EU economy greenhouse gas emissions: -0.4% in Q2 2025

The EU economy's greenhouse gas emissions in the second quarter of 2025 were estimated at 772 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq, a 0.4% decrease compared with the same quarter of 2024 (775 million tonnes of CO2-eq). At the same time, the EU's gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 1.3% in the second quarter of 2025, compared with the same quarter of 2024.

This information comes from data on quarterly estimates of greenhouse gas emissions by economic activity published by Eurostat today. Quarterly estimates of greenhouse gas emissions complement quarterly socio-economic data, such as GDP or employment. This article presents the key findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on quarterly greenhouse gas emissions.

Source datasets: env_ac_aigg_q and namq_10_gdp

The economic sectors responsible for the largest year-on-year decreases were electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (-2.9%), manufacturing (-0.4%) and transportation and storage (-0.4%). In contrast, households increased their emissions by 1.0%.

Greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 12 EU countries

In the second quarter of 2025, year-on-year increases in greenhouse gas emissions were estimated for 14 EU countries, decreases were estimated for 12 EU countries and Estonia registered stable figures.

The largest reductions in greenhouse gases were estimated for Slovenia (-8.9%), the Netherlands (-5.9%) and Finland (-4.2%).

Out of the 12 EU countries that registered decreases in greenhouse gas emissions, 3 also recorded a decline in their GDP (Finland, Germany and Luxembourg). The other 9 EU countries (Austria, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Romania, Slovenia and Sweden) were estimated to have decreased emissions while growing their GDP.

Source datasets: env_ac_aigg_q and namq_10_gdp