Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Iraq
Iraq: Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil in Iraq, 1927–2024
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 Iraq stood at 0.6%. That is the highest value across all 98 years on record.
The figure is up 2.2% on the previous year and up 19.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Iraq peaked at 0.6% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1927.
That places Iraq 26th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 98 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3 |
| 1930s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1940s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1950s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Iraq
More climate change data for Iraq
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.0% (2100)
- Population growth 2.1% (2025)
- Population, total 47.02 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.2% (2025)
- Urban population 32.89 million (2025)
- Urban population 69.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 5.07 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 5.35 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 5.07 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 5.07 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Iraq?
- Share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil in Iraq was 0.6% 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 Iraq?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Iraq?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1927.
- How does Iraq rank for share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil?
- Iraq ranks 26th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of cumulative co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Iraq?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iraq 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.