CO2 emissions per person in Euro area
Carbon dioxide emissions in the euro area were 5.40 t CO2 per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
Euro area is a group: Euro area; membership follows each source definition (World Bank EMU, ECB U2 changing composition). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Euro area, 2024
5.40
Change from 2023
−2.2%
World, 2024
4.69 t CO2 per person
CO2 emissions per person in Euro area over time
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Tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Euro area | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.40 t CO2 per person | 4.69 t CO2 per person |
| 2023 | 5.52 t CO2 per person | 4.68 t CO2 per person |
| 2022 | 6.07 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2021 | 6.20 t CO2 per person | 4.68 t CO2 per person |
| 2020 | 5.81 t CO2 per person | 4.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2019 | 6.49 t CO2 per person | 4.70 t CO2 per person |
| 2018 | 6.82 t CO2 per person | 4.73 t CO2 per person |
| 2017 | 7.01 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2016 | 7.00 t CO2 per person | 4.65 t CO2 per person |
| 2015 | 7.03 t CO2 per person | 4.70 t CO2 per person |
| 2014 | 6.90 t CO2 per person | 4.78 t CO2 per person |
| 2013 | 7.25 t CO2 per person | 4.81 t CO2 per person |
| 2012 | 7.45 t CO2 per person | 4.77 t CO2 per person |
| 2011 | 7.58 t CO2 per person | 4.76 t CO2 per person |
| 2010 | 7.81 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2009 | 7.59 t CO2 per person | 4.45 t CO2 per person |
| 2008 | 8.25 t CO2 per person | 4.56 t CO2 per person |
| 2007 | 8.49 t CO2 per person | 4.59 t CO2 per person |
| 2006 | 8.61 t CO2 per person | 4.48 t CO2 per person |
| 2005 | 8.69 t CO2 per person | 4.39 t CO2 per person |
| 2004 | 8.77 t CO2 per person | 4.28 t CO2 per person |
| 2003 | 8.77 t CO2 per person | 4.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2002 | 8.61 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
| 2001 | 8.63 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
| 2000 | 8.52 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.2% from 5.52 t CO2 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 6.90 t CO2 per person, the figure has changed by −21.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 4.69 t CO2 per person.