Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece
Greece: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece stood at 0.2%. That is the lowest value across all 34 years on record.
That represents a change of down 7.2% on the previous year and down 25.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece peaked at 0.5% in 1992 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2023.
Greece ranks 52nd of 117 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.2% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Greece
More climate change data for Greece
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 0.1% (2025)
- Population, total 10.41 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.4% (2025)
- Urban population 8.25 million (2025)
- Urban population 79.2% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 5.31 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 4.30 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 5.31 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 5.31 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Greece was 0.2% in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 1992.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2023.
- How does Greece rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Greece ranks 52nd out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Greece data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured as a percentage of global consumption-based emissions of CO₂ in the same year.