Includes data on credit issuances and retirements from ACR, CAR, CDM, City Forest Credits, Global Carbon Council, Gold Standard, Plan Vivo, and VCS registries.
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Cumulative VCM issuances and retirements worldwide 2010-2024
The cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) credit issuances worldwide reached *** billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCOâ‚‚e) in 2024. Meanwhile, some *** billion VCM carbon credits had been retired by this point. A carbon credit is retired when it is removed from circulation in the market and can no longer be transferred or sold. When a company retires a carbon credit, it can claim that an equivalent amount of carbon emissions has been offset from its carbon footprint.
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Ecosystem Marketplace. (May 29, 2025). Cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 26, 2026, from /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide)." Chart. May 29, 2025. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 26, 2026. /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. (2025). Cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide). ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc.. Accessed: July 26, 2026. /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace. "Cumulative Volume of Voluntary Carbon Market (Vcm) Issuances and Retirements Worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in Million Metric Tons of Carbon Dioxide)." ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Inc., 29 May 2025, /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
Ecosystem Marketplace, Cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ, /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/ (last visited July 26, 2026)
Cumulative volume of voluntary carbon market (VCM) issuances and retirements worldwide from 2010 to 2024 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide) [Graph], Ecosystem Marketplace, May 29, 2025. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1478340/voluntary-carbon-offset-market-transaction-value-worldwide/
