Afghanistan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions 1990-2024
Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and Savannah burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).
- Afghanistan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2020 was 31,119.05, a 4.94% decline from 2019.
- Afghanistan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2019 was 32,736.77, a 0.48% increase from 2018.
- Afghanistan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2018 was 32,580.49, a 2.61% increase from 2017.
- Afghanistan greenhouse gas (ghg) emissions for 2017 was 31,750.55, a 2.87% increase from 2016.
| Similar Country Ranking |
| Country Name |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
| Ethiopia |
167,300.02 |
| Chad |
89,558.46 |
| Tanzania |
89,255.45 |
| North Korea |
76,079.91 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo |
56,120.41 |
| South Sudan |
56,051.36 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
47,112.47 |
| Nepal |
45,868.56 |
| Niger |
44,795.83 |
| Mali |
43,491.51 |
| Uganda |
39,280.05 |
| Mozambique |
33,749.37 |
| Burkina Faso |
32,262.82 |
| Afghanistan |
31,119.05 |
| Madagascar |
30,566.43 |
| Senegal |
30,293.28 |
| Guinea |
29,745.69 |
| Somalia |
26,272.10 |
| Zimbabwe |
25,988.13 |
| Yemen |
24,391.15 |
| Central African Republic |
21,016.38 |
| Tajikistan |
17,692.29 |
| Benin |
16,190.53 |
| Malawi |
11,982.43 |
| Haiti |
10,267.23 |
| Togo |
8,395.49 |
| Rwanda |
6,329.92 |
| Eritrea |
6,242.49 |
| Sierra Leone |
5,952.47 |
| Burundi |
4,102.68 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
2,546.52 |
| Gambia |
2,453.33 |
| Liberia |
2,155.39 |
| Comoros |
619.95 |
| Afghanistan Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions - Historical Data |
| Year |
kt of CO2 equivalent |
Annual % Change |
| 2020 |
31,119.05 |
-4.94% |
| 2019 |
32,736.77 |
0.48% |
| 2018 |
32,580.49 |
2.61% |
| 2017 |
31,750.55 |
2.87% |
| 2016 |
30,864.98 |
-2.38% |
| 2015 |
31,619.07 |
1.45% |
| 2014 |
31,165.82 |
2.42% |
| 2013 |
30,430.30 |
-1.61% |
| 2012 |
30,928.57 |
-4.68% |
| 2011 |
32,446.46 |
13.51% |
| 2010 |
28,585.90 |
17.57% |
| 2009 |
24,313.53 |
13.89% |
| 2008 |
21,349.19 |
17.18% |
| 2007 |
18,218.85 |
5.53% |
| 2006 |
17,264.17 |
3.78% |
| 2005 |
16,635.76 |
6.83% |
| 2004 |
15,572.01 |
-2.44% |
| 2003 |
15,961.03 |
4.63% |
| 2002 |
15,255.39 |
21.03% |
| 2001 |
12,604.76 |
-11.27% |
| 2000 |
14,205.33 |
-11.11% |
| 1999 |
15,980.73 |
6.09% |
| 1998 |
15,063.74 |
5.96% |
| 1997 |
14,216.88 |
7.45% |
| 1996 |
13,231.10 |
8.62% |
| 1995 |
12,181.32 |
3.82% |
| 1994 |
11,733.05 |
0.46% |
| 1993 |
11,678.76 |
1.13% |
| 1992 |
11,548.26 |
-2.96% |
| 1991 |
11,899.99 |
2.31% |
| 1990 |
11,630.80 |
2.31% |
