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Estonia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
14,129,202
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
−5.71%
decrease
Global Share
0.03%
Per Capita
11
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Estonia were 14,129,202 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions decreased by −5.71% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −855,103 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 14,984,305 tons.
  • Per capita: 11 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Estonia accounts for 0.03% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 14,129,202 10,648,547 1,631,907 1,677,368 171,379 11 −5.71% 0.027%
2023 14,984,305 11,474,085 1,657,928 1,670,074 182,218 11.62 −20.06% 0.029%
2022 18,744,019 15,018,241 1,830,017 1,702,276 193,485 14.5 12.11% 0.036%
2021 16,718,913 12,925,559 1,876,103 1,713,354 203,897 12.89 4.39% 0.033%
2020 16,016,246 12,132,929 1,882,971 1,806,920 193,426 12.31 −19.42% 0.033%
2019 19,875,288 15,462,924 2,396,534 1,785,104 230,727 15.24 −30.37% 0.039%
2018 28,544,661 23,648,847 2,937,299 1,721,726 236,789 21.84 6.58% 0.056%
2017 26,782,138 21,964,695 2,872,020 1,709,063 236,360 20.45 5.86% 0.054%
2016 25,299,001 20,587,790 2,798,090 1,677,344 235,777 19.28 −2.36% 0.052%
2015 25,910,603 21,022,229 2,910,062 1,751,747 226,565 19.7 −6.23% 0.053%
2014 27,631,832 22,751,387 2,962,828 1,696,316 221,302 20.96 −2.72% 0.057%
2013 28,403,114 23,636,583 2,875,728 1,679,613 211,190 21.49 9.86% 0.059%
2012 25,853,046 21,230,082 2,795,488 1,630,048 197,426 19.51 −3.81% 0.055%
2011 26,876,327 22,335,599 2,763,785 1,589,507 187,436 20.23 0.45% 0.057%
2010 26,756,682 22,215,591 2,786,876 1,574,408 179,807 20.09 22.64% 0.059%
2009 21,817,345 17,438,940 2,681,062 1,535,837 161,507 16.33 −13.31% 0.051%
2008 25,166,603 20,880,845 2,601,478 1,529,804 154,476 18.79 −7.57% 0.058%
2007 27,228,780 23,033,719 2,532,046 1,491,017 171,998 20.26 16.28% 0.063%
2006 23,417,556 19,432,517 2,423,729 1,403,736 157,574 17.36 −2.76% 0.056%
2005 24,082,591 20,068,921 2,369,773 1,504,443 139,454 17.76 −0.29% 0.059%
2004 24,151,908 20,045,606 2,496,147 1,487,039 123,116 17.71 2.49% 0.061%
2003 23,564,185 19,554,402 2,442,685 1,458,646 108,452 17.16 9.4% 0.062%
2002 21,540,281 17,518,843 2,444,667 1,474,972 101,800 15.58 −3.22% 0.059%
2001 22,256,148 18,248,396 2,455,739 1,452,539 99,474 15.99 2.28% 0.062%
2000 21,761,021 17,821,497 2,449,902 1,406,941 82,681 15.55 1.81% 0.061%
1999 21,373,189 17,420,135 2,501,088 1,384,442 67,524 15.23 −7.04% 0.061%
1998 22,990,725 19,007,050 2,556,384 1,370,525 56,765 16.35 −8.56% 0.066%
1997 25,142,187 21,179,928 2,582,137 1,334,094 46,028 17.84 −1.83% 0.073%
1996 25,610,869 21,625,915 2,586,374 1,359,172 39,408 18.06 4.06% 0.075%
1995 24,611,767 20,602,485 2,598,958 1,377,468 32,858 17.17 −7.65% 0.073%
1994 26,650,640 22,558,735 2,661,527 1,403,819 26,558 18.29 1.05% 0.081%
1993 26,372,421 21,892,247 2,955,183 1,503,247 21,744 17.72 −16.18% 0.081%
1992 31,463,405 26,604,723 3,264,053 1,577,071 17,557 20.69 −24.97% 0.097%
1991 41,932,114 36,526,135 3,700,988 1,703,559 1,432 27.08 −8.06% 0.13%
1990 45,608,800 40,040,124 3,814,939 1,753,035 702 29.14 18.6% 0.14%
1989 38,455,534 32,757,697 3,925,242 1,770,554 2,041 24.49 −7.84% 0.12%
1988 41,727,375 36,005,078 3,893,927 1,826,442 1,929 26.68 −4.58% 0.13%
1987 43,732,259 37,929,200 3,931,396 1,869,791 1,872 28.19 −1.32% 0.14%
1986 44,316,300 38,555,326 3,886,159 1,872,981 1,834 28.85 −2.18% 0.15%
1985 45,305,213 39,571,012 3,870,055 1,862,497 1,649 29.76 −1.68% 0.16%
1984 46,080,041 40,396,543 3,833,464 1,848,391 1,642 30.49 −2.1% 0.16%
1983 47,067,231 41,429,386 3,790,209 1,846,037 1,600 31.35 −0.35% 0.17%
1982 47,234,254 41,693,147 3,724,212 1,815,335 1,559 31.64 0.41% 0.17%
1981 47,039,060 41,526,398 3,703,025 1,808,096 1,541 31.7 2.32% 0.17%
1980 45,970,549 40,461,245 3,703,853 1,804,005 1,446 31.18 3.34% 0.16%
1979 44,486,383 38,995,351 3,685,671 1,803,961 1,400 30.38 3.56% 0.15%
1978 42,957,306 37,494,174 3,663,181 1,798,590 1,361 29.54 5.97% 0.15%
1977 40,536,357 35,143,595 3,625,598 1,765,842 1,323 28.07 3.65% 0.15%
1976 39,107,978 33,766,073 3,599,907 1,740,714 1,285 27.29 4.4% 0.15%
1975 37,458,267 32,159,459 3,586,838 1,710,723 1,248 26.34 7.6% 0.15%
1974 34,810,964 29,576,870 3,543,943 1,688,969 1,182 24.68 9.89% 0.14%
1973 31,676,804 26,552,889 3,474,387 1,648,346 1,182 22.65 11.99% 0.12%
1972 28,285,441 23,242,103 3,418,232 1,623,925 1,182 20.41 7.46% 0.12%
1971 26,322,668 21,374,023 3,347,670 1,599,792 1,182 19.17 0.61% 0.11%
1970 26,162,281 21,348,704 3,235,229 1,577,167 1,182 19.23 0.11%

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).