CO₂ emissions per capita: Sweden
3.5916543 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 187 years from 1834 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 | 3.5916543 |
| 2023 | 3.4789953 |
| 2022 | 3.4653375 |
| 2021 | 3.7027159 |
| 2020 | 3.5371203 |
| 2019 | 3.9665341 |
| 2018 | 4.1134505 |
| 2017 | 4.211175 |
| 2016 | 4.3643203 |
| 2015 | 4.419636 |
| 2014 | 4.4742975 |
| 2013 | 4.698226 |
| 2012 | 4.8959537 |
| 2011 | 5.1976295 |
| 2010 | 5.654432 |
| 2009 | 5.069861 |
| 2008 | 5.506071 |
| 2007 | 5.7801905 |
| 2006 | 5.9082747 |
| 2005 | 5.9566827 |
| 2004 | 6.2740436 |
| 2003 | 6.3873878 |
| 2002 | 6.3454914 |
| 2001 | 6.2704806 |
| 2000 | 6.187081 |
| 1999 | 6.315034 |
| 1998 | 6.6399035 |
| 1997 | 6.597155 |
| 1996 | 7.1659117 |
| 1995 | 6.739775 |
| 1994 | 6.833269 |
| 1993 | 6.5974426 |
| 1992 | 6.635051 |
| 1991 | 6.691918 |
| 1990 | 6.708656 |
| 1989 | 6.537387 |
| 1988 | 6.8068614 |
| 1987 | 7.1085005 |
| 1986 | 7.4088583 |
| 1985 | 7.4685206 |
| 1984 | 6.874373 |
| 1983 | 6.9959073 |
| 1982 | 7.478127 |
| 1981 | 8.339503 |
| 1980 | 8.629318 |
| 1979 | 10.232837 |
| 1978 | 9.603495 |
| 1977 | 10.390635 |
| 1976 | 10.731781 |
| 1975 | 9.85765 |
| 1974 | 9.781448 |
| 1973 | 10.727264 |
| 1972 | 10.428316 |
| 1971 | 10.435636 |
| 1970 | 11.474514 |
| 1969 | 10.841437 |
| 1968 | 9.808948 |
| 1967 | 8.762549 |
| 1966 | 9.290445 |
| 1965 | 8.090737 |
| 1964 | 7.8797393 |
| 1963 | 7.274022 |
| 1962 | 6.780742 |
| 1961 | 6.489772 |
| 1960 | 6.5695615 |
| 1959 | 5.68749 |
| 1958 | 5.6747475 |
| 1957 | 5.2731705 |
| 1956 | 5.9302244 |
| 1955 | 5.384867 |
| 1954 | 4.7834063 |
| 1953 | 4.540211 |
| 1952 | 4.8514423 |
| 1951 | 4.7336736 |
| 1950 | 4.084497 |
| 1949 | 3.85768 |
| 1948 | 4.4690375 |
| 1947 | 3.676768 |
| 1946 | 2.5713384 |
| 1945 | 0.67989767 |
| 1944 | 1.8778677 |
| 1943 | 2.4136796 |
| 1942 | 2.00449 |
| 1941 | 2.3354127 |
| 1940 | 2.889667 |
| 1939 | 4.61101 |
| 1938 | 4.1329975 |
| 1937 | 4.5934396 |
| 1936 | 3.9896905 |
| 1935 | 3.6550362 |
| 1934 | 3.486695 |
| 1933 | 3.142595 |
| 1932 | 3.02784 |
| 1931 | 3.072796 |
| 1930 | 3.0827384 |
| 1929 | 3.1665692 |
| 1928 | 2.666674 |
| 1927 | 2.9467258 |
| 1926 | 2.114035 |
| 1925 | 2.1812606 |
| 1924 | 2.4448225 |
| 1923 | 2.06147 |
| 1922 | 1.7052435 |
| 1921 | 1.0378902 |
| 1920 | 1.7938646 |
| 1919 | 1.3350625 |
| 1918 | 1.3991245 |
| 1917 | 1.1992307 |
| 1916 | 2.7885792 |
| 1915 | 2.663359 |
| 1914 | 2.662914 |
| 1913 | 2.8565013 |
| 1912 | 2.5596864 |
| 1911 | 2.3249884 |
| 1910 | 2.40091 |
| 1909 | 2.3348954 |
| 1908 | 2.551662 |
| 1907 | 2.3843796 |
| 1906 | 2.121408 |
| 1905 | 1.9215051 |
| 1904 | 1.9643533 |
| 1903 | 1.8771901 |
| 1902 | 1.7196615 |
| 1901 | 1.6525861 |
| 1900 | 1.7899847 |
| 1899 | 1.7946944 |
| 1898 | 1.4437213 |
| 1897 | 1.3653374 |
| 1896 | 1.2343763 |
| 1895 | 1.2021643 |
| 1894 | 1.1977569 |
| 1893 | 1.0807339 |
| 1892 | 1.0821141 |
| 1891 | 1.0951165 |
| 1890 | 1.0320369 |
| 1889 | 1.0399652 |
| 1888 | 0.8952767 |
| 1887 | 0.8054096 |
| 1886 | 0.7981141 |
| 1885 | 0.81813866 |
| 1884 | 0.7620438 |
| 1883 | 0.69357955 |
| 1882 | 0.68161714 |
| 1881 | 0.59917504 |
| 1880 | 0.6198969 |
| 1879 | 0.48859793 |
| 1878 | 0.48536888 |
| 1877 | 0.57804954 |
| 1876 | 0.5510797 |
| 1875 | 0.5210333 |
| 1874 | 0.43278047 |
| 1873 | 0.4052267 |
| 1872 | 0.40300417 |
| 1871 | 0.3405428 |
| 1870 | 0.32166725 |
| 1869 | 0.26335457 |
| 1868 | 0.29875615 |
| 1867 | 0.255311 |
| 1866 | 0.27661097 |
| 1865 | 0.27072632 |
| 1864 | 0.2619435 |
| 1863 | 0.25112277 |
| 1862 | 0.25327882 |
| 1861 | 0.25077543 |
| 1860 | 0.1965134 |
| 1859 | 0.19933638 |
| 1858 | 0.13678974 |
| 1857 | 0.16480656 |
| 1856 | 0.12957877 |
| 1855 | 0.08658076 |
| 1854 | 0.09354991 |
| 1853 | 0.063676566 |
| 1852 | 0.061202973 |
| 1851 | 0.061820935 |
| 1850 | 0.058215737 |
| 1849 | 0.056671623 |
| 1848 | 0.041050352 |
| 1847 | 0.024012173 |
| 1846 | 0.024260907 |
| 1845 | 0.026740598 |
| 1844 | 0.030394783 |
| 1843 | 0.018198298 |
| 1842 | 0.02528186 |
| 1841 | 0.0127667 |
| 1840 | 0.012888442 |
| 1839 | 0.014188319 |
| 1834 | 0.011093442 |