Historically and in absolute terms, emissions in the Basque Country were 20.8 million tonnes of CO2 eq. in 1990, 25.3 million tonnes of CO2 eq. in 2005, while the results obtained in this inventory were 16.4 million tonnes of CO2 eq. in 2020. If we compare these absolute values, we can see the following:

• A 35% reduction in emissions compared to 2005.
• A 21% reduction in emissions compared to 1990.
• A 12% reduction in emissions compared to the year before, 2019.

It is worth mentioning that emissions in 2020 were greatly affected by the SARSCoV-2 pandemic and the restrictions resulting from it. This year, when GDP fell by 10%, there was a general fall in emissions in almost all sectors, with the exception of a slight increase in the agriculture sector, but this had little impact on the overall result.