Europe & Central Asia · High income · 2023
Sweden: smaller EDGAR inventory · 49 MtCO₂e
In 2023, Sweden emitted 49 MtCO₂e (4.70 t per person, 0.08 t per $1K GDP) - transport led at 27% and carbon dioxide dominated the gas mix at 72%. EU EDGAR v8.0, excludes land use.
Corpus placement
Sweden ranks #50 / 51 by absolute total and #41 / 51 by per-capita emissions among tracked economies in 2023.
- #50 / 51
- Absolute Mt rank
- #41 / 51
- Per-capita rank
- #51 / 51
- GDP intensity rank
According to EU EDGAR v8.0 totals, World Bank population, and GDP denominators at 2023. Excludes LULUCF.
Based on per-capita emissions, GDP intensity, methane share, and the multi-year emissions trend, benchmarked against the 51-country EDGAR corpus, not a judgment of policy effort, development stage, or overall climate risk. See the benchmark table and methodology.
EDGAR inventory roll
Roll SWE · 2023 49 Mt · 4.70 t per person
Sweden sits in the lower absolute-Mt tercile among 51 tracked EDGAR economies (49 Mt in 2023) - absolute, per-capita, and GDP-intensity ranks on one roll.
- ABS 49 Mt
- PC 4.70 t
- INT 0.08
- RANK-A #50 / 51
- RANK-P #41 / 51
- RANK-I #51 / 51
- SECTOR 27% Transport
- GAS 72% Carbon
- PHOTO Norway
- BOOK 51 econ
Photo-finish absolute-Mt peer: Norway (57 Mt · Δ 7 Mt vs Sweden)
Absolute-Mt neighbourhood
2023 EDGAR totals · nearest inventories to Sweden
Year-to-year inventory change
What changed between 2022 and 2023
- Sweden's EDGAR greenhouse-gas total fell from 50.4 MtCO₂e in 2022 to 49.4 MtCO₂e in 2023 in the EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024) extract, a change of −1.02 MtCO₂e (−2.0%).
- Sweden's transport total fell from 13.8 MtCO₂e in 2022 to 13.5 MtCO₂e in 2023 in the EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024) extract, a change of −0.3 MtCO₂e (−2.2%).
Placement is comparable across the full corpus: the same standardization basis (EDGAR v8.0 totals, population, and GDP denominators) feeds every country's rank on every ladder above. How we place countries.
Sweden vs all tracked economies by EDGAR greenhouse-gas total
Where Sweden's 2023 EDGAR MtCO₂e sits among every tracked economy with live rows (inventory mass, not per-capita responsibility)
49 2nd percentile more MtCO₂e than 2% of 51 economies
Tracked economies, banded by EDGAR MtCO₂e (AR6 GWP100)
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Source EU EDGAR v8.0 · 2023
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0, AR6 GWP100, excludes LULUCF
Sweden 2023 emissions by IPCC sector
EU EDGAR v8.0 · MtCO₂e · AR6 GWP100
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre) EDGAR GHG · 2023
Sweden emissions trend (1970–2023, MtCO₂e)
Annual greenhouse-gas totals, EU EDGAR v8.0
Data from EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024 release)
Sweden 2023 greenhouse-gas inventory
EU EDGAR v8.0 · MtCO₂e · AR6 GWP100
Per-person load versus carbon efficiency
Absolute inventory signatureSweden's absolute inventory is thin: 49 MtCO₂e lands in the lower Mt tercile among tracked EDGAR economies (≤256.77 Mt).
Sweden's per-person rate (4.70 t, #41) in 2023 runs well ahead of its GDP-intensity rank (#51) — high consumption per person from an economy that is comparatively efficient per dollar of output.
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre) Country totals (AR6 GWP100, excl. LULUCF) Country figures for SWE exclude LULUCF; verify policy-critical totals against the Joint Research Centre EDGAR country table.
Other Europe & Central Asia economies in EDGAR
Methodology
Sweden (SWE) is in the lower third of live EDGAR country mass (49 MtCO₂e in 2023). Rows are aggregated from EU EDGAR v8.0 by IPCC sector and gas for 2023, excluding LULUCF. See the methodology page for GWP100 factors and the full pipeline. Full methodology.
Source: EU EDGAR v8.0 (Joint Research Centre) 2024 Global bottom-up inventory, CC BY 4.0.
FAQ
How much CO₂-equivalent did Sweden emit in 2023?
Sweden's 2023 total is 49 MtCO₂e per EU EDGAR v8.0 (AR6 GWP100, excludes LULUCF).
How do Sweden's absolute and per-capita ranks compare?
Sweden ranks #50 of 51 by absolute total and #41 by per-capita emissions in 2023, with GDP intensity at #51.
Which sector dominates Sweden's emissions?
Transport led at 27% of the 2023 national total (49 MtCO₂e).
Data vintage: EU EDGAR v8.0 (2024 release), 2023 data year. Country emissions summed from EDGAR records for the focal year; LULUCF excluded on ranked surfaces.