CO₂ per person in Germany

CO₂ per person in Germany: 13.87 tonnes in 1970 and 6.94 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 6.94 tonnes
Since 1970: −6.93 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 34 of 202; counting from the highest
World, 2024: 4.69 tonnes

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

Estimates, EDGARWorld

What the numbers say

The highest was 15.22 tonnes in 1979, the lowest 6.94 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Germany	World
2024	6.94	4.69
2023	7.08	4.68
2022	7.91	4.67
2021	8.06	4.69
2020	7.72	4.48
2019	8.38	4.7
2018	9.01	4.74
2017	9.37	4.67
2016	9.58	4.65
2015	9.61	4.7
2014	9.62	4.78
2013	10.14	4.81
2012	9.95	4.77
2011	9.82	4.76
2010	9.97	4.67
2009	9.38	4.45
2008	10.11	4.56
2007	10.05	4.59
2006	10.38	4.48
2005	10.21	4.39
2004	10.46	4.28
2003	10.64	4.15
2002	10.55	4.02
2001	10.75	4.01
2000	10.6	4.01
1999	10.6	3.95
1998	11.05	3.98
1997	11.06	4.02
1996	11.47	4.01
1995	11.15	3.99
1994	11.24	3.94
1993	11.45	3.97
1992	11.63	4.02
1991	12.39	4.1
1990	12.75	4.15
1989	13.34	4.16
1988	13.64	4.16
1987	13.77	4.1
1986	13.89	4.04
1985	13.98	4.05
1984	13.94	4.07
1983	13.69	4.01
1982	13.45	4.05
1981	14.02	4.18
1980	14.5	4.33
1979	15.22	4.46
1978	14.58	4.42
1977	14.09	4.36
1976	14.33	4.31
1975	13.48	4.15
1974	14.21	4.23
1973	14.66	4.32
1972	14.04	4.16
1971	13.75	4.04
1970	13.87	4.15

Good to know

Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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