Countries ranked by CO₂ emissions per person

Greenhouse gas emissions of carbon dioxide per person in a year, not counting land use.

#1 Palau (82.8 t CO₂e per person), #2 Qatar (47.3 t CO₂e per person), #3 Bahrain (23.9 t CO₂e per person). Several countries are tied for last place, including Tuvalu (0.0 t CO₂e per person).

How to read this number

Annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from agriculture, energy, waste and industry, divided by population, in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person.

Emissions and removals from land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) are excluded because they are more uncertain. Because it is per person, rankings can differ a lot from total emissions; see the total CO2 ranking too.

  • Countries listed: 186 (of 193)
  • Data year: 2024

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RankCountryCO₂ emissions per personYearBar
1 Palau 82.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
2 Qatar 47.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
3 Bahrain 23.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
4 Kuwait 23.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
5 Brunei 20.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
6 Trinidad & Tobago 19.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
7 Oman 18.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
8 Saudi Arabia 18.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
9 United Arab Emirates 18.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
10 Australia 14.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
11 Canada 14.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
12 Russia 14.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
13 United States 13.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
14 Kazakhstan 12.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
15 South Korea 11.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
16 Turkmenistan 10.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
17 Luxembourg 10.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
18 Singapore 9.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
19 China 9.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
20 Iran 9.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
21 Libya 8.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
22 Iceland 8.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
23 Malaysia 8.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
24 Mongolia 7.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
25 Japan 7.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
26 Estonia 7.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
27 Poland 7.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
28 Belgium 7.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
29 Seychelles 7.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
30 Norway 7.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
31 Czechia 7.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
32 Germany 6.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
33 South Africa 6.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
34 Netherlands 6.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
35 Bosnia & Herzegovina 6.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
36 Austria 6.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
37 Slovenia 6.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
38 Ireland 6.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
39 New Zealand 6.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
40 Belarus 5.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
41 Israel 5.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
42 Finland 5.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
43 Slovakia 5.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
44 Cyprus 5.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
45 Türkiye 5.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
46 Bulgaria 5.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
47 Iraq 5.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
48 Italy 5.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
49 Greece 5.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
50 Croatia 4.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
51 Guyana 4.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
52 Spain 4.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
53 Lithuania 4.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
54 Hungary 4.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
55 Denmark 4.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
56 Vietnam 4.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
57 United Kingdom 4.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
58 Uzbekistan 4.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
59 Suriname 4.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
60 Argentina 4.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
61 France 4.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
62 North Macedonia 4.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
63 Algeria 4.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
64 Thailand 4.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
65 Chile 3.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
66 Azerbaijan 3.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
67 Antigua & Barbuda 3.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
68 Switzerland 3.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
69 Romania 3.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
70 Latvia 3.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
71 Mexico 3.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
72 Bahamas 3.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
73 Sweden 3.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
74 Maldives 3.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
75 Mauritius 3.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
76 Georgia 3.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
77 Moldova 3.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
78 Venezuela 3.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
79 Laos 3.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
80 Portugal 3.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
81 Malta 3.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
82 Ukraine 3.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
83 Dominican Republic 3.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
84 St. Kitts & Nevis 2.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
85 Indonesia 2.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
86 Jamaica 2.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
87 Panama 2.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
88 Botswana 2.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
89 Ecuador 2.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
90 Tunisia 2.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
91 Uruguay 2.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
92 Equatorial Guinea 2.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
93 Barbados 2.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
94 Egypt 2.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
95 North Korea 2.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
96 Armenia 2.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
97 Brazil 2.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
98 Bolivia 2.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
99 India 2.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
100 Jordan 2.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
101 Gabon 2.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
102 Peru 2.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
103 Bhutan 2.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
104 Cuba 1.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
105 Lebanon 1.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
106 Morocco 1.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
107 Colombia 1.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
108 Albania 1.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
109 St. Lucia 1.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
110 Costa Rica 1.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
111 Tonga 1.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
112 Fiji 1.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
113 Samoa 1.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
114 El Salvador 1.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
115 Philippines 1.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
116 Grenada 1.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
117 Kyrgyzstan 1.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
118 Republic of the Congo 1.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
119 St. Vincent & Grenadines 1.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
120 Cape Verde 1.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
121 Syria 1.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
122 Dominica 1.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
123 Namibia 1.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
124 Paraguay 1.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
125 Honduras 1.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
126 Guatemala 1.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
127 Cambodia 1.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
128 Sri Lanka 1.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
129 Mauritania 1.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
130 Belize 0.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
131 Tajikistan 0.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
132 Eswatini 0.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
133 Vanuatu 0.9 t CO₂e per person 2024
134 Nicaragua 0.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
135 Pakistan 0.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
136 Zimbabwe 0.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
137 Senegal 0.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
138 Djibouti 0.8 t CO₂e per person 2024
139 Angola 0.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
140 Bangladesh 0.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
141 Ghana 0.7 t CO₂e per person 2024
142 São Tomé & Príncipe 0.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
143 Kiribati 0.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
144 Côte d’Ivoire 0.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
145 Myanmar 0.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
146 Nigeria 0.6 t CO₂e per person 2024
147 Zambia 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
148 Nepal 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
149 Papua New Guinea 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
150 Comoros 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
151 Timor-Leste 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
152 Benin 0.5 t CO₂e per person 2024
153 Sudan 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
154 Lesotho 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
155 Solomon Islands 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
156 Kenya 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
157 Cameroon 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
158 Guinea 0.4 t CO₂e per person 2024
159 Togo 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
160 Tanzania 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
161 Mali 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
162 Haiti 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
163 Mozambique 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
164 Afghanistan 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
165 Burkina Faso 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
166 Yemen 0.3 t CO₂e per person 2024
167 Malawi 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
168 Eritrea 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
169 Gambia 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
170 Sierra Leone 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
171 Uganda 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
172 Rwanda 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
173 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
174 Liberia 0.2 t CO₂e per person 2024
175 Ethiopia 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
176 Madagascar 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
177 Chad 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
178 Niger 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
179 Burundi 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
180 Central African Republic 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
181 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 t CO₂e per person 2024
182 Somalia 0.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
183 Marshall Islands 0.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
184 Micronesia 0.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
185= Nauru 0.0 t CO₂e per person 2024
185= Tuvalu 0.0 t CO₂e per person 2024

Each value is the latest year available for that country (see the Year column), so the years can differ from country to country.

Data is available for 186 of 193 countries. The rest are not listed.

Source: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita), indicator EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5. Processed by this site. data.worldbank.org

How it has changed (1970–2024)

See how CO₂ emissions per person has changed across the world’s countries from 1970 to 2024.

  • The country ranked first is Palau in both 1970 and 2024.
  • Japan’s CO₂ emissions per person went from 8.2 t CO₂e per person in 1970 to 7.8 t CO₂e per person in 2024 (down about 4%).
  • Japan ranked #33 of 186 countries in 1970 and #25 of 186 in 2024.
CO₂ emissions per person: Japan and the top 5 countries in 2024From 1970 to 2024. Last values: Palau 82.8 t CO₂e per person, Qatar 47.3 t CO₂e per person, Bahrain 23.9 t CO₂e per person, Kuwait 23.7 t CO₂e per person, Brunei 20.2 t CO₂e per person, Japan 7.8 t CO₂e per person.0100200300197019801990200020102024PalauPalauQatarQatarBahrainBahrainKuwaitKuwaitBruneiBruneiJapanJapan
Key years for Japan and the leading countries in 2024
Country1970198019902000201020202024
Palau175.5 t CO₂e per person162.6 t CO₂e per person141.3 t CO₂e per person110.6 t CO₂e per person114.7 t CO₂e per person71.7 t CO₂e per person82.8 t CO₂e per person
Qatar126.4 t CO₂e per person52.8 t CO₂e per person38.6 t CO₂e per person49.2 t CO₂e per person44.7 t CO₂e per person41.3 t CO₂e per person47.3 t CO₂e per person
Bahrain14.3 t CO₂e per person21.7 t CO₂e per person23.3 t CO₂e per person27.9 t CO₂e per person23.5 t CO₂e per person25.0 t CO₂e per person23.9 t CO₂e per person
Kuwait49.2 t CO₂e per person22.1 t CO₂e per person19.2 t CO₂e per person28.7 t CO₂e per person29.5 t CO₂e per person21.1 t CO₂e per person23.7 t CO₂e per person
Brunei15.0 t CO₂e per person21.2 t CO₂e per person16.8 t CO₂e per person18.6 t CO₂e per person18.8 t CO₂e per person22.6 t CO₂e per person20.2 t CO₂e per person
Japan8.2 t CO₂e per person8.6 t CO₂e per person9.4 t CO₂e per person9.8 t CO₂e per person9.5 t CO₂e per person8.4 t CO₂e per person7.8 t CO₂e per person
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