Greenhouse gas emissions, England's regions and the UK's nations
Territorial greenhouse gas emissions in England's nine regions, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with England and the UK, in the latest two years, thousand tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, from DESNZ's local and regional emissions statistics.
United Kingdom
351,272.8 ktCO₂e
2024
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:14 UTC- 2024
- 2023
Source: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data table
14 rows
| Area | 2024 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 39,149.6 ktCO₂e | 39,580.3 ktCO₂e |
| North West | 38,333.9 ktCO₂e | 39,361.7 ktCO₂e |
| Scotland | 36,583.1 ktCO₂e | 37,913.3 ktCO₂e |
| East of England | 34,864.9 ktCO₂e | 35,231.2 ktCO₂e |
| Yorkshire and The Humber | 33,076.5 ktCO₂e | 33,463.4 ktCO₂e |
| East Midlands | 30,175.0 ktCO₂e | 30,626.1 ktCO₂e |
| West Midlands | 30,133.3 ktCO₂e | 30,593.2 ktCO₂e |
| South West | 28,336.7 ktCO₂e | 28,788.5 ktCO₂e |
| London | 27,382.6 ktCO₂e | 28,239.8 ktCO₂e |
| Wales | 23,533.5 ktCO₂e | 25,653.7 ktCO₂e |
| Northern Ireland | 17,879.1 ktCO₂e | 17,794.8 ktCO₂e |
| North East | 12,219.9 ktCO₂e | 13,019.5 ktCO₂e |
| England | 273,672.3 ktCO₂e | 278,903.8 ktCO₂e |
| United Kingdom | 351,272.8 ktCO₂e | 359,973.0 ktCO₂e |
Source and licence
- Publisher
- Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
- Check it yourself
- https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-local-authority-and-regional-greenhouse-gas-emissions-statistics
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0 – Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- Retrieved
- 31 October 2026, 11:11 UTC
- Raw files fetched
- https://www.gov.uk/api/content/government/statistics/uk-local-authority-and-regional-greenhouse-gas-emissions-statistics-2005-to-2024SHA-256 73ab4dace1014964e08552f1cdceb5188c473965ef04b4b92c1041d9ce7164a0 · 28,187 bytes
- https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6a3bacc7eaee00074150f326/2005-24-uk-local-authority-ghg-emissions.xlsxSHA-256 0fd7bf8c6c3483e4540870a7c3d78f4ae3499edb9b565001aa3658f0c111f0e7 · 26,093,097 bytes
Verification
Verified against source, 31 October 2026, 11:14 UTC Run at 31 October 2026, 11:14 UTC; 28 of 28 figures matched the live source.
| Result | Check | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Pass | Provenance recorded | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero; Open Government Licence v3.0; retrieved 2026-10-31T11:11:35Z; 2 raw file(s) |
| Pass | Raw files match recorded SHA-256 | 2 of 2 files intact |
| Pass | Re-parsing raw files reproduces figures | 28 of 28 figures and the headline reproduced |
| Pass | Figures are finite numbers | 28 figures, 0 invalid |
| Pass | Live source matches every figure | 28 of 28 figures match exactly after downloading 2 source file(s) again (2 byte-identical); the headline matches |
| Pass | GOV.UK table is current | latest period 2024 ended 669 days before retrieval (limit 900), from 2005 to 2024 UK local and regional greenhouse gas emissions – data tables (Excel) |
| Pass | The councils add up to their region or nation | in 24 of 24 cases the councils in Table 1.1 (kt CO2e) sum to the whole within 0.05 (24 exactly) |
| Pass | The regions add up to England and the nations to the UK | in 4 of 4 cases Table 1.1's regions, and the nations with the rows DESNZ cannot place, sum to the whole within 0.05 (4 exactly) |
| Pass | Source page answers | https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-local-authority-and-regional-greenhouse-gas-emissions-statistics – HTTP 200 |
Notes
- Emissions produced within each area, all seven greenhouse gases weighted by their global warming potential, with land use, land use change and forestry included, from DESNZ's Table 1.1. The UK's total includes emissions DESNZ cannot place in any area, so the nations do not add up to it exactly. The chart leaves England and the UK to the table, since they would dwarf every region.
- DESNZ revises the whole series each June, when it publishes a new year.