# EU countries by greenhouse gas emissions from waste, 2024

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `ghg_emissions_waste`
- Unit: million tonnes of CO2 equivalent
- Definition: Greenhouse gas emissions from waste management: landfills, composting, incineration without energy recovery and wastewater (UNFCCC category 5), 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.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Greenhouse gas emissions by source sector, waste management (CRF 5), million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (env_air_gge, source: EEA) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_air_gge/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: European Environment Agency (EEA), national greenhouse gas inventories reported under the EU Governance Regulation, as published by Eurostat. Greenhouse gas emissions by source sector, waste management (CRF 5), million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (env_air_gge, source: EEA). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/env_air_gge/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/greenhouse-gas-emissions-waste/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | million tonnes of CO2 equivalent |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 19.98 |
| 2 | France | 17.94 |
| 3 | Spain | 17.29 |
| 4 | Romania | 6.32 |
| 5 | Greece | 6.25 |
| 6 | Portugal | 5.61 |
| 7 | Czechia | 5.52 |
| 8 | Germany | 5.28 |
| 9 | Poland | 4.37 |
| 10 | Hungary | 4 |
| 11 | Netherlands | 2.86 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 2.68 |
| 13 | Croatia | 1.9 |
| 14 | Slovakia | 1.67 |
| 15 | Finland | 1.62 |
| 16 | Austria | 1.25 |
| 17 | Belgium | 1.16 |
| 18 | Denmark | 1.02 |
| 19 | Sweden | 0.98 |
| 20 | Ireland | 0.83 |
| 21 | Lithuania | 0.68 |
| 22 | Cyprus | 0.68 |
| 23 | Latvia | 0.58 |
| 24 | Slovenia | 0.35 |
| 25 | Estonia | 0.29 |
| 26 | Malta | 0.19 |
| 27 | Luxembourg | 0.08 |