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TERRITORIAL EMISSIONS · 2024
🇳🇱 Netherlands
World rank #44 · Europe · Same as 44.4 million cars driven for a year a year
Initials from the entity name. Click the row to open the full profile.Netherlands
44.4 million
cars driven for a year
204 Mt CO₂e
Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — depends on local grid.Approximate — varies by species, climate and age of tree.
falling −1.8%/yr
🔥 Netherlands ranks #44 because its economy — across power, industry, transport and agriculture — released 204 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.
#44 of 250
Top emitters here
218Tata Steel Ijmuiden BV= 2.6M cars/yr12.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.246Shell PLC= 2.4M cars/yr11 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.761RWE Generation NL BV= 643k cars/yr3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.772Essent NV= 842k cars/yr3.9 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.775Vattenfall AB= 558k cars/yr2.6 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Show all top emitters (22)
806EP Netherlands BV= 486k cars/yr2.2 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.985Engie Energie Nederland NV= 380k cars/yr1.7 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1077OCI Nitrogen BV= 290k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1128Eneco NV= 223k cars/yr1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1245Fortum Oyj= 284k cars/yr1.3 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1353Vitol= 247k cars/yr1.1 Mt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1447Delesto BV= 115k cars/yr530.3 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1448Dow Benelux BV= 115k cars/yr528.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1490ENGIE SA= 200k cars/yr919.1 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1536Attero BV= 79.1k cars/yr363.9 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1538Eneco Warmteproductie Utrecht BV= 81k cars/yr372.5 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1551Air Liquide SA= 76.5k cars/yr352 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1562AEB Exploitatie BV= 65.9k cars/yr303.3 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1614OCI Global= 36.3k cars/yr166.9 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1615BioMCN= 36.3k cars/yr166.9 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1633Shell Nederland Raffinaderij= 26.3k cars/yr120.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.1634Alco Energy Rotterdam BV= 26.3k cars/yr120.8 kt CO₂eClimate Damage Score: 0–100. Bigger means more greenhouse gas this year. Built only from measured emissions and trend.How this entity moved versus the previous monthly run. Up means worse; down means better.
Largest sites
| Asset | Sector | Annual emissions | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tata Steel IJmuiden steel plant | Manufacturing | 12.1 Mt | medium |
| Rotterdam | Transport | 9.9 Mt | very low |
| Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | Transport | 9.8 Mt | medium |
| Shell Pernis Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 5 Mt | medium |
| Eemshaven power station | Power | 3.9 Mt | high |
| BP Rotterdam Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 3.4 Mt | medium |
| Yara Sluiskil | Manufacturing | 2.6 Mt | very low |
| Maasvlakte Power Station (Uniper) | Power | 2.6 Mt | high |
| Dow Chemical Co. , Terneuzen (No. 1) | Manufacturing | 2.4 Mt | medium |
| Rotterdam | Transport | 2.1 Mt | very low |
| Claus power station | Power | 2 Mt | high |
| ExxonMobil Botlek Rotterdam Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 1.9 Mt | medium |
| Total Lukoil Zeeland Refinery | Fossil Fuels | 1.7 Mt | medium |
| SABIC Europe , Geleen (No. 4) | Manufacturing | 1.7 Mt | medium |
| EEM power station | Power | 1.6 Mt | medium |
Trend
National total, 2016–2024. Source: Climate TRACE. Netherlands is falling at −1.8% year on year.
Getting better — based on the last 9 years of measured data.
What we know · what we don't
How sure we are about the measurement. 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.
Confidence reflects how completely Climate TRACE has measured this country’s emissions; coverage shows the share of those emissions we can tie to a named owner. Both feed the 0–100 Climate Damage Score above. Untraced emissions are real — they just don’t yet have a named owner in the open datasets we use.
Where this comes from
Climate TRACE · CC BY 4.0 · World Bank — population