Counting all greenhouse gases — carbon dioxide, but also methane from rice paddies and livestock and nitrous oxide from fertiliser — Bangladesh emitted 221 million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent in 2024, up from 75 million in 1990.
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Growth in Bangladesh’s total greenhouse gas emissions, 1990 to 2024.
Unlike in richer countries, a large share of Bangladesh’s emissions comes from agriculture rather than fossil fuels, because rice paddies release methane. That makes the mix of solutions different too: better water management in paddies and cleaner cooking fuels matter as much as cleaner power plants.
Source: EDGAR (Joint Research Centre), via World Bank WDI. Excludes land use, land-use change and forestry.