Per capita sectoral emissions for European countries 1990 - 2022
<p>The data set contains per capita emissions (t CO2eq/capita) for European countries from 1990 to 2022 (for some countries values starting in 1985 are contained). Emission data is taken from the <a href="https://doi.org/10.2909/6331f651-8863-4656-a911-669f2a332a1e" target="_blank" rel="noopener">European Environment Agency</a> [1]. Population data is taken from <a href="https://doi.org/10.2908/DEMO_GIND" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Eurostat </a>(population at January 1th in each year) [2]. Emissions are reported per sector, with the sectoral categories according to <a href="https://www.bmuv.de/fileadmin/Daten_BMU/Download_PDF/Gesetze/191118_ksg_lesefassung_bf.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Annex I in the German Federal Climate Change Act</a> [3]:</p> <p>Energy: 1.A.1, 1.A.3.e, 1.B<br>Industry: 1.A.2, 2, 1.C<br>Buildings: 1.A.4.a, 1.A.4.b, 1.A.5<br>Transport: 1.A.3.a, 1.A.3.b, 1.A.3.c, 1.A.3.d<br>Agriculture: 5,6<br>Land use, land-use change and forestry: 4</p> <p>The data set contains the data as a .csv and as a .xlsx file. Additional, the code for processing the raw data (available from the European Environment Agency and from Eurostat) is contained as a jupyter notebook.</p> <p>Please communicate any questions, corrections or comments to mirko.schaefer [at] inatech.uni-freiburg.de</p> <p>[1] National emissions reported to the UNFCCC and to the EU Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mechanism, April 2024. European Environment Agency (2024)<br>[2] Demographische Veränderung - absoluter und relativer Bevölkerungsstand auf nationaler Ebene. Eurostat (2024)<br>[3] German Federal Climate Change Act (2021)</p> <p> </p> <p> </p>
ShareScore
36/100
Overall dataset sharing score
Score breakdown
These five areas show where the dataset supports — or may limit — practical reuse.
- Stewardship
- 4
- Harmonization
- 4
- Access
- 20
- Reuse readiness
- 8
- Engagement
- 0