The voluntary carbon market, mapped.
Public view at country and project-type level, without prices.
Showing all countries, by issued: 11,659 projects in view
- 11,659
- projects tracked
- 2.82bn t
- issued
- 1.59bn t
- retired · 56%
- 1.23bn t
- still tradable
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Where the projects are
Aggregated by host country across all connected registries. Click a country to zoom in to its projects. 48 projects without a mappable country are listed under “Not on map”.
0611.4M tRegistry data
Top countries · Issued
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Where the credits went
Issued volume by project type, split into retired and still tradable
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Issuance by start year
Million tCO₂e issued to date, by the year a project first issued credits
The figures behind the charts
| Country | Projects | Issued (t) | Retired (t) | Tradable (t) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,909 | 611,389,523 | 353,049,462 | 258,340,061 |
| India | 1,903 | 409,690,880 | 252,544,509 | 157,146,371 |
| China | 1,563 | 257,720,606 | 158,131,954 | 99,588,652 |
| Brazil | 415 | 180,672,184 | 84,678,442 | 95,993,742 |
| Türkiye | 574 | 152,531,564 | 79,561,678 | 72,969,886 |
| Colombia | 270 | 145,946,787 | 85,068,601 | 60,878,186 |
| Peru | 76 | 98,383,258 | 56,897,308 | 41,485,950 |
| Indonesia | 101 | 98,082,568 | 81,749,761 | 16,332,807 |
| Kenya | 346 | 85,406,086 | 42,630,368 | 42,775,718 |
| Guyana | 1 | 58,433,813 | 12,600,000 | 45,833,813 |
| Cambodia | 45 | 56,751,831 | 28,012,139 | 28,739,692 |
| DR Congo | 60 | 46,877,343 | 24,951,322 | 21,926,021 |
| Mexico | 564 | 44,180,332 | 10,806,360 | 33,373,972 |
| Bangladesh | 178 | 43,087,455 | 11,475,379 | 31,612,076 |
| Vietnam | 147 | 35,108,690 | 9,417,437 | 25,691,253 |
| Uganda | 296 | 34,800,200 | 22,244,721 | 12,555,479 |
| Zimbabwe | 30 | 33,810,113 | 28,489,912 | 5,320,201 |
| Zambia | 90 | 25,144,687 | 17,294,345 | 7,850,342 |
| Uruguay | 28 | 24,103,013 | 12,439,191 | 11,663,822 |
| South Africa | 173 | 23,805,341 | 19,258,187 | 4,547,154 |
| South Korea | 17 | 22,688,337 | 17,306,627 | 5,381,710 |
| Rwanda | 225 | 21,399,217 | 7,917,033 | 13,482,184 |
| Thailand | 108 | 20,609,816 | 13,010,718 | 7,599,098 |
| Malawi | 158 | 20,037,267 | 11,101,256 | 8,936,011 |
| Chile | 53 | 16,411,939 | 13,437,999 | 2,973,940 |
| Ghana | 70 | 15,943,460 | 10,383,962 | 5,559,498 |
| Canada | 78 | 13,767,467 | 6,961,412 | 6,806,055 |
| Madagascar | 138 | 13,626,881 | 4,198,529 | 9,428,352 |
| Nigeria | 129 | 13,540,409 | 6,172,553 | 7,367,856 |
| Ethiopia | 89 | 13,028,657 | 9,533,427 | 3,495,230 |
| Guatemala | 34 | 12,639,516 | 9,238,196 | 3,401,320 |
| Uzbekistan | 6 | 11,789,486 | 1,440,702 | 10,348,784 |
| Germany | 57 | 10,514,136 | 9,416,941 | 1,097,195 |
| Tanzania | 94 | 8,697,593 | 6,110,575 | 2,587,018 |
| Malaysia | 27 | 7,590,357 | 5,689,268 | 1,901,089 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 7,537,191 | 4,912,806 | 2,624,385 |
| Nepal | 149 | 6,743,351 | 2,217,313 | 4,526,038 |
| Taiwan | 15 | 5,822,790 | 5,411,779 | 411,011 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 15 | 5,670,123 | 755,390 | 4,914,733 |
| Argentina | 57 | 5,484,639 | 2,775,522 | 2,709,117 |
| Honduras | 49 | 5,177,969 | 3,274,801 | 1,903,168 |
| Panama | 14 | 4,912,833 | 2,377,487 | 2,535,346 |
| Papua New Guinea | 19 | 4,902,515 | 1,720,709 | 3,181,806 |
| Egypt | 24 | 4,869,009 | 581,926 | 4,287,083 |
| Burundi | 14 | 4,761,112 | 1,637,593 | 3,123,519 |
| Sierra Leone | 33 | 4,703,121 | 2,893,571 | 1,809,550 |
| Laos | 55 | 4,618,590 | 1,528,490 | 3,090,100 |
| Belize | 9 | 4,281,642 | 3,192,983 | 1,088,659 |
| Mozambique | 96 | 4,105,987 | 2,562,293 | 1,543,694 |
| Bulgaria | 7 | 3,892,362 | 2,928,616 | 963,746 |
| Paraguay | 24 | 3,335,850 | 2,317,452 | 1,018,398 |
| Somalia | 4 | 3,171,572 | 1,747,075 | 1,424,497 |
| Mongolia | 32 | 3,001,734 | 622,353 | 2,379,381 |
| Senegal | 31 | 2,928,153 | 1,432,131 | 1,496,022 |
| Dominican Republic | 36 | 2,809,707 | 570,882 | 2,238,825 |
| Nicaragua | 23 | 2,750,791 | 1,176,754 | 1,574,037 |
| Eritrea | 45 | 2,552,354 | 1,797,984 | 754,370 |
| Denmark | 4 | 2,324,712 | 110,104 | 2,214,608 |
| Mali | 14 | 1,692,001 | 1,303,593 | 388,408 |
| Oman | 6 | 1,579,968 | 5,332 | 1,574,636 |
| Philippines | 32 | 1,521,961 | 635,584 | 886,377 |
| Burkina Faso | 102 | 1,453,207 | 667,616 | 785,591 |
| Georgia | 4 | 1,369,221 | 365,394 | 1,003,827 |
| Russia | 8 | 1,329,474 | 635,933 | 693,541 |
| Central African Republic | 6 | 1,294,618 | 105,496 | 1,189,122 |
| Morocco | 15 | 1,252,860 | 440,461 | 812,399 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1,241,840 | 853,985 | 387,855 |
| Australia | 18 | 1,190,218 | 1,071,361 | 118,857 |
| Togo | 38 | 1,032,825 | 100,113 | 932,712 |
| Kazakhstan | 20 | 1,010,373 | 145,075 | 865,298 |
| Cameroon | 19 | 995,725 | 958,201 | 37,524 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 953,204 | 727,105 | 226,099 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 932,798 | 502,600 | 430,198 |
| Gambia | 11 | 896,511 | 296,453 | 600,058 |
| Benin | 17 | 890,827 | 64,331 | 826,496 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 730,489 | 698,865 | 31,624 |
| Congo Republic | 18 | 711,453 | 66,720 | 644,733 |
| Bolivia | 19 | 700,402 | 471,236 | 229,166 |
| Myanmar | 48 | 659,982 | 461,881 | 198,101 |
| France | 16 | 630,543 | 212,184 | 418,359 |
| El Salvador | 10 | 585,797 | 293,486 | 292,311 |
| Namibia | 7 | 536,781 | 314,261 | 222,520 |
| Romania | 14 | 523,245 | 161,394 | 361,851 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 507,905 | 486,497 | 21,408 |
| Sri Lanka | 21 | 414,283 | 214,628 | 199,655 |
| Sudan | 5 | 368,399 | 343,361 | 25,038 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 315,553 | 315,553 | 0 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 2 | 302,043 | 141,566 | 160,477 |
| Lesotho | 5 | 273,332 | 49,721 | 223,611 |
| Fiji | 2 | 225,056 | 3,842 | 221,214 |
| Angola | 6 | 166,815 | 93,383 | 73,432 |
| Haiti | 12 | 157,887 | 119,739 | 38,148 |
| Ecuador | 9 | 151,697 | 90,639 | 61,058 |
| United Kingdom | 14 | 139,362 | 20,408 | 118,954 |
| Lithuania | 4 | 137,177 | 2,300 | 134,877 |
| Chad | 5 | 131,471 | 73,333 | 58,138 |
| Timor-Leste | 16 | 128,930 | 128,579 | 351 |
| Guinea | 12 | 66,779 | 11,779 | 55,000 |
| Switzerland | 27 | 59,657 | 38,162 | 21,495 |
| North Macedonia | 3 | 58,661 | 0 | 58,661 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 47,452 | 38,102 | 9,350 |
| Niger | 2 | 38,769 | 34,169 | 4,600 |
| Poland | 5 | 29,456 | 800 | 28,656 |
| Liberia | 3 | 22,906 | 13,226 | 9,680 |
| Israel | 10 | 16,574 | 13,113 | 3,461 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 15,171 | 15,171 | 0 |
| Iceland | 2 | 12,514 | 4,085 | 8,429 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 10,745 | 0 | 10,745 |
| Iraq | 1 | 2,560 | 314 | 2,246 |
| Austria | 1 | 980 | 980 | 0 |
| Estonia | 6 | 230 | 63 | 167 |
| Norway | 2 | 77 | 22 | 55 |
| Albania | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Belgium | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Botswana | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Croatia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Djibouti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gabon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ireland | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italy | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Japan | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Latvia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Portugal | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Qatar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spain | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Suriname | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sweden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yemen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Not on map | 48 | 3,839,530 | 2,223,525 | 1,616,005 |
Where the credits went · Issuance by start year
| Project type | Issued (t) | Retired (t) |
|---|---|---|
| Forestry & REDD+ | 966,529,254 | 570,063,448 |
| Renewables | 774,603,840 | 459,233,308 |
| Other | 758,767,185 | 395,084,592 |
| Cookstoves | 226,766,431 | 107,743,368 |
| ARR | 88,582,122 | 50,877,799 |
| Blue carbon | 6,678,381 | 4,799,493 |
| Start year | Forestry & REDD+ | Renewables | Cookstoves | ARR | Blue carbon | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2004 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2005 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.1 |
| 2006 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 10.2 |
| 2007 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 13.3 |
| 2008 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| 2009 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 33.1 |
| 2010 | 0.0 | 53.6 | 15.9 | 8.5 | 0.0 | 56.9 |
| 2011 | 27.6 | 58.6 | 12.9 | 2.4 | 0.0 | 35.5 |
| 2012 | 17.4 | 78.0 | 5.2 | 6.1 | 0.0 | 35.5 |
| 2013 | 154.7 | 46.0 | 6.9 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 24.8 |
| 2014 | 54.4 | 29.9 | 2.4 | 7.6 | 0.5 | 33.7 |
| 2015 | 44.3 | 25.1 | 7.3 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 29.8 |
| 2016 | 36.7 | 24.0 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 26.7 |
| 2017 | 131.0 | 37.9 | 2.0 | 11.7 | 0.0 | 20.1 |
| 2018 | 102.4 | 63.8 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 15.6 |
| 2019 | 66.6 | 92.5 | 5.8 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 17.6 |
| 2020 | 55.2 | 77.0 | 8.9 | 15.4 | 0.1 | 34.2 |
| 2021 | 26.1 | 66.1 | 7.4 | 5.7 | 0.1 | 81.9 |
| 2022 | 103.6 | 42.2 | 39.2 | 6.6 | 4.8 | 88.1 |
| 2023 | 70.2 | 22.5 | 56.8 | 3.8 | 0.0 | 66.6 |
| 2024 | 46.1 | 24.2 | 33.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 45.6 |
| 2025 | 24.9 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 0.9 | 0.0 | 61.4 |
| 2026 | 5.4 | 1.7 | 2.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 17.3 |