Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation in Syria
Syria: Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation was 2.65 kilograms in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation in Syria, 2013–2018
Source: OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Syria is 2.65 kilograms, measured in 2018.
That represents a change of down 13.5% on the previous year and up 14.6% over ten years.
Syria ranks 138th of 142 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Syria
- 135 Somalia 3.45 kilograms compare
- 136 Afghanistan 3.44 kilograms compare
- 137 Myanmar 3.33 kilograms compare
- 139 Cote d'Ivoire 2.28 kilograms compare
- 140 Malawi 2.1 kilograms compare
- 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.59 kilograms compare
More climate change data for Syria
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.4% (2100)
- Population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Population, total 25.62 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.8% (2025)
- Urban population 18.47 million (2025)
- Urban population 72.1% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.29 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 2.06 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.29 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.29 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Syria?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Syria was 2.65 kilograms in 2018, according to OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from aviation recorded in Syria?
- The highest recorded value was 3.06 kilograms in 2017.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from aviation recorded in Syria?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3194 kilograms in 2015.
- How does Syria rank for per capita co₂ emissions from aviation?
- Syria ranks 138th out of 142 countries with data for 2018.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from aviation rising or falling in Syria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Syria data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 6 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Includes emissions from both domestic and international aviation. International aviation emissions are assigned to the country of departure. CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights only.