Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Europe & Central Asia

Greenhouse gases per capita in Europe & Central Asia in 2024 — 8.76 t/person. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 20%.

2024 8.76 t/person −0.05% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 14.26 t/person1980
Period minimum 8.64 t/person2020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Europe & Central Asia, 1960–202481012141619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 10.96 t/person1962: 10.93 t/person1964: 11.3 t/person1966: 11.5 t/person1968: 12.03 t/person1970: 12.7 t/person1972: 12.93 t/person1974: 13.34 t/person1976: 13.79 t/person1978: 14.06 t/person1980: 14.26 t/person1982: 13.5 t/person1984: 13.45 t/person1986: 13.81 t/person1988: 13.65 t/person1990: 13.59 t/person1992: 12.01 t/person1994: 10.71 t/person1996: 10.93 t/person1998: 10.1 t/person2000: 9.78 t/person2002: 9.77 t/person2004: 10.04 t/person2006: 10.2 t/person2008: 10.11 t/person2010: 10.09 t/person2012: 9.99 t/person2014: 9.31 t/person2016: 9.58 t/person2018: 9.49 t/person2020: 8.64 t/person2022: 8.94 t/person2024: 8.76 t/person
Change over the period: −2.2 (−20.04%) Average annual rate: -0.35 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Europe & Central Asia

Europe & Central Asia 8.76 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Europe & Central Asia, by year Europe & Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 8.76 −0 −0.05%
2023 8.77 −0.18 −1.97%
2022 8.94 −0.1 −1.15%
2021 9.05 +0.41 +4.76%
2020 8.64 −0.57 −6.23%
2019 9.21 −0.29 −3.01%
2018 9.49 −0.12 −1.25%
2017 9.61 +0.03 +0.32%
2016 9.58 −0.02 −0.26%
2015 9.61 +0.3 +3.17%
2014 9.31 −0.35 −3.57%
2013 9.66 −0.33 −3.31%
2012 9.99 +0.23 +2.36%
2011 9.76 −0.33 −3.27%
2010 10.09 +0.43 +4.45%
2009 9.66 −0.45 −4.42%
2008 10.11 −0.19 −1.89%
2007 10.3 +0.1 +0.96%
2006 10.2 +0.11 +1.05%
2005 10.1 +0.05 +0.53%
2004 10.04 −0 −0.04%
2003 10.05 +0.28 +2.88%
2002 9.77 −0.06 −0.56%
2001 9.82 +0.05 +0.48%
2000 9.78 −0.12 −1.24%
1999 9.9 −0.2 −2.01%
1998 10.1 −0.05 −0.52%
1997 10.15 −0.77 −7.08%
1996 10.93 +0.44 +4.22%
1995 10.49 −0.23 −2.1%
1994 10.71 −0.7 −6.17%
1993 11.42 −0.59 −4.94%
1992 12.01 −1.11 −8.43%
1991 13.11 −0.47 −3.47%
1990 13.59 +0.13 +0.97%
1989 13.46 −0.19 −1.4%
1988 13.65 −0.06 −0.47%
1987 13.71 −0.1 −0.7%
1986 13.81 −0.06 −0.44%
1985 13.87 +0.42 +3.11%
1984 13.45 +0 +0%
1983 13.45 −0.05 −0.36%
1982 13.5 −0.1 −0.76%
1981 13.6 −0.66 −4.62%
1980 14.26 +0.1 +0.67%
1979 14.17 +0.1 +0.74%
1978 14.06 +0.27 +1.94%
1977 13.8 +0 +0%
1976 13.79 +0.49 +3.7%
1975 13.3 −0.04 −0.3%
1974 13.34 −0.03 −0.23%
1973 13.37 +0.44 +3.43%
1972 12.93 +0.18 +1.45%
1971 12.75 +0.05 +0.4%
1970 12.7 +0.44 +3.55%
1969 12.26 +0.23 +1.91%
1968 12.03 +0.41 +3.54%
1967 11.62 +0.12 +1.04%
1966 11.5 +0.12 +1.09%
1965 11.38 +0.08 +0.7%
1964 11.3 +0.12 +1.04%
1963 11.18 +0.25 +2.3%
1962 10.93 −0.17 −1.49%
1961 11.09 +0.14 +1.24%
1960 10.96

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.