Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland
Finland: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 11.22 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland, 1860–2024
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
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland is 11.22 tonnes per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.9% on the previous year and down 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland peaked at 17.32 tonnes per person in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3.75 tonnes per person, in 1945.
That places Finland 18th out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 165 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1860s | 10.9 tonnes per person | 10.59 tonnes per person | 11.34 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 10.79 tonnes per person | 10.52 tonnes per person | 11.14 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 10.89 tonnes per person | 10.74 tonnes per person | 11.08 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 11.33 tonnes per person | 11.11 tonnes per person | 11.7 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 12.28 tonnes per person | 11.74 tonnes per person | 13 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 13.28 tonnes per person | 12.31 tonnes per person | 14.54 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 12.34 tonnes per person | 9.27 tonnes per person | 14.28 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 6.38 tonnes per person | 5.09 tonnes per person | 8.09 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 4.57 tonnes per person | 3.75 tonnes per person | 5.58 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 5.97 tonnes per person | 5.13 tonnes per person | 7.14 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 8.7 tonnes per person | 7.08 tonnes per person | 10.7 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 11.82 tonnes per person | 10.74 tonnes per person | 12.71 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 11.6 tonnes per person | 9.68 tonnes per person | 13.63 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 13.4 tonnes per person | 11.99 tonnes per person | 14.56 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 15.35 tonnes per person | 13.63 tonnes per person | 17.32 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 13.23 tonnes per person | 12.24 tonnes per person | 15.35 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.87 tonnes per person | 11.22 tonnes per person | 12.33 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Finland
- 15 Mongolia 13.31 tonnes per person compare
- 16 Palau 12.76 tonnes per person compare
- 17 Bolivia 11.25 tonnes per person compare
- 19 South Korea 11.22 tonnes per person compare
- 20 Turkmenistan 10.77 tonnes per person compare
- 21 Luxembourg 10.67 tonnes per person compare
More climate change data for Finland
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 5.65 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Urban population 4.21 million (2025)
- Urban population 74.5% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 5.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 3.32 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 5.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 5.3 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland?
- Per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Finland was 11.22 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 including land-use change recorded in Finland?
- The highest recorded value was 17.32 tonnes per person in 2003.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Finland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.75 tonnes per person in 1945.
- How does Finland rank for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Finland ranks 18th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Finland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Finland 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 including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 165 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.