Turkey carbon profile

Turkey emits roughly 513 Mt of CO₂ per year — about 1.4% of global emissions, ranking #12 worldwide. At 5.9 tonnes per person (#37 per capita), its footprint is above the global average of ~4.7 t.

Emissions have surged over the past five years (+26%) and surged over the decade (+40%). Growth in energy demand is still outpacing clean-energy deployment.

Renewables supply about 43% of electricity. The energy transition is well underway, but fossil generation still sets the emissions baseline.

Without policy shifts, emissions could grow another ~26% by 2030 as the economy expands. Maintaining clean growth while industrializing is the key challenge.