Afghanistan Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollutant Emissions (2015-2026)

Greenhouse gas and air pollutant emission estimates for Afghanistan are provided by Climate TRACE, covering annual country-level data since 2015 and monthly source-level data since 2021. The inventory tracks emissions across multiple sub-sectors and includes confidence scores for high-resolution monthly records.

Use Cases

• Analyzing monthly fluctuations in specific air pollutants using the source-level records
• Comparing annual sub-sector emission trends in Afghanistan from 2015 onwards
• Assessing the reliability of emission reports using the provided confidence scores

Strengths

• Includes confidence scores for monthly source-level estimates
• Provides sub-sector granularity for both annual and monthly data
• Covers multiple greenhouse gases and air pollutants

Limitations

• Relies on modeled estimates rather than direct ground-level measurements
• Ownership information is inconsistent across sources

Provenance

Source

Climate TRACE

Collection Method

Modeled estimates derived from satellite imagery, remote sensing, and other data sources by the Climate TRACE coalition.

Time Range

2015-2026

Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

Afghanistan