Finland vs Greece: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Finland

5.3 tonnes per person

in 2024

Greece

5.31 tonnes per person

in 2024

Finland rank

62nd

Greece rank

61st

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Finland
Greece

How they compare

Greece currently reports 5.31 tonnes per person against 5.3 tonnes per person in Finland, a difference of 0.0101 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 144 shared years of data; in 1867 it was Greece ahead.

Finland ranks 62nd and Greece ranks 61st of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.