Greenhouse gas emissions per person in European Union
Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union were 7.0 t CO2e per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2024
7.0
Change from 2023
−2.1%
World, 2024
6.4 t CO2e per person
Greenhouse gas emissions per person in European Union over time
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Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.0 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2023 | 7.2 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2022 | 7.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2021 | 8.0 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2020 | 7.6 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2019 | 8.2 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2018 | 8.6 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2017 | 8.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2016 | 8.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2015 | 8.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2014 | 8.6 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2013 | 9.0 t CO2e per person | 6.5 t CO2e per person |
| 2012 | 9.2 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2011 | 9.4 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2010 | 9.6 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2009 | 9.3 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2008 | 10.0 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2007 | 10.3 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2006 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2005 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 6.0 t CO2e per person |
| 2004 | 10.6 t CO2e per person | 5.9 t CO2e per person |
| 2003 | 10.6 t CO2e per person | 5.8 t CO2e per person |
| 2002 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2001 | 10.5 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2000 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −2.1% from 7.2 t CO2e per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 8.6 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by −18.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 6.4 t CO2e per person.