The average carbon footprint per person in the UK
The average carbon footprint per person in the UK is 10 tonnes, with some regional variations which are linked to average income, access to particular fuels, public transport and standard of housing.
|
Total emissions
(million tonnes carbon dioxide) |
|
Per capita emissions
(tonnes carbon dioxide per resident) | ||||||
|
Government Office Region |
Industrial & commercial |
Domestic |
Road transport |
Total |
Industrial & commercial |
Domestic |
Road transport |
Total |
|
North East |
22.3 |
7 |
4.7 |
34.5 |
8.8 |
2.8 |
1.9 |
13.6 |
|
North West |
29.3 |
18.6 |
14.4 |
62.8 |
4.3 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
9.2 |
|
Yorkshire and the Humber |
31.5 |
13.9 |
11.2 |
57.8 |
6.3 |
2.8 |
2.2 |
11.5 |
|
East Midlands |
16.9 |
12 |
10.8 |
41.5 |
4 |
2.8 |
2.5 |
9.8 |
|
West Midlands |
15.5 |
14.5 |
12.3 |
43.1 |
2.9 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
8.1 |
|
East of England |
18.2 |
15.7 |
13.4 |
49.7 |
3.3 |
2.9 |
2.4 |
9.1 |
|
Greater London |
21.7 |
18.9 |
10.1 |
50.8 |
2.9 |
2.6 |
1.4 |
6.9 |
|
South East |
28 |
22.5 |
19.3 |
71.1 |
3.5 |
2.8 |
2.4 |
8.8 |
|
South West |
14.8 |
13.4 |
11.3 |
41 |
3 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
8.2 |
|
England |
198.2 |
136.6 |
107.5 |
452.4 |
4 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
9.1 |
|
Wales |
21.8 |
8 |
6.1 |
36.2 |
7.4 |
2.7 |
2.1 |
12.3 |
|
Scotland |
22 |
14.8 |
10.6 |
50.4 |
4.3 |
2.9 |
2.1 |
10 |
|
Northern Ireland |
4.6 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
13.4 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
7.9 |
|
UK sum above |
246.6 |
163.5 |
128.6 |
552.3 |
4.1 |
2.7 |
2.2 |
9.3 |
1)Including land use change emissions but not removals
For everyone to have an equal share of emissions and the carbon cycle to process these we will need to reduce our emissions to 2 tonnes per person. Currently most of the world’s population have emissions of less than 1 tonne.
