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United Kingdom Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
386,695,717
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
−3.47%
decrease
Global Share
0.73%
Per Capita
5.63
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in the United Kingdom were 386,695,717 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions decreased by −3.47% over the previous year, representing a decrease by −13,913,782 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 400,609,499 tons.
  • Per capita: 5.63 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • the United Kingdom accounts for 0.73% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 386,695,717 292,419,359 58,882,623 25,623,497 9,770,237 5.63 −3.47% 0.73%
2023 400,609,499 304,786,611 59,447,107 25,895,410 10,480,371 5.86 −5.38% 0.76%
2022 423,367,164 324,994,856 60,749,366 26,401,329 11,221,613 6.22 −3.31% 0.82%
2021 437,869,440 337,914,843 61,694,742 26,359,217 11,900,638 6.47 3.87% 0.86%
2020 421,541,144 319,696,417 62,714,006 26,579,043 12,551,678 6.26 −9.29% 0.86%
2019 464,709,006 359,013,081 65,072,163 27,178,410 13,445,352 6.94 −3.62% 0.91%
2018 482,167,982 373,882,090 66,697,937 27,523,056 14,064,899 7.24 −1.77% 0.95%
2017 490,839,973 380,711,825 67,864,387 27,802,438 14,461,324 7.42 −2.32% 0.99%
2016 502,478,479 391,861,406 68,567,252 27,596,143 14,453,677 7.64 −4.82% 1.03%
2015 527,898,028 415,884,746 69,965,341 27,676,437 14,371,503 8.07 −3.09% 1.09%
2014 544,708,964 430,657,314 72,009,326 27,721,748 14,320,576 8.38 −7.01% 1.12%
2013 585,778,442 470,219,682 73,951,369 27,347,467 14,259,923 9.06 −2.27% 1.22%
2012 599,411,824 481,389,785 77,020,094 27,117,204 13,884,742 9.33 3.59% 1.26%
2011 578,650,024 459,206,619 79,038,004 26,945,844 13,459,557 9.07 −7.08% 1.24%
2010 622,724,141 500,748,404 81,834,896 27,265,104 12,875,737 9.84 2.43% 1.37%
2009 607,930,465 483,469,809 85,290,642 26,939,459 12,230,555 9.69 −8.34% 1.41%
2008 663,277,300 533,910,941 89,777,174 27,528,454 12,060,731 10.68 −3.23% 1.52%
2007 685,428,294 550,417,602 94,029,262 28,277,143 12,704,286 11.16 −1.88% 1.58%
2006 698,533,669 559,930,529 97,747,482 28,577,190 12,278,469 11.49 −0.72% 1.66%
2005 703,628,451 559,523,602 101,755,695 28,921,587 13,427,568 11.67 −0.97% 1.72%
2004 710,549,587 561,173,675 105,984,779 30,213,253 13,177,880 11.87 −0.7% 1.79%
2003 715,577,375 560,737,106 110,242,350 30,625,895 13,972,025 12.01 1.38% 1.88%
2002 705,817,498 547,160,864 114,025,349 30,666,867 13,964,418 11.89 −2.56% 1.93%
2001 724,328,042 563,114,996 116,387,585 31,294,512 13,530,949 12.25 0.87% 2.01%
2000 718,079,148 551,958,431 120,011,558 32,743,069 13,366,090 12.18 0.06% 2.01%
1999 717,655,215 544,007,646 124,953,376 34,223,258 14,470,935 12.22 −1.74% 2.05%
1998 730,331,607 547,406,181 128,565,190 33,248,644 21,111,591 12.47 −0.7% 2.11%
1997 735,477,291 546,739,390 131,370,192 33,463,938 23,903,771 12.61 −2.7% 2.13%
1996 755,906,003 567,623,984 131,990,625 34,341,986 21,949,407 13 2.88% 2.21%
1995 734,726,099 548,339,449 132,036,161 33,488,261 20,862,229 12.67 −0.36% 2.19%
1994 737,401,480 554,878,850 129,431,603 33,725,987 19,365,040 12.76 −1.74% 2.25%
1993 750,432,852 562,397,463 135,831,431 34,060,018 18,143,940 13.02 −2.63% 2.32%
1992 770,695,267 578,439,134 140,670,057 34,261,559 17,324,517 13.4 −2.24% 2.39%
1991 788,378,893 591,736,268 144,840,143 35,113,713 16,688,768 13.75 1.32% 2.44%
1990 778,131,092 582,607,827 143,596,047 35,964,982 15,962,236 13.61 1.07% 2.41%
1989 769,855,205 579,536,541 138,030,304 37,505,934 14,782,426 13.5 −2.03% 2.41%
1988 785,767,907 593,143,255 140,765,567 37,632,917 14,226,168 13.82 −0.39% 2.51%
1987 788,846,625 595,435,980 141,878,177 38,897,646 12,634,823 13.91 0.02% 2.60%
1986 788,688,338 590,784,377 144,889,592 40,556,988 12,457,381 13.94 3.07% 2.66%
1985 765,229,105 576,790,886 136,137,896 40,065,996 12,234,327 13.55 5.87% 2.63%
1984 722,828,949 550,201,552 119,780,758 40,882,219 11,964,419 12.82 −5.76% 2.51%
1983 766,996,617 566,501,400 147,921,819 41,510,271 11,063,127 13.62 −0.91% 2.74%
1982 774,043,841 573,333,263 149,231,771 41,769,585 9,709,222 13.75 −2.09% 2.79%
1981 790,563,561 589,250,357 150,375,575 41,116,656 9,820,974 14.05 −2.52% 2.83%
1980 811,020,808 608,557,091 151,135,690 40,880,261 10,447,766 14.41 −7.4% 2.85%
1979 875,853,277 672,897,179 150,270,565 42,674,148 10,011,385 15.57 4.79% 3.05%
1978 835,781,762 636,712,680 147,912,475 41,720,019 9,436,588 14.85 −0.23% 2.99%
1977 837,726,161 638,549,976 148,304,074 41,661,505 9,210,606 14.89 0.65% 3.07%
1976 832,345,375 630,050,697 151,781,378 42,057,640 8,455,659 14.8 0.87% 3.13%
1975 825,176,544 623,898,341 154,703,126 38,643,231 7,931,846 14.68 −1.36% 3.24%
1974 836,549,099 644,874,125 149,584,501 34,582,634 7,507,840 14.9 −5.62% 3.29%
1973 886,365,790 690,257,604 157,569,825 31,586,417 6,951,944 15.81 4.84% 3.49%
1972 845,466,360 657,936,291 151,134,328 30,259,824 6,135,916 15.11 −2.33% 3.49%
1971 865,606,617 668,882,881 161,844,089 29,634,125 5,245,523 15.51 −0.49% 3.72%
1970 869,871,579 673,623,807 162,033,178 29,397,176 4,817,418 15.64 – 3.74%

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).