TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇮🇶 Iraq
World rank #19 · Asia · Same as 109 million cars driven for a year
109 million
cars driven for a year
501 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
rising +4.7%/yr
Iraq ranks #19 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 501 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.AsiaContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#19 of 250
Measured territorial emissions, not a full national footprint or a legal finding. How this works · Report a correction
Top emitters here
7Ministry of Electricity (Iraq)= 18.4M cars/yr84.4 Mt CO₂eNEW20Eni SpA= 10.6M cars/yr48.8 Mt CO₂eNEW21PetroChina Co Ltd= 10.6M cars/yr48.5 Mt CO₂eNEW54CNOOC Ltd= 7.3M cars/yr33.4 Mt CO₂eNEW63Basra Energy Co= 6M cars/yr27.5 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (31)
81LUKOIL PJSC= 6.9M cars/yr31.9 Mt CO₂eNEW247Mass Group Holding Ltd= 2.4M cars/yr10.9 Mt CO₂eNEW574Ministry of Oil (Iraq)= 576k cars/yr2.6 Mt CO₂eNEW582Mass Energy Group Holding= 1.1M cars/yr4.8 Mt CO₂eNEW664Ministry of Electricity (Kurdistan)= 530k cars/yr2.4 Mt CO₂eNEW816Maisan Power Co= 399k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW829Iraq National Oil Co= 539k cars/yr2.5 Mt CO₂eNEW881Southern Cement State Co= 423k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW986Shamara Holding Group= 373k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1021KAR Power= 337k cars/yr1.6 Mt CO₂eNEW1060Lafarge Iraq= 286k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1082Qaiwan Group= 291k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1083Karcement JSC= 290k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1101DNO ASA= 360k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1102DNO= 360k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1103ShaMaran Petroleum Corp= 360k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eNEW1120Al Maysarah Group= 216k cars/yr994.1 kt CO₂eNEW1125Eni Iraq= 268k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1281Taurus Power Generation= 186k cars/yr857 kt CO₂eNEW1336Sinjar Company for Manufacturing Cement Ltd= 168k cars/yr771.8 kt CO₂eNEW1352Missan Oil Co= 104k cars/yr476.6 kt CO₂eNEW1360Saman Cement Co= 145k cars/yr667.4 kt CO₂eNEW1376Faruk Group Holding= 140k cars/yr645.4 kt CO₂eNEW1481Van Company for Industrial Investment and General Trading= 98.8k cars/yr454.4 kt CO₂eNEW1491Cement Manufacturer of Leylan= 150k cars/yr690.2 kt CO₂eNEW1498Al Douh Iraqi Company for Cement Manufacturing= 94.1k cars/yr432.8 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 100 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Iraq_Zagros Foldbelt_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 34.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Iraq_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 10 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Al-Mussaib Thermal power plant | Power | 7.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Iraq_Widyan - North Arabian Gulf_Acid/sour gas | Fossil Fuels | 6.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Baiji Thermal power station | Power | 6.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Salahuddin power station | Power | 6.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Shatt Al-Basra power station | Power | 6.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Wasset power station | Power | 4.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Besmaya power station | Power | 4.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Adhamiya District | Transport | 4.7 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | low |
| Al Dora power plant | Power | 4.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Nasiriyah Thermal power station | Power | 4.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Iraq_Southeast Turkey Foldbelt_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 4.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
| Iraq_Zagros Foldbelt_Conventional onshore | Fossil Fuels | 4.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting worse, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. 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.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population