Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia
Colombia: Share of global greenhouse gas emissions was 0.5% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Latest (2024)
0.5%
Change on year
up 3.1%
World rank
36th
of 199 countries
All-time high
2.1%
in 1945
All-time low
0.4%
in 2010
Years of data
175
1850–2024
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia, 1850–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Colombia recorded 0.5% for share of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.1% on the previous year and down 15.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia peaked at 2.1% in 1945 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2010.
That places Colombia 36th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 175 years of available data.
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 1.0% | — |
| 1851 | 0.9% | -11.2% |
| 1852 | 0.8% | -6.1% |
| 1853 | 0.7% | -9.5% |
| 1854 | 0.7% | -3.9% |
| 1855 | 0.7% | +2.7% |
| 1856 | 0.7% | -6.8% |
| 1857 | 0.7% | -0.9% |
| 1858 | 0.6% | -9.4% |
| 1859 | 0.6% | -0.3% |
| 1860 | 0.7% | +10.8% |
| 1861 | 0.6% | -12.7% |
| 1862 | 0.7% | +10.8% |
| 1863 | 0.6% | -11.4% |
| 1864 | 0.6% | +3.6% |
| 1865 | 0.6% | +4.4% |
| 1866 | 0.6% | -1.2% |
| 1867 | 0.7% | +13.1% |
| 1868 | 0.6% | -8.3% |
| 1869 | 0.6% | -7.0% |
| 1870 | 0.8% | +31.1% |
| 1871 | 1.0% | +21.4% |
| 1872 | 1.0% | +6.2% |
| 1873 | 1.0% | -4.7% |
| 1874 | 1.0% | +4.3% |
| 1875 | 1.0% | -0.6% |
| 1876 | 1.0% | +0.7% |
| 1877 | 1.0% | +0.2% |
| 1878 | 1.0% | +2.4% |
| 1879 | 1.0% | -1.4% |
| 1880 | 1.1% | +5.4% |
| 1881 | 1.0% | -8.1% |
| 1882 | 1.0% | +2.0% |
| 1883 | 1.0% | -3.2% |
| 1884 | 1.0% | -0.4% |
| 1885 | 1.0% | +1.2% |
| 1886 | 1.0% | +1.8% |
| 1887 | 1.0% | -2.2% |
| 1888 | 0.9% | -3.2% |
| 1889 | 1.0% | +9.1% |
| 1890 | 1.0% | -0.6% |
| 1891 | 1.0% | +0.3% |
| 1892 | 1.0% | +1.7% |
| 1893 | 1.1% | +0.4% |
| 1894 | 1.0% | -3.1% |
| 1895 | 1.1% | +3.8% |
| 1896 | 1.1% | +0.9% |
| 1897 | 1.0% | -5.4% |
| 1898 | 1.1% | +5.7% |
| 1899 | 1.0% | -4.9% |
| 1900 | 1.1% | +12.5% |
| 1901 | 1.1% | -1.1% |
| 1902 | 1.2% | +6.0% |
| 1903 | 1.2% | +2.1% |
| 1904 | 1.2% | -1.5% |
| 1905 | 1.2% | -3.1% |
| 1906 | 1.2% | -0.7% |
| 1907 | 1.2% | +2.5% |
| 1908 | 1.1% | -4.0% |
| 1909 | 1.1% | -1.4% |
| 1910 | 1.3% | +17.4% |
| 1911 | 1.4% | +7.2% |
| 1912 | 1.5% | +3.8% |
| 1913 | 1.4% | -3.3% |
| 1914 | 1.6% | +10.8% |
| 1915 | 1.6% | +1.1% |
| 1916 | 1.6% | -1.6% |
| 1917 | 1.5% | -1.7% |
| 1918 | 1.6% | +2.7% |
| 1919 | 1.6% | +2.2% |
| 1920 | 1.7% | +2.8% |
| 1921 | 1.8% | +6.2% |
| 1922 | 1.8% | +1.5% |
| 1923 | 1.7% | -5.8% |
| 1924 | 1.7% | +3.5% |
| 1925 | 1.7% | -1.5% |
| 1926 | 1.8% | +2.7% |
| 1927 | 1.7% | -3.0% |
| 1928 | 1.8% | +2.5% |
| 1929 | 1.6% | -6.0% |
| 1930 | 1.5% | -6.5% |
| 1931 | 1.4% | -6.2% |
| 1932 | 1.5% | +3.9% |
| 1933 | 1.4% | -5.2% |
| 1934 | 1.4% | -2.1% |
| 1935 | 1.3% | -5.3% |
| 1936 | 1.3% | -1.3% |
| 1937 | 1.3% | -3.8% |
| 1938 | 1.3% | +1.9% |
| 1939 | 1.2% | -2.1% |
| 1940 | 1.7% | +32.4% |
| 1941 | 1.8% | +10.9% |
| 1942 | 1.9% | +5.8% |
| 1943 | 1.9% | -1.0% |
| 1944 | 1.9% | +1.0% |
| 1945 | 2.1% | +7.5% |
| 1946 | 2.1% | -1.3% |
| 1947 | 2.0% | -5.0% |
| 1948 | 1.9% | -2.1% |
| 1949 | 2.0% | +4.7% |
| 1950 | 1.9% | -2.8% |
| 1951 | 1.9% | -3.1% |
| 1952 | 1.9% | +2.7% |
| 1953 | 2.0% | +1.4% |
| 1954 | 1.9% | -4.7% |
| 1955 | 1.8% | -1.8% |
| 1956 | 1.9% | +0.6% |
| 1957 | 1.9% | +3.2% |
| 1958 | 2.0% | +3.3% |
| 1959 | 2.1% | +4.1% |
| 1960 | 1.4% | -31.3% |
| 1961 | 1.8% | +26.9% |
| 1962 | 1.5% | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 1.4% | -9.5% |
| 1964 | 1.7% | +19.1% |
| 1965 | 1.0% | -37.0% |
| 1966 | 0.8% | -21.9% |
| 1967 | 0.7% | -16.6% |
| 1968 | 0.6% | -7.6% |
| 1969 | 0.6% | -10.6% |
| 1970 | 1.6% | +185.5% |
| 1971 | 0.9% | -42.0% |
| 1972 | 0.7% | -24.9% |
| 1973 | 0.6% | -14.6% |
| 1974 | 0.6% | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 0.5% | -3.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6% | +9.8% |
| 1977 | 0.5% | -14.7% |
| 1978 | 0.5% | -2.6% |
| 1979 | 0.5% | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 0.5% | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5% | +6.8% |
| 1982 | 0.5% | -5.5% |
| 1983 | 0.5% | +3.4% |
| 1984 | 0.5% | -2.1% |
| 1985 | 0.5% | -4.2% |
| 1986 | 0.5% | -2.8% |
| 1987 | 0.4% | -5.7% |
| 1988 | 0.4% | -4.6% |
| 1989 | 0.4% | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 0.4% | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 0.5% | +10.6% |
| 1992 | 0.5% | +5.5% |
| 1993 | 0.5% | +6.5% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -3.3% |
| 1995 | 0.6% | +20.6% |
| 1996 | 0.6% | -2.9% |
| 1997 | 0.7% | +19.5% |
| 1998 | 0.8% | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 0.6% | -16.8% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | -26.7% |
| 2001 | 0.4% | -10.5% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +24.3% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +45.7% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | -36.1% |
| 2005 | 0.4% | -18.0% |
| 2006 | 0.4% | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | -11.9% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | -5.8% |
| 2011 | 0.6% | +54.1% |
| 2012 | 0.9% | +62.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -30.5% |
| 2014 | 0.5% | -15.6% |
| 2015 | 0.5% | -9.8% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | -6.7% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +31.8% |
| 2018 | 0.6% | -1.8% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | -10.9% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | -8.0% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -1.4% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | -6.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -0.2% |
| 2024 | 0.5% | +3.1% |
Colombia compared with similar countries
- Colombia's 0.5% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.1%, 5.8× the median. (57 countries reporting)
- Colombia's 0.5% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.0%, 13.7× the median. (36 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +185.5% | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| 2012 | +62.0% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| 2011 | +54.1% | 0.4% | 0.6% |
| 2003 | +45.7% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| 1971 | -42.0% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 0.7% | 0.6% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1860s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.0% | 0.8% | 1.0% | 10 |
| 1880s | 1.0% | 0.9% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1890s | 1.0% | 1.0% | 1.1% | 10 |
| 1900s | 1.2% | 1.1% | 1.2% | 10 |
| 1910s | 1.5% | 1.3% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1920s | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1930s | 1.4% | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 |
| 1940s | 1.9% | 1.7% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 1950s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.1% | 10 |
| 1960s | 1.2% | 0.6% | 1.8% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.7% | 0.5% | 1.6% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.6% | 0.4% | 0.9% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Colombia
More climate change data for Colombia
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 578.93 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 89,376 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 19,540 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 69,836 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 73.73 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2,494 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,330 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,828 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 4,502 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 14.44 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia?
- Share of global greenhouse gas emissions in Colombia was 0.5% in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Colombia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.1% in 1945.
- What is the lowest share of global greenhouse gas emissions recorded in Colombia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2010.
- How does Colombia rank for share of global greenhouse gas emissions?
- Colombia ranks 36th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global greenhouse gas emissions rising or falling in Colombia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Colombia data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Measured as a percentage of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.