Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Luxembourg
Luxembourg: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 10.67 tonnes per person in 2024. ▼ Falling
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Luxembourg, 1945–2024
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
Luxembourg recorded 10.67 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and down 40.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Luxembourg peaked at 40.49 tonnes per person in 1974 and was at its lowest, -0.8236 tonnes per person, in 1949.
Luxembourg ranks 21st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 80 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | -0.7585 tonnes per person | -0.8236 tonnes per person | -0.6875 tonnes per person | 5 |
| 1950s | 30.01 tonnes per person | 23.97 tonnes per person | 33.98 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 35.45 tonnes per person | 33.02 tonnes per person | 38.21 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 35.72 tonnes per person | 30.06 tonnes per person | 40.49 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 24.45 tonnes per person | 22.14 tonnes per person | 29.3 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 26.16 tonnes per person | 18.43 tonnes per person | 33.1 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 23.42 tonnes per person | 20.46 tonnes per person | 26.16 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 18.22 tonnes per person | 15.78 tonnes per person | 22.31 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 11.79 tonnes per person | 10.5 tonnes per person | 13.34 tonnes per person | 5 |
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More climate change data for Luxembourg
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Population, total 686,970 (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.5% (2025)
- Urban population 651,826 (2025)
- Urban population 94.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 10.46 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 783.03 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 10.46 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 10.46 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Luxembourg?
- Per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Luxembourg was 10.67 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 Luxembourg?
- The highest recorded value was 40.49 tonnes per person in 1974.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Luxembourg?
- The lowest recorded value was -0.8236 tonnes per person in 1949.
- How does Luxembourg rank for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Luxembourg ranks 21st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Luxembourg?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Luxembourg 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.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), including land-use change, measured in tonnes per person.