Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Euro area

Greenhouse gases per capita in the Euro area in 2024 — 6.67 t/person. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 19.8%.

2024 6.67 t/person −2.05% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 12.36 t/person1979
Period minimum 6.67 t/person2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Euro area, 1960–20246810121419601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 8.32 t/person1962: 9.04 t/person1964: 9.67 t/person1966: 9.94 t/person1968: 10.61 t/person1970: 11.14 t/person1972: 11.58 t/person1974: 11.89 t/person1976: 12.06 t/person1978: 12.09 t/person1980: 12.16 t/person1982: 11.25 t/person1984: 11.18 t/person1986: 11.13 t/person1988: 11.04 t/person1990: 11.56 t/person1992: 11.05 t/person1994: 10.51 t/person1996: 10.73 t/person1998: 10.63 t/person2000: 10.34 t/person2002: 10.4 t/person2004: 10.5 t/person2006: 10.28 t/person2008: 9.94 t/person2010: 9.37 t/person2012: 8.97 t/person2014: 8.42 t/person2016: 8.5 t/person2018: 8.34 t/person2020: 7.19 t/person2022: 7.42 t/person2024: 6.67 t/person
Change over the period: −1.65 (−19.81%) Average annual rate: -0.34 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 6.67 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 6.67 −0.14 −2.05%
2023 6.81 −0.6 −8.12%
2022 7.42 −0.21 −2.74%
2021 7.63 +0.44 +6.09%
2020 7.19 −0.78 −9.83%
2019 7.97 −0.37 −4.39%
2018 8.34 −0.17 −2.03%
2017 8.51 +0.01 +0.1%
2016 8.5 −0.08 −0.97%
2015 8.59 +0.16 +1.94%
2014 8.42 −0.35 −4.02%
2013 8.77 −0.2 −2.18%
2012 8.97 −0.17 −1.89%
2011 9.14 −0.23 −2.43%
2010 9.37 +0.17 +1.87%
2009 9.2 −0.75 −7.51%
2008 9.94 −0.31 −3.02%
2007 10.25 −0.02 −0.22%
2006 10.28 −0.12 −1.2%
2005 10.4 −0.1 −0.97%
2004 10.5 −0.02 −0.21%
2003 10.52 +0.13 +1.24%
2002 10.4 −0.02 −0.22%
2001 10.42 +0.08 +0.79%
2000 10.34 −0.16 −1.51%
1999 10.5 −0.14 −1.29%
1998 10.63 +0.09 +0.87%
1997 10.54 −0.19 −1.75%
1996 10.73 +0.1 +0.9%
1995 10.63 +0.13 +1.21%
1994 10.51 −0.2 −1.89%
1993 10.71 −0.34 −3.11%
1992 11.05 −0.53 −4.56%
1991 11.58 +0.02 +0.14%
1990 11.56 +0.31 +2.73%
1989 11.26 +0.21 +1.94%
1988 11.04 −0.06 −0.57%
1987 11.11 −0.02 −0.18%
1986 11.13 −0.13 −1.17%
1985 11.26 +0.07 +0.65%
1984 11.18 +0.09 +0.77%
1983 11.1 −0.15 −1.34%
1982 11.25 −0.37 −3.17%
1981 11.62 −0.54 −4.47%
1980 12.16 −0.2 −1.62%
1979 12.36 +0.28 +2.28%
1978 12.09 +0.29 +2.46%
1977 11.8 −0.26 −2.16%
1976 12.06 +0.65 +5.7%
1975 11.41 −0.48 −4.07%
1974 11.89 −0.16 −1.31%
1973 12.05 +0.47 +4.08%
1972 11.58 +0.22 +1.96%
1971 11.35 +0.21 +1.88%
1970 11.14 +0.14 +1.26%
1969 11 +0.4 +3.73%
1968 10.61 +0.52 +5.11%
1967 10.09 +0.15 +1.52%
1966 9.94 +0.22 +2.28%
1965 9.72 +0.05 +0.54%
1964 9.67 +0.27 +2.92%
1963 9.39 +0.35 +3.87%
1962 9.04 +0.45 +5.24%
1961 8.59 +0.27 +3.24%
1960 8.32

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.