CO₂ emissions per capita: Ireland
6.3388243 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 75 years from 1950 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 · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.3388243 |
| 2023 | 6.4595604 |
| 2022 | 7.177214 |
| 2021 | 7.4523654 |
| 2020 | 7.0349927 |
| 2019 | 7.540263 |
| 2018 | 7.9880743 |
| 2017 | 8.116082 |
| 2016 | 8.492474 |
| 2015 | 8.2329445 |
| 2014 | 7.910693 |
| 2013 | 8.060807 |
| 2012 | 8.309304 |
| 2011 | 8.309539 |
| 2010 | 9.1665125 |
| 2009 | 9.302911 |
| 2008 | 10.557548 |
| 2007 | 10.847387 |
| 2006 | 11.150127 |
| 2005 | 11.588379 |
| 2004 | 11.354153 |
| 2003 | 11.441199 |
| 2002 | 11.730197 |
| 2001 | 12.324086 |
| 2000 | 11.89966 |
| 1999 | 11.3085575 |
| 1998 | 10.969448 |
| 1997 | 10.566967 |
| 1996 | 10.298033 |
| 1995 | 9.929767 |
| 1994 | 9.704017 |
| 1993 | 9.428422 |
| 1992 | 9.413212 |
| 1991 | 9.5282135 |
| 1990 | 9.3754015 |
| 1989 | 8.561806 |
| 1988 | 8.477406 |
| 1987 | 8.537592 |
| 1986 | 8.060787 |
| 1985 | 7.5740747 |
| 1984 | 7.2667212 |
| 1983 | 7.355019 |
| 1982 | 7.3560734 |
| 1981 | 7.556634 |
| 1980 | 7.6934805 |
| 1979 | 8.116346 |
| 1978 | 7.081606 |
| 1977 | 7.1894245 |
| 1976 | 6.90427 |
| 1975 | 6.9341373 |
| 1974 | 7.4367685 |
| 1973 | 7.40698 |
| 1972 | 7.2556167 |
| 1971 | 7.5092845 |
| 1970 | 6.5476003 |
| 1969 | 6.2889867 |
| 1968 | 6.089405 |
| 1967 | 5.642845 |
| 1966 | 5.225106 |
| 1965 | 4.774341 |
| 1964 | 4.9755325 |
| 1963 | 4.7298737 |
| 1962 | 4.6289067 |
| 1961 | 4.3730726 |
| 1960 | 3.9496586 |
| 1959 | 4.336471 |
| 1958 | 3.1381772 |
| 1957 | 3.3872893 |
| 1956 | 3.7878308 |
| 1955 | 4.0402093 |
| 1954 | 3.1187298 |
| 1953 | 3.2554524 |
| 1952 | 3.2704108 |
| 1951 | 3.5774977 |
| 1950 | 3.3392677 |