Greenhouse gas emissions in Cyprus increased by 2% in 2025 compared with 2024, reaching 9.21 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, according to a report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published on Monday.
According to the report, which was prepared in cooperation with the International Energy Agency (IEA), Cyprus’ total emissions in 2025 were 66% higher than in 1990. Compared with 2005, however, they remained essentially unchanged. Emissions stood at 9.199 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2005, compared with 9.210 million tonnes in 2025.
In 1990, emissions in Cyprus were estimated at 5.554 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent, while in 2015 they stood at 8.415 million tonnes.
On a per capita basis, emissions in Cyprus reached 7.386 tonnes of CO2 equivalent in 2025, with the population used for the report’s calculations standing at 1.247 million. In 2005, per capita emissions were higher, at 8.951 tonnes, while in 1990 they stood at 7.245 tonnes.
At the same time, emissions per unit of GDP in purchasing power parity terms stood at 0.173 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per thousand dollars in 2025, compared with 0.301 in 2005 and 0.346 in 1990.
The trend in Cyprus in 2025 contrasted with the overall picture in the EU, where emissions from the 27 Member States fell by 0.2% compared with 2024, to 3.127 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent, and were 35.6% below 1990 levels. The EU’s share of global emissions stood at 5.8%.