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Greece Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
71,500,075
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.28%
increase
Global Share
0.13%
Per Capita
6.51
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Greece were 71,500,075 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.28% over the previous year, representing an increase by 902,085 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 70,597,991 tons.
  • Per capita: 6.51 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Greece accounts for 0.13% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 71,500,075 52,508,701 11,328,144 3,541,034 4,122,196 6.51 1.28% 0.13%
2023 70,597,991 51,237,889 11,427,465 3,538,923 4,393,714 6.41 −5.4% 0.13%
2022 74,624,309 55,116,394 11,263,393 3,604,449 4,640,072 6.76 1.52% 0.14%
2021 73,506,035 53,715,080 11,316,283 3,537,923 4,936,749 6.64 1.69% 0.14%
2020 72,283,349 52,360,587 11,118,738 3,711,880 5,092,145 6.51 −11.94% 0.15%
2019 82,080,579 61,492,682 11,377,356 3,805,422 5,405,120 7.38 −6.64% 0.16%
2018 87,920,421 66,535,726 11,694,647 3,842,412 5,847,635 7.89 −2.77% 0.17%
2017 90,425,830 68,383,891 11,972,286 3,979,520 6,090,133 8.1 0.52% 0.18%
2016 89,956,678 68,161,208 11,671,422 3,996,183 6,127,866 8.04 −1.62% 0.18%
2015 91,440,437 69,452,154 12,057,348 4,035,055 5,895,879 8.15 −1.7% 0.19%
2014 93,022,121 71,008,503 12,155,033 4,054,314 5,804,271 8.26 −2.95% 0.19%
2013 95,849,567 73,877,475 12,230,365 4,092,867 5,648,861 8.47 −7.33% 0.20%
2012 103,429,607 81,554,996 12,615,819 4,096,420 5,162,373 9.09 −4.17% 0.22%
2011 107,934,015 86,144,675 12,586,867 4,411,586 4,790,886 9.45 −2.58% 0.23%
2010 110,794,940 89,098,082 12,640,784 4,554,762 4,501,313 9.68 −5.69% 0.24%
2009 117,485,701 96,217,850 12,592,980 4,544,251 4,130,620 10.27 −4.66% 0.27%
2008 123,231,241 101,836,000 12,937,954 4,504,024 3,953,262 10.79 −3.53% 0.28%
2007 127,745,501 106,006,300 12,937,356 4,891,561 3,910,285 11.22 3.57% 0.29%
2006 123,341,742 102,386,648 12,793,502 4,849,270 3,312,322 10.88 −2.71% 0.29%
2005 126,783,043 103,639,775 12,695,667 5,055,061 5,392,538 11.22 1.66% 0.31%
2004 124,712,941 101,590,333 12,639,303 5,083,443 5,399,862 11.07 0.08% 0.31%
2003 124,619,144 101,845,309 12,480,792 5,328,164 4,964,880 11.08 2.72% 0.33%
2002 121,317,400 98,087,867 12,440,941 5,296,695 5,491,898 10.82 0.43% 0.33%
2001 120,795,400 98,121,166 12,317,758 5,349,065 5,007,411 10.8 0.66% 0.33%
2000 120,004,089 96,066,265 12,771,502 5,568,862 5,597,461 10.77 5.35% 0.34%
1999 113,914,389 88,904,218 12,583,225 5,594,992 6,831,954 10.27 0.96% 0.33%
1998 112,830,803 88,655,158 12,599,928 5,566,225 6,009,491 10.23 3.77% 0.33%
1997 108,733,315 85,201,381 12,435,216 5,713,710 5,383,008 9.92 1.07% 0.31%
1996 107,582,902 84,249,879 12,247,239 5,951,487 5,134,297 9.89 0.82% 0.31%
1995 106,703,737 84,260,739 12,158,797 5,703,108 4,581,094 9.89 4.19% 0.32%
1994 102,416,495 81,212,626 12,004,679 5,856,638 3,342,552 9.59 2.49% 0.31%
1993 99,928,782 79,593,204 11,854,377 5,718,986 2,762,215 9.45 −0.02% 0.31%
1992 99,944,413 80,065,227 11,756,662 6,092,605 2,029,920 9.56 1.92% 0.31%
1991 98,062,245 77,936,750 11,685,697 6,217,997 2,221,801 9.48 −0.24% 0.30%
1990 98,293,585 77,910,403 11,744,690 6,374,020 2,264,471 9.59 0.77% 0.30%
1989 97,545,794 76,425,542 11,635,823 6,407,909 3,076,520 9.59 4.98% 0.31%
1988 92,920,435 71,744,403 11,480,258 6,357,629 3,338,145 9.19 5.61% 0.30%
1987 87,981,146 67,237,797 11,341,581 6,273,793 3,127,975 8.74 6.09% 0.29%
1986 82,931,228 62,048,102 11,073,705 6,601,770 3,207,651 8.27 −0.54% 0.28%
1985 83,377,661 62,455,049 10,959,040 6,837,587 3,125,985 8.36 4.34% 0.29%
1984 79,911,873 59,041,578 10,859,545 6,734,881 3,275,868 8.05 2.45% 0.28%
1983 78,000,929 57,718,694 10,831,047 6,625,890 2,825,298 7.91 4.93% 0.28%
1982 74,337,167 54,234,251 10,770,735 6,364,442 2,967,739 7.58 2.2% 0.27%
1981 72,735,932 53,095,087 10,832,143 5,763,141 3,045,562 7.48 −0.6% 0.26%
1980 73,174,594 53,414,689 10,750,704 5,981,605 3,027,596 7.6 0.29% 0.26%
1979 72,964,825 53,302,707 10,773,181 6,094,794 2,794,142 7.66 4.89% 0.25%
1978 69,560,633 50,390,350 10,704,848 5,999,089 2,466,346 7.41 4.38% 0.25%
1977 66,639,627 47,773,224 10,872,752 5,727,230 2,266,421 7.2 3.47% 0.24%
1976 64,406,322 45,551,200 10,935,868 5,705,075 2,214,179 7.06 8.91% 0.24%
1975 59,137,645 40,598,900 10,816,850 5,509,185 2,212,711 6.56 3.55% 0.23%
1974 57,109,045 38,597,014 10,632,754 5,524,931 2,354,345 6.41 0.34% 0.22%
1973 56,915,913 39,384,929 10,078,019 5,224,200 2,228,765 6.44 6.38% 0.22%
1972 53,501,343 36,815,511 9,635,955 4,972,141 2,077,736 6.1 15.98% 0.22%
1971 46,131,152 29,994,074 9,397,788 4,812,584 1,926,707 5.29 3.53% 0.20%
1970 44,557,517 28,944,696 9,334,586 4,760,865 1,517,370 5.15 – 0.19%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).