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Greenhouse gas emissions per capita

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"This indicator shows trends in man-made emissions of the 'Kyoto basket' of greenhouse gases per capita.
The 'Kyoto basket' of greenhouse gases includes: carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), and the so-called F-gases (hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6))."
(Eurostat, http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=0&lang... [2], 2015-03-23)

Data host: 

Eurostat

Unit of Measurement: 

Tonnes CO2 equivalent (t CO2eq)

Link to Data: 

http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do [2]

Type of Indicator source: 

  • Statistical office [3]

Geographical Level: 

  • National [4]

Same/similar indicators appears in the following sets: 

  • Small set of sustainable development indicators proposed by the UNECE/OECD/Eurostat working group on sustainability measurement [5]
  • WikiProgress.Stat for Healthy Societies [6]
  • EU Structural Indicators [7]
  • Europe 2020 Indicators [8]
  • Environment Policy Review (EPR) 2009 Indicators [9]
  • EU Eurostat SDI Indicators [10]
  • Indicators for Sustainable Consumption and Production [11]
  • Eurostat Resource Efficiency Scoreboard [12]
  • EEA's environmental indicators/Environmental Pressure indicators [13]

Methodological transparency: 

  • Complete methodology available [14]
Indicator relation: 
Indicator: 
Greenhouse gas emissions [15]
Relationship explanation: 
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita = Greenhouse gas emissions [env_air_gge] (EEA) divided by Population (Eurostat).
Type of relation: 
Component indicator of the aggregate
Indicator: 
Population, total [16]
Relationship explanation: 
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita = Greenhouse gas emissions [env_air_gge] (EEA) divided by Population (Eurostat).
Type of relation: 
Component indicator of the aggregate
Indicator: 
Greenhouse gas emissions, Kyoto base year [17]
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Resource productivity (GDP/Domestic Material Consumption) [18]
Relationship explanation: 
The Headline Indicator on Resource productivity is correlated to this indicator.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Primary energy consumption [19]
Relationship explanation: 
The Headline Indicator on Primary energy consumption is correlated to this indicator.
Type of relation: 
Similar indicator
Indicator: 
Resource Efficiency Scoreboard [20]
Type of relation: 
Aggregated indicator which includes the component

Temporal Coverage: 

2000 to 2012

Frequency of Updates: 

  • annualy [21]

Indicator developer: 

Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union

Link to Methodology: 

Indicator Profile (ESMS) [22]

Aggregation level of indicator: 

  • Aggregate [23]

Data quality assesment: 

  • Assessed by statistical office [24]

Publishing delay: 

  • 1-3 years [25]

Link to data quality assessment: 

Indicator Profile (ESMS) [22]

Contribution to the green economy: 

Greenhouse gas emissions per capita is one important indicator showing the impact of a country on climate change. Low greenhouse gas emissions are in general assumed to be positive.

Cost of accessing data: 

  • free of charge [26]
Potential misinterpretation: 
The actual and historic greenhouse gas emissions per capita does not indicate if a country is already on a pathway of reducing its emissions in the future.
Related Indicator: 
Projections of GHG emissions — outlook from National Communications under UNFCCC [27]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita does not indicate how efficient or "green" an economy is in relation to its GDP.
Related Indicator: 
GDP per capita [28]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are greenhouse gas emission per capita of a country not increasing, but the total population is?
Related Indicator: 
Total population — outlook from UNSTAT [29]
Potential misinterpretation: 
Are emissions of greenhouse gasses declining in a specific country, due to an economic crisis?
Related Indicator: 
GDP — outlook from OECD [30]
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Links
[1] https://measuring-progress.eu/coll-del/nojs/1242
[2] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/tgm/table.do?tab=table&init=1&plugin=0&language=en&pcode=t2020_rd300&tableSelection=1
[3] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/45
[4] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/33
[5] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/92
[6] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/95
[7] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/70
[8] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/72
[9] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/66
[10] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/67
[11] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/82
[12] https://measuring-progress.eu/indicator-set/eurostat-resource-efficiency-scoreboard
[13] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/65
[14] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/34
[15] https://measuring-progress.eu/greenhouse-gas-emissions
[16] https://measuring-progress.eu/population-total-0
[17] https://measuring-progress.eu/greenhouse-gas-emissions-kyoto-base-year
[18] https://measuring-progress.eu/resource-productivity-gdpdomestic-material-consumption
[19] https://measuring-progress.eu/primary-energy-consumption
[20] https://measuring-progress.eu/resource-efficiency-scoreboard
[21] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/17
[22] http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/metadata/EN/t2020_rd300_esmsip.htm
[23] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/28
[24] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/38
[25] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/25
[26] https://measuring-progress.eu/taxonomy/term/9
[27] https://measuring-progress.eu/projections-ghg-emissions-%E2%80%94-outlook-national-communications-under-unfccc
[28] https://measuring-progress.eu/gdp-capita
[29] https://measuring-progress.eu/total-population-%E2%80%94-outlook-unstat
[30] https://measuring-progress.eu/gdp-%E2%80%94-outlook-oecd