Greenhouse gas emissions
Total greenhouse gas emissions in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent: carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide and fluorinated gases, including indirect CO2. National inventory reported to the UNFCCC (and, for EU members, to the EU): the seven Kyoto gases weighted by their 100-year global warming potential. Land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) and international aviation and shipping are not included.
Covers all greenhouse gases, so it is higher than energy_co2_emissions, which counts CO2 from energy use only. The EU climate targets also count international aviation and LULUCF, which this total leaves out. Each annual submission recalculates the whole series back to 1990, so past values change between releases.
Key facts
- Greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (27) was 3,017.19 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2024, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Germany had the highest greenhouse gas emissions of 27 EU countries in 2024, at 649.77 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, and Malta the lowest, at 2.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 42 places, with figures from 1990 to 2024.
Rankings
EU countries by greenhouse gas emissions, 2024
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Canada
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Finland
- Sweden
- Bulgaria
- Ireland
- Denmark
- Slovenia
Regions and states
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Prince Edward Island
- Nova Scotia
- New Brunswick
- Quebec
- Ontario
- Manitoba
- Saskatchewan
- Alberta
- British Columbia
- Nunavut
- Northwest Territories
- Yukon
Use this data in your AI agent
Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:
Which places have the highest greenhouse gas emissions? Use official data and cite it.
rank_places {"indicator":"ghg_emissions_total","level":"country","within":"European Union (27)"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/rank?indicator=ghg_emissions_total&level=country&within=European%20Union%20(27)