Europe: CO₂ emissions by sector 2022

The largest source of carbon dioxide throughout Europe is the power industry, emitting 1.24 billion metric tons (GtCO₂) in 2022. This accounted for roughly 31 percent of Europe's total CO₂ emissions that year. Transportation sector emissions were the second highest that year, at just over one GtCO₂.

Declining emissions in Europe

CO₂ emissions in Europe have fallen by roughly 20 percent since 2000. Much of the emission reductions in Europe can be attributed to the region's transition towards clean energy sources such as wind and solar, as well as a shift away from coal.

Emissions highest in Germany

The largest CO₂ emitter in Europe is Germany, which emits more than 600 MtCO₂ per year. This is considerably more than other European countries such as the UK, Italy, and Poland. Globally, Germany is the seventh largest CO₂ emitter.

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion in Europe in 2022, by sector (in million metric tons)

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September 2023

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Europe

Survey time period

2022

Supplementary notes

Emissions include sources from fossil fuel use (combustion, flaring), industrial processes (cement, steel, chemicals and urea) and product use. Short cycle carbon CO₂ is not included.
Regions based on IEA countries and regions.

Power Industry - Power and heat generation plants (public & autoproducers) Industrial combustion - Combustion for industrial manufacturing Buildings – Small scale non-industrial stationary combustion Transport – Mobile combustion (road & rail & ship & aviation) Agriculture Agricultural soils, crop residues burning, enteric fermentation, manure management, indirect N2O emissions from agriculture Fuel exploitation - Production, transformation and refining of fuels Processes - Industrial processes (e.g. emissions from the production of cement, iron and steel, aluminum, chemicals, solvents, etc.) Waste - Solid waste disposal and waste water treatment

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