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Azerbaijan

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

In 2024, 3.9 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 risen by 8%.

12% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 14.1% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 8,471 hectares: 0.7% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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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 year3.852024+0.284.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year3.962023+0.224.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)5.552024+0.146.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person1.232024−0.051.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year0.262024−0.060.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.142024−0.01100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions-4.52023−10.40.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.2352022+0.0150.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year4602024+63—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year21,0732023+4,84821,286
Fossil share of energy%95.72024−2.081.3
Renewable share of energy%4.32024+2.014.8
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%11.72024+6.131.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%11.72024+6.140.9
Solar share of electricity%0.32024+0.36.9
Wind share of electricity%0.32024+0.38.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity6342024−43471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest14.12023+1.3—

Trees and forests

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

2001: 553 ha2002: 1,154 ha2003: 1,039 ha2004: 585 ha2005: 246 ha2006: 525 ha2007: 508 ha2008: 472 ha2009: 372 ha2010: 550 ha2011: 147 ha2012: 598 ha2013: 149 ha2014: 328 ha2015: 27 ha2016: 25 ha2017: 80 ha2018: 75 ha2019: 12 ha2020: 23 ha2021: 85 ha2022: 146 ha2023: 461 ha2024: 173 ha2025: 138 ha
20011,154 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 4.4 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 0.1 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