Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands: Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil in Faroe Islands, 1950–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Faroe Islands recorded 0.0% for share of global co₂ emissions from oil in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 12.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Faroe Islands peaked at 0.0% in 1990 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1950.
That places Faroe Islands 171st out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1960s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
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More climate change data for Faroe Islands
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.0% (2100)
- Population growth 0.5% (2025)
- Population, total 54,900 (2025)
- Urban population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Urban population 21,764 (2025)
- Urban population 39.6% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 13.09 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 33.66 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 13.09 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 13.09 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Faroe Islands?
- Share of global co₂ emissions from oil in Faroe Islands was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- What is the lowest share of global co₂ emissions from oil recorded in Faroe Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1950.
- How does Faroe Islands rank for share of global co₂ emissions from oil?
- Faroe Islands ranks 171st out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global co₂ emissions from oil rising or falling in Faroe Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Faroe Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global CO₂ emissions from oil. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured as a percentage of global emissions of CO₂ from oil in the same year.