Ireland
CO₂ per person in Ireland
CO₂ per person in Ireland: 6.99 tonnes in 1970 and 6.04 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.
- Latest, 2024
- 6.04 tonnes
- Since 1970
- −0.95 tonnes
- Rank, 2024
- 40 of 202
- counting from the highest
- World, 2024
- 4.69 tonnes
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- The highest was 11.91 tonnes in 2001, the lowest 6.04 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Ireland | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.04 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 6.19 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 6.85 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 7.12 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 6.81 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 7.31 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 7.76 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.93 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 8.3 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 8.01 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.76 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.86 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 8.18 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 8.11 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 8.97 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 9.08 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 10.31 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 10.67 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 11.16 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 11.32 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 11.05 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 11.13 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 11.44 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 11.91 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 11.52 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 10.98 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 10.72 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 10.17 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 9.93 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 9.64 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 9.53 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 9.23 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 9.21 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 9.3 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 9.2 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 8.91 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 8.58 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 8.79 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 8.35 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 8.08 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 7.64 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 7.68 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 7.85 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 8.01 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 8.17 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 8.6 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 7.41 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 7.58 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 7.19 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 7.12 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 7.7 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 7.24 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 7.5 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 7.74 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 6.99 | 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
Ireland in numbers
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Military
- Military spending0.22% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$1.46B in 2025
- Military spending per person$272 in 2025
- Military share of state spending0.9% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel9,000 people in 2020
- National power0.05% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.37% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports14 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exports24 million TIV in 2025