Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland
Ireland: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry was 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
down 2.3%
World rank
47th
of 198 countries
All-time high
14.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2001
All-time low
3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 1954
Years of data
75
1950–2024
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland, 1950–2024
Source: Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland is 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.3% on the previous year and down 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland peaked at 14.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2001 and was at its lowest, 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 1954.
That places Ireland 47th out of 198 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 3.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1951 | 4.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.0% |
| 1952 | 3.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.0% |
| 1953 | 3.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.1% |
| 1954 | 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.6% |
| 1955 | 4.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +25.9% |
| 1956 | 4.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.1% |
| 1957 | 4.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -8.2% |
| 1958 | 3.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.1% |
| 1959 | 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +33.6% |
| 1960 | 4.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -8.5% |
| 1961 | 5.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +10.0% |
| 1962 | 5.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.7% |
| 1963 | 5.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.7% |
| 1964 | 6.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 5.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 6.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 6.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.5% |
| 1968 | 7.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +7.6% |
| 1969 | 7.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.3% |
| 1970 | 7.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.4% |
| 1971 | 8.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.4% |
| 1972 | 8.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 8.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.8% |
| 1974 | 8.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 8.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.2% |
| 1976 | 8.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.4% |
| 1977 | 8.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.7% |
| 1978 | 8.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.7% |
| 1979 | 9.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +13.1% |
| 1980 | 9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.7% |
| 1981 | 8.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 8.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.5% |
| 1983 | 8.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 8.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.2% |
| 1985 | 8.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.2% |
| 1986 | 9.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.6% |
| 1987 | 9.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.3% |
| 1988 | 9.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.7% |
| 1989 | 9.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.0% |
| 1990 | 10.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +8.4% |
| 1991 | 10.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.8% |
| 1992 | 10.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 10.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 10.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 11.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 11.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 11.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 12.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 13.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +8.3% |
| 2000 | 13.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.5% |
| 2001 | 14.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 13.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.1% |
| 2003 | 13.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 12.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.0% |
| 2005 | 12.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 12.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.3% |
| 2007 | 11.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.9% |
| 2008 | 11.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.4% |
| 2009 | 10.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -12.1% |
| 2010 | 9.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 2011 | 9.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -8.5% |
| 2012 | 8.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 8.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.8% |
| 2014 | 8.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 8.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 9.27 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 8.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.5% |
| 2018 | 8.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 8.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 7.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.8% |
| 2021 | 8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 7.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 6.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -9.8% |
| 2024 | 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.3% |
Ireland compared with similar countries
- Ireland's 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is above the median for high income countries, which is 6.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 1.0× the median. (67 countries reporting)
- Ireland's 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 5.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 1.2× the median. (50 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | +33.6% | 3.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1960s | 6.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 4.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 8.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 7.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 9.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 11.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 13.04 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 12.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 14.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 9.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 7.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ireland
- 44 Turkey 6.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 45 Serbia 6.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 46 Netherlands 6.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 48 Austria 6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 49 Slovenia 6.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 50 Estonia 6.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Ireland
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 320.11 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 18,098 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 3,665 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 14,433 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 13.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 515.47 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 1,902 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 1,899 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 2.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 7.17 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland?
- Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry in Ireland was 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry recorded in Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 14.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2001.
- What is the lowest per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 1954.
- How does Ireland rank for per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry?
- Ireland ranks 47th out of 198 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ireland data come from?
- The figures come from Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.