UK transport GHG emissions 1990-2023

Domestic transportation greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United Kingdom declined 1.4 percent in 2023 to an estimated 112 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MtCO₂e). This represents an overall reduction of 27 percent when compared to 2005 levels.

UK transportation sector emissions plummeted 19 percent in 2020 due to COVID-19-related travel restrictions. Although emissions from this sector have rebounded since then, they have remained below pre-pandemic levels.

Annual transportation sector greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the United Kingdom (UK) from 1990 to 2023 (in million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

Characteristic	Emissions in MtCO₂e
2023*	111.6
2022	113.2
2021	111.4
2020	101.3
2019	125.6
2018	127.5
2017	129.2
2016	129.1
2015	126.6
2014	124.4
2013	122.8
2012	124.2
2011	125.4
2010	127.5
2009	129.3
2008	134.2
2007	139.3
2006	138.2
2005	138.1
2004	137.6
2003	136.4
2002	137.2
2001	134.2
2000	134.2
1999	136.2
1998	134.6
1997	135.6
1996	135.1
1995	130.8
1994	131.3
1993	130
1992	128.6
1991	127.3
1990	129.3

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Release date

March 2024

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Region

United Kingdom

Survey time period

1990 to 2023

Special properties

*Provisional

Supplementary notes

This statistic is using original data from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0

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