Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Western Europe

Greenhouse gases per capita in Western Europe in 2024 — 6.83 t/person. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 40.5%.

2024 6.83 t/person −2.55% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 15.34 t/person1979
Period minimum 6.83 t/person2024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Western Europe, 1960–202457.51012.51517.519601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 11.47 t/person1962: 12.28 t/person1964: 13.06 t/person1966: 12.91 t/person1968: 13.53 t/person1970: 14.12 t/person1972: 14.57 t/person1974: 14.81 t/person1976: 14.96 t/person1978: 14.96 t/person1980: 14.92 t/person1982: 13.48 t/person1984: 13.46 t/person1986: 13.3 t/person1988: 12.97 t/person1990: 13.34 t/person1992: 12.8 t/person1994: 12.07 t/person1996: 12.16 t/person1998: 11.59 t/person2000: 11.12 t/person2002: 10.95 t/person2004: 10.87 t/person2006: 10.69 t/person2008: 10.34 t/person2010: 10.04 t/person2012: 9.58 t/person2014: 9.15 t/person2016: 9.16 t/person2018: 8.72 t/person2020: 7.69 t/person2022: 7.66 t/person2024: 6.83 t/person
Change over the period: −4.64 (−40.47%) Average annual rate: -0.81 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 6.83 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 6.83 −0.18 −2.55%
2023 7.01 −0.65 −8.51%
2022 7.66 −0.35 −4.42%
2021 8.01 +0.32 +4.21%
2020 7.69 −0.78 −9.23%
2019 8.47 −0.24 −2.81%
2018 8.72 −0.39 −4.32%
2017 9.11 −0.05 −0.54%
2016 9.16 −0.05 −0.58%
2015 9.21 +0.06 +0.68%
2014 9.15 −0.53 −5.5%
2013 9.68 +0.1 +1.02%
2012 9.58 +0.03 +0.33%
2011 9.55 −0.49 −4.86%
2010 10.04 +0.36 +3.72%
2009 9.68 −0.66 −6.43%
2008 10.34 −0.03 −0.32%
2007 10.38 −0.31 −2.9%
2006 10.69 −0.04 −0.39%
2005 10.73 −0.14 −1.29%
2004 10.87 −0.11 −1.03%
2003 10.98 +0.03 +0.28%
2002 10.95 −0.2 −1.76%
2001 11.15 +0.03 +0.26%
2000 11.12 −0.14 −1.21%
1999 11.26 −0.34 −2.91%
1998 11.59 −0.11 −0.91%
1997 11.7 −0.46 −3.81%
1996 12.16 +0.21 +1.79%
1995 11.95 −0.12 −0.97%
1994 12.07 −0.3 −2.45%
1993 12.37 −0.43 −3.4%
1992 12.8 −0.63 −4.7%
1991 13.43 +0.09 +0.69%
1990 13.34 +0.31 +2.35%
1989 13.04 +0.07 +0.54%
1988 12.97 −0.16 −1.2%
1987 13.12 −0.18 −1.32%
1986 13.3 −0.14 −1.06%
1985 13.44 −0.02 −0.12%
1984 13.46 +0.16 +1.18%
1983 13.3 −0.18 −1.31%
1982 13.48 −0.64 −4.53%
1981 14.12 −0.8 −5.39%
1980 14.92 −0.42 −2.71%
1979 15.34 +0.38 +2.52%
1978 14.96 +0.37 +2.56%
1977 14.59 −0.37 −2.5%
1976 14.96 +0.96 +6.87%
1975 14 −0.81 −5.48%
1974 14.81 −0.32 −2.14%
1973 15.14 +0.57 +3.89%
1972 14.57 +0.25 +1.73%
1971 14.32 +0.2 +1.44%
1970 14.12 +0.03 +0.19%
1969 14.09 +0.56 +4.15%
1968 13.53 +0.55 +4.21%
1967 12.98 +0.07 +0.54%
1966 12.91 −0.01 −0.06%
1965 12.92 −0.14 −1.06%
1964 13.06 +0.27 +2.1%
1963 12.79 +0.51 +4.16%
1962 12.28 +0.56 +4.78%
1961 11.72 +0.25 +2.18%
1960 11.47

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.