Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — European Union

Share of global CO2 emissions in the European Union in 2024 — 6.284%. Since 1860, the indicator has fallen by 27.616 pp.

2024 6.284% −0.239 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 38.567%1876
Period minimum 6.284%2024

Trend over time

1860–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — European Union, 1860–2024010203040186018771894191119281945196219791996201320241860: 33.9%1863: 36.752%1866: 37.483%1869: 37.609%1872: 37.262%1875: 37.428%1878: 37.836%1881: 37.17%1884: 37.27%1887: 36.982%1890: 36.845%1893: 36.819%1896: 37.226%1899: 35.902%1902: 33.532%1905: 32.603%1908: 34.476%1911: 32.053%1914: 30.68%1917: 26.382%1920: 24.289%1923: 22.234%1926: 26.591%1929: 28.819%1932: 28.009%1935: 27.114%1938: 29.138%1941: 26.032%1944: 22.116%1947: 19.181%1950: 21.542%1953: 22.777%1956: 23.556%1959: 21.919%1962: 24.176%1965: 23.683%1968: 23.213%1971: 22.113%1974: 21.843%1977: 21.124%1980: 21.029%1983: 19.741%1986: 18.629%1989: 17.277%1992: 16.332%1995: 15.46%1998: 15.001%2001: 14.234%2004: 13.083%2007: 11.753%2010: 10.279%2013: 9.006%2016: 8.743%2019: 7.832%2022: 7.296%2024: 6.284%
Change over the period: −27.616 pp Annual average: -0.17 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: European Union

European Union 6.284%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 6.284 −0.239 pp
2023 6.523 −0.773 pp
2022 7.296 −0.301 pp
2021 7.597 +0.123 pp
2020 7.474 −0.358 pp
2019 7.832 −0.469 pp
2018 8.301 −0.367 pp
2017 8.668 −0.075 pp
2016 8.743 +0 pp
2015 8.743 +0.175 pp
2014 8.568 −0.438 pp
2013 9.006 −0.314 pp
2012 9.32 −0.327 pp
2011 9.647 −0.632 pp
2010 10.279 −0.292 pp
2009 10.571 −0.743 pp
2008 11.314 −0.439 pp
2007 11.753 −0.509 pp
2006 12.262 −0.358 pp
2005 12.62 −0.463 pp
2004 13.083 −0.428 pp
2003 13.511 −0.413 pp
2002 13.924 −0.31 pp
2001 14.234 +0.121 pp
2000 14.113 −0.336 pp
1999 14.449 −0.552 pp
1998 15.001 +0.012 pp
1997 14.989 −0.363 pp
1996 15.352 −0.108 pp
1995 15.46 −0.163 pp
1994 15.623 −0.235 pp
1993 15.858 −0.474 pp
1992 16.332 −0.062 pp
1991 16.394 −0.631 pp
1990 17.025 −0.252 pp
1989 17.277 −0.052 pp
1988 17.329 −0.87 pp
1987 18.199 −0.43 pp
1986 18.629 −0.356 pp
1985 18.985 −0.372 pp
1984 19.357 −0.384 pp
1983 19.741 −0.414 pp
1982 20.155 −0.328 pp
1981 20.483 −0.546 pp
1980 21.029 −0.076 pp
1979 21.105 +0.036 pp
1978 21.069 −0.055 pp
1977 21.124 −0.799 pp
1976 21.923 +0.495 pp
1975 21.428 −0.415 pp
1974 21.843 −0.013 pp
1973 21.856 −0.079 pp
1972 21.935 −0.178 pp
1971 22.113 −0.265 pp
1970 22.378 −0.836 pp
1969 23.214 +0.001 pp
1968 23.213 +0.151 pp
1967 23.062 −0.206 pp
1966 23.268 −0.415 pp
1965 23.683 −0.766 pp
1964 24.449 −0.045 pp
1963 24.494 +0.318 pp
1962 24.176 +0.796 pp
1961 23.38 +0.99 pp
1960 22.39 +0.471 pp
1959 21.919 −0.784 pp
1958 22.703 −0.835 pp
1957 23.538 −0.018 pp
1956 23.556 +0.136 pp
1955 23.42 −0.312 pp
1954 23.732 +0.955 pp
1953 22.777 −0.212 pp
1952 22.989 +0.585 pp
1951 22.404 +0.862 pp
1950 21.542 −1.733 pp
1949 23.275 +3.168 pp
1948 20.107 +0.926 pp
1947 19.181 +0.786 pp
1946 18.395 +6.904 pp
1945 11.491 −10.625 pp
1944 22.116 −4.122 pp
1943 26.238 −0.27 pp
1942 26.508 +0.476 pp
1941 26.032 −1 pp
1940 27.032 −1.359 pp
1939 28.391 −0.747 pp
1938 29.138 +2.009 pp
1937 27.129 +1.372 pp
1936 25.757 −1.357 pp
1935 27.114 −0.059 pp
1934 27.173 −0.241 pp
1933 27.414 −0.595 pp
1932 28.009 −0.577 pp
1931 28.586 +0.205 pp
1930 28.381 −0.438 pp
1929 28.819 +0.664 pp
1928 28.155 +0.76 pp
1927 27.395 +0.804 pp
1926 26.591 −0.457 pp
1925 27.048 +0.131 pp
1924 26.917 +4.683 pp
1923 22.234 −5.889 pp
1922 28.123 −0.581 pp
1921 28.704 +4.415 pp
1920 24.289 +1.701 pp
1919 22.588 −2.609 pp
1918 25.197 −1.185 pp
1917 26.382 −1.44 pp
1916 27.822 −0.768 pp
1915 28.59 −2.09 pp
1914 30.68 −1.836 pp
1913 32.516 −0.194 pp
1912 32.71 +0.657 pp
1911 32.053 +0.156 pp
1910 31.897 −0.954 pp
1909 32.851 −1.625 pp
1908 34.476 +2.547 pp
1907 31.929 +0.059 pp
1906 31.87 −0.733 pp
1905 32.603 −0.458 pp
1904 33.061 +0.246 pp
1903 32.815 −0.717 pp
1902 33.532 −1.503 pp
1901 35.035 −1.248 pp
1900 36.283 +0.381 pp
1899 35.902 −1.33 pp
1898 37.232 −0.372 pp
1897 37.604 +0.378 pp
1896 37.226 +0.908 pp
1895 36.318 −1.017 pp
1894 37.335 +0.516 pp
1893 36.819 +1.062 pp
1892 35.757 −0.847 pp
1891 36.604 −0.241 pp
1890 36.845 −0.968 pp
1889 37.813 +1.905 pp
1888 35.908 −1.074 pp
1887 36.982 −0.073 pp
1886 37.055 −0.386 pp
1885 37.441 +0.171 pp
1884 37.27 −0.077 pp
1883 37.347 +0.15 pp
1882 37.197 +0.027 pp
1881 37.17 −1.147 pp
1880 38.317 +0.905 pp
1879 37.412 −0.424 pp
1878 37.836 +0.924 pp
1877 36.912 −1.655 pp
1876 38.567 +1.139 pp
1875 37.428 +2.396 pp
1874 35.032 −2.51 pp
1873 37.542 +0.28 pp
1872 37.262 +0.129 pp
1871 37.133 +0.178 pp
1870 36.955 −0.654 pp
1869 37.609 −0.682 pp
1868 38.291 +0.75 pp
1867 37.541 +0.058 pp
1866 37.483 −0.188 pp
1865 37.671 +0.825 pp
1864 36.846 +0.094 pp
1863 36.752 −0.908 pp
1862 37.66 +2.191 pp
1861 35.469 +1.569 pp
1860 33.9

About the indicator

A country's share of global carbon dioxide emissions for the year. The indicator answers the question of current responsibility and differs noticeably from the share of cumulative emissions: countries that industrialized late stand higher on current emissions than on historical ones, and the other way around. That divergence is the main subject of the dispute over the fair sharing of the effort.

Important: Shares add up, so the sum over a group of countries is its weight in global emissions, and “the world” should come to one hundred percent.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.