Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions in Argentina
Argentina: Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions was -4.1% in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2024)
-4.1%
Change on year
down 41.2%
World rank
202nd
of 215 countries
All-time high
144.8%
in 1857
All-time low
-42.8%
in 1917
Years of data
168
1857–2024
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions in Argentina, 1857–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Argentina recorded -4.1% for annual percentage change in co₂ emissions in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 41.2% on the previous year and down 691.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, annual percentage change in co₂ emissions in Argentina peaked at 144.8% in 1857 and was at its lowest, -42.8%, in 1917.
That places Argentina 202nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions in Argentina, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1857 | 144.8% | — |
| 1858 | 29.5% | -79.6% |
| 1859 | -35.9% | -221.8% |
| 1860 | 22.8% | -163.4% |
| 1861 | 21.3% | -6.4% |
| 1862 | -17.6% | -182.7% |
| 1863 | 47.2% | -368.0% |
| 1864 | -14.9% | -131.7% |
| 1865 | 71.6% | -579.2% |
| 1866 | 58.6% | -18.2% |
| 1867 | -28.0% | -147.8% |
| 1868 | 48.0% | -271.2% |
| 1869 | 16.0% | -66.6% |
| 1870 | -8.2% | -151.1% |
| 1871 | 8.1% | -199.4% |
| 1872 | -2.5% | -130.4% |
| 1873 | 11.0% | -543.2% |
| 1874 | 18.6% | +69.7% |
| 1875 | -41.7% | -323.7% |
| 1876 | -2.2% | -94.7% |
| 1877 | -20.9% | +850.1% |
| 1878 | -19.5% | -6.7% |
| 1879 | 137.0% | -802.2% |
| 1880 | 1.3% | -99.1% |
| 1881 | 58.8% | +4507.7% |
| 1882 | 11.6% | -80.2% |
| 1883 | 39.9% | +243.0% |
| 1884 | 36.6% | -8.4% |
| 1885 | 15.8% | -56.7% |
| 1886 | 3.0% | -81.0% |
| 1887 | 54.0% | +1694.3% |
| 1888 | -0.7% | -101.4% |
| 1889 | 64.1% | -8688.4% |
| 1890 | -26.2% | -140.8% |
| 1891 | -25.4% | -2.9% |
| 1892 | 55.5% | -318.5% |
| 1893 | -0.8% | -101.5% |
| 1894 | 16.5% | -2076.8% |
| 1895 | 20.2% | +21.9% |
| 1896 | -2.4% | -111.8% |
| 1897 | -2.0% | -14.2% |
| 1898 | -0.5% | -76.9% |
| 1899 | 18.7% | -4055.0% |
| 1900 | -23.3% | -225.0% |
| 1901 | 18.9% | -180.8% |
| 1902 | 6.1% | -67.6% |
| 1903 | 14.4% | +135.6% |
| 1904 | 27.9% | +94.0% |
| 1905 | 24.5% | -12.3% |
| 1906 | 33.5% | +36.7% |
| 1907 | -12.2% | -136.3% |
| 1908 | 8.0% | -165.8% |
| 1909 | -7.3% | -191.1% |
| 1910 | 26.7% | -466.6% |
| 1911 | 21.9% | -17.9% |
| 1912 | 1.5% | -93.4% |
| 1913 | 9.1% | +526.0% |
| 1914 | -11.3% | -223.8% |
| 1915 | -33.4% | +196.8% |
| 1916 | -23.7% | -29.2% |
| 1917 | -42.8% | +80.9% |
| 1918 | -34.9% | -18.4% |
| 1919 | 117.3% | -435.9% |
| 1920 | 64.5% | -45.0% |
| 1921 | -15.1% | -123.4% |
| 1922 | 27.2% | -279.9% |
| 1923 | 21.3% | -21.8% |
| 1924 | 34.3% | +61.5% |
| 1925 | 3.0% | -91.3% |
| 1926 | 1.6% | -44.7% |
| 1927 | 21.1% | +1183.4% |
| 1928 | -2.5% | -111.7% |
| 1929 | 3.4% | -238.4% |
| 1930 | -2.1% | -162.4% |
| 1931 | 1.0% | -148.4% |
| 1932 | 3.5% | +236.1% |
| 1933 | 4.9% | +40.2% |
| 1934 | 8.4% | +73.0% |
| 1935 | -1.6% | -118.5% |
| 1936 | 6.1% | -493.6% |
| 1937 | 7.1% | +16.2% |
| 1938 | -1.4% | -119.9% |
| 1939 | 1.9% | -234.8% |
| 1940 | -5.1% | -365.3% |
| 1941 | -10.9% | +115.0% |
| 1942 | -3.3% | -69.7% |
| 1943 | 4.4% | -234.0% |
| 1944 | -0.9% | -120.0% |
| 1945 | -2.0% | +130.6% |
| 1946 | 0.3% | -113.0% |
| 1947 | 5.9% | +2124.3% |
| 1948 | 19.8% | +234.2% |
| 1949 | -11.7% | -158.8% |
| 1950 | 94.7% | -912.9% |
| 1951 | 16.9% | -82.2% |
| 1952 | 3.2% | -80.7% |
| 1953 | -2.7% | -182.2% |
| 1954 | 4.6% | -272.2% |
| 1955 | 7.6% | +66.3% |
| 1956 | 12.0% | +56.6% |
| 1957 | 7.5% | -37.6% |
| 1958 | -7.2% | -196.0% |
| 1959 | 10.8% | -250.0% |
| 1960 | -0.4% | -103.5% |
| 1961 | 4.8% | -1386.6% |
| 1962 | 4.9% | +1.5% |
| 1963 | -6.7% | -236.8% |
| 1964 | 11.3% | -267.5% |
| 1965 | 5.6% | -50.0% |
| 1966 | 7.3% | +28.9% |
| 1967 | 3.8% | -47.5% |
| 1968 | 5.4% | +41.6% |
| 1969 | 11.9% | +121.3% |
| 1970 | 7.0% | -41.5% |
| 1971 | 7.5% | +7.4% |
| 1972 | 1.4% | -81.7% |
| 1973 | 4.3% | +215.7% |
| 1974 | 1.6% | -63.1% |
| 1975 | -0.7% | -141.2% |
| 1976 | 5.1% | -874.0% |
| 1977 | 1.0% | -80.2% |
| 1978 | 1.8% | +81.6% |
| 1979 | 7.9% | +327.1% |
| 1980 | -1.8% | -122.5% |
| 1981 | -6.2% | +248.4% |
| 1982 | 1.4% | -122.0% |
| 1983 | 1.7% | +28.3% |
| 1984 | 1.2% | -28.2% |
| 1985 | -5.6% | -546.7% |
| 1986 | 3.6% | -164.9% |
| 1987 | 10.3% | +185.5% |
| 1988 | 5.7% | -44.9% |
| 1989 | -3.6% | -163.7% |
| 1990 | -4.2% | +15.1% |
| 1991 | 4.9% | -218.5% |
| 1992 | 3.2% | -34.8% |
| 1993 | -2.9% | -189.4% |
| 1994 | 0.4% | -114.3% |
| 1995 | 5.8% | +1316.3% |
| 1996 | 4.8% | -17.5% |
| 1997 | 3.9% | -18.2% |
| 1998 | 2.1% | -46.3% |
| 1999 | 6.3% | +199.7% |
| 2000 | -3.4% | -153.1% |
| 2001 | -5.8% | +73.2% |
| 2002 | -7.5% | +28.1% |
| 2003 | 7.6% | -201.8% |
| 2004 | 17.0% | +123.4% |
| 2005 | 2.9% | -83.2% |
| 2006 | 7.8% | +173.0% |
| 2007 | -0.3% | -104.3% |
| 2008 | 8.0% | -2500.7% |
| 2009 | -4.9% | -161.7% |
| 2010 | 4.3% | -188.3% |
| 2011 | 2.0% | -53.4% |
| 2012 | 1.0% | -52.3% |
| 2013 | -1.1% | -218.5% |
| 2014 | -0.5% | -54.5% |
| 2015 | 1.7% | -433.5% |
| 2016 | -0.9% | -153.8% |
| 2017 | -1.6% | +66.7% |
| 2018 | -2.5% | +57.7% |
| 2019 | -1.1% | -54.0% |
| 2020 | -8.8% | +678.1% |
| 2021 | 15.5% | -277.3% |
| 2022 | -3.4% | -121.7% |
| 2023 | -2.9% | -13.7% |
| 2024 | -4.1% | +41.2% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's -4.1% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 2.7%. (58 countries reporting)
- Argentina's -4.1% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.8%. (38 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions in Argentina changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1889 | +8688.4% | -0.7% | 64.1% |
| 1881 | +4507.7% | 1.3% | 58.8% |
| 1899 | +4055.0% | -0.5% | 18.7% |
| 2008 | +2500.7% | -0.3% | 8.0% |
| 1947 | +2124.3% | 0.3% | 5.9% |
| 1894 | +2076.8% | -0.8% | 16.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 46.1% | -35.9% | 144.8% | 3 |
| 1860s | 22.5% | -28.0% | 71.6% | 10 |
| 1870s | 8.0% | -41.7% | 137.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | 28.4% | -0.7% | 64.1% | 10 |
| 1890s | 5.4% | -26.2% | 55.5% | 10 |
| 1900s | 9.0% | -23.3% | 33.5% | 10 |
| 1910s | 3.0% | -42.8% | 117.3% | 10 |
| 1920s | 15.9% | -15.1% | 64.5% | 10 |
| 1930s | 2.8% | -2.1% | 8.4% | 10 |
| 1940s | -0.3% | -11.7% | 19.8% | 10 |
| 1950s | 14.7% | -7.2% | 94.7% | 10 |
| 1960s | 4.8% | -6.7% | 11.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 3.7% | -0.7% | 7.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7% | -6.2% | 10.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.5% | -4.2% | 6.3% | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.1% | -7.5% | 17.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.1% | -2.5% | 4.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | -0.7% | -8.8% | 15.5% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is annual percentage change in co₂ emissions in Argentina?
- Annual percentage change in co₂ emissions in Argentina was -4.1% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest annual percentage change in co₂ emissions recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 144.8% in 1857.
- What is the lowest annual percentage change in co₂ emissions recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was -42.8% in 1917.
- How does Argentina rank for annual percentage change in co₂ emissions?
- Argentina ranks 202nd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is annual percentage change in co₂ emissions rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 691.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Argentina data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual percentage growth in total emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), excluding land-use change.