Rankings · environment
Countries by co₂ emissions per capita
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change. 213 countries ranked for 2024 (t per person).
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| 1 |  Qatar | 41.27 t per person | -0.1% | = |
| 2 |  Kuwait | 26.25 t per person | +28.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 3 |  Brunei | 26.05 t per person | +22.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 4 |  Bahrain | 24.27 t per person | +2.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 22.93 t per person | -30.5% | ▼ 2 |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia | 20.38 t per person | +1.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 7 |  United Arab Emirates | 20.13 t per person | -22.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 8 |  New Caledonia | 18.06 t per person | +1.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 9 |  Sint Maarten | 16.55 t per person | -16.3% | = |
| 10 |  Oman | 15.65 t per person | -5.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 11 |  Australia | 14.48 t per person | -13.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 12 |  United States | 14.2 t per person | -17.1% | = |
| 13 |  Kazakhstan | 13.94 t per person | -17.0% | = |
| 14 |  Canada | 13.42 t per person | -15.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 15 |  Faroe Islands | 13.09 t per person | +6.3% | ▲ 5 |
| 16 |  Mongolia | 12.86 t per person | +26.5% | ▲ 12 |
| 17 |  Palau | 12.76 t per person | +3.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 18 |  Curaçao | 12.34 t per person | -70.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 19 |  Russia | 12.29 t per person | +8.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 20 |  Taiwan | 11.3 t per person | -4.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 21 |  South Korea | 11.29 t per person | -9.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 22 |  Greenland | 11.08 t per person | +23.9% | ▲ 12 |
| 23 |  Turkmenistan | 10.81 t per person | +4.5% | ▲ 4 |
| 24 |  Luxembourg | 10.46 t per person | -40.7% | ▼ 13 |
| 25 |  Anguilla | 10.13 t per person | +15.2% | ▲ 10 |
| 26 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.79 t per person | -11.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 27 |  Iceland | 9.67 t per person | -8.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 28 |  Singapore | 9.24 t per person | +6.0% | ▲ 11 |
| 29 |  Libya | 8.84 t per person | -16.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 30 |  China | 8.66 t per person | +20.4% | ▲ 21 |
| 31 |  Iran | 8.66 t per person | +9.6% | ▲ 15 |
| 32 |  Aruba | 8.52 t per person | +0.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 33 |  Bermuda | 8.51 t per person | -18.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 34 |  Malaysia | 8.16 t per person | +2.3% | ▲ 10 |
| 35 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.14 t per person | -7.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 36 |  Japan | 7.77 t per person | -21.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 37 |  The Bahamas | 7.65 t per person | +41.7% | ▲ 34 |
| 38 |  Belgium | 7.28 t per person | -15.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 39 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7.09 t per person | +10.8% | ▲ 18 |
| 40 |  Poland | 7.08 t per person | -12.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 41 |  Czechia | 7.04 t per person | -29.0% | ▼ 12 |
| 42 |  South Africa | 6.87 t per person | -20.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 43 |  Germany | 6.77 t per person | -30.5% | ▼ 12 |
| 44 |  Norway | 6.67 t per person | -23.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 45 |  Ireland | 6.34 t per person | -19.8% | = |
| 46 |  Netherlands | 6.3 t per person | -31.9% | ▼ 13 |
| 47 |  Republic of Serbia | 6.24 t per person | +20.7% | ▲ 25 |
| 48 |  New Zealand | 6.23 t per person | -20.4% | ▼ 1 |
| 49 |  Austria | 6.18 t per person | -17.7% | = |
| 50 |  Belarus | 6.16 t per person | -8.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 51 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.14 t per person | +13.3% | ▲ 19 |
| 52 |  Estonia | 6.11 t per person | -57.2% | ▼ 35 |
| 53 |  Montserrat | 6.02 t per person | -35.1% | ▼ 21 |
| 54 |  Slovenia | 6.02 t per person | -8.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 55 |  Turkey | 5.87 t per person | +24.6% | ▲ 23 |
| 56 |  Cook Islands | 5.82 t per person | +26.8% | ▲ 24 |
| 57 |  Israel | 5.61 t per person | -26.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 58 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.54 t per person | +14.9% | ▲ 17 |
| 59 |  Guyana | 5.43 t per person | +107.3% | ▲ 56 |
| 60 |  Cyprus | 5.37 t per person | -6.9% | ▲ 3 |
| 61 |  Greece | 5.31 t per person | -26.5% | ▼ 11 |
| 62 |  Finland | 5.3 t per person | -39.2% | ▼ 24 |
| 63 |  Slovakia | 5.28 t per person | -15.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 64 |  Andorra | 5.18 t per person | -17.3% | ▼ 6 |
| 65 |  Nauru | 5.13 t per person | +7.8% | ▲ 12 |
| 66 |  Italy | 5.09 t per person | -11.6% | ▼ 2 |
| 67 |  Iraq | 5.07 t per person | +34.8% | ▲ 29 |
| 68 |  Seychelles | 5 t per person | +14.2% | ▲ 17 |
| 69 |  British Virgin Islands | 4.87 t per person | -25.6% | ▼ 13 |
| 70 |  Barbados | 4.83 t per person | -1.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 71 |  Kosovo | 4.78 t per person | +21.3% | ▲ 21 |
| 72 |  Croatia | 4.76 t per person | +13.9% | ▲ 16 |
| 73 |  Denmark | 4.75 t per person | -28.7% | ▼ 19 |
| 74 |  Suriname | 4.71 t per person | -15.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 75 |  Bulgaria | 4.68 t per person | -25.1% | ▼ 16 |
| 76 |  Spain | 4.6 t per person | -15.3% | ▼ 7 |
| 77 |  United Kingdom | 4.53 t per person | -33.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 78 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 4.49 t per person | -27.8% | ▼ 18 |
| 79 |  Lithuania | 4.39 t per person | +0.2% | ▲ 5 |
| 80 |  Maldives | 4.37 t per person | +37.0% | ▲ 23 |
| 81 |  Algeria | 4.23 t per person | +8.7% | ▲ 12 |
| 82 |  Hungary | 4.14 t per person | -6.3% | = |
| 83 |  Niue | 4.14 t per person | +1.2% | ▲ 6 |
| 84 |  Marshall Islands | 4.11 t per person | +47.3% | ▲ 25 |
| 85 |  Venezuela | 4.09 t per person | -29.7% | ▼ 23 |
| 86 |  Chile | 3.98 t per person | -8.3% | = |
| 87 |  France | 3.97 t per person | -21.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 88 |  Azerbaijan | 3.85 t per person | +7.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 89 |  Uzbekistan | 3.83 t per person | +7.6% | ▲ 11 |
| 90 |  Ukraine | 3.76 t per person | -33.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 91 |  Argentina | 3.74 t per person | -14.6% | ▼ 8 |
| 92 |  Thailand | 3.74 t per person | -3.6% | ▲ 2 |
| 93 |  Montenegro | 3.72 t per person | +11.4% | ▲ 8 |
| 94 |  Equatorial Guinea | 3.7 t per person | -32.2% | ▼ 26 |
| 95 |  Mauritius | 3.68 t per person | +12.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 96 |  Vietnam | 3.67 t per person | +87.2% | ▲ 33 |
| 97 |  North Macedonia | 3.63 t per person | +1.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 98 |  Romania | 3.61 t per person | -9.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 99 |  Switzerland | 3.59 t per person | -25.1% | ▼ 23 |
| 100 |  Sweden | 3.59 t per person | -19.7% | ▼ 19 |
| 101 |  Mexico | 3.52 t per person | -12.9% | ▼ 11 |
| 102 |  Latvia | 3.45 t per person | -4.2% | ▼ 5 |
| 103 |  Portugal | 3.41 t per person | -26.0% | ▼ 24 |
| 104 |  Liechtenstein | 3.3 t per person | -23.8% | ▼ 17 |
| 105 |  French Polynesia | 3.27 t per person | +6.2% | = |
| 106 |  Grenada | 3.22 t per person | +51.9% | ▲ 15 |
| 107 |  Malta | 3.2 t per person | -42.4% | ▼ 41 |
| 108 |  Laos | 3.14 t per person | +383.1% | ▲ 59 |
| 109 |  Georgia | 3.09 t per person | +29.3% | ▲ 9 |
| 110 |  Saint Lucia | 2.99 t per person | +6.8% | ▼ 2 |
| 111 |  Botswana | 2.96 t per person | -6.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 112 |  Jamaica | 2.96 t per person | +7.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 113 |  Dominican Republic | 2.9 t per person | +40.8% | ▲ 12 |
| 114 |  Indonesia | 2.87 t per person | +49.5% | ▲ 17 |
| 115 |  Panama | 2.8 t per person | +1.8% | ▼ 3 |
| 116 |  Lebanon | 2.7 t per person | -28.6% | ▼ 21 |
| 117 |  Wallis and Futuna | 2.7 t per person | +29.8% | ▲ 7 |
| 118 |  Tunisia | 2.66 t per person | +0.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 119 |  Dominica | 2.58 t per person | +7.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 120 |  Ecuador | 2.54 t per person | -7.0% | ▼ 7 |
| 121 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.54 t per person | +6.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 122 |  Armenia | 2.5 t per person | +30.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 123 |  North Korea | 2.36 t per person | +51.3% | ▲ 17 |
| 124 |  Uruguay | 2.35 t per person | +18.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 125 |  Bolivia | 2.31 t per person | +26.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 126 |  Brazil | 2.28 t per person | -18.0% | ▼ 16 |
| 127 |  Cuba | 2.23 t per person | -7.9% | ▼ 11 |
| 128 |  Egypt | 2.22 t per person | -4.7% | ▼ 8 |
| 129 |  India | 2.2 t per person | +34.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 130 |  Saint Helena | 2.16 t per person | +8.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 131 |  Gabon | 2.13 t per person | -25.5% | ▼ 24 |
| 132 |  Bhutan | 2.09 t per person | +14.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 133 |  Peru | 2.05 t per person | +25.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 134 |  Jordan | 2.01 t per person | -32.6% | ▼ 28 |
| 135 |  Belize | 1.91 t per person | +32.6% | ▲ 6 |
| 136 |  Morocco | 1.81 t per person | +8.4% | = |
| 137 |  Moldova | 1.76 t per person | +23.9% | ▲ 5 |
| 138 |  Colombia | 1.75 t per person | -11.6% | ▼ 10 |
| 139 |  Costa Rica | 1.71 t per person | +5.6% | = |
| 140 |  Kyrgyzstan | 1.64 t per person | -5.7% | ▼ 6 |
| 141 |  Albania | 1.59 t per person | -23.9% | ▼ 18 |
| 142 |  Fiji | 1.56 t per person | +20.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 143 |  Philippines | 1.51 t per person | +57.3% | ▲ 11 |
| 144 |  Macao S.A.R | 1.47 t per person | -30.7% | ▼ 22 |
| 145 |  Tonga | 1.46 t per person | +46.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 146 |  El Salvador | 1.42 t per person | +43.4% | ▲ 5 |
| 147 |  Republic of the Congo | 1.4 t per person | +27.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 148 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 1.33 t per person | +3.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 149 |  Syria | 1.29 t per person | -25.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 150 |  Cambodia | 1.24 t per person | +181.8% | ▲ 27 |
| 151 |  Honduras | 1.19 t per person | +13.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 152 |  Tuvalu | 1.18 t per person | +76.1% | ▲ 14 |
| 153 |  Paraguay | 1.15 t per person | +27.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 154 |  Namibia | 1.14 t per person | -14.9% | ▼ 11 |
| 155 |  Cabo Verde | 1.13 t per person | +17.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 156 |  Samoa | 1.13 t per person | +11.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 157 |  Lesotho | 1.1 t per person | +1.9% | ▼ 10 |
| 158 |  Guatemala | 1.08 t per person | +25.6% | ▼ 1 |
| 159 |  Mauritania | 1.01 t per person | +50.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 160 |  Tajikistan | 1.01 t per person | +83.6% | ▲ 12 |
| 161 |  Sri Lanka | 0.9 t per person | +13.9% | ▼ 2 |
| 162 |  Palestine | 0.87 t per person | +35.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 163 |  Eswatini | 0.84 t per person | +25.4% | ▲ 2 |
| 164 |  Zimbabwe | 0.82 t per person | -2.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 165 |  Nicaragua | 0.81 t per person | +3.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 166 |  Papua New Guinea | 0.79 t per person | +9.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 167 |  Senegal | 0.76 t per person | +22.6% | ▲ 3 |
| 168 |  Pakistan | 0.72 t per person | +2.9% | ▼ 6 |
| 169 |  Comoros | 0.64 t per person | +178.3% | ▲ 22 |
| 170 |  Nepal | 0.63 t per person | +133.3% | ▲ 19 |
| 171 |  Bangladesh | 0.62 t per person | +44.2% | ▲ 8 |
| 172 |  Ghana | 0.61 t per person | +29.8% | ▲ 4 |
| 173 |  São Tomé and Principe | 0.6 t per person | -7.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 174 |  Vanuatu | 0.6 t per person | -1.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 175 |  Angola | 0.59 t per person | -38.5% | ▼ 23 |
| 176 |  Myanmar | 0.58 t per person | +87.1% | ▲ 9 |
| 177 |  Nigeria | 0.58 t per person | -13.4% | ▼ 13 |
| 178 |  Zambia | 0.57 t per person | +72.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 179 |  Kiribati | 0.54 t per person | +12.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 180 |  Djibouti | 0.48 t per person | +14.3% | = |
| 181 |  Timor-Leste | 0.48 t per person | -9.4% | ▼ 7 |
| 182 |  Ivory Coast | 0.46 t per person | +15.0% | ▼ 1 |
| 183 |  Benin | 0.42 t per person | -2.3% | ▼ 5 |
| 184 |  Kenya | 0.38 t per person | +31.0% | ▲ 3 |
| 185 |  Solomon Islands | 0.36 t per person | -32.1% | ▼ 12 |
| 186 |  Sudan | 0.35 t per person | +2.9% | ▼ 3 |
| 187 |  Cameroon | 0.33 t per person | -17.5% | ▼ 5 |
| 188 |  Togo | 0.33 t per person | +57.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 189 |  Gambia | 0.29 t per person | +26.1% | ▲ 3 |
| 190 |  Mali | 0.29 t per person | +70.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 191 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 0.29 t per person | +31.8% | ▲ 2 |
| 192 |  Burkina Faso | 0.28 t per person | +75.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 193 |  Guinea | 0.27 t per person | +28.6% | ▲ 1 |
| 194 |  Afghanistan | 0.25 t per person | -7.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 195 |  Haiti | 0.25 t per person | -3.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 196 |  Mozambique | 0.25 t per person | -19.4% | ▼ 10 |
| 197 |  Yemen | 0.25 t per person | -71.6% | ▼ 41 |
| 198 |  Eritrea | 0.21 t per person | +16.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 199 |  Sierra Leone | 0.17 t per person | +6.3% | ▲ 1 |
| 200 |  Guinea-Bissau | 0.16 t per person | +100.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 201 |  Liberia | 0.15 t per person | -6.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 202 |  Ethiopia | 0.14 t per person | +27.3% | ▲ 3 |
| 203 |  Madagascar | 0.14 t per person | +16.7% | = |
| 204 |  Rwanda | 0.14 t per person | +100.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 205 |  South Sudan | 0.14 t per person | +7.7% | ▼ 3 |
| 206 |  Chad | 0.14 t per person | -6.7% | ▼ 5 |
| 207 |  Uganda | 0.13 t per person | +18.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 208 |  Niger | 0.12 t per person | +0.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 209 |  Malawi | 0.09 t per person | +50.0% | ▲ 2 |
| 210 |  Burundi | 0.07 t per person | +133.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 211 |  Central African Republic | 0.07 t per person | +133.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 212 |  Somalia | 0.07 t per person | +0.0% | ▼ 3 |
| 213 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 t per person | -16.7% | ▼ 3 |
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