Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Netherlands
Netherlands: Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change was 6.58 tonnes per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change in Netherlands, 1850–2024
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 including land-use change in Netherlands stood at 6.58 tonnes per person.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.6% on the previous year and down 31.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Netherlands peaked at 13.36 tonnes per person in 1979 and was at its lowest, 2.1 tonnes per person, in 1945.
Netherlands ranks 44th of 194 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1850s | 3.39 tonnes per person | 3.06 tonnes per person | 4.06 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1860s | 3.29 tonnes per person | 3.02 tonnes per person | 3.72 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1870s | 3.81 tonnes per person | 3.56 tonnes per person | 4.09 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1880s | 4.57 tonnes per person | 4.36 tonnes per person | 4.85 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1890s | 4.84 tonnes per person | 4.72 tonnes per person | 5.01 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1900s | 4.84 tonnes per person | 4.62 tonnes per person | 5.04 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1910s | 4.69 tonnes per person | 2.47 tonnes per person | 5.79 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1920s | 5.29 tonnes per person | 4.33 tonnes per person | 6.21 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1930s | 5.56 tonnes per person | 5.05 tonnes per person | 6.35 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1940s | 4.28 tonnes per person | 2.1 tonnes per person | 5.66 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1950s | 5.95 tonnes per person | 5.57 tonnes per person | 6.28 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 7.97 tonnes per person | 6.66 tonnes per person | 9.03 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 11.86 tonnes per person | 10.69 tonnes per person | 13.36 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 10.5 tonnes per person | 9.36 tonnes per person | 12.52 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.43 tonnes per person | 11.02 tonnes per person | 12.04 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.17 tonnes per person | 10.64 tonnes per person | 11.59 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 9.94 tonnes per person | 9.01 tonnes per person | 11.23 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.4 tonnes per person | 6.58 tonnes per person | 8.19 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Netherlands
More climate change data for Netherlands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.2% (2100)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 18.09 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 0.8% (2025)
- Urban population 17.35 million (2025)
- Urban population 95.9% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 6.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 12.26 billion tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 6.3 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 6.3 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Netherlands?
- Per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change in Netherlands was 6.58 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 Netherlands?
- The highest recorded value was 13.36 tonnes per person in 1979.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change recorded in Netherlands?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.1 tonnes per person in 1945.
- How does Netherlands rank for per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change?
- Netherlands ranks 44th out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions including land-use change rising or falling in Netherlands?
- Over the last ten years it is down 31.6%. 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 including land-use change. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 175 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.