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🇸🇰 Slovakia's Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Population 5.51 Million, Europe.  Read key messages

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  • Emissions: Slovakia emitted around 20 megatonnes CO2e in 2024, about 0.04% of the global total.
  • Per person: Emissions were around 3.7 tonnes per person per year, rated moderate on a scale where any level above zero adds warming.
  • Trend: Emissions fell by around 13.5% a year over the ten years to 2024, faster than the 4% yearly decline the world as a whole needs to achieve Net Zero in 2050 and limit warming to around 1.7 °C.
  • What drives it: CO2 makes up 53% of Slovakia's emissions, methane 27%, nitrous oxide 16% and F-gases 4%.
  • Historic responsibility: Since 1851, Slovakia's emissions have produced around 5,650 megatonnes CO2e of warming impact, about 0.14% of the global total, or around 8.6 tonnes per person per year, rated very high.
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 Most recent data from Global Carbon Project, Our World in Data, PRIMAP-hist