TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇩🇪 Germany
World rank #13 · Europe · Same as 165 million cars driven for a year
165 million
cars driven for a year
760 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent CO₂e
falling −2.2%/yr
Germany ranks #13 because its economy, across power, industry, transport and agriculture, released 760 Mt of CO₂e in 2024.
This country's place in the global league table of yearly CO₂e.Average emissions per person, per year.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.World Bank, 2024.EuropeContinent
Climate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.
#13 of 250
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Top emitters here
86RWE Power AG= 7.7M cars/yr35.2 Mt CO₂eNEW91Lausitz Energie Kraftwerke AG= 6.6M cars/yr30.2 Mt CO₂eNEW129Thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG= 3.8M cars/yr17.4 Mt CO₂eNEW301Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH= 2.1M cars/yr9.7 Mt CO₂eNEW372Salzgitter Flachstahl GmbH= 1.6M cars/yr7.3 Mt CO₂eNEW
Show all top emitters (50)
420Yara International ASA= 1.3M cars/yr6.2 Mt CO₂eNEW446INEOS AG= 869k cars/yr4 Mt CO₂eNEW493RWE Generation SE= 1.1M cars/yr5.1 Mt CO₂eNEW534EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG= 2M cars/yr9.4 Mt CO₂eNEW541ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH= 1M cars/yr4.8 Mt CO₂eNEW617AG der Dillinger Hüttenwerke AG= 795k cars/yr3.7 Mt CO₂eNEW618Saale Energie GmbH= 769k cars/yr3.5 Mt CO₂eNEW628Saarstahl AG= 751k cars/yr3.5 Mt CO₂eNEW638ArcelorMittal Eisenhüttenstadt GmbH= 510k cars/yr2.3 Mt CO₂eNEW646BASF SE= 453k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eNEW844STEAG GmbH= 974k cars/yr4.5 Mt CO₂eNEW851ResInvest Group AS= 711k cars/yr3.3 Mt CO₂eNEW910Uniper SE= 1.1M cars/yr5 Mt CO₂eNEW924Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG= 390k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW930Onyx Germany GmbH= 817k cars/yr3.8 Mt CO₂eNEW931Trianel Kohlekraftwerk Lünen GmbH & Co KG= 591k cars/yr2.7 Mt CO₂eNEW938Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Irsching GmbH= 389k cars/yr1.8 Mt CO₂eNEW945BEW Berliner Energie und Wärme GmbH= 435k cars/yr2 Mt CO₂eNEW948Rosneft Deutschland GmbH= 419k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW1013SKW Stickstoffwerke Piesteritz GmbH= 293k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1014Großkraftwerk Mannheim AG= 694k cars/yr3.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1015Vattenfall GmbH= 682k cars/yr3.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1018Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden AG= 414k cars/yr1.9 Mt CO₂eNEW1047SWM Services GmbH= 331k cars/yr1.5 Mt CO₂eNEW1061Kraftwerk Mehrum GmbH= 465k cars/yr2.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1071ArcelorMittal Duisburg GmbH= 268k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1088LyondellBasell Industries NV= 263k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1134DADCO Alumina & Chemicals= 278k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1143PCK Raffinerie GmbH= 279k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1162Klesch Group Ltd= 242k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eNEW1190Gunvor Group= 227k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eNEW1249ArcelorMittal Hamburg GmbH= 196k cars/yr901.9 kt CO₂eNEW1259Statkraft Markets GmbH= 191k cars/yr879.7 kt CO₂eNEW1279Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG= 193k cars/yr886.9 kt CO₂eNEW1285Dyckerhoff GmbH= 182k cars/yr836.7 kt CO₂eNEW1300VW Kraftwerk GmbH= 253k cars/yr1.2 Mt CO₂eNEW1304HES International BV= 174k cars/yr802.1 kt CO₂eNEW1310thyssenkrupp AG= 171k cars/yr788.4 kt CO₂eNEW1318Thomas Zement GmbH & Co KG= 166k cars/yr763.1 kt CO₂eNEW1332Alcmene GmbH= 168k cars/yr775 kt CO₂eNEW1371GKH - Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Hannover GmbH= 220k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eNEW1399Varo Energy BV= 129k cars/yr594.9 kt CO₂eNEW1451RWE AG= 289k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eNEW1454Oilinvest Group OÜ= 109k cars/yr499.4 kt CO₂eNEW1472EVN AG= 202k cars/yr929 kt CO₂eNEW
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| ThyssenKrupp Steel Duisburg steel plant | Manufacturing | 17.4 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Neurath power station | Power | 13.6 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Boxberg power station | Power | 13.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Frankfurt Main Airport | Transport | 12.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Janschwalde power station | Power | 9.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann (HKM) steel plant | Manufacturing | 8.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Niederaussem power station | Power | 8.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Weisweiler power station | Power | 7.9 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Schwarze Pumpe power station | Power | 7.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| Salzgitter Flachstahl steel plant | Manufacturing | 7.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Lippendorf power station | Power | 6.3 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | high |
| ArcelorMittal Bremen steel plant | Manufacturing | 4.8 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Munich Airport | Transport | 4.5 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Shell Rheinland Werk Wesseling Cologne Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 4.2 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | medium |
| Berlin District | Buildings | 4.1 Mt = megatonne: one million tonnes of CO₂-equivalent | very low |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE.
Getting better, based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What's known · what isn't
How sure the measurement is. A low score doesn't lower the polluter's rank; it just shows the data is fuzzier.How much of this country's emissions traces to a named owner.
Untraced emissions are real; they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets in use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank · population