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Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Mongolia

Mongolia: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions was 28.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
28.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
down 5.7%
World rank
5th
of 199 countries
All-time high
103.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1958
All-time low
9.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2004
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Mongolia, 1850–2024

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Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

Analysis

Mongolia recorded 28.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person for per capita greenhouse gas emissions in 2024.

The figure is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 24.3% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Mongolia peaked at 103.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1958 and was at its lowest, 9.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 2004.

Mongolia ranks 5th of 199 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 29.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 28.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 29.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1860s 29.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 29.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 30.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1870s 32.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 30.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 33.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1880s 47.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 38.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 52.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1890s 57.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 54.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 60.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1900s 65.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 62.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 67.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1910s 43.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 34.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 58.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1920s 30.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 27.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 33.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1930s 26.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 25.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 28.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1940s 23.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 22.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 24.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1950s 81.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 42.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 103.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1960s 51.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 35.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 73.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1970s 30.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 25.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 34.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1980s 24.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 23.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 26.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
1990s 23.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 14.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 37.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2000s 14.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 9.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 24.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2010s 23.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 16.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 29.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10
2020s 26.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 24.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 29.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5

Countries ranked near Mongolia

  1. 2 Bahrain 39.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  2. 3 Kuwait 34.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  3. 4 Brunei 32.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  4. 6 Trinidad and Tobago 27.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  5. 7 Saudi Arabia 24.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
  6. 8 United Arab Emirates 23.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Mongolia?
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in Mongolia was 28.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Mongolia?
The highest recorded value was 103.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1958.
What is the lowest per capita greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Mongolia?
The lowest recorded value was 9.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2004.
How does Mongolia rank for per capita greenhouse gas emissions?
Mongolia ranks 5th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita greenhouse gas emissions rising or falling in Mongolia?
Over the last ten years it is up 24.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Mongolia data come from?
The figures come from Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.