Ireland - Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste

Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent - 1990 to 2019

Since 2014, Ireland Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste grew 0.9% year on year. In 2019, the country was number 36 among other countries in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Waste at 893.55 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. Ireland is overtaken by Lithuania, which was ranked number 35 with 919.35 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent and is followed by Switzerland with 664.22 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent. United States ranked the highest with 131,632.35 Thousand Metric Tons of CO2 Equivalent in 2019, -2.1% compared to 2018. Russia, Mexico and Japan respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Malta recorded the best 5 years average growth at +3.5% per year, while Netherlands was the worst growing country at -6% per year.