CO₂ per person in Netherlands

CO₂ per person in Netherlands: 10.29 tonnes in 1970 and 6.6 tonnes in 2024, by EDGAR estimates.

Latest, 2024: 6.6 tonnes
Since 1970: −3.69 tonnes
Rank, 2024: 36 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 12.1 tonnes in 1996, the lowest 6.6 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Netherlands	World
2024	6.6	4.69
2023	6.88	4.68
2022	7.52	4.67
2021	8.32	4.69
2020	8.15	4.48
2019	9.11	4.7
2018	9.47	4.74
2017	9.82	4.67
2016	10.03	4.65
2015	10	4.7
2014	9.59	4.78
2013	10.08	4.81
2012	10.24	4.77
2011	10.43	4.76
2010	11.2	4.67
2009	10.57	4.45
2008	10.94	4.56
2007	10.92	4.59
2006	10.87	4.48
2005	11.16	4.39
2004	11.47	4.28
2003	11.36	4.15
2002	11.26	4.02
2001	11.31	4.01
2000	11.11	4.01
1999	11.14	3.95
1998	11.51	3.98
1997	11.54	4.02
1996	12.1	4.01
1995	11.49	3.99
1994	11.27	3.94
1993	11.27	3.97
1992	11.13	4.02
1991	11.34	4.1
1990	11.02	4.15
1989	10.75	4.16
1988	10.59	4.16
1987	10.66	4.1
1986	10.44	4.04
1985	10.33	4.05
1984	10.08	4.07
1983	9.7	4.01
1982	10.05	4.05
1981	10.82	4.18
1980	10.96	4.33
1979	11.59	4.46
1978	11	4.42
1977	10.72	4.36
1976	10.95	4.31
1975	10.24	4.15
1974	10.98	4.23
1973	11.66	4.32
1972	11.29	4.16
1971	10.21	4.04
1970	10.29	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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