CO₂ emissions per capita: Iran
8.656227 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 115 years from 1906 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 | 8.656227 |
| 2023 | 8.715231 |
| 2022 | 8.569505 |
| 2021 | 8.812627 |
| 2020 | 8.49939 |
| 2019 | 8.354448 |
| 2018 | 7.7164273 |
| 2017 | 8.190451 |
| 2016 | 7.6919622 |
| 2015 | 7.770076 |
| 2014 | 7.9044347 |
| 2013 | 7.5856357 |
| 2012 | 7.5503836 |
| 2011 | 7.3531413 |
| 2010 | 7.252517 |
| 2009 | 7.1072636 |
| 2008 | 6.999057 |
| 2007 | 6.806341 |
| 2006 | 6.826492 |
| 2005 | 6.498752 |
| 2004 | 6.2929487 |
| 2003 | 5.9760165 |
| 2002 | 5.8377256 |
| 2001 | 5.78059 |
| 2000 | 5.5287676 |
| 1999 | 5.7215986 |
| 1998 | 4.7371707 |
| 1997 | 4.231056 |
| 1996 | 4.3990874 |
| 1995 | 4.354519 |
| 1994 | 4.304606 |
| 1993 | 3.85959 |
| 1992 | 3.7295725 |
| 1991 | 3.7181766 |
| 1990 | 3.6155233 |
| 1989 | 3.370333 |
| 1988 | 3.1950197 |
| 1987 | 2.988178 |
| 1986 | 2.8827264 |
| 1985 | 3.2367563 |
| 1984 | 3.1468496 |
| 1983 | 3.2593894 |
| 1982 | 3.1200733 |
| 1981 | 2.6976676 |
| 1980 | 3.0293248 |
| 1979 | 4.245608 |
| 1978 | 4.371232 |
| 1977 | 4.55864 |
| 1976 | 4.4920387 |
| 1975 | 4.1183925 |
| 1974 | 4.383761 |
| 1973 | 4.066457 |
| 1972 | 3.4285607 |
| 1971 | 3.384315 |
| 1970 | 3.1493273 |
| 1969 | 2.936983 |
| 1968 | 3.0006337 |
| 1967 | 2.5491905 |
| 1966 | 2.4818106 |
| 1965 | 2.1455617 |
| 1964 | 1.9585106 |
| 1963 | 1.7562363 |
| 1962 | 1.6410284 |
| 1961 | 1.6500591 |
| 1960 | 1.7400022 |
| 1959 | 1.2265065 |
| 1958 | 1.244844 |
| 1957 | 1.1050689 |
| 1956 | 1.1876194 |
| 1955 | 0.8455942 |
| 1954 | 0.05727868 |
| 1953 | 0.21535541 |
| 1952 | 0.2359535 |
| 1951 | 0.4085802 |
| 1950 | 0.58149314 |
| 1949 | 0.49095106 |
| 1948 | 4.766897 |
| 1947 | 3.9149456 |
| 1946 | 3.7476957 |
| 1945 | 3.3199203 |
| 1944 | 2.6373732 |
| 1943 | 1.9448105 |
| 1942 | 1.9022479 |
| 1941 | 1.3552606 |
| 1940 | 1.7872401 |
| 1939 | 2.007598 |
| 1938 | 2.15645 |
| 1937 | 2.1884797 |
| 1936 | 1.7958297 |
| 1935 | 1.6692799 |
| 1934 | 1.7099752 |
| 1933 | 1.6359729 |
| 1932 | 1.5143548 |
| 1931 | 1.3792394 |
| 1930 | 1.4588085 |
| 1929 | 1.3778569 |
| 1928 | 1.4747568 |
| 1927 | 1.4407073 |
| 1926 | 1.3434502 |
| 1925 | 1.3102129 |
| 1924 | 1.2885218 |
| 1923 | 1.142357 |
| 1922 | 0.9413449 |
| 1921 | 0.7576942 |
| 1920 | 0.5750475 |
| 1919 | 0.4575306 |
| 1918 | 0.36171955 |
| 1917 | 0.28786203 |
| 1916 | 0.20243679 |
| 1915 | 0.13871565 |
| 1914 | 0.11363041 |
| 1913 | 0.08111822 |
| 1912 | 0.023552094 |
| 1911 | 0.0124575915 |
| 1906 | 0.00034123307 |