# Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Ireland

Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Ireland was 10.08 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person in 2024. Source: Invokely.

- Indicator id: `ghg_emissions_per_capita`
- Place id: `ie`
- Unit: tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person
- Definition: 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.
- Note: Emissions are counted where they occur, so countries that export energy or heavy industry products show higher values than their consumption alone would cause.
- Source: Invokely, Greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (EEA via Eurostat env_air_gge) divided by population on 1 January (Eurostat demo_r_pjanaggr3) (https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#ghg_emissions_per_capita)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: CC BY 4.0, inheriting the terms of each input source
- Citation: Invokely calculation from Greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (EEA via Eurostat env_air_gge) divided by population on 1 January (Eurostat demo_r_pjanaggr3). https://invokely.ai/docs/methodology#ghg_emissions_per_capita. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/greenhouse-gas-emissions-per-capita/ireland
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=ghg_emissions_per_capita&place=ie

| Period | tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person |
|---|---:|
| 2024 | 10.08 |
| 2023 | 10.43 |
| 2022 | 11.45 |
| 2021 | 11.89 |
| 2020 | 11.5 |
| 2019 | 12.1 |
| 2018 | 12.69 |
| 2017 | 12.91 |
| 2016 | 13.26 |
| 2015 | 12.9 |
| 2014 | 12.51 |
| 2013 | 12.57 |
| 2012 | 12.7 |
| 2011 | 12.64 |
| 2010 | 13.57 |
| 2009 | 13.74 |
| 2008 | 15.22 |
| 2007 | 15.81 |
| 2006 | 16.46 |
| 2005 | 17.06 |
| 2004 | 17.07 |
| 2003 | 17.52 |
| 2002 | 17.71 |
| 2001 | 18.52 |
| 2000 | 18.27 |