Climate Change in Colombia

1,472 indicators covering climate change for Colombia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita 179.54 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 15.4% 152nd
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.8% 122nd
CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change 92.66 million tonnes 2024 up 0.7% 42nd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil 1.97 billion tonnes 2024 up 30.1% 43rd
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement 195.59 million tonnes 2024 up 29.9% 36th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring 72.22 million tonnes 2024 up 13.7% 43rd
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions 3.0% 2024 down 54.2% 91st
CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change 107.19 million tonnes 2024 down 42.5% 45th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change 14.53 million tonnes 2024 down 84.6% 43rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita 0.2748 tonnes per person 2024 down 86.5% 78th
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change 107.19 million tonnes 2024 down 42.5% 45th
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 2.03 tonnes per person 2024 down 49.4% 133rd
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions 0.5% 2024 down 15.5% 36th
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas 23.44 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 25.8% 25th
Share of global methane emissions 1.0% 2024 up 4.2% 21st
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.8% 2024 up 17.1% 25th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.0033 °C 2024 up 25.3% 42nd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.0033 °C 2024 up 25.3% 42nd
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0118 °C 2024 up 4.1% 10th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0.0001 °C 2024 up 22.8% 46th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 248.28 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 11.7% 36th
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 8,322 kt 2023 up 84.7% 20th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 0.4217 tonnes per person 2024 up 19.3% 57th
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 22.30 million tonnes 2024 up 35.5% 30th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 826.98 million tonnes 2024 up 28.5% 47th
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 0.4217 tonnes per person 2024 up 19.3% 57th
Incineration — Emissions 3.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% 94th
Incineration — Emissions (CO2eq) 3.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% 94th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 3.65 kt 2023 down 0.2% 94th
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 20.3% 2025 — 47th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 114.29 kt 2023 up 96.6% 14th
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 77.72 years 2023 up 2.5% 81st
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0.0128 ha per person 2023 up 10.7% 32nd
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.6016 ha per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% 40th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% 32nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% 40th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% 33rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 25.4% 40th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.007 t per person 2023 up 10.7% 32nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 0.3309 t per square kilometre 2023 up 25.5% 40th
Food Packaging — Energy Use 10,194 TJ 2023 down 14.9% 32nd
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.2% 74th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 27.8% 58th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% 72nd
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 up 8.2% 74th
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 up 27.8% 58th
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 up 22.7% 72nd
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 100 2022 up 14.8% 1st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.5% 50th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.0% 56th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.0% 51st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.5% 55th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.6% 51st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 19.1% 55th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0252 kg per person 2023 down 28.8% 51st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 1.19 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 19.2% 59th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 46.7% 99th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 37.1% 103rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 39.6% 97th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% 94th