Share of global CO2 emissions — all countries

Share of global CO2 emissions — Western Europe

Share of global CO2 emissions in Western Europe in 2024 — 2.932%. Since 1846, the indicator has fallen by 26.024 pp.

2024 2.932% −0.116 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 33.534%1858
Period minimum 2.932%2024

Trend over time

1846–2024 · % of global emissions

Share of global CO2 emissions — Western Europe, 1846–2024010203040184618641882190019181936195419721990200820241846: 28.956%1849: 24.499%1852: 28.289%1855: 32.051%1858: 33.534%1861: 31.57%1864: 31.891%1867: 32.299%1870: 30.8%1873: 31.236%1876: 30.539%1879: 29.429%1882: 29.726%1885: 29.237%1888: 27.817%1891: 28.253%1894: 28.648%1897: 28.987%1900: 28.209%1903: 25.269%1906: 24.133%1909: 24.941%1912: 24.826%1915: 21.263%1918: 19.087%1921: 22.749%1924: 21.329%1927: 21.216%1930: 21.794%1933: 20.798%1936: 19.87%1939: 21.831%1942: 18.073%1945: 6.595%1948: 13.608%1951: 15.587%1954: 15.849%1957: 15.567%1960: 14.257%1963: 15.195%1966: 13.7%1969: 13.326%1972: 12.079%1975: 10.996%1978: 10.662%1981: 10.08%1984: 9.246%1987: 8.448%1990: 8.144%1993: 7.726%1996: 7.41%1999: 6.936%2002: 6.606%2005: 5.83%2008: 5.217%2011: 4.514%2014: 4.197%2017: 4.174%2020: 3.59%2023: 3.048%2024: 2.932%
Change over the period: −26.024 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Western Europe

Western Europe 2.932%
World computed 96.886%
Share of global CO2 emissions — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 2.932 −0.116 pp
2023 3.048 −0.367 pp
2022 3.415 −0.191 pp
2021 3.606 +0.016 pp
2020 3.59 −0.163 pp
2019 3.753 −0.205 pp
2018 3.958 −0.216 pp
2017 4.174 −0.104 pp
2016 4.278 +0.007 pp
2015 4.271 +0.074 pp
2014 4.197 −0.285 pp
2013 4.482 +0.017 pp
2012 4.465 −0.049 pp
2011 4.514 −0.377 pp
2010 4.891 −0.065 pp
2009 4.956 −0.261 pp
2008 5.217 −0.07 pp
2007 5.287 −0.349 pp
2006 5.636 −0.194 pp
2005 5.83 −0.239 pp
2004 6.069 −0.255 pp
2003 6.324 −0.282 pp
2002 6.606 −0.225 pp
2001 6.831 +0.072 pp
2000 6.759 −0.177 pp
1999 6.936 −0.325 pp
1998 7.261 +0.098 pp
1997 7.163 −0.247 pp
1996 7.41 −0.003 pp
1995 7.413 −0.149 pp
1994 7.562 −0.164 pp
1993 7.726 −0.225 pp
1992 7.951 −0.046 pp
1991 7.997 −0.147 pp
1990 8.144 +0.12 pp
1989 8.024 −0.026 pp
1988 8.05 −0.398 pp
1987 8.448 −0.32 pp
1986 8.768 −0.198 pp
1985 8.966 −0.28 pp
1984 9.246 −0.152 pp
1983 9.398 −0.259 pp
1982 9.657 −0.423 pp
1981 10.08 −0.378 pp
1980 10.458 −0.277 pp
1979 10.735 +0.073 pp
1978 10.662 −0.024 pp
1977 10.686 −0.665 pp
1976 11.351 +0.355 pp
1975 10.996 −0.744 pp
1974 11.74 −0.282 pp
1973 12.022 −0.057 pp
1972 12.079 −0.198 pp
1971 12.277 −0.219 pp
1970 12.496 −0.83 pp
1969 13.326 −0.066 pp
1968 13.392 −0.02 pp
1967 13.412 −0.288 pp
1966 13.7 −0.555 pp
1965 14.255 −0.711 pp
1964 14.966 −0.229 pp
1963 15.195 +0.12 pp
1962 15.075 +0.365 pp
1961 14.71 +0.453 pp
1960 14.257 +0.386 pp
1959 13.871 −0.76 pp
1958 14.631 −0.936 pp
1957 15.567 −0.232 pp
1956 15.799 +0.107 pp
1955 15.692 −0.157 pp
1954 15.849 +0.566 pp
1953 15.283 −0.472 pp
1952 15.755 +0.168 pp
1951 15.587 +0.764 pp
1950 14.823 −1.08 pp
1949 15.903 +2.295 pp
1948 13.608 +0.926 pp
1947 12.682 +0.899 pp
1946 11.783 +5.188 pp
1945 6.595 −7.944 pp
1944 14.539 −3.455 pp
1943 17.994 −0.079 pp
1942 18.073 +0.117 pp
1941 17.956 −0.536 pp
1940 18.492 −3.339 pp
1939 21.831 −0.435 pp
1938 22.266 +1.335 pp
1937 20.931 +1.061 pp
1936 19.87 −0.466 pp
1935 20.336 −0.091 pp
1934 20.427 −0.371 pp
1933 20.798 −0.306 pp
1932 21.104 −0.389 pp
1931 21.493 −0.301 pp
1930 21.794 −0.27 pp
1929 22.064 +0.219 pp
1928 21.845 +0.629 pp
1927 21.216 +0.413 pp
1926 20.803 −0.852 pp
1925 21.655 +0.326 pp
1924 21.329 +4.029 pp
1923 17.3 −4.953 pp
1922 22.253 −0.496 pp
1921 22.749 +3.575 pp
1920 19.174 +0.167 pp
1919 19.007 −0.08 pp
1918 19.087 −0.613 pp
1917 19.7 −0.773 pp
1916 20.473 −0.79 pp
1915 21.263 −1.903 pp
1914 23.166 −1.572 pp
1913 24.738 −0.088 pp
1912 24.826 +0.384 pp
1911 24.442 +0.029 pp
1910 24.413 −0.528 pp
1909 24.941 −1.512 pp
1908 26.453 +1.827 pp
1907 24.626 +0.493 pp
1906 24.133 −0.921 pp
1905 25.054 −0.348 pp
1904 25.402 +0.133 pp
1903 25.269 −0.294 pp
1902 25.563 −1.349 pp
1901 26.912 −1.297 pp
1900 28.209 +0.644 pp
1899 27.565 −1.003 pp
1898 28.568 −0.419 pp
1897 28.987 +0.334 pp
1896 28.653 +0.776 pp
1895 27.877 −0.771 pp
1894 28.648 +0.394 pp
1893 28.254 +0.721 pp
1892 27.533 −0.72 pp
1891 28.253 −0.209 pp
1890 28.462 −0.697 pp
1889 29.159 +1.342 pp
1888 27.817 −0.954 pp
1887 28.771 −0.009 pp
1886 28.78 −0.457 pp
1885 29.237 −0.15 pp
1884 29.387 −0.326 pp
1883 29.713 −0.013 pp
1882 29.726 +0.139 pp
1881 29.587 −1.217 pp
1880 30.804 +1.375 pp
1879 29.429 −0.485 pp
1878 29.914 +0.755 pp
1877 29.159 −1.38 pp
1876 30.539 −0.041 pp
1875 30.58 +2.709 pp
1874 27.871 −3.365 pp
1873 31.236 +0.293 pp
1872 30.943 +0.131 pp
1871 30.812 +0.012 pp
1870 30.8 −1.176 pp
1869 31.976 −0.599 pp
1868 32.575 +0.276 pp
1867 32.299 −0.1 pp
1866 32.399 −0.193 pp
1865 32.592 +0.701 pp
1864 31.891 −0.051 pp
1863 31.942 −1.177 pp
1862 33.119 +1.549 pp
1861 31.57 +1.18 pp
1860 30.39 −0.444 pp
1859 30.834 −2.7 pp
1858 33.534 +1.147 pp
1857 32.387 +0.86 pp
1856 31.527 −0.524 pp
1855 32.051 +2.345 pp
1854 29.706 −0.344 pp
1853 30.05 +1.761 pp
1852 28.289 +1.864 pp
1851 26.425 +1.252 pp
1850 25.173 +0.674 pp
1849 24.499 −0.716 pp
1848 25.215 −4.028 pp
1847 29.243 +0.287 pp
1846 28.956

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.