Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Netherlands
Netherlands: Per capita CO₂ emissions by source was 1.02 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
1.02 tonnes per person
Change on year
up 7.1%
World rank
41st
of 179 countries
All-time high
5.2 tonnes per person
in 1931
All-time low
0.6227 tonnes per person
in 1975
Years of data
179
1846–2024
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Netherlands, 1846–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
In 2024, per capita co₂ emissions by source in Netherlands stood at 1.02 tonnes per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.1% on the previous year and down 54.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions by source in Netherlands peaked at 5.2 tonnes per person in 1931 and was at its lowest, 0.6227 tonnes per person, in 1975.
That places Netherlands 41st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 179 years of available data.
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Netherlands, year by year
| Year | tonnes per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1846 | 0.9526 tonnes per person | — |
| 1847 | 1.28 tonnes per person | +33.9% |
| 1848 | 1.19 tonnes per person | -6.3% |
| 1849 | 1.08 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 1850 | 1.01 tonnes per person | -6.5% |
| 1851 | 0.9996 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1852 | 1.2 tonnes per person | +19.9% |
| 1853 | 1.32 tonnes per person | +10.1% |
| 1854 | 1.87 tonnes per person | +41.6% |
| 1855 | 1.45 tonnes per person | -22.3% |
| 1856 | 1.46 tonnes per person | +0.9% |
| 1857 | 1.3 tonnes per person | -11.3% |
| 1858 | 1.13 tonnes per person | -12.7% |
| 1859 | 1.07 tonnes per person | -5.6% |
| 1860 | 1.44 tonnes per person | +35.1% |
| 1861 | 1.32 tonnes per person | -8.9% |
| 1862 | 1.68 tonnes per person | +27.7% |
| 1863 | 1.2 tonnes per person | -28.8% |
| 1864 | 0.9847 tonnes per person | -17.8% |
| 1865 | 1.11 tonnes per person | +12.4% |
| 1866 | 1.2 tonnes per person | +8.5% |
| 1867 | 1.14 tonnes per person | -5.2% |
| 1868 | 1.18 tonnes per person | +3.8% |
| 1869 | 1.21 tonnes per person | +2.2% |
| 1870 | 1.35 tonnes per person | +12.0% |
| 1871 | 1.35 tonnes per person | -0.4% |
| 1872 | 1.43 tonnes per person | +5.9% |
| 1873 | 1.35 tonnes per person | -5.0% |
| 1874 | 1.23 tonnes per person | -9.0% |
| 1875 | 1.39 tonnes per person | +13.0% |
| 1876 | 1.58 tonnes per person | +13.6% |
| 1877 | 1.58 tonnes per person | +0.1% |
| 1878 | 1.66 tonnes per person | +4.9% |
| 1879 | 1.77 tonnes per person | +6.7% |
| 1880 | 1.94 tonnes per person | +9.3% |
| 1881 | 1.92 tonnes per person | -0.6% |
| 1882 | 1.92 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1883 | 2.1 tonnes per person | +9.5% |
| 1884 | 2.08 tonnes per person | -1.3% |
| 1885 | 2.15 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1886 | 2.16 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 1887 | 2.17 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1888 | 2.39 tonnes per person | +10.0% |
| 1889 | 2.3 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1890 | 2.2 tonnes per person | -4.4% |
| 1891 | 2.52 tonnes per person | +14.6% |
| 1892 | 2.36 tonnes per person | -6.5% |
| 1893 | 2.35 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1894 | 2.35 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1895 | 2.31 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1896 | 2.46 tonnes per person | +6.4% |
| 1897 | 2.55 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 1898 | 2.48 tonnes per person | -2.8% |
| 1899 | 2.52 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 1900 | 2.75 tonnes per person | +9.0% |
| 1901 | 2.64 tonnes per person | -3.8% |
| 1902 | 2.6 tonnes per person | -1.7% |
| 1903 | 2.74 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 1904 | 2.87 tonnes per person | +4.7% |
| 1905 | 2.91 tonnes per person | +1.2% |
| 1906 | 3.12 tonnes per person | +7.4% |
| 1907 | 3.17 tonnes per person | +1.5% |
| 1908 | 3.19 tonnes per person | +0.5% |
| 1909 | 3.31 tonnes per person | +4.0% |
| 1910 | 3.42 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 1911 | 3.58 tonnes per person | +4.6% |
| 1912 | 3.99 tonnes per person | +11.6% |
| 1913 | 4.35 tonnes per person | +9.1% |
| 1914 | 3.95 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 1915 | 3.77 tonnes per person | -4.3% |
| 1916 | 3.4 tonnes per person | -9.9% |
| 1917 | 1.27 tonnes per person | -62.5% |
| 1918 | 2.19 tonnes per person | +71.6% |
| 1919 | 3.07 tonnes per person | +40.6% |
| 1920 | 3.03 tonnes per person | -1.4% |
| 1921 | 3.16 tonnes per person | +4.5% |
| 1922 | 3.66 tonnes per person | +15.7% |
| 1923 | 3.55 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 1924 | 3.94 tonnes per person | +11.1% |
| 1925 | 4.3 tonnes per person | +9.1% |
| 1926 | 4.29 tonnes per person | -0.1% |
| 1927 | 4.65 tonnes per person | +8.3% |
| 1928 | 4.6 tonnes per person | -1.1% |
| 1929 | 4.95 tonnes per person | +7.6% |
| 1930 | 4.78 tonnes per person | -3.5% |
| 1931 | 5.2 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 1932 | 4.76 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 1933 | 4.33 tonnes per person | -9.1% |
| 1934 | 4.3 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1935 | 4.05 tonnes per person | -5.9% |
| 1936 | 4.26 tonnes per person | +5.3% |
| 1937 | 4.6 tonnes per person | +8.0% |
| 1938 | 4.39 tonnes per person | -4.6% |
| 1939 | 4.62 tonnes per person | +5.1% |
| 1940 | 3.77 tonnes per person | -18.3% |
| 1941 | 4.11 tonnes per person | +9.0% |
| 1942 | 3.78 tonnes per person | -7.9% |
| 1943 | 3.77 tonnes per person | -0.3% |
| 1944 | 2.49 tonnes per person | -34.0% |
| 1945 | 1.54 tonnes per person | -38.2% |
| 1946 | 3.2 tonnes per person | +108.5% |
| 1947 | 3.8 tonnes per person | +18.6% |
| 1948 | 3.88 tonnes per person | +2.0% |
| 1949 | 4.12 tonnes per person | +6.4% |
| 1950 | 4.22 tonnes per person | +2.3% |
| 1951 | 4.36 tonnes per person | +3.2% |
| 1952 | 4.22 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 1953 | 4.15 tonnes per person | -1.6% |
| 1954 | 4.15 tonnes per person | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 4.12 tonnes per person | -0.8% |
| 1956 | 4.13 tonnes per person | +0.2% |
| 1957 | 3.94 tonnes per person | -4.6% |
| 1958 | 3.75 tonnes per person | -4.9% |
| 1959 | 3.49 tonnes per person | -7.0% |
| 1960 | 3.55 tonnes per person | +1.9% |
| 1961 | 3.46 tonnes per person | -2.5% |
| 1962 | 3.58 tonnes per person | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 3.64 tonnes per person | +1.6% |
| 1964 | 3.14 tonnes per person | -13.6% |
| 1965 | 2.87 tonnes per person | -8.8% |
| 1966 | 2.6 tonnes per person | -9.1% |
| 1967 | 2.36 tonnes per person | -9.5% |
| 1968 | 2.14 tonnes per person | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 1.88 tonnes per person | -12.5% |
| 1970 | 1.44 tonnes per person | -23.2% |
| 1971 | 0.9895 tonnes per person | -31.3% |
| 1972 | 0.7755 tonnes per person | -21.6% |
| 1973 | 0.7683 tonnes per person | -0.9% |
| 1974 | 0.8166 tonnes per person | +6.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6227 tonnes per person | -23.7% |
| 1976 | 0.6692 tonnes per person | +7.5% |
| 1977 | 0.7059 tonnes per person | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 0.789 tonnes per person | +11.8% |
| 1979 | 0.8342 tonnes per person | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 0.8967 tonnes per person | +7.5% |
| 1981 | 1.03 tonnes per person | +15.1% |
| 1982 | 0.8957 tonnes per person | -13.2% |
| 1983 | 1.41 tonnes per person | +57.1% |
| 1984 | 1.75 tonnes per person | +24.1% |
| 1985 | 1.74 tonnes per person | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 1.6 tonnes per person | -8.0% |
| 1987 | 1.73 tonnes per person | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 1.91 tonnes per person | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 2.05 tonnes per person | +7.3% |
| 1990 | 2.4 tonnes per person | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 2.26 tonnes per person | -5.9% |
| 1992 | 2.26 tonnes per person | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 2.16 tonnes per person | -4.1% |
| 1994 | 2.36 tonnes per person | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 2.3 tonnes per person | -2.3% |
| 1996 | 2.21 tonnes per person | -3.9% |
| 1997 | 2.15 tonnes per person | -3.1% |
| 1998 | 2.18 tonnes per person | +1.3% |
| 1999 | 1.91 tonnes per person | -12.1% |
| 2000 | 1.98 tonnes per person | +3.5% |
| 2001 | 2.12 tonnes per person | +6.9% |
| 2002 | 2.13 tonnes per person | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 2.2 tonnes per person | +3.3% |
| 2004 | 2.16 tonnes per person | -1.8% |
| 2005 | 2.07 tonnes per person | -4.1% |
| 2006 | 2 tonnes per person | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.15 tonnes per person | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 2.08 tonnes per person | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 1.9 tonnes per person | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 1.97 tonnes per person | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1.9 tonnes per person | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 2.03 tonnes per person | +6.6% |
| 2013 | 2.04 tonnes per person | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 2.24 tonnes per person | +9.7% |
| 2015 | 2.66 tonnes per person | +18.8% |
| 2016 | 2.48 tonnes per person | -6.9% |
| 2017 | 2.22 tonnes per person | -10.3% |
| 2018 | 2.02 tonnes per person | -9.4% |
| 2019 | 1.57 tonnes per person | -22.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1 tonnes per person | -30.0% |
| 2021 | 1.41 tonnes per person | +28.1% |
| 2022 | 1.36 tonnes per person | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 0.9527 tonnes per person | -29.9% |
| 2024 | 1.02 tonnes per person | +7.1% |
Netherlands compared with similar countries
- Netherlands's 1.02 tonnes per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2688 tonnes per person, 3.8× the median. (68 countries reporting)
- Netherlands's 1.02 tonnes per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.418 tonnes per person, 2.4× the median. (52 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita CO₂ emissions by source in Netherlands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1946 | +108.5% | 1.54 tonnes per person | 3.2 tonnes per person |
| 1918 | +71.6% | 1.27 tonnes per person | 2.19 tonnes per person |
| 1917 | -62.5% | 3.4 tonnes per person | 1.27 tonnes per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1840s | 1.13 tonnes per person | 0.9526 tonnes per person | 1.28 tonnes per person | 4 |
| 1850s | 1.28 tonnes per person | 0.9996 tonnes per person | 1.87 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 1.25 tonnes per person | 0.9847 tonnes per person | 1.68 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 1.47 tonnes per person | 1.23 tonnes per person | 1.77 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 2.11 tonnes per person | 1.92 tonnes per person | 2.39 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 2.41 tonnes per person | 2.2 tonnes per person | 2.55 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 2.93 tonnes per person | 2.6 tonnes per person | 3.31 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 3.3 tonnes per person | 1.27 tonnes per person | 4.35 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 4.01 tonnes per person | 3.03 tonnes per person | 4.95 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 4.53 tonnes per person | 4.05 tonnes per person | 5.2 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 3.45 tonnes per person | 1.54 tonnes per person | 4.12 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 4.05 tonnes per person | 3.49 tonnes per person | 4.36 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.92 tonnes per person | 1.88 tonnes per person | 3.64 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8412 tonnes per person | 0.6227 tonnes per person | 1.44 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.5 tonnes per person | 0.8957 tonnes per person | 2.05 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.22 tonnes per person | 1.91 tonnes per person | 2.4 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.08 tonnes per person | 1.9 tonnes per person | 2.2 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.11 tonnes per person | 1.57 tonnes per person | 2.66 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.17 tonnes per person | 0.9527 tonnes per person | 1.41 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More climate change data for Netherlands
- Spring temperature anomalies 1.61 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 2.86 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -1.43 °C (2026)
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.2% (2100)
- Population, total, annual growth rate 0.523 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, annual growth rate 0.8374 % change on previous year (2025)
- Urban population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Urban population, per capita 0.9594 units per person (2025)
- Precipitation anomalies, annual growth rate -175.91 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions by source in Netherlands?
- Per capita co₂ emissions by source in Netherlands was 1.02 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions by source recorded in Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2 tonnes per person in 1931.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions by source recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6227 tonnes per person in 1975.
- How does Netherlands rank for per capita co₂ emissions by source?
- Netherlands ranks 41st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions by source rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 54.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Netherlands data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions by source. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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