This dashboard offers a quantitative assessment of the global carbon pricing landscape in 2025, highlighting the distributional, coverage, and fiscal dimensions of carbon pricing as a climate policy instrument. It reveals both the progress achieved and the significant gaps that remain in scaling carbon pricing to levels consistent with global climate objectives.
Carbon Price Distribution (2025)
The bar chart quantifies the distribution of explicit carbon prices (in USD per metric ton of CO₂) across all jurisdictions implementing carbon taxes or emissions trading systems (ETS) as of 2025. The modal price range remains below $30/tCO₂, with only a small minority of jurisdictions exceeding $50/tCO₂. This distribution underscores the persistent misalignment between prevailing carbon prices and the $50–100/tCO₂ range identified by the High-Level Commission on Carbon Prices as necessary to achieve Paris Agreement targets. The data reflects both policy heterogeneity and the political economy constraints limiting more ambitious carbon pricing.
Emissions Coverage by Carbon Pricing (2025)
The doughnut chart illustrates the proportion of global greenhouse gas emissions subject to explicit carbon pricing mechanisms. As of 2025, approximately 24% of global emissions are covered by either a carbon tax or an ETS, while the remaining 76% are unpriced. This limited coverage highlights the substantial gap between carbon pricing adoption and the scale required for comprehensive decarbonization, particularly in major emitting economies without national-level pricing frameworks.
Carbon Pricing Revenue by Region (2025)
The bar chart displays the annual revenue generated from carbon pricing instruments, disaggregated by region. Europe dominates, reflecting the scale and maturity of the EU ETS and associated carbon taxes, followed by Asia-Pacific and North America. Latin America, Africa, and other regions contribute marginally. Aggregate global revenue from carbon pricing in 2025 is projected to exceed $110 billion. These revenues are increasingly earmarked for climate mitigation, adaptation, and just transition initiatives, though their fiscal allocation varies by jurisdiction.