Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Switzerland
Switzerland: Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions was 0.3% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Share of global CO₂ consumption-based emissions in Switzerland, 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 Switzerland stood at 0.3%. 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 28.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Switzerland peaked at 0.5% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2023.
That places Switzerland 40th out of 117 countries with data for 2023, putting it 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% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Switzerland
More climate change data for Switzerland
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 1.0% (2025)
- Population, total 9.09 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.3% (2025)
- Urban population 7.79 million (2025)
- Urban population 85.7% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 3.59 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 3.16 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 3.59 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 3.59 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Switzerland?
- Share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions in Switzerland was 0.3% 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2012.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2023.
- How does Switzerland rank for share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions?
- Switzerland ranks 40th out of 117 countries with data for 2023.
- Is share of global co₂ consumption-based emissions rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.