🇸🇪 Sweden’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Population 10.61 Million, Europe.

Key Messages

• Emissions: Sweden emitted around 57.8 megatonnes CO₂e in 2024, about 0.1% of the global total.
• Per person: Emissions were around 5.4 tonnes per person per year in 2024, rated high on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
• Trend: Emissions fell by around 0.89 megatonnes CO₂e, or 1.46%, a year over the ten years to 2024-slower than the 4% yearly global decline needed for Net Zero in 2050 and warming around 1.7 °C.
• What drives it: CO₂ makes up 74% of emissions, methane 13%, nitrous oxide 10% and F-gases 1.8%.
• Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Sweden’s emissions have produced around 9,350 megatonnes CO₂e of warming impact, 0.24% of the global total, averaging around 8.1 tonnes per person per year and rated very high.