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Greenhouse gas emissions — Western Europe

Greenhouse gas emissions in Western Europe in 2024 — 1,369.13 Mt CO₂e. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 486.3%.

2024 1,369.13 Mt CO₂e −2.41% vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 2,608.94 Mt CO₂e1979
Period minimum 232.65 Mt CO₂e1851

Trend over time

1850–2024 · million tonnes CO₂e

Greenhouse gas emissions — Western Europe, 1850–202401,0002,0003,000185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 233.54 Mt CO₂e1853: 245.15 Mt CO₂e1856: 266.53 Mt CO₂e1859: 265.36 Mt CO₂e1862: 293.52 Mt CO₂e1865: 317.05 Mt CO₂e1868: 339.61 Mt CO₂e1871: 355.66 Mt CO₂e1874: 363.62 Mt CO₂e1877: 399.03 Mt CO₂e1880: 467.6 Mt CO₂e1883: 502.04 Mt CO₂e1886: 498.48 Mt CO₂e1889: 562.3 Mt CO₂e1892: 599.1 Mt CO₂e1895: 644.1 Mt CO₂e1898: 725.03 Mt CO₂e1901: 796.39 Mt CO₂e1904: 835.76 Mt CO₂e1907: 984.97 Mt CO₂e1910: 1,005.75 Mt CO₂e1913: 1,132.65 Mt CO₂e1916: 918.13 Mt CO₂e1919: 781.13 Mt CO₂e1922: 961.39 Mt CO₂e1925: 1,060.2 Mt CO₂e1928: 1,136.44 Mt CO₂e1931: 1,048.24 Mt CO₂e1934: 1,051.61 Mt CO₂e1937: 1,270.27 Mt CO₂e1940: 1,214.66 Mt CO₂e1943: 1,227.99 Mt CO₂e1946: 821.7 Mt CO₂e1949: 1,169.65 Mt CO₂e1952: 1,378.39 Mt CO₂e1955: 1,553.31 Mt CO₂e1958: 1,641.97 Mt CO₂e1961: 1,806.08 Mt CO₂e1964: 2,072.11 Mt CO₂e1967: 2,110.4 Mt CO₂e1970: 2,342.12 Mt CO₂e1973: 2,553.43 Mt CO₂e1976: 2,532.67 Mt CO₂e1979: 2,608.94 Mt CO₂e1982: 2,314.63 Mt CO₂e1985: 2,318.56 Mt CO₂e1988: 2,261.7 Mt CO₂e1991: 2,390.91 Mt CO₂e1994: 2,185.37 Mt CO₂e1997: 2,138.67 Mt CO₂e2000: 2,041.54 Mt CO₂e2003: 2,042.11 Mt CO₂e2006: 2,003.43 Mt CO₂e2009: 1,824.83 Mt CO₂e2012: 1,826.88 Mt CO₂e2015: 1,783.1 Mt CO₂e2018: 1,711.46 Mt CO₂e2021: 1,586.61 Mt CO₂e2024: 1,369.13 Mt CO₂e
Change over the period: +1,135.59 (+486.25%) Average annual rate: 1.02 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 1,369.13 Mt CO₂e
World computed 54,413.64 Mt CO₂e
Greenhouse gas emissions — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year Mt CO₂e Change Change, %
2024 1,369.13 −33.75 −2.41%
2023 1,402.88 −122.33 −8.02%
2022 1,525.2 −61.4 −3.87%
2021 1,586.61 +67.71 +4.46%
2020 1,518.89 −149.55 −8.96%
2019 1,668.44 −43.02 −2.51%
2018 1,711.46 −69.78 −3.92%
2017 1,781.25 −2.44 −0.14%
2016 1,783.68 +0.58 +0.03%
2015 1,783.1 +23.8 +1.35%
2014 1,759.3 −93.04 −5.02%
2013 1,852.34 +25.46 +1.39%
2012 1,826.88 +12.01 +0.66%
2011 1,814.87 −83.54 −4.4%
2010 1,898.41 +73.57 +4.03%
2009 1,824.83 −120.38 −6.19%
2008 1,945.21 −1.68 −0.09%
2007 1,946.89 −56.54 −2.82%
2006 2,003.43 −4.98 −0.25%
2005 2,008.41 −19.68 −0.97%
2004 2,028.08 −14.03 −0.69%
2003 2,042.11 +13.24 +0.65%
2002 2,028.87 −27.3 −1.33%
2001 2,056.17 +14.63 +0.72%
2000 2,041.54 −16.69 −0.81%
1999 2,058.24 −60.28 −2.85%
1998 2,118.52 −20.15 −0.94%
1997 2,138.67 −78.96 −3.56%
1996 2,217.63 +46.15 +2.13%
1995 2,171.48 −13.89 −0.64%
1994 2,185.37 −45.74 −2.05%
1993 2,231.11 −63.71 −2.78%
1992 2,294.83 −96.08 −4.02%
1991 2,390.91 +31.4 +1.33%
1990 2,359.51 +70.84 +3.1%
1989 2,288.68 +26.98 +1.19%
1988 2,261.7 −16.67 −0.73%
1987 2,278.36 −22.3 −0.97%
1986 2,300.66 −17.9 −0.77%
1985 2,318.56 +1.43 +0.06%
1984 2,317.13 +29.6 +1.29%
1983 2,287.53 −27.1 −1.17%
1982 2,314.63 −104.64 −4.33%
1981 2,419.27 −128.08 −5.03%
1980 2,547.35 −61.59 −2.36%
1979 2,608.94 +70.31 +2.77%
1978 2,538.63 +67.24 +2.72%
1977 2,471.4 −61.27 −2.42%
1976 2,532.67 +162.18 +6.84%
1975 2,370.49 −136.39 −5.44%
1974 2,506.88 −46.55 −1.82%
1973 2,553.43 +108.41 +4.43%
1972 2,445.02 +56.95 +2.38%
1971 2,388.07 +45.95 +1.96%
1970 2,342.12 +18.3 +0.79%
1969 2,323.82 +110.7 +5%
1968 2,213.12 +102.72 +4.87%
1967 2,110.4 +24.71 +1.18%
1966 2,085.69 +16.51 +0.8%
1965 2,069.18 −2.93 −0.14%
1964 2,072.11 +61.45 +3.06%
1963 2,010.66 +99.92 +5.23%
1962 1,910.75 +104.67 +5.8%
1961 1,806.08 +54.29 +3.1%
1960 1,751.78 +125.05 +7.69%
1959 1,626.73 −15.24 −0.93%
1958 1,641.97 −42.86 −2.54%
1957 1,684.83 +30.54 +1.85%
1956 1,654.29 +100.99 +6.5%
1955 1,553.31 +105.74 +7.3%
1954 1,447.57 +71.68 +5.21%
1953 1,375.89 −2.5 −0.18%
1952 1,378.39 +30.35 +2.25%
1951 1,348.04 +129.82 +10.66%
1950 1,218.22 +48.57 +4.15%
1949 1,169.65 +102.57 +9.61%
1948 1,067.08 +97.18 +10.02%
1947 969.91 +148.2 +18.04%
1946 821.7 +273.4 +49.86%
1945 548.31 −499.79 −47.69%
1944 1,048.1 −179.89 −14.65%
1943 1,227.99 +16.98 +1.4%
1942 1,211.01 +4.71 +0.39%
1941 1,206.29 −8.37 −0.69%
1940 1,214.66 −91.43 −7%
1939 1,306.09 +35.46 +2.79%
1938 1,270.63 +0.36 +0.03%
1937 1,270.27 +118.77 +10.31%
1936 1,151.51 +63 +5.79%
1935 1,088.5 +36.9 +3.51%
1934 1,051.61 +55.17 +5.54%
1933 996.44 +36.77 +3.83%
1932 959.66 −88.57 −8.45%
1931 1,048.24 −102.08 −8.87%
1930 1,150.31 −72.97 −5.97%
1929 1,223.28 +86.84 +7.64%
1928 1,136.44 +24.25 +2.18%
1927 1,112.19 +96.77 +9.53%
1926 1,015.42 −44.78 −4.22%
1925 1,060.2 +20.18 +1.94%
1924 1,040.03 +169.77 +19.51%
1923 870.26 −91.13 −9.48%
1922 961.39 +30.68 +3.3%
1921 930.7 +31.64 +3.52%
1920 899.06 +117.93 +15.1%
1919 781.13 −101.88 −11.54%
1918 883.01 −39.99 −4.33%
1917 923.01 +4.88 +0.53%
1916 918.13 +27.45 +3.08%
1915 890.67 −84.15 −8.63%
1914 974.82 −157.83 −13.93%
1913 1,132.65 +65.19 +6.11%
1912 1,067.46 +50.25 +4.94%
1911 1,017.21 +11.46 +1.14%
1910 1,005.75 +9.95 +1%
1909 995.8 −11.98 −1.19%
1908 1,007.78 +22.81 +2.32%
1907 984.97 +111.33 +12.74%
1906 873.64 +3.93 +0.45%
1905 869.71 +33.95 +4.06%
1904 835.76 +10.25 +1.24%
1903 825.51 +46.71 +6%
1902 778.8 −17.6 −2.21%
1901 796.39 −10.85 −1.34%
1900 807.24 +53.48 +7.1%
1899 753.76 +28.73 +3.96%
1898 725.03 +20.62 +2.93%
1897 704.42 +29.96 +4.44%
1896 674.45 +30.36 +4.71%
1895 644.1 +13.32 +2.11%
1894 630.78 +24.2 +3.99%
1893 606.58 +7.48 +1.25%
1892 599.1 −6.35 −1.05%
1891 605.45 +17.09 +2.9%
1890 588.36 +26.06 +4.64%
1889 562.3 +18.84 +3.47%
1888 543.46 +23.43 +4.5%
1887 520.03 +21.56 +4.32%
1886 498.48 −1.78 −0.36%
1885 500.25 −1.15 −0.23%
1884 501.41 −0.63 −0.13%
1883 502.04 +19.02 +3.94%
1882 483.02 +17.32 +3.72%
1881 465.69 −1.91 −0.41%
1880 467.6 +49.12 +11.74%
1879 418.48 +11.53 +2.83%
1878 406.95 +7.92 +1.98%
1877 399.03 −5.61 −1.39%
1876 404.64 +4.46 +1.11%
1875 400.18 +36.57 +10.06%
1874 363.62 −35.59 −8.91%
1873 399.2 +18.36 +4.82%
1872 380.84 +25.18 +7.08%
1871 355.66 +11.54 +3.35%
1870 344.13 −3.33 −0.96%
1869 347.45 +7.84 +2.31%
1868 339.61 +4.78 +1.43%
1867 334.83 +14.73 +4.6%
1866 320.09 +3.04 +0.96%
1865 317.05 +11.28 +3.69%
1864 305.77 +10.35 +3.5%
1863 295.42 +1.9 +0.65%
1862 293.52 +7.05 +2.46%
1861 286.47 +8.43 +3.03%
1860 278.04 +12.68 +4.78%
1859 265.36 −6.1 −2.25%
1858 271.47 +2.94 +1.1%
1857 268.52 +1.99 +0.75%
1856 266.53 +3.75 +1.43%
1855 262.78 +6.31 +2.46%
1854 256.47 +11.33 +4.62%
1853 245.15 +7.04 +2.96%
1852 238.11 +5.46 +2.35%
1851 232.65 −0.89 −0.38%
1850 233.54 — —

About the indicator

Total greenhouse gas emissions converted into CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including emissions from land use and agriculture. The conversion uses 100-year global warming potentials. For countries with large agriculture this indicator runs substantially above emissions of CO2 alone.

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

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