TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇨🇴 Colombia
World rank #38 · South America · Same as 55.8 million cars driven for a year a year
Initials from the entity name. Click the row to open the full profile.Colombia
55.8 million
cars driven for a year
257 Mt CO₂e
Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — varies by species, climate and age of tree.
rising +2.5%/yr
🔥 Colombia ranks #38 because its economy — across power, industry, transport and agriculture — released 257 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.South AmericaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#38 of 250
Top emitters here
94Ecopetrol SA= 4.4M cars/yr20.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.186GeoPark Colombia SAS= 3M cars/yr13.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.198Gecelca SA ESP= 1.1M cars/yr5.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.449Termotasajero SA ESP= 530k cars/yr2.4 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.575Enel Colombia SA ESP= 358k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Show all top emitters (24)
626Drummond Ltd= 765k cars/yr3.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.673Gensa SA ESP= 271k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.674Compañía Eléctrica de Sochagota SASESP= 271k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.748Cementos Argos SA= 368k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.767Carbones del Cerrejon Ltd= 559k cars/yr2.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.916Termobarranquilla SA ESP= 366k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1075Equión Energía Ltd= 327k cars/yr1.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1076Emerald Energy Resources Ltd= 327k cars/yr1.5 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1139EnfraGen LLC= 228k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1234Canacol Energy Ltd= 220k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1244Empresas Públicas de Medellín ESP= 179k cars/yr821.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1297Schlumberger= 156k cars/yr718.7 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1298Holcim (Colombia) SA= 146k cars/yr669.7 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1340Termocandelaria Power SA= 141k cars/yr647 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1415Termoyopal SA= 111k cars/yr512.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1422Rattan Holding SA= 106k cars/yr486.5 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1459SMN Termocartagena SAS= 99.5k cars/yr457.6 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1503Celsia Colombia SA ESP= 89.6k cars/yr412.3 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1512TermoemCali I SA ESP= 86.8k cars/yr399.4 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colombia_Llanos_Heavy oil | Fossil Fuels | 26.5 Mt | very low |
| Colombia_Llanos_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 5.1 Mt | very low |
| Cartagena del Chairá Municipality | Forestry & Land | 3.6 Mt | very low |
| Gecelca 3 power station | Power | 3.2 Mt | medium |
| La Macarena Municipality | Forestry & Land | 3.1 Mt | very low |
| El Descanso Coal Mine | Fossil Fuels | 2.7 Mt | very low |
| Solano Municipality | Forestry & Land | 2.7 Mt | very low |
| Cerrejón Coal Mine | Fossil Fuels | 2.6 Mt | very low |
| Calamar Municipality | Forestry & Land | 2.5 Mt | very low |
| Termopaipa power station | Power | 2.5 Mt | very low |
| Mapiripán Municipality | Forestry & Land | 2.5 Mt | very low |
| Termotasajero power station | Power | 2.4 Mt | medium |
| El Dorado International Airport | Transport | 2.3 Mt | medium |
| Ecopetrol Cartagena Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 2.2 Mt | very low |
| San Vicente del Caguán Municipality | Forestry & Land | 2.2 Mt | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE. Colombia is rising at +2.5% year on year.
Getting worse — based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What we know · what we don't
How sure we are about the measurement. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank — it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Confidence reflects how completely Climate TRACE has measured this country’s emissions; coverage shows the share of those emissions we can tie to a named owner. Both feed the 0–100 Climate Damage Score above. Untraced emissions are real — they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets we use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank — population