Scottish Greenhouse Gas Statistics 2024
Official statistics showing emissions of greenhouse gases in Scotland over the period 1990 to 2024.
Chart 2 presents the net sources and sinks of Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions in 2024, grouped by sector.
Chart 2. Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Territorial Emissions Statistics Sector, 2024.
Main points
- In 2024, Domestic transport (excluding International Aviation and Shipping) (11.0 MtCO2e) was the largest source of net emissions, followed by Buildings and product use (7.6 MtCO2e), Agriculture (7.5 MtCO2e), Industry (4.7 MtCO2e) and Fuel supply (2.8 MtCO2e).
- Less significant emitters in 2024 were: International aviation and shipping (IA&S) (2.3 MtCO2e), Waste (1.7 MtCO2e), and Electricity supply (1.1 MtCO2e.
- Whilst only contributing 0.2 MtCO2e to total net emissions in 2024, the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) sector is important in that this sector emitted 41.5 MtCO2e of gross greenhouse gases in 2024, whilst removing 41.4 MtCO2e of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere, mainly in forestry.
Table 2. Scottish Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas and by Territorial Emissions Statistics Sector 2024. Values in MtCO2e
|
TES sector |
Carbon Dioxide |
Methane |
Nitrous Oxide |
Fluorinated gases |
Total |
|
Agriculture |
1.2 |
4.5 |
1.8 |
7.5 |
|
|
Buildings and product uses |
7.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.4 |
7.6 |
|
Domestic transport |
10.8 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
11.0 |
|
Electricity supply |
1.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
1.1 |
|
|
Fuel supply |
2.5 |
0.3 |
0.0 |
2.8 |
|
|
Industry |
4.5 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
4.7 |
|
International aviation and shipping |
2.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
2.3 |
|
|
LULUCF |
-4.3 |
3.7 |
0.7 |
0.2 |
|
|
Waste |
0.0 |
1.4 |
0.3 |
1.7 |
|
|
Net emissions |
25.1 |
10.2 |
3.1 |
0.6 |
39.0 |
Main points
Carbon dioxide was the main net greenhouse gas emitted or removed in most sectors, with the exceptions of the Agriculture and Waste Management sectors.
- Methane was the main net gas emitted in the Agriculture (4.5 MtCO2e), followed by nitrous oxide (1.8 MtCO2e) and carbon dioxide (1.2 MtCO2e).
- Almost all emissions in the Waste Management sector were emitted in the form of methane (1.4 MtCO2e).
- LULUCF was a net sink of Carbon Dioxide (-4.3 MtCO2e) but a net emitter of Methane (+3.7 MtCO2e) and Nitrous Oxide (+0.7 MtCO2e).
Where F gases are emitted, they have been in relatively small amounts via the Buildings and product use, Domestic transport and Industry sectors.