Total GHG emissions were 526.3 Mt CO₂ equivalent in 2017

The greenhouse gas inventory results revealed that the overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as CO₂ equivalent for the year 2017 were 526.3 million tonnes (Mt). The energy sector accounted for the largest share of GHG emissions at 72.2%. The energy sector was followed by the industrial processes and product use with 12.6%, the agricultural activities with 11.9% and the waste with 3.3%.

GHG emissions per capita increased

Total greenhouse gas emissions as CO₂ equivalent increased by 140.1% in 2017 compared to the emissions in 1990. CO₂ equivalent emissions per capita were 6.6 tonnes in 2017, while it was 4 tonnes for the year 1990.

Biggest share in total CO₂ emissions was observed in energy sector

The biggest share with 86.3% of total CO₂ emissions was due to energy sector when 34% of total CO₂ emissions was due to electricity and heat production which is a sub-category of energy sector. The remaining 13.4% of these emissions originated from industrial processes and product use and 0.3% of them come from the agricultural activities and waste sector in 2017.

62.3% of CH₄ emissions were originated from agricultural activities

The highest portion of CH₄ emissions was originated from agricultural activities with 62.3% while 21.3% was from waste, 16.4% was from energy and 0.03% was from industrial processes and product use⁽¹⁾.

Agricultural activities had the biggest share in total N₂O emissions

71% of N₂O emissions originated from agricultural activities, while 15.1%, 10.7% and 3.3% of the N₂O emissions originated from waste, energy, and industrial processes and product use, respectively⁽¹⁾.

The next release on this subject will be in April 2020.
                                                                                                                                                           

EXPLANATIONS

The greenhouse gas emission inventory includes direct GHGs as carbondioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), nitrousoxide (N₂O), F-gases, and indirect GHGs as nitrogenoxides (NO_x), non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC), carbonmonoxide (CO) and sulphurdioxide (SO₂) emissions originated from energy, industrial processes and product use, agricultural activities and waste.

(1) Figures may not add up to 100% due to rounding.