🐃 European Countries Carbon Emissions Per Capita

Total household carbon footprint across 177 EU regions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent, encompassing both direct and embodied emissions. Note that only national averages are shown for Sweden and the Netherlands. Source: Ivanova et.al 2017. As for the per capita map, this also clearly shows large differences in emissions between regions.

In fact, some European countries have emissions not far from the global average: In 2017 emissions in Portugal are 5.3 tonnes; 5.5t in France; and 5.8t per person in the UK. This is also much lower than some of their neighbours with similar standards of living, such as Germany, the Netherlands, or Belgium.

Total emissions and emissions per capita declined from 2007 to 2009, due in part to a drop in U.S. economic production during this time. Emissions decreased again from 2010 to 2012 and continued downward largely due to the growing use of natural gas and renewables to generate electricity in place of more carbon-intensive fuels. 3 If every country were to meet its stated climate goals, America’s per capita emissions would decline and converge with China’s by 2030, the Rhodium Group estimated. Most are in the Middle East: In 2017 Qatar had the highest emissions at 49 tonnes (t) per person, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (30t); Kuwait (25t); United Arab Emirates (25t); Brunei (24t); Bahrain (23t) and Saudi Arabia (19t).

Saudi Arabia - 17.50 tons per person. Kazakhstan - 17.03 tons per person. *Australia and the United States place 11 and 12 on the per-capital list. **Source: ourworldindata.org. Further

Enlarge / Per capita emissions for the top 4 countries/groups. The solid line simply calculates emissions taking place within their borders, while the dashed line adjusts for consumption of goods

You find consumption-based emissions later in this country profile. These figures look specifically at CO 2 emissions – not total greenhouse gas emissions. You find total, and other greenhouse gas emissions, later in this country profile. Annual emissions can be largely influenced by population size – we present the per capita figures above.

Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions by Country in the world with Global share of CO2 greenhouse emissions by country. Per capita Share of world ; 1: China

Of the Top 10 Emitters, the US, Russia, Japan and the EU Have Reduced Per Capita Emissions. When looking at the top 10 total GHG emitters, the EU has reduced its per capita GHG emissions by 29% since 1990 and is now ranked at number 8 (7.04 tCO2e per person), below China (8.6 tCO2e per person) and Indonesia (7.2 tCO2e per person).

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