Germany sector greenhouse gas emissions, excluding LULUCF
Germany sector greenhouse gas emissions, excluding LULUCF stood at 648.87 million t CO₂e in 2025, according to German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA). It is one of the indicators in the Greenhouse gas emissions table (Value · Annual), with a complete series running from 1990 to 2025. The complete series with an interactive chart, free to download.
This indicator in the Greenhouse gas emissions table
| Indicator | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total greenhouse gases excluding LULUCF6 | 648.87 | 649.77 | 669.58 | 749.27 | 762.77 | 730.97 | 798 | 850.14 | 886.28 | 899.03 | |
| Energy industry | 189.09 | 189.7 | 204.83 | 258.07 | 247.78 | 220.1 | 259.18 | 311.7 | 326.86 | 346.39 | |
| Industry | 144.14 | 149.77 | 149.72 | 164.25 | 180.07 | 172.33 | 179.01 | 184.73 | 192.3 | 186.57 |
Understanding germany sector greenhouse gas emissions, excluding LULUCF
Total territorial greenhouse gas emissions across all binding categories mandated by the Climate Act are compiled here, excluding the land use, land-use change, and forestry sector. The aggregate encompasses fuel transformation in energy utilities, industrial combustion and processes, space heating in buildings, domestic transport, livestock and soil management in agriculture, and municipal waste handling. International maritime shipping and international aviation bunker fuels are omitted under standard territorial accounting rules. Unlike the individual sectoral rows beneath it, this figure provides the combined statutory benchmark that unites all separate economic activities into a single national emissions envelope.
Because figures represent calendar-year totals, annual comparisons reflect net structural adjustments alongside weather fluctuations and macroeconomic cycles. Winter temperatures alter space-heating fuel demand across properties, while atmospheric conditions influence fuel combustion requirements in electricity generation. Preliminary annual estimates rely on early energy balances and operational indicators, undergoing standard revisions as final fuel sales, tax statistics, and industrial plant verifications become available. Examining multi-year movements provides a clearer signal than evaluating single-year changes, which can be distorted by temporary temperature swings. Analysts should distinguish this territorial inventory total from consumption-based carbon footprints, which incorporate greenhouse gases embodied in imported products while deducting emissions from exported merchandise.
Frequently asked questions
- Why is LULUCF omitted from this national sectoral aggregate?
- Land use, land-use change, and forestry encompasses biological carbon sinks and natural flux that can obscure underlying anthropogenic emission trends across regulated economic sectors.
- How does this Climate Act sector total relate to the gas-by-gas total?
- Both series measure the identical nationwide volume of greenhouse gases excluding LULUCF, differing only in whether emissions are grouped by economic sector or by chemical compound.
- Are international flights and maritime shipping included in this aggregate?
- International bunker fuels are excluded from territorial national totals in accordance with international inventory conventions, covering only domestic aviation and domestic waterborne transport.