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Greenhouse gas emissions per person

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF and international aviation and shipping (ghg_emissions_total), in tonnes of CO2 equivalent, divided by the population on 1 January of the same year.

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Emissions are counted where they occur, so countries that export energy or heavy industry products show higher values than their consumption alone would cause.

Key facts

Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

EU countries by greenhouse gas emissions per person, 2024

Top 15. Source: Invokely.

Luxembourg: 11.16 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personLuxembourg11.16Ireland: 10.08 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personIreland10.08Poland: 9.31 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personPoland9.31Cyprus: 9.14 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCyprus9.14Czechia: 8.86 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCzechia8.86Belgium: 8.29 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personBelgium8.29Netherlands: 7.84 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personNetherlands7.84Germany: 7.79 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personGermany7.79Estonia: 7.45 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personEstonia7.45Slovenia: 7.29 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personSlovenia7.29Austria: 7.28 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personAustria7.28Greece: 7.06 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personGreece7.06Finland: 7.01 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personFinland7.01Bulgaria: 6.73 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personBulgaria6.73Croatia: 6.54 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCroatia6.54Luxembourg: 11.16 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personLuxembourg11.16Ireland: 10.08 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personIreland10.08Poland: 9.31 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personPoland9.31Cyprus: 9.14 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCyprus9.14Czechia: 8.86 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCzechia8.86Belgium: 8.29 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personBelgium8.29Netherlands: 7.84 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personNetherlands7.84Germany: 7.79 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personGermany7.79Estonia: 7.45 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personEstonia7.45Slovenia: 7.29 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personSlovenia7.29Austria: 7.28 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personAustria7.28Greece: 7.06 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personGreece7.06Finland: 7.01 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personFinland7.01Bulgaria: 6.73 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personBulgaria6.73Croatia: 6.54 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per personCroatia6.54
tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person. Source: Invokely calculation with data from European Environment Agency greenhouse gas inventory (via Eurostat), Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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How it is calculated

Invokely calculation: EEA total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Eurostat env_air_gge, million tonnes of CO2 equivalent) times 1,000,000, divided by the Eurostat population on 1 January of the same year (demo_r_pjanaggr3).

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