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🇧🇴 Bolivia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Population 12.41 Million, South America.  Read key messages

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  • Emissions: Bolivia emitted around 160 megatonnes CO2e in 2024, accounting for 0.28% of the global total.
  • Per person: Emissions were around 12.9 tonnes per person per year, rated extremely high on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
  • Trend: Emissions rose by around 3.94% a year over the ten years to 2024, rather than the 4% yearly decline the world as a whole needs to achieve Net Zero in 2050 and limit warming to around 1.7 °C.
  • What drives it: CO2 made up 76.01% of emissions, methane 17.45%, nitrous oxide 6.51% and F-gases 0.03%.
  • Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Bolivia's emissions have produced around 10,600 megatonnes CO2e of warming impact, 0.27% of the global total, or around 14.6 tonnes per person per year.
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 Most recent data from Global Carbon Project, Our World in Data, PRIMAP-hist