Greenland
CO₂ per person in Greenland
CO₂ per person in Greenland: 0.02 tonnes in 1970 and 10.45 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 10.45 tonnes
- Since 1970
- +10.43 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 19 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 12 tonnes in 2011, the lowest 0.02 tonnes in 1972.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Greenland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10.45 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 10.29 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 10.42 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 9.68 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 9.36 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 9.32 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 9.07 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 8.96 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 9.18 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 9.25 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 8.54 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 9.51 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 9.49 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 12 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 11.37 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.77 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 11.23 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 10.88 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 11 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 10.73 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 10.61 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.02 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.02 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.02 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.02 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.02 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.02 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.02 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.02 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.02 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.02 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.02 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.02 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.02 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.02 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.02 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.02 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.02 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.02 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.02 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.02 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.02 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.02 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.02 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.02 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.02 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.02 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.02 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.02 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.02 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.02 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.02 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.02 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.02 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.02 | 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Greenland in numbers
Every measure for Greenland on one page