Total greenhouse gas emissions in European Union

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The European Union emitted 3,017.2 million tonnes of greenhouse gases (CO2 equivalent) in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.

Total greenhouse gas emissions (Eurostat) Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: Eurostat

European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.

European Union, 2024 3,017.2 Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent

Change from 2023 −2.3% 2023: 3,088.3 Mt CO2e

Total greenhouse gas emissions in European Union over time

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Million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Total greenhouse gas emissions (Eurostat) (million tonnes of CO2 equivalent), 2000 to 2024
Period	European Union
2024	3,017.2 Mt CO2e
2023	3,088.3 Mt CO2e
2022	3,359.6 Mt CO2e
2021	3,452.7 Mt CO2e
2020	3,280.9 Mt CO2e
2019	3,574.5 Mt CO2e
2018	3,732.8 Mt CO2e
2017	3,821.2 Mt CO2e
2016	3,796.9 Mt CO2e
2015	3,794.3 Mt CO2e
2014	3,750.3 Mt CO2e
2013	3,895.3 Mt CO2e
2012	3,979.9 Mt CO2e
2011	4,051.8 Mt CO2e
2010	4,168.8 Mt CO2e
2009	4,091.3 Mt CO2e
2008	4,391.1 Mt CO2e
2007	4,487.2 Mt CO2e
2006	4,539.9 Mt CO2e
2005	4,537.1 Mt CO2e
2004	4,562.0 Mt CO2e
2003	4,559.1 Mt CO2e
2002	4,483.3 Mt CO2e
2001	4,496.1 Mt CO2e
2000	4,448.8 Mt CO2e

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

That is a change of −2.3% from 3,088.3 Mt CO2e in 2023.
Since 2014, when it was 3,750.3 Mt CO2e, the figure has changed by −19.5%.

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Original producer: Eurostat
Source: Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code: env_air_gge · dataset details · view at source
Selection: freq=A unit=MIO_T airpol=GHG src_crf=TOTX4_MEMO
Observation period: 1990 to 2024 for European Union
Provider update: 2 June 2026
Retrieved: 9 November 2026
Published here: 9 November 2026
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