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GHG Emissions per Capita in Europe

Why does per capita matter?

Per capita emissions normalize a country's total emissions by its population, providing a fairer comparison of individual impact across nations of vastly different sizes. A small country with high per capita emissions has a greater average individual carbon footprint than a large country with lower per capita values.

GHG Emissions per Capita by Country

Worldwide Africa Asia Europe Latin America Northern America Oceania
# Country GHG Per Capita (tons) GHG Total (tons)
1
18,83 658.905
2
18,02 2.575.654.764
3
12,7 8.053.667
4
12,13 4.282.411
5
11,86 59.677.828
6
11 14.129.202
7
9,5 53.759.636
8
9,45 100.379.206
9
9,37 87.491.361
10
9,28 348.195.041
11
9,15 107.824.020
12
8,61 48.678.996
13
8,35 145.006.675
14
8,34 17.336.899
15
8,17 674.358.326
16
8,01 70.999.904
17
7,97 27.626.664
18
7,69 21.535.707
19
7,16 39.000.776
20
6,92 46.676.574
21
6,67 26.841.829
22
6,51 71.500.075
23
6,5 38.264.629
24
6,38 60.452.897
25
6,37 11.642.389
26
Italy
San Marino
Holy See
6,32 371.171.711
27
Spain
Andorra
6,16 285.638.322
28
France
Monaco
5,68 378.120.190
29
5,63 386.695.717
30
5,36 101.857.590
31
5,27 53.169.594
32
5,12 2.243.619
33
5,07 52.565.802
34
Switzerland
Liechtenstein
4,83 42.992.441
35
4,7 9.812.096
36
4,61 196.964.006
37
2,94 11.658.325
38
2,42 7.124.311
39
1,89 96.617

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).