Climate Change in Italy

1,536 indicators covering climate change for Italy.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Carbon intensity vs. GDP per capita 194.99 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour 2024 down 6.4% 128th
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry 5.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.5% 64th
CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change 301.93 million tonnes 2024 down 13.6% 19th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil 14.08 billion tonnes 2024 up 12.0% 11th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from cement 970.56 million tonnes 2024 up 8.4% 9th
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from flaring 100.90 million tonnes 2024 up 26.9% 34th
Annual percentage change in CO₂ emissions -3.3% 2024 up 38.9% 197th
CO₂ emissions from fossil fuels and land-use change 289.58 million tonnes 2024 down 5.3% 23rd
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change -12.35 million tonnes 2024 up 71.7% 189th
Annual CO₂ emissions from land-use change per capita -0.2081 tonnes per person 2024 up 71.1% 160th
Annual CO₂ emissions including land-use change 289.58 million tonnes 2024 down 5.3% 23rd
Per capita CO₂ emissions including land-use change 4.88 tonnes per person 2024 down 3.2% 68th
Share of global greenhouse gas emissions 0.7% 2024 down 12.5% 27th
Greenhouse gas emissions by gas 15.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 4.7% 39th
Share of global methane emissions 0.4% 2024 down 21.5% 43rd
Share of global nitrous oxide emissions 0.5% 2024 down 11.2% 39th
Global warming contributions from fossil fuels and land use 0.0132 °C 2024 up 11.1% 17th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from fossil sources 0.0132 °C 2024 up 11.1% 17th
Contribution to global mean surface temperature rise from agriculture and land use 0.0016 °C 2024 down 0.1% 65th
Global warming contributions by gas and source 0.0004 °C 2024 up 6.1% 13th
Annual greenhouse gas emissions by world region 355.97 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2024 down 8.5% 27th
Food Processing — Emissions (CO2eq) 9,453 kt 2023 down 37.7% 18th
Per capita CO₂ emissions from coal 0.1903 tonnes per person 2024 down 79.3% 78th
Annual CO₂ emissions from coal 11.29 million tonnes 2024 down 79.8% 41st
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 4.80 billion tonnes 2024 up 7.2% 23rd
Per capita CO₂ emissions by source 0.1903 tonnes per person 2024 down 79.3% 78th
Incineration — Emissions 628.71 kt 2023 up 0.2% 11th
Incineration — Emissions (CO2eq) 628.71 kt 2023 up 0.2% 11th
Agrifood Systems Waste Disposal — Emissions 628.71 kt 2023 up 0.2% 11th
Share of CO₂ emissions covered by a carbon price 41.3% 2025 down 1.4% 39th
Food Household Consumption — Emissions (CO2eq) from F-gases 912.14 kt 2023 up 122.2% 3rd
Life expectancy at birth vs. CO₂ emissions per capita 83.72 years 2023 up 1.3% 12th
Rice — Area harvested, per capita 0.0036 ha per person 2023 down 0.5% 53rd
Rice — Area harvested, per square kilometre 0.7109 ha per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% 37th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.5% 53rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% 37th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% 53rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 2.4% 37th
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per capita 0.002 t per person 2023 down 0.5% 53rd
Rice — Burning crop residues (Biomass burned, dry matter), per square 0.391 t per square kilometre 2023 down 2.7% 37th
Food Packaging — Energy Use 43,971 TJ 2023 up 9.7% 9th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.0% 57th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 35.5% 70th
IPPU — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5), per square kilometre 0.0001 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% 35th
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per capita 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.0% 58th
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per unit of GDP 0 kt per US$ of GDP 2023 down 35.5% 70th
IPPU — Emissions (CH4), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2023 down 30.6% 35th
Rye — Crop residues 87,589 kg 2050 — 43rd
Rye — Crop residues 0.0017 kt 2050 — 43rd
Rye — Crop residues 0.0014 kt 2050 — 43rd
Rye — Crop residues 0.0003 kt 2050 — 43rd
Raw milk of sheep — Production 471,290 t 2023 up 22.8% 6th
Access to electricity, rural, Percent of rural population 100 2022 unchanged 1st
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2017 down 2.1% 88th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Indirect emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2017 unchanged 72nd
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2017 down 7.8% 90th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Direct emissions N2O), per square 0 kt per square kilometre 2017 down 5.9% 74th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per capita 0 kt per person 2017 down 2.1% 90th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (Emissions N2O), per square kilometre 0 kt per square kilometre 2017 unchanged 76th
Beans, dry — Crop residues (N content), per capita 0.0017 kg per person 2017 down 6.3% 95th