Greenhouse gas emissions by final-demand region
Scope
Footprints
Action line
Environmental and climate pressures related to final consumption or investment
Type of indicator (global, European, national)
- European
- National
Correlation with other sets of indicators
Description
Greenhouse gas emissions of Spain attributed to the final demand (consumption and investment) of economic activities by region/country and households
Calculation method
An environmentally extended Multiregional Input-Output (MRIO) model based on Eurostat's FIGARO inter-country input-output tables is used, in which:
$$ECGEI = D \cdot (I - A)^{-1} \cdot Y$$
where \(ECGEI\) is the greenhouse gas emission footprint (in CO2 equivalent) attributed to final demand, \(D\) is the GHG emission coefficient matrix (emissions per unit of output) for each economic activity, \((I-A)^{-1}\) is the Leontief inverse matrix, \(Y\) is the final demand vector (final consumption and investment), disaggregated by country/region.
Unit of measure
Thousand tonnes of CO2 equivalent
Source
- Eurostat
- INE
Periodicity
Annual
Disaggregated data(Gender, age, region in Spain, other)
Country, CNAE 2009
Come from National Statistics Plan (YES/NO)
No
Responsible institution
- Eurostat
- INE
Link to Eurostat metadata
Date of the last metadata update
05/06/2025
Observations
Using multiregional input-output (MRIO) models incorporating environmental extensions. These models integrate information from two main datasets:
1) FIGARO inter-country supply and use tables, a satellite framework of national accounts that describes the production and consumption activities of an economy.
2) Air emissions accounts, which report greenhouse gas emissions by country, economic activity, and type of gas.
This approach allows for the calculation of emissions throughout the entire production chain of a product. Emissions by gas type are converted into carbon dioxide equivalent (CO¿e) by multiplying the mass of each gas by its global warming potential (GWP), following the AR5 (Fifth Assessment Report) values.