Renewable energy share and emissions per person in Europe, 2024
Each point is one country: renewable energy share across and greenhouse gas emissions per person up, both for 2024. 29 countries have both values. A pattern shows that two measures go together; it does not show that one causes the other.
What the plot shows
- Across the 29 countries, higher values of renewable energy share tend to go with higher values of greenhouse gas emissions per person. The correlation is 0.07, a very weak or none relationship.
- Furthest above the overall pattern (a higher greenhouse gas emissions per person than the pattern suggests): Iceland, Luxembourg, Ireland.
- Furthest below it: Malta, Sweden, Portugal.
The correlation runs from −1 to 1. It is calculated from the values in the table, on logarithms where an axis uses a logarithmic scale, and shows how closely the points follow a straight line, not cause and effect.
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Colours show World Bank regions.
Values for 2024
| Country | Renewable energy share | Greenhouse gas emissions per person |
|---|---|---|
| Austria | 43.0% | 7.3 t CO2e per person |
| Belgium | 14.3% | 8.3 t CO2e per person |
| Bulgaria | 23.2% | 6.7 t CO2e per person |
| Croatia | 26.5% | 6.5 t CO2e per person |
| Cyprus | 20.8% | 9.1 t CO2e per person |
| Czechia | 19.2% | 8.9 t CO2e per person |
| Denmark | 46.5% | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| Estonia | 42.2% | 7.5 t CO2e per person |
| Finland | 52.1% | 7.0 t CO2e per person |
| France | 23.2% | 5.3 t CO2e per person |
| Germany | 22.5% | 7.8 t CO2e per person |
| Greece | 25.4% | 7.1 t CO2e per person |
| Hungary | 18.3% | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| Iceland | 79.3% | 12.4 t CO2e per person |
| Ireland | 16.1% | 10.0 t CO2e per person |
| Italy | 19.4% | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| Latvia | 45.5% | 5.2 t CO2e per person |
| Lithuania | 35.4% | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| Luxembourg | 14.7% | 11.1 t CO2e per person |
| Malta | 17.2% | 3.8 t CO2e per person |
| Netherlands | 20.2% | 7.8 t CO2e per person |
| Norway | 77.9% | 8.0 t CO2e per person |
| Poland | 17.8% | 9.3 t CO2e per person |
| Portugal | 36.3% | 4.8 t CO2e per person |
| Romania | 25.4% | 5.0 t CO2e per person |
| Slovakia | 18.1% | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| Slovenia | 25.0% | 7.3 t CO2e per person |
| Spain | 25.4% | 5.5 t CO2e per person |
| Sweden | 62.8% | 4.5 t CO2e per person |
Share of renewable energy in gross final energy consumption
Renewable energy as a share of all energy consumed for electricity, heating and cooling, and transport, calculated with the SHARES methodology used for EU renewable energy targets. It is not the renewable share of electricity alone.
Source: Eurostat
Greenhouse gas emissions per person (Eurostat)
Net greenhouse gas emissions reported under the UN climate convention, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), divided by population. Includes international aviation; gases are weighted by their global warming potential.
Source: Eurostat