Ecuador: Greenhouse gas emissions

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 Ecuador

Greenhouse gas emissions

 Latest value 68,056
 Year 2020
 Measure kt of CO2 equivalent
 Data availability 1990 - 2020
 Average 59,999
 Min - Max 37,539 - 76,785
 Source World bank
The latest value from 2020 is 68056 kt of CO2 equivalent, a decline from 74113 kt of CO2 equivalent in 2019. In comparison, the world average is 241624 kt of CO2 equivalent, based on data from 185 countries. Historically, the average for Ecuador from 1990 to 2020 is 59999 kt of CO2 equivalent. The minimum value, 37539 kt of CO2 equivalent, was reached in 1990 while the maximum of 76785 kt of CO2 equivalent was recorded in 2014. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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Recent data
Ecuador - Greenhouse gas emissions - Recent values chart

Historical series
Ecuador - Greenhouse gas emissions - historical chart - 1990-2020




Definition: Total greenhouse gas emissions in kt of CO2 equivalent are composed of CO2 totals excluding short-cycle biomass burning (such as agricultural waste burning and savanna burning) but including other biomass burning (such as forest fires, post-burn decay, peat fires and decay of drained peatlands), all anthropogenic CH4 sources, N2O sources and F-gases (HFCs, PFCs and SF6).

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