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Argentina

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has fallen by 15%.

41% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 10.3% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 7,166,625 hectares: 18.3% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

In 2025, 11,223 hectares of old tropical forest were lost.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year3.742024−0.644.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year4.082023−0.714.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)9.122024−1.336.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person2.502024−0.071.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year3.162024−0.970.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.4920240.00100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions4.12023−3.40.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2152022−0.0160.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year622024−6—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year22,0532023−1,65321,286
Fossil share of energy%82.62024−5.681.3
Renewable share of energy%14.82024+4.414.8
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%34.42024+9.531.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%41.22024+12.340.9
Solar share of electricity%2.62024+2.66.9
Wind share of electricity%10.62024+10.28.1
Coal share of electricity%0.92024−0.934.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity3452024−79471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest10.32023−0.5—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 147,802 ha2002: 104,935 ha2003: 249,107 ha2004: 433,425 ha2005: 367,246 ha2006: 316,414 ha2007: 425,336 ha2008: 592,719 ha2009: 309,854 ha2010: 413,246 ha2011: 499,195 ha2012: 478,180 ha2013: 376,746 ha2014: 241,118 ha2015: 180,228 ha2016: 230,313 ha2017: 233,945 ha2018: 172,964 ha2019: 145,459 ha2020: 197,404 ha2021: 201,896 ha2022: 232,225 ha2023: 215,941 ha2024: 203,057 ha2025: 197,870 ha
2001592,719 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 162.0 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 69.6 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data