Germany vs Netherlands: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Germany

6.77 tonnes per person

in 2024

Netherlands

6.3 tonnes per person

in 2024

Germany rank

43rd

Netherlands rank

46th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Germany
Netherlands

How they compare

Germany currently reports 6.77 tonnes per person against 6.3 tonnes per person in Netherlands, a difference of 0.4719 tonnes per person.

That makes Germany's figure about 1.1 times Netherlands's.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 179 shared years of data; in 1846 it was Netherlands ahead.

Germany ranks 43rd and Netherlands ranks 46th 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.