CO₂ emissions per capita: Iraq
5.074398 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 98 years from 1927 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 | 5.074398 |
| 2023 | 5.056339 |
| 2022 | 4.9385333 |
| 2021 | 4.483625 |
| 2020 | 4.086228 |
| 2019 | 4.655681 |
| 2018 | 4.62321 |
| 2017 | 4.257336 |
| 2016 | 3.9805984 |
| 2015 | 3.7946744 |
| 2014 | 3.7623115 |
| 2013 | 4.016338 |
| 2012 | 3.9827716 |
| 2011 | 3.8408003 |
| 2010 | 3.671512 |
| 2009 | 3.5002573 |
| 2008 | 3.2561963 |
| 2007 | 2.1612523 |
| 2006 | 3.4538834 |
| 2005 | 4.022954 |
| 2004 | 4.0980616 |
| 2003 | 3.7841146 |
| 2002 | 3.733308 |
| 2001 | 3.8416781 |
| 2000 | 3.4278352 |
| 1999 | 3.4868164 |
| 1998 | 3.5388265 |
| 1997 | 3.4403985 |
| 1996 | 3.4799242 |
| 1995 | 3.8337562 |
| 1994 | 3.8020515 |
| 1993 | 3.294748 |
| 1992 | 3.2249866 |
| 1991 | 2.561187 |
| 1990 | 2.8259327 |
| 1989 | 4.2024508 |
| 1988 | 4.003738 |
| 1987 | 3.188879 |
| 1986 | 2.9610448 |
| 1985 | 2.8392901 |
| 1984 | 2.617187 |
| 1983 | 2.6044865 |
| 1982 | 2.1197963 |
| 1981 | 2.2876596 |
| 1980 | 3.3455713 |
| 1979 | 4.017222 |
| 1978 | 3.3129117 |
| 1977 | 3.5403311 |
| 1976 | 4.0868793 |
| 1975 | 2.869134 |
| 1974 | 2.7677407 |
| 1973 | 2.835594 |
| 1972 | 2.8302975 |
| 1971 | 2.8609226 |
| 1970 | 2.4532394 |
| 1969 | 2.403535 |
| 1968 | 2.1679301 |
| 1967 | 2.0928621 |
| 1966 | 3.2617261 |
| 1965 | 2.3522003 |
| 1964 | 1.1430594 |
| 1963 | 1.2237151 |
| 1962 | 1.2167503 |
| 1961 | 1.210528 |
| 1960 | 1.1757467 |
| 1959 | 1.0646176 |
| 1958 | 0.9887412 |
| 1957 | 0.8999762 |
| 1956 | 0.9827666 |
| 1955 | 0.64381987 |
| 1954 | 0.4900166 |
| 1953 | 0.41677842 |
| 1952 | 0.33144253 |
| 1951 | 0.42065802 |
| 1950 | 0.2916025 |
| 1949 | 0.20579165 |
| 1948 | 0 |
| 1947 | 2.8086338 |
| 1946 | 2.889801 |
| 1945 | 2.9412158 |
| 1944 | 2.7483902 |
| 1943 | 2.4380422 |
| 1942 | 1.831295 |
| 1941 | 1.1365299 |
| 1940 | 1.8576514 |
| 1939 | 2.9813683 |
| 1938 | 1.4640546 |
| 1937 | 1.5487593 |
| 1936 | 1.4407076 |
| 1935 | 1.4271008 |
| 1934 | 0.71632487 |
| 1933 | 0.088166624 |
| 1932 | 0.093921 |
| 1931 | 0.092512265 |
| 1930 | 0.09407257 |
| 1929 | 0.09491072 |
| 1928 | 0.07505732 |
| 1927 | 0.036581174 |