Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Belgium
Belgium: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 61.01 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Belgium, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
Belgium recorded 61.01 Index for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of down 3.9% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Belgium peaked at 114.16 Index in 1990 and was at its lowest, 61.01 Index, in 2024.
That places Belgium 61st out of 67 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in Belgium, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 114.16 Index | — |
| 1991 | 113.97 Index | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 112.78 Index | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 110.75 Index | -1.8% |
| 1994 | 111.22 Index | +0.4% |
| 1995 | 111.7 Index | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 110.06 Index | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 108.61 Index | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 106.42 Index | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 103.87 Index | -2.4% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -3.7% |
| 2001 | 95.61 Index | -4.4% |
| 2002 | 91.45 Index | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 86.22 Index | -5.7% |
| 2004 | 85.84 Index | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 83.35 Index | -2.9% |
| 2006 | 82.27 Index | -1.3% |
| 2007 | 81.28 Index | -1.2% |
| 2008 | 79.66 Index | -2.0% |
| 2009 | 78.95 Index | -0.9% |
| 2010 | 78.65 Index | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 75.94 Index | -3.5% |
| 2012 | 75.19 Index | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 73.65 Index | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 72.11 Index | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 71.91 Index | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 71.42 Index | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 69.84 Index | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 69.01 Index | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 68.3 Index | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 67.07 Index | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 66.44 Index | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 64.33 Index | -3.2% |
| 2023 | 63.48 Index | -1.3% |
| 2024 | 61.01 Index | -3.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 110.35 Index | 103.87 Index | 114.16 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 86.46 Index | 78.95 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 72.6 Index | 68.3 Index | 78.65 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.46 Index | 61.01 Index | 67.07 Index | 5 |
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- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,763 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 6,597 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 6.65 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 235.6 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,004 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 993.72 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 10.01 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 3.75 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.3575 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Belgium?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in Belgium was 61.01 Index in 2024, according to Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- What is the highest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Belgium?
- The highest recorded value was 114.16 Index in 1990.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in Belgium?
- The lowest recorded value was 61.01 Index in 2024.
- How does Belgium rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- Belgium ranks 61st out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in Belgium?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Belgium data come from?
- The figures come from Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as part of Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total emissions excluding LULUCF. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This dataset presents trends in man-made emissions of major greenhouse gases and emissions by gas. Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4(methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2. For UNCCCC Annex I countries, data follow the IPCC 2006 guidelines. Territories' coverage are as those defined in the Kyoto Protocol. Data source(s): National Inventory Submissions 2026 to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC, CRT tables), available here. Data for Indonesia, Israel and Korea were derived from Annual Quality Assurance (AQA) questionnaires submitted to the OECD. Contact: ENV.Stat@oecd.org Dataset release date: July 2026 Database documentation