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EU countries by fluorinated gas emissions

France had the highest fluorinated gas emissions of 27 EU countries in 2016, at 18.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Luxembourg had the lowest, at 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. The median was 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.

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Highest18.8France
Lowest0.07Luxembourg
Median1.227 EU countries

Map of EU countries, 2016

Austria: 2.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium: 4.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBulgaria: 0.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCyprus: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia: 3.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany: 14.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDenmark: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEstonia: 0.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain: 8.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFinland: 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance: 18.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece: 5.97 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCroatia: 1.09 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary: 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIreland: 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly: 13.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLithuania: 0.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLuxembourg: 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLatvia: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMalta: 0.22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands: 1.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland: 5.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal: 1.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania: 1.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden: 1.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovenia: 0.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
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million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, 2016. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

All EU countries, 2016

France: 18.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance18.8Germany: 14.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany14.36Italy: 13.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly13.43Spain: 8.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain8.17Greece: 5.97 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece5.97Poland: 5.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland5.06Belgium: 4.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium4.25Czechia: 3.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia3.63Austria: 2.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustria2.11Hungary: 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary2.1Portugal: 1.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal1.88Romania: 1.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania1.58Netherlands: 1.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands1.47Ireland: 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIreland1.2Sweden: 1.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden1.16Finland: 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFinland1.14Croatia: 1.09 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCroatia1.09Bulgaria: 0.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBulgaria0.73Lithuania: 0.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLithuania0.68Slovakia: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia0.67Denmark: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDenmark0.67Slovenia: 0.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovenia0.36Latvia: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLatvia0.28Cyprus: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCyprus0.28Estonia: 0.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEstonia0.23Malta: 0.22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMalta0.22Luxembourg: 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLuxembourg0.07France: 18.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFrance18.8Germany: 14.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGermany14.36Italy: 13.43 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentItaly13.43Spain: 8.17 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSpain8.17Greece: 5.97 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentGreece5.97Poland: 5.06 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPoland5.06Belgium: 4.25 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBelgium4.25Czechia: 3.63 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCzechia3.63Austria: 2.11 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentAustria2.11Hungary: 2.1 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentHungary2.1Portugal: 1.88 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentPortugal1.88Romania: 1.58 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentRomania1.58Netherlands: 1.47 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentNetherlands1.47Ireland: 1.2 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentIreland1.2Sweden: 1.16 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSweden1.16Finland: 1.14 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentFinland1.14Croatia: 1.09 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCroatia1.09Bulgaria: 0.73 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentBulgaria0.73Lithuania: 0.68 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLithuania0.68Slovakia: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovakia0.67Denmark: 0.67 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentDenmark0.67Slovenia: 0.36 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentSlovenia0.36Latvia: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLatvia0.28Cyprus: 0.28 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentCyprus0.28Estonia: 0.23 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentEstonia0.23Malta: 0.22 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentMalta0.22Luxembourg: 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalentLuxembourg0.07
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent. Source: EDGAR (European Commission, JRC), EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2016
million tonnes of CO2 equivalent		Change on 2015
1France18.8-0.2%
2Germany14.36+0.1%
3Italy13.43-2.9%
4Spain8.17-2.3%
5Greece5.97+3.8%
6Poland5.06+1.5%
7Belgium4.25+5.8%
8Czechia3.63+6.4%
9Austria2.11+4%
10Hungary2.1-1.5%
11Portugal1.88+3.6%
12Romania1.58+10.7%
13Netherlands1.47-10.7%
14Ireland1.2+6.5%
15Sweden1.16+1.6%
16Finland1.14-4.8%
17Croatia1.09+14.4%
18Bulgaria0.73+4.6%
19Lithuania0.68+24.8%
20Slovakia0.67-9.1%
21Denmark0.67+4.7%
22Slovenia0.36+5.7%
23Latvia0.28+7.5%
24Cyprus0.28+7.5%
25Estonia0.23+4.1%
26Malta0.22+6.6%
27Luxembourg0.07-1.7%

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About this ranking

Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) emitted in the year, in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent with the 100-year global warming potentials of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), as estimated by EDGAR.

More on how it is measured
  • Most come from refrigeration and air conditioning, with aluminium smelting, electrical equipment, semiconductors and chemical production.
  • EDGAR estimates every country with the same IPCC methods and international activity statistics, so countries can be compared, but the values differ from the inventories countries report themselves.
  • Emissions from land use, land use change and forestry and from large scale biomass burning (savannah and forest fires) are not included.
  • The latest two years are fast track estimates from proxy statistics, replaced in later releases, and are marked provisional.

EDGAR estimates fluorinated gases from 1990 and for about 150 countries; a country without an estimate has no value here. The CO2 equivalent depends on the warming potentials used, so values differ from inventories that use other ones. EDGAR counts Andorra with Spain, Monaco with France, San Marino and the Holy See with Italy, and Liechtenstein with Switzerland. It reports Israel and Palestine, Sudan and South Sudan, and Serbia and Montenegro together, so those countries have no value here. Each release revises past years.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

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EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, European Commission, Joint Research Centre. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Retrieved 2026-10-12. © European Union, licensed under CC BY 4.0.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. (2026). EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3) (EU countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2016) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/

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EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3), EU countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2016. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, 18 Sept. 2026, https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/eu-countries?period=2016. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre. 2026. EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). EU countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2016. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/eu-countries?period=2016.

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European Commission, Joint Research Centre (2026) EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3), EU countries by fluorinated gas emissions, 2016 [Dataset]. Available at: https://jeodpp.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ftp/jrc-opendata/EDGAR/datasets/EDGAR_2026_GHG/, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/fluorinated-gas-emissions/eu-countries?period=2016 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest fluorinated gas emissions?

France, with 18.8 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2016, according to the European Commission, Joint Research Centre.

Which EU country has the lowest fluorinated gas emissions?

Luxembourg, with 0.07 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2016.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: European Commission, Joint Research Centre, EDGAR F-gases emissions by country, AR5 CO2 equivalent (HFC, PFC, SF6 and NF3). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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