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Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes

Greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes and product use, such as cement, lime, chemicals, metals and fluorinated gases in refrigeration (UNFCCC category 2).

More on how it is measured
  • Fuel burned by industry is counted under energy, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
  • 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.
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Sectors follow the UNFCCC reporting categories, so they add up to the total except for indirect CO2, which is not allocated to a sector. Each annual submission recalculates the whole series back to 1990, so past values change between releases.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by greenhouse gas emissions from industrial processes, 2024

Top 15. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Germany: 47.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany47.89France: 32.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance32.9Poland: 20.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland20.56Spain: 20.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain20.33Italy: 20.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly20.11Belgium: 15.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium15.68Austria: 14.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustria14.83Netherlands: 13.55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands13.55Czechia: 11.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia11.1Greece: 8.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece8.87Romania: 8.29 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania8.29Slovakia: 6.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia6.8Sweden: 6.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden6.58Hungary: 5.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary5.31Portugal: 5.15 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal5.15Germany: 47.89 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany47.89France: 32.9 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance32.9Poland: 20.56 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland20.56Spain: 20.33 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain20.33Italy: 20.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly20.11Belgium: 15.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium15.68Austria: 14.83 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustria14.83Netherlands: 13.55 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands13.55Czechia: 11.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia11.1Greece: 8.87 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece8.87Romania: 8.29 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania8.29Slovakia: 6.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia6.8Sweden: 6.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden6.58Hungary: 5.31 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary5.31Portugal: 5.15 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal5.15
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: European Environment Agency greenhouse gas inventory (via Eurostat), Greenhouse gas emissions by source sector, industrial processes and product use (CRF 2), million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (env_air_gge, source: EEA). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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