# CO₂ emissions per capita: Belgium

7.2798314 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 196 years from 1802 to 2024 are below.

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. [Source and method](/sources/co2-per-capita) · [All countries and regions](/co2-per-capita).

## Every year

| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
| ---: | ---: |
| 2024 | 7.2798314 |
| 2023 | 7.2316356 |
| 2022 | 7.6375527 |
| 2021 | 8.204076 |
| 2020 | 7.9076037 |
| 2019 | 8.685232 |
| 2018 | 8.772404 |
| 2017 | 8.726891 |
| 2016 | 8.807806 |
| 2015 | 8.986653 |
| 2014 | 8.660123 |
| 2013 | 9.212671 |
| 2012 | 9.226742 |
| 2011 | 9.526456 |
| 2010 | 10.475143 |
| 2009 | 9.970168 |
| 2008 | 11.2238655 |
| 2007 | 11.3400345 |
| 2006 | 11.7458515 |
| 2005 | 11.991515 |
| 2004 | 12.360431 |
| 2003 | 12.363994 |
| 2002 | 12.27944 |
| 2001 | 12.256729 |
| 2000 | 12.366287 |
| 1999 | 12.195414 |
| 1998 | 12.766186 |
| 1997 | 12.180701 |
| 1996 | 12.750186 |
| 1995 | 12.42636 |
| 1994 | 12.340153 |
| 1993 | 12.042838 |
| 1992 | 12.195839 |
| 1991 | 12.340902 |
| 1990 | 12.080694 |
| 1989 | 10.747385 |
| 1988 | 10.05894 |
| 1987 | 10.363756 |
| 1986 | 10.354434 |
| 1985 | 10.527152 |
| 1984 | 10.630341 |
| 1983 | 10.254748 |
| 1982 | 11.8744 |
| 1981 | 12.545059 |
| 1980 | 13.71246 |
| 1979 | 14.247416 |
| 1978 | 13.833004 |
| 1977 | 12.911715 |
| 1976 | 13.288505 |
| 1975 | 12.496638 |
| 1974 | 13.861587 |
| 1973 | 14.266544 |
| 1972 | 13.47533 |
| 1971 | 12.556133 |
| 1970 | 13.031263 |
| 1969 | 12.878609 |
| 1968 | 12.402611 |
| 1967 | 11.294507 |
| 1966 | 11.116232 |
| 1965 | 11.205982 |
| 1964 | 11.09069 |
| 1963 | 11.394614 |
| 1962 | 10.634536 |
| 1961 | 10.122292 |
| 1960 | 9.988321 |
| 1959 | 9.763423 |
| 1958 | 9.758654 |
| 1957 | 10.803392 |
| 1956 | 10.896864 |
| 1955 | 10.41531 |
| 1954 | 9.756278 |
| 1953 | 9.423741 |
| 1952 | 9.597689 |
| 1951 | 10.334986 |
| 1950 | 8.843022 |
| 1949 | 9.413 |
| 1948 | 9.950596 |
| 1947 | 9.629662 |
| 1946 | 6.645066 |
| 1945 | 4.581085 |
| 1944 | 3.930711 |
| 1943 | 6.8859353 |
| 1942 | 7.294848 |
| 1941 | 7.812043 |
| 1940 | 7.468211 |
| 1939 | 8.893595 |
| 1938 | 9.578083 |
| 1937 | 10.967416 |
| 1936 | 9.139779 |
| 1935 | 8.758736 |
| 1934 | 9.194473 |
| 1933 | 8.94156 |
| 1932 | 8.360649 |
| 1931 | 10.428055 |
| 1930 | 11.665941 |
| 1929 | 12.139221 |
| 1928 | 11.115544 |
| 1927 | 11.473022 |
| 1926 | 9.917318 |
| 1925 | 10.029748 |
| 1924 | 9.866386 |
| 1923 | 9.363421 |
| 1922 | 7.331574 |
| 1921 | 6.6634197 |
| 1920 | 7.3041964 |
| 1919 | 5.960749 |
| 1918 | 4.4886656 |
| 1917 | 4.8281446 |
| 1916 | 6.1035175 |
| 1915 | 4.590686 |
| 1914 | 5.415255 |
| 1913 | 9.083431 |
| 1912 | 8.6565895 |
| 1911 | 8.266107 |
| 1910 | 8.251553 |
| 1909 | 7.829825 |
| 1908 | 7.910767 |
| 1907 | 8.06343 |
| 1906 | 8.036175 |
| 1905 | 7.1028624 |
| 1904 | 7.1928444 |
| 1903 | 7.6009154 |
| 1902 | 7.1333046 |
| 1901 | 6.8929777 |
| 1900 | 7.406146 |
| 1899 | 7.0993986 |
| 1898 | 6.8597164 |
| 1897 | 6.7203856 |
| 1896 | 6.5583735 |
| 1895 | 6.285832 |
| 1894 | 6.2994246 |
| 1893 | 5.7609344 |
| 1892 | 6.0833883 |
| 1891 | 6.1506577 |
| 1890 | 6.5460663 |
| 1889 | 6.112805 |
| 1888 | 6.0405674 |
| 1887 | 5.7455373 |
| 1886 | 5.481871 |
| 1885 | 5.7027802 |
| 1884 | 5.8942466 |
| 1883 | 6.0405693 |
| 1882 | 5.753098 |
| 1881 | 5.4832616 |
| 1880 | 5.4959188 |
| 1879 | 5.053703 |
| 1878 | 5.006211 |
| 1877 | 4.6426272 |
| 1876 | 4.9183083 |
| 1875 | 5.074682 |
| 1874 | 4.924213 |
| 1873 | 5.385137 |
| 1872 | 4.943798 |
| 1871 | 4.6193104 |
| 1870 | 4.8579187 |
| 1869 | 4.2827497 |
| 1868 | 4.005761 |
| 1867 | 4.462679 |
| 1866 | 4.150416 |
| 1865 | 3.8811662 |
| 1864 | 3.7085142 |
| 1863 | 3.5589042 |
| 1862 | 3.4008443 |
| 1861 | 3.448559 |
| 1860 | 3.2093742 |
| 1859 | 3.1638563 |
| 1858 | 3.0888252 |
| 1857 | 2.9585447 |
| 1856 | 2.8598084 |
| 1855 | 2.9137378 |
| 1854 | 2.8622246 |
| 1853 | 2.599827 |
| 1852 | 2.5324419 |
| 1851 | 2.2720096 |
| 1850 | 2.100403 |
| 1849 | 1.981217 |
| 1848 | 1.8944428 |
| 1847 | 2.1492531 |
| 1846 | 2.086101 |
| 1845 | 1.9288168 |
| 1844 | 1.8467051 |
| 1843 | 1.6982734 |
| 1842 | 1.8498373 |
| 1841 | 1.7955159 |
| 1840 | 1.8935716 |
| 1839 | 1.6580431 |
| 1838 | 1.5260426 |
| 1837 | 1.5076544 |
| 1836 | 1.4191859 |
| 1835 | 1.2167125 |
| 1834 | 1.1363375 |
| 1833 | 1.1869234 |
| 1832 | 1.236363 |
| 1831 | 1.180074 |
| 1830 | 1.6524625 |
| 1802 | 1.9576033 |

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