81 Mt CO₂e1877: 1,006.37 Mt CO₂e1880: 1,070.74 Mt CO₂e1883: 1,138.19 Mt CO₂e1886: 1,153.8 Mt CO₂e1889: 1,220.04 Mt CO₂e1892: 1,296.33 Mt CO₂e1895: 1,360.19 Mt CO₂e1898: 1,410.15 Mt CO₂e1901: 1,616.42 Mt CO₂e1904: 1,710.41 Mt CO₂e1907: 1,787.21 Mt CO₂e1910: 1,987.62 Mt CO₂e1913: 2,142.76 Mt CO₂e1916: 2,219.26 Mt CO₂e1919: 2,328.25 Mt CO₂e1922: 2,480.21 Mt CO₂e1925: 2,584.62 Mt CO₂e1928: 2,652.19 Mt CO₂e1931: 2,644.64 Mt CO₂e1934: 2,759.92 Mt CO₂e1937: 2,847.64 Mt CO₂e1940: 3,215.83 Mt CO₂e1943: 3,568.5 Mt CO₂e1946: 3,699.23 Mt CO₂e1949: 3,939.63 Mt CO₂e1952: 4,846.12 Mt CO₂e1955: 5,345.35 Mt CO₂e1958: 5,816.12 Mt CO₂e1961: 6,302.89 Mt CO₂e1964: 6,459.99 Mt CO₂e1967: 6,332.34 Mt CO₂e1970: 7,737.47 Mt CO₂e1973: 8,343.22 Mt CO₂e1976: 8,690.76 Mt CO₂e1979: 9,545.7 Mt CO₂e1982: 9,553.04 Mt CO₂e1985: 11,259 Mt CO₂e1988: 11,673.29 Mt CO₂e1991: 11,562.88 Mt CO₂e1994: 12,945.1 Mt CO₂e1997: 15,272.82 Mt CO₂e2000: 13,439.44 Mt CO₂e2003: 16,027.8 Mt CO₂e2006: 17,634.55 Mt CO₂e2009: 18,857.82 Mt CO₂e2012: 21,388.29 Mt CO₂e2015: 22,207.17 Mt CO₂e2018: 21,669.1 Mt CO₂e2021: 22,867.36 Mt CO₂e2024: 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +23,422.6 (+2,621.95%) Average annual rate: 1.92 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Upper-middle-income countries 24,315.92 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 24,315.92 +153.34 +0.63%
2023 24,162.58 +595.68 +2.53%
2022 23,566.91 +699.55 +3.06%
2021 22,867.36 +859.08 +3.9%
2020 22,008.27 −430.57 −1.92%
2019 22,438.84 +769.74 +3.55%
2018 21,669.1 +497.73 +2.35%
2017 21,171.36 +239.86 +1.15%
2016 20,931.5 −1,275.67 −5.74%
2015 22,207.17 +208.1 +0.95%
2014 21,999.07 +430.02 +1.99%
2013 21,569.05 +180.75 +0.85%
2012 21,388.29 +596.96 +2.87%
2011 20,791.33 +1,434.25 +7.41%
2010 19,357.09 +499.26 +2.65%
2009 18,857.82 +728.61 +4.02%
2008 18,129.21 +588.71 +3.36%
2007 17,540.5 −94.05 −0.53%
2006 17,634.55 +1,210.83 +7.37%
2005 16,423.72 +367.23 +2.29%
2004 16,056.5 +28.7 +0.18%
2003 16,027.8 +1,790.55 +12.58%
2002 14,237.25 +962.6 +7.25%
2001 13,274.65 −164.8 −1.23%
2000 13,439.44 −231.83 −1.7%
1999 13,671.27 −6.33 −0.05%
1998 13,677.6 −1,595.22 −10.44%
1997 15,272.82 +2,041.83 +15.43%
1996 13,230.99 +151.18 +1.16%
1995 13,079.81 +134.72 +1.04%
1994 12,945.1 +950.61 +7.93%
1993 11,994.49 +85.06 +0.71%
1992 11,909.43 +346.55 +3%
1991 11,562.88 +50.51 +0.44%
1990 11,512.37 −194 −1.66%
1989 11,706.37 +33.08 +0.28%
1988 11,673.29 −28.54 −0.24%
1987 11,701.83 −108.53 −0.92%
1986 11,810.36 +551.36 +4.9%
1985 11,259 +675.04 +6.38%
1984 10,583.96 +776.91 +7.92%
1983 9,807.05 +254.01 +2.66%
1982 9,553.04 +127.99 +1.36%
1981 9,425.05 −180.19 −1.88%
1980 9,605.24 +59.54 +0.62%
1979 9,545.7 −346.17 −3.5%
1978 9,891.87 +561.25 +6.02%
1977 9,330.62 +639.86 +7.36%
1976 8,690.76 +168.33 +1.98%
1975 8,522.43 +138.38 +1.65%
1974 8,384.05 +40.83 +0.49%
1973 8,343.22 +62.44 +0.75%
1972 8,280.79 +583.34 +7.58%
1971 7,697.44 −40.03 −0.52%
1970 7,737.47 +454.3 +6.24%
1969 7,283.17 +690.04 +10.47%
1968 6,593.13 +260.78 +4.12%
1967 6,332.34 −174.73 −2.69%
1966 6,507.07 −59.07 −0.9%
1965 6,566.14 +106.15 +1.64%
1964 6,459.99 +30.94 +0.48%
1963 6,429.05 +74.15 +1.17%
1962 6,354.9 +52.01 +0.83%
1961 6,302.89 +313.55 +5.24%
1960 5,989.34 −160.9 −2.62%
1959 6,150.23 +334.11 +5.74%
1958 5,816.12 +234.2 +4.2%
1957 5,581.92 +184.52 +3.42%
1956 5,397.4 +52.06 +0.97%
1955 5,345.35 +134.9 +2.59%
1954 5,210.45 +330.44 +6.77%
1953 4,880.01 +33.89 +0.7%
1952 4,846.12 −29.36 −0.6%
1951 4,875.48 +417.77 +9.37%
1950 4,457.7 +518.07 +13.15%
1949 3,939.63 +123.67 +3.24%
1948 3,815.96 +31.64 +0.84%
1947 3,784.32 +85.09 +2.3%
1946 3,699.23 +47.01 +1.29%
1945 3,652.22 +30.15 +0.83%
1944 3,622.07 +53.57 +1.5%
1943 3,568.5 +80.53 +2.31%
1942 3,487.97 +81.43 +2.39%
1941 3,406.55 +190.72 +5.93%
1940 3,215.83 +307.4 +10.57%
1939 2,908.42 +50.05 +1.75%
1938 2,858.37 +10.73 +0.38%
1937 2,847.64 +17.05 +0.6%
1936 2,830.59 +99.66 +3.65%
1935 2,730.93 −28.99 −1.05%
1934 2,759.92 +78.45 +2.93%
1933 2,681.47 +0.37 +0.01%
1932 2,681.1 +36.46 +1.38%
1931 2,644.64 −3.16 −0.12%
1930 2,647.8 −30.88 −1.15%
1929 2,678.68 +26.49 +1%
1928 2,652.19 +42.56 +1.63%
1927 2,609.64 +17.21 +0.66%
1926 2,592.43 +7.81 +0.3%
1925 2,584.62 +8.19 +0.32%
1924 2,576.43 +8.08 +0.31%
1923 2,568.35 +88.14 +3.55%
1922 2,480.21 −3.63 −0.15%
1921 2,483.84 +48.97 +2.01%
1920 2,434.87 +106.62 +4.58%
1919 2,328.25 +67.65 +2.99%
1918 2,260.6 −10.29 −0.45%
1917 2,270.89 +51.62 +2.33%
1916 2,219.26 +23.05 +1.05%
1915 2,196.21 +18.89 +0.87%
1914 2,177.32 +34.57 +1.61%
1913 2,142.76 +71.07 +3.43%
1912 2,071.69 −10.34 −0.5%
1911 2,082.03 +94.41 +4.75%
1910 1,987.62 +128.58 +6.92%
1909 1,859.04 +53.15 +2.94%
1908 1,805.9 +18.69 +1.05%
1907 1,787.21 +13.37 +0.75%
1906 1,773.84 +54.91 +3.19%
1905 1,718.93 +8.51 +0.5%
1904 1,710.41 +32.79 +1.95%
1903 1,677.62 +47.11 +2.89%
1902 1,630.52 +14.1 +0.87%
1901 1,616.42 +101.69 +6.71%
1900 1,514.73 +79.35 +5.53%
1899 1,435.38 +25.23 +1.79%
1898 1,410.15 −1.77 −0.13%
1897 1,411.93 +34.43 +2.5%
1896 1,377.49 +17.3 +1.27%
1895 1,360.19 +6.75 +0.5%
1894 1,353.44 +26.92 +2.03%
1893 1,326.52 +30.19 +2.33%
1892 1,296.33 −13.66 −1.04%
1891 1,309.99 +32.19 +2.52%
1890 1,277.8 +57.76 +4.73%
1889 1,220.04 +38.01 +3.22%
1888 1,182.03 −10.91 −0.91%
1887 1,192.95 +39.15 +3.39%
1886 1,153.8 +10.26 +0.9%
1885 1,143.53 +13.04 +1.15%
1884 1,130.49 −7.7 −0.68%
1883 1,138.19 +25.79 +2.32%
1882 1,112.4 +22.66 +2.08%
1881 1,089.73 +18.99 +1.77%
1880 1,070.74 +67.74 +6.75%
1879 1,003 +1.38 +0.14%
1878 1,001.62 −4.75 −0.47%
1877 1,006.37 +32.59 +3.35%
1876 973.78 +4.66 +0.48%
1875 969.12 −1.69 −0.17%
1874 970.81 +14 +1.46%
1873 956.81 −12.13 −1.25%
1872 968.94 +38.63 +4.15%
1871 930.31 −2.27 −0.24%
1870 932.58 +25.76 +2.84%
1869 906.83 +11.7 +1.31%
1868 895.13 +0.72 +0.08%
1867 894.4 −19.8 −2.17%
1866 914.2 −7.03 −0.76%
1865 921.23 −20.82 −2.21%
1864 942.05 +17.11 +1.85%
1863 924.95 −11.14 −1.19%
1862 936.09 −28.23 −2.93%
1861 964.32 −4.67 −0.48%
1860 968.99 −12.86 −1.31%
1859 981.85 +11.28 +1.16%
1858 970.57 −7.63 −0.78%
1857 978.19 +11.9 +1.23%
1856 966.3 −15.45 −1.57%
1855 981.75 +23.7 +2.47%
1854 958.05 +2.71 +0.28%
1853 955.33 −12.44 −1.29%
1852 967.78 +35.73 +3.83%
1851 932.04 +38.71 +4.33%
1850 893.33

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.