Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Greenland
Greenhouse gas emissions in Greenland were 11.6 t CO2e per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2011.
Greenland, 2024
11.6
Change from 2023
+1.5%
World, 2024
6.4 t CO2e per person
Position in 2024
25th of 203
Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Greenland 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 | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 11.6 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2023 | 11.4 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2022 | 11.6 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2021 | 10.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2020 | 10.5 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2019 | 10.5 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2018 | 10.2 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2017 | 10.1 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2016 | 10.3 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2015 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2014 | 9.7 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2013 | 10.7 t CO2e per person | 6.5 t CO2e per person |
| 2012 | 10.6 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2011 | 13.2 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2010 | 12.5 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2009 | 10.9 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2008 | 12.4 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2007 | 12.0 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2006 | 12.1 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2005 | 11.9 t CO2e per person | 6.0 t CO2e per person |
| 2004 | 11.7 t CO2e per person | 5.9 t CO2e per person |
| 2003 | 1.1 t CO2e per person | 5.8 t CO2e per person |
| 2002 | 1.0 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2001 | 1.1 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2000 | 1.1 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 +1.5% from 11.4 t CO2e per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 9.7 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by +19.7%.
- Among the 203 countries with data for 2024, Greenland has the 25th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 6.4 t CO2e per person.