CO₂ emissions per capita: Portugal
3.4089074 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 155 years from 1870 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 | 3.4089074 |
| 2023 | 3.6068447 |
| 2022 | 3.9092069 |
| 2021 | 3.8783576 |
| 2020 | 4.024692 |
| 2019 | 4.6004105 |
| 2018 | 4.972253 |
| 2017 | 5.339853 |
| 2016 | 4.8626604 |
| 2015 | 5.03681 |
| 2014 | 4.607092 |
| 2013 | 4.603641 |
| 2012 | 4.7494764 |
| 2011 | 4.9051266 |
| 2010 | 4.9996824 |
| 2009 | 5.403325 |
| 2008 | 5.680534 |
| 2007 | 5.9145875 |
| 2006 | 6.162616 |
| 2005 | 6.6304703 |
| 2004 | 6.421131 |
| 2003 | 6.1680245 |
| 2002 | 6.682252 |
| 2001 | 6.2956595 |
| 2000 | 6.369969 |
| 1999 | 6.547137 |
| 1998 | 5.8281155 |
| 1997 | 5.4071655 |
| 1996 | 5.145144 |
| 1995 | 5.4330335 |
| 1994 | 5.0250344 |
| 1993 | 4.9606175 |
| 1992 | 5.1159587 |
| 1991 | 4.702432 |
| 1990 | 4.5358243 |
| 1989 | 4.0816593 |
| 1988 | 3.255262 |
| 1987 | 3.1192136 |
| 1986 | 3.0242019 |
| 1985 | 2.718878 |
| 1984 | 2.891847 |
| 1983 | 3.0126803 |
| 1982 | 2.9334748 |
| 1981 | 2.744624 |
| 1980 | 2.7421687 |
| 1979 | 2.5721657 |
| 1978 | 2.363315 |
| 1977 | 2.395059 |
| 1976 | 2.3979747 |
| 1975 | 2.3169808 |
| 1974 | 2.2788968 |
| 1973 | 2.231183 |
| 1972 | 2.076697 |
| 1971 | 1.8854183 |
| 1970 | 1.7574764 |
| 1969 | 1.666942 |
| 1968 | 1.4747767 |
| 1967 | 1.4008396 |
| 1966 | 1.333911 |
| 1965 | 1.3029188 |
| 1964 | 1.2373776 |
| 1963 | 1.1251111 |
| 1962 | 1.0443039 |
| 1961 | 1.0213373 |
| 1960 | 0.92565095 |
| 1959 | 0.90264255 |
| 1958 | 0.85919416 |
| 1957 | 0.8900599 |
| 1956 | 0.82290936 |
| 1955 | 0.74572676 |
| 1954 | 0.6718877 |
| 1953 | 0.6915984 |
| 1952 | 0.62770104 |
| 1951 | 0.6365774 |
| 1950 | 0.6673406 |
| 1949 | 0.66131324 |
| 1948 | 0.6349517 |
| 1947 | 0.6763992 |
| 1946 | 0.4793121 |
| 1945 | 0.4151064 |
| 1944 | 0.40758967 |
| 1943 | 0.3729306 |
| 1942 | 0.38729438 |
| 1941 | 0.48880404 |
| 1940 | 0.50935525 |
| 1939 | 0.6279087 |
| 1938 | 0.55059016 |
| 1937 | 0.66755605 |
| 1936 | 0.56586677 |
| 1935 | 0.60748434 |
| 1934 | 0.5754067 |
| 1933 | 0.5684927 |
| 1932 | 0.4879904 |
| 1931 | 0.5714587 |
| 1930 | 0.6379018 |
| 1929 | 0.59254307 |
| 1928 | 0.6035273 |
| 1927 | 0.5552652 |
| 1926 | 0.48531604 |
| 1925 | 0.48878124 |
| 1924 | 0.48006994 |
| 1923 | 0.42937863 |
| 1922 | 0.48024017 |
| 1921 | 0.3517803 |
| 1920 | 0.34737837 |
| 1919 | 0.35867843 |
| 1918 | 0.18286845 |
| 1917 | 0.2771171 |
| 1916 | 0.5014904 |
| 1915 | 0.5187191 |
| 1914 | 0.5687578 |
| 1913 | 0.6518441 |
| 1912 | 0.61866874 |
| 1911 | 0.53434503 |
| 1910 | 0.5550772 |
| 1909 | 0.54899365 |
| 1908 | 0.5441126 |
| 1907 | 0.5519483 |
| 1906 | 0.51021147 |
| 1905 | 0.44755688 |
| 1904 | 0.46186873 |
| 1903 | 0.45521906 |
| 1902 | 0.47711617 |
| 1901 | 0.438673 |
| 1900 | 0.45642734 |
| 1899 | 0.39981854 |
| 1898 | 0.39110392 |
| 1897 | 0.34399164 |
| 1896 | 0.32970884 |
| 1895 | 0.3257557 |
| 1894 | 0.34369648 |
| 1893 | 0.2947853 |
| 1892 | 0.33213913 |
| 1891 | 0.3440485 |
| 1890 | 0.33432275 |
| 1889 | 0.315689 |
| 1888 | 0.27678412 |
| 1887 | 0.2589812 |
| 1886 | 0.25368288 |
| 1885 | 0.23151828 |
| 1884 | 0.25196797 |
| 1883 | 0.24098594 |
| 1882 | 0.2313571 |
| 1881 | 0.19149476 |
| 1880 | 0.1905984 |
| 1879 | 0.15438981 |
| 1878 | 0.14094433 |
| 1877 | 0.14832091 |
| 1876 | 0.25529215 |
| 1875 | 0.2618337 |
| 1874 | 0.11976907 |
| 1873 | 0.16458248 |
| 1872 | 0.11878141 |
| 1871 | 0.008420395 |
| 1870 | 0.0050872993 |