Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Estonia

Greenhouse gases per capita in Estonia in 2024 — 8.91 t/person. Ranked 157 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has fallen by 57%.

2024 8.91 t/person −6.17% vs 2023
World rank 157of 199
Period maximum 28.78 t/person1985
Period minimum 3.73 t/person1921

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Estonia, 1850–20240102030185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 20.73 t/person1853: 19.49 t/person1856: 19.16 t/person1859: 19.05 t/person1862: 14.51 t/person1865: 12.68 t/person1868: 11.38 t/person1871: 10.41 t/person1874: 9.47 t/person1877: 8.8 t/person1880: 8.31 t/person1883: 7.89 t/person1886: 7.28 t/person1889: 6.77 t/person1892: 6.36 t/person1895: 6.08 t/person1898: 6.05 t/person1901: 5.9 t/person1904: 5.51 t/person1907: 5.35 t/person1910: 4.98 t/person1913: 5.1 t/person1916: 4.68 t/person1919: 3.78 t/person1922: 3.8 t/person1925: 3.85 t/person1928: 4.24 t/person1931: 4.93 t/person1934: 5.63 t/person1937: 6.36 t/person1940: 7.28 t/person1943: 4.72 t/person1946: 6.29 t/person1949: 8.02 t/person1952: 9.76 t/person1955: 11.38 t/person1958: 12.56 t/person1961: 12.37 t/person1964: 14.71 t/person1967: 17.23 t/person1970: 19.14 t/person1973: 22.02 t/person1976: 24.48 t/person1979: 25.85 t/person1982: 26.57 t/person1985: 28.78 t/person1988: 27.57 t/person1991: 24.94 t/person1994: 14.06 t/person1997: 14.88 t/person2000: 11.04 t/person2003: 12.66 t/person2006: 14.1 t/person2009: 13.8 t/person2012: 16.54 t/person2015: 16.08 t/person2018: 17.41 t/person2021: 10.81 t/person2024: 8.91 t/person
Change over the period: −11.83 (−57.05%) Average annual rate: -0.48 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Estonia 8.91 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Europe & Central Asia computed 8.76 t/person
Northern Europe computed 6.91 t/person
High-income countries computed 12.59 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Estonia, by year Estonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 8.91 −0.59 −6.17%
2023 9.49 −2.43 −20.39%
2022 11.92 +1.11 +10.27%
2021 10.81 +0.93 +9.39%
2020 9.88 −3.04 −23.52%
2019 12.92 −4.48 −25.75%
2018 17.41 −0.4 −2.26%
2017 17.81 +1.16 +6.97%
2016 16.65 +0.57 +3.56%
2015 16.08 −2.04 −11.28%
2014 18.12 +0.04 +0.24%
2013 18.07 +1.54 +9.29%
2012 16.54 −0.33 −1.96%
2011 16.87 −0.04 −0.25%
2010 16.91 +3.11 +22.57%
2009 13.8 −1.68 −10.86%
2008 15.48 −0.9 −5.5%
2007 16.38 +2.28 +16.16%
2006 14.1 −0.29 −2%
2005 14.39 −1.89 −11.6%
2004 16.27 +3.61 +28.52%
2003 12.66 +0.39 +3.19%
2002 12.27 +1.44 +13.27%
2001 10.83 −0.2 −1.85%
2000 11.04 −2.37 −17.65%
1999 13.4 +0.04 +0.32%
1998 13.36 −1.52 −10.24%
1997 14.88 +0.46 +3.21%
1996 14.42 +1.02 +7.57%
1995 13.41 −0.65 −4.65%
1994 14.06 −0.13 −0.94%
1993 14.19 −4.33 −23.37%
1992 18.52 −6.42 −25.73%
1991 24.94 −1.7 −6.39%
1990 26.64 −1.36 −4.85%
1989 27.99 +0.43 +1.55%
1988 27.57 −0.24 −0.87%
1987 27.81 −0.8 −2.8%
1986 28.61 −0.17 −0.58%
1985 28.78 +1.86 +6.92%
1984 26.92 +0.13 +0.5%
1983 26.78 +0.22 +0.81%
1982 26.57 +0.39 +1.47%
1981 26.18 −0.59 −2.2%
1980 26.77 +0.92 +3.57%
1979 25.85 +0.17 +0.65%
1978 25.68 +0.61 +2.44%
1977 25.07 +0.59 +2.41%
1976 24.48 +0.86 +3.66%
1975 23.62 +1 +4.43%
1974 22.61 +0.6 +2.71%
1973 22.02 +0.95 +4.49%
1972 21.07 +0.89 +4.39%
1971 20.18 +1.04 +5.43%
1970 19.14 +0.79 +4.3%
1969 18.35 +0.62 +3.49%
1968 17.73 +0.51 +2.93%
1967 17.23 +0.75 +4.56%
1966 16.48 +0.92 +5.93%
1965 15.56 +0.84 +5.72%
1964 14.71 +0.76 +5.42%
1963 13.96 +0.98 +7.58%
1962 12.98 +0.61 +4.93%
1961 12.37 +0.44 +3.65%
1960 11.93 +0.45 +3.88%
1959 11.48 −1.07 −8.55%
1958 12.56 +0.15 +1.24%
1957 12.4 +0.46 +3.87%
1956 11.94 +0.56 +4.89%
1955 11.38 +0.97 +9.35%
1954 10.41 +0.51 +5.19%
1953 9.9 +0.14 +1.44%
1952 9.76 +0.46 +4.89%
1951 9.3 +0.53 +6.04%
1950 8.77 +0.76 +9.43%
1949 8.02 +0.7 +9.63%
1948 7.31 +0.21 +2.9%
1947 7.11 +0.82 +12.96%
1946 6.29 +0.37 +6.3%
1945 5.92 +0.25 +4.47%
1944 5.66 +0.94 +20%
1943 4.72 −0.07 −1.44%
1942 4.79 −1.88 −28.23%
1941 6.67 −0.61 −8.31%
1940 7.28 +0.68 +10.36%
1939 6.6 +0 +0.05%
1938 6.59 +0.23 +3.68%
1937 6.36 −0.04 −0.64%
1936 6.4 +0.48 +8.09%
1935 5.92 +0.29 +5.08%
1934 5.63 +0.4 +7.56%
1933 5.24 +0.16 +3.21%
1932 5.08 +0.14 +2.92%
1931 4.93 +0.35 +7.57%
1930 4.58 +0.26 +6.09%
1929 4.32 +0.09 +2.01%
1928 4.24 +0.13 +3.09%
1927 4.11 +0.07 +1.81%
1926 4.04 +0.19 +4.8%
1925 3.85 −0.05 −1.18%
1924 3.9 +0.08 +2.2%
1923 3.81 +0.02 +0.42%
1922 3.8 +0.07 +1.88%
1921 3.73 −0.02 −0.48%
1920 3.75 −0.04 −1.03%
1919 3.78 −0.16 −4.15%
1918 3.95 −0.64 −13.89%
1917 4.59 −0.09 −2.03%
1916 4.68 −0.06 −1.33%
1915 4.74 −0.08 −1.64%
1914 4.82 −0.28 −5.45%
1913 5.1 +0.11 +2.12%
1912 4.99 +0.08 +1.61%
1911 4.92 −0.06 −1.25%
1910 4.98 −0.24 −4.53%
1909 5.21 −0.01 −0.11%
1908 5.22 −0.13 −2.45%
1907 5.35 +0.04 +0.79%
1906 5.31 −0.06 −1.19%
1905 5.37 −0.14 −2.52%
1904 5.51 −0.07 −1.27%
1903 5.58 −0.08 −1.36%
1902 5.66 −0.24 −4.04%
1901 5.9 +0.03 +0.53%
1900 5.87 −0.12 −2.07%
1899 5.99 −0.06 −1.06%
1898 6.05 +0.12 +2.06%
1897 5.93 −0.04 −0.6%
1896 5.97 −0.12 −1.91%
1895 6.08 +0 +0.03%
1894 6.08 −0.11 −1.84%
1893 6.2 −0.17 −2.61%
1892 6.36 −0.26 −3.96%
1891 6.62 −0.2 −2.93%
1890 6.82 +0.05 +0.75%
1889 6.77 −0.15 −2.15%
1888 6.92 −0.21 −2.99%
1887 7.14 −0.15 −2.01%
1886 7.28 −0.12 −1.62%
1885 7.4 −0.22 −2.9%
1884 7.62 −0.27 −3.36%
1883 7.89 −0.05 −0.64%
1882 7.94 −0.02 −0.28%
1881 7.96 −0.35 −4.17%
1880 8.31 −0.35 −3.99%
1879 8.65 −0.08 −0.86%
1878 8.73 −0.08 −0.86%
1877 8.8 −0.19 −2.1%
1876 8.99 −0.17 −1.89%
1875 9.16 −0.31 −3.22%
1874 9.47 −0.14 −1.41%
1873 9.6 −0.35 −3.53%
1872 9.96 −0.45 −4.33%
1871 10.41 −0.55 −5.01%
1870 10.96 −0.12 −1.04%
1869 11.07 −0.31 −2.72%
1868 11.38 −0.69 −5.69%
1867 12.07 −0.21 −1.71%
1866 12.28 −0.4 −3.18%
1865 12.68 −0.57 −4.27%
1864 13.24 −0.77 −5.51%
1863 14.02 −0.49 −3.41%
1862 14.51 −0.46 −3.07%
1861 14.97 −1.22 −7.56%
1860 16.19 −2.86 −15%
1859 19.05 +0.1 +0.52%
1858 18.95 −0.08 −0.41%
1857 19.03 −0.13 −0.68%
1856 19.16 −0.22 −1.14%
1855 19.38 −0.4 −2.04%
1854 19.79 +0.3 +1.54%
1853 19.49 −0.27 −1.36%
1852 19.76 −0.48 −2.37%
1851 20.23 −0.5 −2.4%
1850 20.73

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

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