Cumulative CO2 emissions in Germany 1792-2020
Since 1750, Germany has released an estimated 92.63 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide (GtCO2) into the atmosphere from fossil fuels and cement production. Germany was one of the first countries in the world to industrialize, and by 1815 it had released 19.7 MtCO2 into the atmosphere. Industrialization progressed in the following years as Germany went through an economic boom. This saw Germany's total emissions rise further, and by 1900 a total of 6.39 GtCO2 had been emitted. Although Germany is now the biggest cumulative CO2 emitter in Europe, it wasn't until the 1980s that its total emissions surpassed those produced by the United Kingdom.
