Austria vs Netherlands: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry

Austria
6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Netherlands
6.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Austria rank
48th
Netherlands rank
46th

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry over time

  • Austria
  • Netherlands
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How they compare

Netherlands currently reports 6.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Austria, a difference of 0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Netherlands ahead.

Austria ranks 48th and Netherlands ranks 46th of 198 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Austria averaged higher in 2 and Netherlands in 16.

Head to head by decade

Decade Austria Netherlands Difference Ahead
1850s 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1860s 1.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1870s 2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.9752 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1880s 2.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1890s 3.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.5037 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1900s 5.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Austria
1910s 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.1802 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Austria
1920s 3.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1930s 2.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1940s 2.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 4.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1950s 4.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 6.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1960s 6.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 9.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1970s 8.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 14.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 5.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1980s 8.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 12.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
1990s 9.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 12.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
2000s 9.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 11.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
2010s 8.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 10.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands
2020s 7.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 7.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 0.3616 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person Netherlands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry, Austria or Netherlands?
Netherlands, at 6.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Austria as of 2024.
What is the difference in per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry between Austria and Netherlands?
0.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, with Netherlands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Austria and Netherlands?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Austria and Netherlands rank globally for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
Austria ranks 48th and Netherlands ranks 46th of 198 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (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
198 places, 33,742 data points, 1850–2024
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Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.