Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Greenland
Greenland: Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal was 0 tonnes per person in 1988. ◆ Volatile
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal in Greenland, 1950–1988
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
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Greenland is 0 tonnes per person, measured in 1988. That is the lowest value across all 39 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Greenland peaked at 3.98 tonnes per person in 1963 and was at its lowest, 0 tonnes per person, in 1975.
Greenland ranks 141st of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.16 tonnes per person | 2.69 tonnes per person | 3.73 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 2.87 tonnes per person | 1.81 tonnes per person | 3.98 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5447 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 1.69 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0397 tonnes per person | 0 tonnes per person | 0.0736 tonnes per person | 9 |
Countries ranked near Greenland
- 139 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person compare
- 140 Turkmenistan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Andorra 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Angola 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Aruba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bahrain 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Barbados 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bermuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Cape Verde 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Central African Republic 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Chad 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Congo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Curacao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Ecuador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 El Salvador 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Faroe Islands 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Fiji 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Gabon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Guyana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Libya 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Macao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Mauritania 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Paraguay 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Helena 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Samoa 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sierra Leone 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Suriname 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Togo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tonga 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Trinidad and Tobago 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Tunisia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Uganda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 141 Vanuatu 0 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Greenland
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth -0.0% (2025)
- Population, total 56,831 (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.3% (2025)
- Urban population 50,337 (2025)
- Urban population 88.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 11.08 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 35.19 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 11.08 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 11.08 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Greenland?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from coal in Greenland was 0 tonnes per person in 1988, 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 from coal recorded in Greenland?
- The highest recorded value was 3.98 tonnes per person in 1963.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Greenland?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 tonnes per person in 1975.
- How does Greenland rank for per capita co₂ emissions from coal?
- Greenland ranks 141st out of 179 countries with data for 1988.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from coal rising or falling in Greenland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Greenland 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 from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal, measured in tonnes per person.