The EU economy’s seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions in the fourth quarter of 2025 were estimated at 839 million tonnes of CO2-equivalents (CO2-eq), a 0.9% increase compared with the third quarter of 2025 (832 million tonnes of CO2-eq). At the same time, the EU’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased by 0.2% in the fourth quarter of 2025, compared with the previous quarter of 2025.
This information comes from data on seasonally adjusted 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.
The economic sectors with the largest increases in greenhouse gas emissions were electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+7.2%), transportation and storage (+1.3%) and mining and quarrying (+0.9%), while households (-2.0%) and manufacturing (-0.1%) recorded a decrease.
Source datasets: env_ac_aigg_q and namq_10_gdp
Compared with the fourth quarter of 2024, seasonally adjusted emissions went up by 0.4%, while the EU’s seasonally and calendar adjusted GDP increased by 1.5%.
Greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 7 EU countries
In the fourth quarter of 2025, seasonally adjusted greenhouse gas emissions increased in 19 EU countries and decreased in 7 countries, while they were stable in Germany, compared with the third quarter of 2025.
The largest reductions in greenhouse gases were estimated for Finland (-3.2%), Malta (-2.0%) and Czechia (-0.6%).
All of the 7 EU countries that had estimated decreases in greenhouse gas emissions (Bulgaria, Czechia, Spain, Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and Finland) recorded an increase in GDP.
Source datasets: env_ac_aigg_q and namq_10_gdp
For more information
- Statistics Explained article on quarterly greenhouse gas emission
- Thematic section on climate change
- Database on climate change
- Environmental accounts dashboard
Methodological notes
- Metadata on quarterly greenhouse gas emissions.
- The data presented here are estimates by Eurostat, except for the Netherlands, Slovenia and Spain which provided their own data.
- The figures are seasonally adjusted. Data provided by countries are seasonally adjusted by Eurostat. These adjusted series enable quarter-on-quarter change analyses. More information on the seasonal adjustment is provided in a technical note.
- Eurostat’s methodology attributes international transport emissions to individual countries, including these emissions in each country’s total, following the international System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA) standard. This differs from the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement rules.
- The EU and the EU countries report annually on their greenhouse gas emissions to the UN. The so-called ‘Kyoto basket’ of greenhouse gases includes carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O) and fluorinated gases. They are expressed in a common unit: CO2-equivalents. EU countries are required to monitor their emissions of these gases for all source sectors based on internationally agreed obligations and rules. The EU greenhouse gas inventory managed by the European Environment Agency covers emissions from 1990 to 2 years before the current year and is submitted to the UN each spring after quality checks.
- According to the European Climate Law, the EU’s climate target is to achieve a -55% net reduction by 2030 and climate neutrality by 2050. The European Commission monitors and reports progress towards their GHG emission reduction targets on an annual basis using the data in the Climate Action Progress Report.
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| Zařazeno | st 13.05.2026 11:05:00 |
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| Zdroj | Eurostat - news |
| Originál | ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=ddn-20260513-1 |
| lang | en |
| Autor | Eurostat |
