Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea
Eritrea: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea, 1994–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea stood at 0.0%. That is the highest value across all 31 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 20.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea peaked at 0.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1994.
Eritrea ranks 176th of 215 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 0.0% | — |
| 1995 | 0.0% | +105.5% |
| 1996 | 0.0% | +53.1% |
| 1997 | 0.0% | +28.5% |
| 1998 | 0.0% | +15.3% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | +10.7% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | +9.8% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | +6.2% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | +9.9% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | +6.3% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | +4.9% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | +2.8% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +2.3% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +1.6% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +2.1% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +1.9% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 0.0% is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.0%, 36% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 0.0% is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.0%, 21% of the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +105.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1996 | +53.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 1997 | +28.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 6 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More climate change data for Eritrea
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 2.10 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 6,163 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,872 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,292 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 7.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 153.28 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 87.04 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 82.68 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4.36 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.312 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea?
- Share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Eritrea was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1994.
- How does Eritrea rank for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Eritrea ranks 176th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from oil.