CO₂ emissions per capita: Afghanistan
0.25384834 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 76 years from 1949 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.25384834 |
| 2023 | 0.2536818 |
| 2022 | 0.25062045 |
| 2021 | 0.2467185 |
| 2020 | 0.28458965 |
| 2019 | 0.27472728 |
| 2018 | 0.27737236 |
| 2017 | 0.26089466 |
| 2016 | 0.24800518 |
| 2015 | 0.27738428 |
| 2014 | 0.26523322 |
| 2013 | 0.28117284 |
| 2012 | 0.31842902 |
| 2011 | 0.38877392 |
| 2010 | 0.2957424 |
| 2009 | 0.23258604 |
| 2008 | 0.16065209 |
| 2007 | 0.10806349 |
| 2006 | 0.08493193 |
| 2005 | 0.077424295 |
| 2004 | 0.052513268 |
| 2003 | 0.068608426 |
| 2002 | 0.062730715 |
| 2001 | 0.05270568 |
| 2000 | 0.052017417 |
| 1999 | 0.054889955 |
| 1998 | 0.06672778 |
| 1997 | 0.0706777 |
| 1996 | 0.07713131 |
| 1995 | 0.08305054 |
| 1994 | 0.089462 |
| 1993 | 0.0995065 |
| 1992 | 0.111609 |
| 1991 | 0.15641147 |
| 1990 | 0.16805434 |
| 1989 | 0.23284777 |
| 1988 | 0.24792345 |
| 1987 | 0.27343473 |
| 1986 | 0.27439797 |
| 1985 | 0.30642045 |
| 1984 | 0.25214335 |
| 1983 | 0.2308076 |
| 1982 | 0.19056578 |
| 1981 | 0.16573393 |
| 1980 | 0.13336322 |
| 1979 | 0.16350494 |
| 1978 | 0.15819776 |
| 1977 | 0.1787136 |
| 1976 | 0.15167534 |
| 1975 | 0.16607082 |
| 1974 | 0.15343112 |
| 1973 | 0.1345167 |
| 1972 | 0.12910292 |
| 1971 | 0.1636936 |
| 1970 | 0.14795192 |
| 1969 | 0.08543128 |
| 1968 | 0.11373056 |
| 1967 | 0.122013114 |
| 1966 | 0.106284514 |
| 1965 | 0.10033048 |
| 1964 | 0.085441604 |
| 1963 | 0.07358391 |
| 1962 | 0.07322033 |
| 1961 | 0.05326608 |
| 1960 | 0.045808833 |
| 1959 | 0.04335994 |
| 1958 | 0.037801724 |
| 1957 | 0.034129996 |
| 1956 | 0.021669438 |
| 1955 | 0.018480647 |
| 1954 | 0.012945492 |
| 1953 | 0.013123366 |
| 1952 | 0.011467511 |
| 1951 | 0.011625335 |
| 1950 | 0.010837197 |
| 1949 | 0.0019921463 |