Carbon footprint of health system

The carbon footprint of a health system corresponds to the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that the sector produces through activities such as energy consumption, transport, and product manufacture, use, and disposal.

Health care systems can have a significant carbon footprints and the EU is committed to working towards the green transition. This indicator provides a measure of the emissions from healthcare systems at the national level. Addressing the link between health and the environment was identified as a key policy objective as part of Horizon 2020. Source: Healthcare Without Harm & Arup and EE-MRIO Eora


GeoHCF (Mt)HCF/cap (tCO2/cap)Share of CF (%)
Australia19.50.84.2
Austria6.80.86.7
Belgium7.50.77.7
Switzerland5.90.75.9
Czech Republic4.80.54.5
Germany55.10.76.7
Denmark4.00.76.4
Spain19.20.45.5
Estonia1.20.95.2
Finland3.90.75.3
France34.40.56.9
United Kingdom41.10.65.9
Greece4.20.43.8
Hungary2.90.35.4
Ireland3.10.76.7
Iceland0.20.64.7
Italy23.10.45.1
Luxembourg0.71.23.6
Latvia0.50.33.9
Netherlands15.80.98.1
Norway3.60.74.7
Poland17.40.55.7
Portgual4.00.46.0
Slovak Republic4.10.86.7
Slovenia0.70.44.0
Sweden4.10.44.5
Turkey17.80.23.9