Greenhouse gas emissions per GDP
Scope
Climate Change
Action line
Environmental and climate pressures related to EU production and consumption
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
- Global
- European (sdg_13_10 (s))
- National
- s: similar
Correlation with other sets of indicators
SDG: 13.2.2.2
Description
Total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from resident economic units per unit of real GDP, regardless of where they actually occur
Calculation method
\[ P GDP E G E I^{t}=\frac{E G E I^{t}}{GDP_{2020}^{t}} \]Where: \( EG E I^{t}\)are the total greenhouse gas emissions of the economic units resident in year t (the total national greenhouse gas emissions of the Emissions to the Atmosphere Account are distributed according to the total greenhouse gas emissions by autonomous communities of the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory (GEI)) and \( GDP_{2020}^{t}\)is the gross domestic product in volume chained with reference 2020 in year t.
Unit of measure
CO2 equivalent kg/Euros
Source
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
Yes
Statistical operation
Air Emissions Accounts (ISO code: 30084)
Responsible institution
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
13/11/2025
Observations
The indicator uses the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere published by the Atmospheric Emissions Account, which accounts for emissions from all resident units, regardless of the geographical location where those emissions actually occur. This differs from the data in the Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, which accounts for all emission sources within the national territory. The estimates in the Atmospheric Emissions Account are based on the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventories compiled by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge.