Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total was 47.85 Index in 2024. ▼ Falling
Air emissions - Greenhouse gas emissions Inventories — Total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 1990–2024
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Measured in Index.
Analysis
In 2024, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland stood at 47.85 Index. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 15.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland peaked at 116.19 Index in 1992 and was at its lowest, 47.85 Index, in 2024.
That places United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 65th 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, year by year
| Year | Index | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 113.84 Index | — |
| 1991 | 115.52 Index | +1.5% |
| 1992 | 116.19 Index | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 115.6 Index | -0.5% |
| 1994 | 109.89 Index | -4.9% |
| 1995 | 112.16 Index | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 112.19 Index | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 110.69 Index | -1.3% |
| 1998 | 108.69 Index | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 104.51 Index | -3.8% |
| 2000 | 100 Index | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 96.46 Index | -3.5% |
| 2002 | 95.36 Index | -1.1% |
| 2003 | 91.54 Index | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 87.77 Index | -4.1% |
| 2005 | 84.36 Index | -3.9% |
| 2006 | 81.86 Index | -3.0% |
| 2007 | 78.58 Index | -4.0% |
| 2008 | 73.53 Index | -6.4% |
| 2009 | 69.97 Index | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 65.84 Index | -5.9% |
| 2011 | 63.61 Index | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 62.16 Index | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 58.16 Index | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 56.58 Index | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 55.59 Index | -1.7% |
| 2016 | 53.69 Index | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 54.05 Index | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 53.62 Index | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 53.44 Index | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 51.45 Index | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 50.32 Index | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 49.92 Index | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 49.07 Index | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 47.85 Index | -2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 111.93 Index | 104.51 Index | 116.19 Index | 10 |
| 2000s | 85.94 Index | 69.97 Index | 100 Index | 10 |
| 2010s | 57.68 Index | 53.44 Index | 65.84 Index | 10 |
| 2020s | 49.72 Index | 47.85 Index | 51.45 Index | 5 |
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More climate change data for United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.7% (2100)
- Urban population 83.3% (2025)
- Urban population 57.90 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Population, total 69.49 million (2025)
- Population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Annual Net Emissions/Removals 370.74 (2024)
- Temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology 1.49 (2024)
- Per capita CO₂ emissions vs. per capita energy use 4.53 tonnes per person (2024)
- Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change 2.9% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland was 47.85 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 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 116.19 Index in 1992.
- What is the lowest air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total recorded in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.85 Index in 2024.
- How does United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank for air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total?
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 65th out of 67 countries with data for 2024.
- Is air emissions - greenhouse gas emissions inventories — total rising or falling in United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 15.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 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