Climate Change in Iraq

1,263 indicators covering climate change for Iraq.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change 235.90 million tonnes 2024 up 58.0% 29th
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 5.12 tonnes per person 2024 up 25.4% 60th
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions 0.7% 2024 up 41.1% 22nd
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas 7.05 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 13.0% 69th
Share of global methane emissions 1.6% 2024 up 18.7% 11th
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.2% 2024 up 5.2% 69th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.0078 °C 2024 up 59.4% 25th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.0078 °C 2024 up 59.4% 25th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0005 °C 2024 up 9.6% 106th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0.0001 °C 2024 up 39.0% 56th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 398.13 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 up 47.5% 22nd
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 0.393 kt 2023 down 10.8% 117th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 0.0001 tonnes per person 2024 137th
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 6,390 tonnes 2024 127th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 209,694 tonnes 2024 up 10.1% 151st
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 0.0001 tonnes per person 2024 137th
Incineration — Emissions 48.85 kt 2023 up 0.3% 43rd
Incineration — Emissions (CO2eq) 48.85 kt 2023 up 0.3% 43rd
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 48.85 kt 2023 up 0.3% 43rd
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 0.0% 2025 50th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 0.1508 kt 2023 up 503.1% 101st
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 72.32 years 2023 up 4.7% 148th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0.0001 ha per person 2023 down 97.2% 92nd
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.008 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 96.4% 88th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 97.1% 92nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 96.3% 88th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 97.9% 88th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 97.3% 86th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0 t per person 2023 down 97.2% 92nd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 0.0044 t per square kilometre 2023 down 96.4% 88th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 93rd
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 91st
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 91st
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 91st
Rye — Crop residues 3.26 million kg 2023 down 29.3% 12th
Rye — Crop residues 0.0627 kt 2023 down 29.2% 12th
Rye — Crop residues 0.0512 kt 2023 down 29.3% 12th
Rye — Crop residues 0.0115 kt 2023 down 29.4% 12th
Raw milk of sheep — Production 58,868 t 2023 up 0.8% 30th
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 100 2022 up 1.6% 1st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% 94th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 94th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% 101st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 101st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 100.0% 101st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 101st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0 kg per person 2023 down 100.0% 112th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per square kilometre 0 kg per square kilometre 2023 down 100.0% 112th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.9% 33rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.6% 28th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% 26th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 27.9% 33rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.6% 28th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% 25th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.0148 t per person 2023 down 27.9% 33rd
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per unit 0 t per US$ of GDP 2023 down 19.6% 28th
Wheat — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per 1.54 t per square kilometre 2023 down 7.9% 26th
Wheat — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 21.4% 38th