highest per capita emissions in the EU in 2021, at 14.7 metric tons of CO₂ equivalent.
Per capita greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the European Union (EU-27) increased by roughly five percent in 2021 to some 7.77 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Nevertheless, per capita GHG emissions in the EU-27 have fallen almost 33 percent since 1990. Luxembourg continued to have the Greenhouse gas emissions per capita in the European Union (EU-27) from 1990 to 2021 (in metric tons of CO₂ equivalent)
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