CO₂ emissions per capita: Sri Lanka
0.90139973 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 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 | 0.90139973 |
| 2023 | 0.8343349 |
| 2022 | 0.80477285 |
| 2021 | 0.9173014 |
| 2020 | 0.9047328 |
| 2019 | 0.9417696 |
| 2018 | 0.90489626 |
| 2017 | 1.0036424 |
| 2016 | 1.0195531 |
| 2015 | 0.8826046 |
| 2014 | 0.79248416 |
| 2013 | 0.6621668 |
| 2012 | 0.72696227 |
| 2011 | 0.68904465 |
| 2010 | 0.6081095 |
| 2009 | 0.605714 |
| 2008 | 0.5646439 |
| 2007 | 0.577949 |
| 2006 | 0.5651884 |
| 2005 | 0.57723796 |
| 2004 | 0.59281546 |
| 2003 | 0.53937906 |
| 2002 | 0.5446268 |
| 2001 | 0.5182398 |
| 2000 | 0.5178222 |
| 1999 | 0.44241077 |
| 1998 | 0.40983656 |
| 1997 | 0.405572 |
| 1996 | 0.38328636 |
| 1995 | 0.32549822 |
| 1994 | 0.30919212 |
| 1993 | 0.28850245 |
| 1992 | 0.30083695 |
| 1991 | 0.24926244 |
| 1990 | 0.23251896 |
| 1989 | 0.21044955 |
| 1988 | 0.21332496 |
| 1987 | 0.25056785 |
| 1986 | 0.2302952 |
| 1985 | 0.24963471 |
| 1984 | 0.24755882 |
| 1983 | 0.31361845 |
| 1982 | 0.2899064 |
| 1981 | 0.263062 |
| 1980 | 0.22628154 |
| 1979 | 0.25929326 |
| 1978 | 0.23823702 |
| 1977 | 0.20610149 |
| 1976 | 0.20156811 |
| 1975 | 0.21238242 |
| 1974 | 0.21903588 |
| 1973 | 0.2813242 |
| 1972 | 0.27572572 |
| 1971 | 0.25417942 |
| 1970 | 0.29242647 |
| 1969 | 0.35917363 |
| 1968 | 0.27590847 |
| 1967 | 0.25704795 |
| 1966 | 0.23781785 |
| 1965 | 0.243295 |
| 1964 | 0.21320727 |
| 1963 | 0.24353223 |
| 1962 | 0.25244895 |
| 1961 | 0.23573627 |
| 1960 | 0.23357596 |
| 1959 | 0.21793029 |
| 1958 | 0.21163657 |
| 1957 | 0.2576496 |
| 1956 | 0.16096006 |
| 1955 | 0.19286741 |
| 1954 | 0.21123068 |
| 1953 | 0.24969126 |
| 1952 | 0.23892057 |
| 1951 | 0.1943032 |
| 1950 | 0.20827107 |