Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the United KingdomLocal Authorities Ranked
The United Kingdom emitted 351.7 million tonnes CO2e of greenhouse gases in 2024, 5.1 tonnes per person.
All 361 local authorities in the United Kingdom, ranked by emissions per person (co2e). Data: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (2005-2024), Open Government Licence v3.0.
Open the interactive map| Rank | Local authority | Emissions per person (CO2e) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | City of London | 36.0 tonnes |
| 2 | Na h-Eileanan Siar | 32.8 tonnes |
| 3 | High Peak | 32.3 tonnes |
| 4 | Neath Port Talbot | 29.0 tonnes |
| 5 | North Lincolnshire | 28.9 tonnes |
| 6 | Shetland Islands | 23.2 tonnes |
| 7 | Rutland | 20.6 tonnes |
| 8 | Fermanagh and Omagh | 18.2 tonnes |
| 9 | Ribble Valley | 16.1 tonnes |
| 10 | Orkney Islands | 15.6 tonnes |
| 11 | Dumfries and Galloway | 15.6 tonnes |
| 12 | East Cambridgeshire | 15.1 tonnes |
| 13 | Mid Ulster | 14.8 tonnes |
| 14 | Rugby | 14.0 tonnes |
| 15 | Fenland | 13.9 tonnes |
| 16 | Causeway Coast and Glens | 12.8 tonnes |
| 17 | North Warwickshire | 12.8 tonnes |
| 18 | Westmorland and Furness | 11.9 tonnes |
| 19 | East Lothian | 11.6 tonnes |
| 20 | Powys | 11.6 tonnes |
| 21 | King's Lynn and West Norfolk | 11.1 tonnes |
| 22 | Falkirk | 11.0 tonnes |
| 23 | Pembrokeshire | 10.8 tonnes |
| 24 | Derry City and Strabane | 10.6 tonnes |
| 25 | Bolsover | 10.6 tonnes |
| 26 | Staffordshire Moorlands | 10.5 tonnes |
| 27 | East Riding of Yorkshire | 10.3 tonnes |
| 28 | Aberdeenshire | 10.1 tonnes |
| 29 | Ceredigion | 10.1 tonnes |
| 30 | Scottish Borders | 9.9 tonnes |
| 31 | Angus | 9.9 tonnes |
| 32 | Derbyshire Dales | 9.8 tonnes |
| 33 | Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon | 9.8 tonnes |
| 34 | Flintshire | 9.7 tonnes |
| 35 | Highland | 9.6 tonnes |
| 36 | Mid and East Antrim | 9.5 tonnes |
| 37 | Newry, Mourne and Down | 9.3 tonnes |
| 38 | Huntingdonshire | 9.3 tonnes |
| 39 | Mid Devon | 9.0 tonnes |
| 40 | North Yorkshire | 8.9 tonnes |
| 41 | Uttlesford | 8.8 tonnes |
| 42 | Vale of Glamorgan | 8.7 tonnes |
| 43 | Fife | 8.6 tonnes |
| 44 | Torridge | 8.6 tonnes |
| 45 | West Devon | 8.5 tonnes |
| 46 | Cheshire West and Chester | 8.2 tonnes |
| 47 | North West Leicestershire | 8.0 tonnes |
| 48 | Stafford | 7.9 tonnes |
| 49 | Westminster | 7.9 tonnes |
| 50 | Carmarthenshire | 7.9 tonnes |
| 51 | Melton | 7.8 tonnes |
| 52 | Monmouthshire | 7.8 tonnes |
| 53 | West Lancashire | 7.8 tonnes |
| 54 | Lisburn and Castlereagh | 7.8 tonnes |
| 55 | Cumberland | 7.8 tonnes |
| 56 | Bassetlaw | 7.7 tonnes |
| 57 | Shropshire | 7.6 tonnes |
| 58 | Perth and Kinross | 7.6 tonnes |
| 59 | West Suffolk | 7.5 tonnes |
| 60 | Antrim and Newtownabbey | 7.5 tonnes |
| 61 | Clackmannanshire | 7.5 tonnes |
| 62 | East Lindsey | 7.5 tonnes |
| 63 | Wychavon | 7.5 tonnes |
| 64 | South Staffordshire | 7.5 tonnes |
| 65 | Wrexham | 7.5 tonnes |
| 66 | West Lindsey | 7.5 tonnes |
| 67 | South Cambridgeshire | 7.4 tonnes |
| 68 | Moray | 7.3 tonnes |
| 69 | North Kesteven | 7.3 tonnes |
| 70 | Gwynedd | 7.2 tonnes |
| 71 | Newark and Sherwood | 7.2 tonnes |
| 72 | Breckland | 7.1 tonnes |
| 73 | South Ayrshire | 7.0 tonnes |
| 74 | South Holland | 7.0 tonnes |
| 75 | Tewkesbury | 7.0 tonnes |
| 76 | Isle of Anglesey | 7.0 tonnes |
| 77 | Epping Forest | 6.9 tonnes |
| 78 | Stratford-on-Avon | 6.9 tonnes |
| 79 | South Norfolk | 6.9 tonnes |
| 80 | Cotswold | 6.9 tonnes |
| 81 | Harborough | 6.8 tonnes |
| 82 | Malvern Hills | 6.7 tonnes |
| 83 | North Norfolk | 6.7 tonnes |
| 84 | Herefordshire | 6.7 tonnes |
| 85 | Wyre | 6.6 tonnes |
| 86 | Mid Suffolk | 6.6 tonnes |
| 87 | Lancaster | 6.6 tonnes |
| 88 | Somerset | 6.6 tonnes |
| 89 | Ards and North Down | 6.6 tonnes |
| 90 | South Hams | 6.5 tonnes |
| 91 | Bromsgrove | 6.5 tonnes |
| 92 | Cheshire East | 6.5 tonnes |
| 93 | South Kesteven | 6.5 tonnes |
| 94 | West Berkshire | 6.5 tonnes |
| 95 | Fylde | 6.4 tonnes |
| 96 | Swale | 6.4 tonnes |
| 97 | Stirling | 6.4 tonnes |
| 98 | Cherwell | 6.4 tonnes |
| 99 | North East Lincolnshire | 6.3 tonnes |
| 100 | East Ayrshire | 6.3 tonnes |
| 101 | Denbighshire | 6.3 tonnes |
| 102 | Lichfield | 6.3 tonnes |
| 103 | Newport | 6.2 tonnes |
| 104 | Rushcliffe | 6.2 tonnes |
| 105 | Conwy | 6.1 tonnes |
| 106 | South Derbyshire | 6.1 tonnes |
| 107 | Stroud | 6.0 tonnes |
| 108 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | 6.0 tonnes |
| 109 | Hartlepool | 6.0 tonnes |
| 110 | North Devon | 6.0 tonnes |
| 111 | East Staffordshire | 6.0 tonnes |
| 112 | Trafford | 5.8 tonnes |
| 113 | Three Rivers | 5.8 tonnes |
| 114 | Warrington | 5.8 tonnes |
| 115 | West Lothian | 5.8 tonnes |
| 116 | West Northamptonshire | 5.8 tonnes |
| 117 | Doncaster | 5.8 tonnes |
| 118 | Winchester | 5.8 tonnes |
| 119 | Sevenoaks | 5.8 tonnes |
| 120 | Tandridge | 5.7 tonnes |
| 121 | Runnymede | 5.7 tonnes |
| 122 | Hinckley and Bosworth | 5.7 tonnes |
| 123 | Blaby | 5.6 tonnes |
| 124 | East Devon | 5.6 tonnes |
| 125 | Dartford | 5.6 tonnes |
| 126 | Warwick | 5.6 tonnes |
| 127 | Wiltshire | 5.6 tonnes |
| 128 | St Albans | 5.6 tonnes |
| 129 | Vale of White Horse | 5.6 tonnes |
| 130 | Stockton-on-Tees | 5.6 tonnes |
| 131 | Test Valley | 5.5 tonnes |
| 132 | Tonbridge and Malling | 5.5 tonnes |
| 133 | Brentwood | 5.5 tonnes |
| 134 | Chorley | 5.4 tonnes |
| 135 | North Ayrshire | 5.4 tonnes |
| 136 | St. Helens | 5.4 tonnes |
| 137 | Bridgend | 5.4 tonnes |
| 138 | South Ribble | 5.4 tonnes |
| 139 | Rossendale | 5.3 tonnes |
| 140 | South Oxfordshire | 5.3 tonnes |
| 141 | Broadland | 5.3 tonnes |
| 142 | Dorset | 5.3 tonnes |
| 143 | Hertsmere | 5.3 tonnes |
| 144 | Northumberland | 5.2 tonnes |
| 145 | Broxtowe | 5.2 tonnes |
| 146 | North Lanarkshire | 5.2 tonnes |
| 147 | Thurrock | 5.2 tonnes |
| 148 | Kensington and Chelsea | 5.2 tonnes |
| 149 | Mole Valley | 5.2 tonnes |
| 150 | Boston | 5.2 tonnes |
| 151 | South Lanarkshire | 5.1 tonnes |
| 152 | South Gloucestershire | 5.1 tonnes |
| 153 | Babergh | 5.1 tonnes |
| 154 | North Northamptonshire | 5.1 tonnes |
| 155 | Cornwall | 5.1 tonnes |
| 156 | Amber Valley | 5.1 tonnes |
| 157 | North East Derbyshire | 5.0 tonnes |
| 158 | Forest of Dean | 5.0 tonnes |
| 159 | Darlington | 5.0 tonnes |
| 160 | Buckinghamshire | 5.0 tonnes |
| 161 | Solihull | 4.9 tonnes |
| 162 | Surrey Heath | 4.9 tonnes |
| 163 | Preston | 4.9 tonnes |
| 164 | Windsor and Maidenhead | 4.8 tonnes |
| 165 | Erewash | 4.8 tonnes |
| 166 | East Suffolk | 4.8 tonnes |
| 167 | Redcar and Cleveland | 4.8 tonnes |
| 168 | Peterborough | 4.8 tonnes |
| 169 | North Somerset | 4.8 tonnes |
| 170 | Wakefield | 4.8 tonnes |
| 171 | West Oxfordshire | 4.7 tonnes |
| 172 | Halton | 4.7 tonnes |
| 173 | Teignbridge | 4.7 tonnes |
| 174 | County Durham | 4.7 tonnes |
| 175 | Renfrewshire | 4.7 tonnes |
| 176 | Camden | 4.7 tonnes |
| 177 | Rotherham | 4.7 tonnes |
| 178 | Knowsley | 4.7 tonnes |
| 179 | Chelmsford | 4.6 tonnes |
| 180 | Slough | 4.6 tonnes |
| 181 | Barnsley | 4.6 tonnes |
| 182 | Basingstoke and Deane | 4.6 tonnes |
| 183 | Guildford | 4.6 tonnes |
| 184 | Maldon | 4.6 tonnes |
| 185 | Charnwood | 4.6 tonnes |
| 186 | Braintree | 4.6 tonnes |
| 187 | Midlothian | 4.6 tonnes |
| 188 | Central Bedfordshire | 4.5 tonnes |
| 189 | Middlesbrough | 4.5 tonnes |
| 190 | Salford | 4.5 tonnes |
| 191 | Hyndburn | 4.5 tonnes |
| 192 | Telford and Wrekin | 4.5 tonnes |
| 193 | North Hertfordshire | 4.5 tonnes |
| 194 | Aberdeen City | 4.4 tonnes |
| 195 | Ashford | 4.4 tonnes |
| 196 | Calderdale | 4.4 tonnes |
| 197 | Hillingdon | 4.3 tonnes |
| 198 | Gateshead | 4.3 tonnes |
| 199 | West Dunbartonshire | 4.3 tonnes |
| 200 | Blaenau Gwent | 4.3 tonnes |
| 201 | Chichester | 4.2 tonnes |
| 202 | Cardiff | 4.2 tonnes |
| 203 | Chesterfield | 4.2 tonnes |
| 204 | Derby | 4.2 tonnes |
| 205 | East Hertfordshire | 4.2 tonnes |
| 206 | Folkestone and Hythe | 4.2 tonnes |
| 207 | New Forest | 4.2 tonnes |
| 208 | Welwyn Hatfield | 4.2 tonnes |
| 209 | Bury | 4.2 tonnes |
| 210 | Rhondda Cynon Taf | 4.1 tonnes |
| 211 | Leeds | 4.1 tonnes |
| 212 | Pendle | 4.1 tonnes |
| 213 | East Hampshire | 4.1 tonnes |
| 214 | Basildon | 4.1 tonnes |
| 215 | Ashfield | 4.1 tonnes |
| 216 | Torfaen | 4.1 tonnes |
| 217 | Belfast | 4.1 tonnes |
| 218 | Elmbridge | 4.1 tonnes |
| 219 | Sefton | 4.1 tonnes |
| 220 | Harlow | 4.1 tonnes |
| 221 | Swansea | 4.0 tonnes |
| 222 | Hart | 4.0 tonnes |
| 223 | Reigate and Banstead | 4.0 tonnes |
| 224 | Merthyr Tydfil | 4.0 tonnes |
| 225 | Dover | 4.0 tonnes |
| 226 | Maidstone | 4.0 tonnes |
| 227 | East Renfrewshire | 4.0 tonnes |
| 228 | Rother | 4.0 tonnes |
| 229 | Tendring | 4.0 tonnes |
| 230 | City of Edinburgh | 4.0 tonnes |
| 231 | Dacorum | 3.9 tonnes |
| 232 | Caerphilly | 3.9 tonnes |
| 233 | Burnley | 3.9 tonnes |
| 234 | Colchester | 3.9 tonnes |
| 235 | Stoke-on-Trent | 3.9 tonnes |
| 236 | Horsham | 3.9 tonnes |
| 237 | Lewes | 3.9 tonnes |
| 238 | Stevenage | 3.9 tonnes |
| 239 | Dundee City | 3.9 tonnes |
| 240 | Mid Sussex | 3.9 tonnes |
| 241 | Milton Keynes | 3.8 tonnes |
| 242 | Crawley | 3.8 tonnes |
| 243 | Bedford | 3.8 tonnes |
| 244 | Swindon | 3.8 tonnes |
| 245 | Inverclyde | 3.8 tonnes |
| 246 | Kirklees | 3.8 tonnes |
| 247 | Glasgow City | 3.7 tonnes |
| 248 | North Tyneside | 3.7 tonnes |
| 249 | York | 3.7 tonnes |
| 250 | Bolton | 3.7 tonnes |
| 251 | Wyre Forest | 3.7 tonnes |
| 252 | Fareham | 3.7 tonnes |
| 253 | Wokingham | 3.7 tonnes |
| 254 | Canterbury | 3.7 tonnes |
| 255 | Wealden | 3.6 tonnes |
| 256 | Rochdale | 3.6 tonnes |
| 257 | Gravesham | 3.6 tonnes |
| 258 | Sheffield | 3.6 tonnes |
| 259 | Gedling | 3.6 tonnes |
| 260 | Cambridge | 3.6 tonnes |
| 261 | Redditch | 3.6 tonnes |
| 262 | Spelthorne | 3.6 tonnes |
| 263 | Newcastle upon Tyne | 3.5 tonnes |
| 264 | Great Yarmouth | 3.5 tonnes |
| 265 | East Dunbartonshire | 3.5 tonnes |
| 266 | Kingston upon Hull | 3.5 tonnes |
| 267 | Sunderland | 3.5 tonnes |
| 268 | Rochford | 3.5 tonnes |
| 269 | Tunbridge Wells | 3.5 tonnes |
| 270 | Eastleigh | 3.5 tonnes |
| 271 | Argyll and Bute | 3.5 tonnes |
| 272 | Thanet | 3.5 tonnes |
| 273 | Bath and North East Somerset | 3.4 tonnes |
| 274 | Hounslow | 3.4 tonnes |
| 275 | Stockport | 3.4 tonnes |
| 276 | Sandwell | 3.4 tonnes |
| 277 | Waverley | 3.4 tonnes |
| 278 | Nuneaton and Bedworth | 3.4 tonnes |
| 279 | Manchester | 3.4 tonnes |
| 280 | Birmingham | 3.4 tonnes |
| 281 | Enfield | 3.4 tonnes |
| 282 | Oxford | 3.4 tonnes |
| 283 | Wigan | 3.3 tonnes |
| 284 | Nottingham | 3.3 tonnes |
| 285 | Barking and Dagenham | 3.3 tonnes |
| 286 | Havering | 3.3 tonnes |
| 287 | Reading | 3.3 tonnes |
| 288 | Coventry | 3.3 tonnes |
| 289 | Walsall | 3.3 tonnes |
| 290 | Liverpool | 3.3 tonnes |
| 291 | Bexley | 3.2 tonnes |
| 292 | Wolverhampton | 3.2 tonnes |
| 293 | Isle of Wight | 3.2 tonnes |
| 294 | Bradford | 3.2 tonnes |
| 295 | Worcester | 3.2 tonnes |
| 296 | Wirral | 3.2 tonnes |
| 297 | Gloucester | 3.2 tonnes |
| 298 | Castle Point | 3.2 tonnes |
| 299 | Mansfield | 3.2 tonnes |
| 300 | Blackburn with Darwen | 3.1 tonnes |
| 301 | South Tyneside | 3.1 tonnes |
| 302 | Hammersmith and Fulham | 3.1 tonnes |
| 303 | Broxbourne | 3.1 tonnes |
| 304 | Woking | 3.1 tonnes |
| 305 | Rushmoor | 3.1 tonnes |
| 306 | Kingston upon Thames | 3.1 tonnes |
| 307 | Adur | 3.1 tonnes |
| 308 | Exeter | 3.1 tonnes |
| 309 | Tameside | 3.1 tonnes |
| 310 | Portsmouth | 3.0 tonnes |
| 311 | Dudley | 3.0 tonnes |
| 312 | Norwich | 3.0 tonnes |
| 313 | Leicester | 3.0 tonnes |
| 314 | Bristol | 3.0 tonnes |
| 315 | Oadby and Wigston | 3.0 tonnes |
| 316 | Tower Hamlets | 3.0 tonnes |
| 317 | Lincoln | 3.0 tonnes |
| 318 | Bracknell Forest | 3.0 tonnes |
| 319 | Watford | 2.9 tonnes |
| 320 | Ipswich | 2.9 tonnes |
| 321 | Plymouth | 2.9 tonnes |
| 322 | Havant | 2.9 tonnes |
| 323 | Cannock Chase | 2.9 tonnes |
| 324 | Newham | 2.9 tonnes |
| 325 | Richmond upon Thames | 2.9 tonnes |
| 326 | Arun | 2.9 tonnes |
| 327 | Isles of Scilly | 2.9 tonnes |
| 328 | Luton | 2.9 tonnes |
| 329 | Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole | 2.9 tonnes |
| 330 | Oldham | 2.9 tonnes |
| 331 | Cheltenham | 2.8 tonnes |
| 332 | Blackpool | 2.8 tonnes |
| 333 | Tamworth | 2.8 tonnes |
| 334 | Merton | 2.8 tonnes |
| 335 | Torbay | 2.8 tonnes |
| 336 | Islington | 2.8 tonnes |
| 337 | Ealing | 2.8 tonnes |
| 338 | Sutton | 2.7 tonnes |
| 339 | Medway | 2.7 tonnes |
| 340 | Bromley | 2.7 tonnes |
| 341 | Brent | 2.7 tonnes |
| 342 | Barnet | 2.7 tonnes |
| 343 | Southend-on-Sea | 2.6 tonnes |
| 344 | Southwark | 2.6 tonnes |
| 345 | Southampton | 2.6 tonnes |
| 346 | Epsom and Ewell | 2.6 tonnes |
| 347 | Brighton and Hove | 2.6 tonnes |
| 348 | Lambeth | 2.5 tonnes |
| 349 | Greenwich | 2.5 tonnes |
| 350 | Eastbourne | 2.4 tonnes |
| 351 | Croydon | 2.4 tonnes |
| 352 | Hastings | 2.3 tonnes |
| 353 | Wandsworth | 2.3 tonnes |
| 354 | Worthing | 2.3 tonnes |
| 355 | Haringey | 2.2 tonnes |
| 356 | Gosport | 2.1 tonnes |
| 357 | Hackney | 2.1 tonnes |
| 358 | Lewisham | 2.1 tonnes |
| 359 | Redbridge | 2.1 tonnes |
| 360 | Waltham Forest | 2.1 tonnes |
| 361 | Harrow | 2.1 tonnes |