Rankings · environment
Countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
All greenhouse gases (CO₂, methane, nitrous oxide) per person in CO₂ equivalents, including land use (Jones et al.). 199 countries ranked for 2024 (t CO₂e per person).
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| 1 |  Qatar | 48.95 t CO₂e per person | -6.0% | = |
| 2 |  Bahrain | 39.19 t CO₂e per person | -7.3% | = |
| 3 |  Kuwait | 34.51 t CO₂e per person | +9.9% | ▲ 2 |
| 4 |  Brunei | 32.33 t CO₂e per person | -3.0% | = |
| 5 |  Mongolia | 28.26 t CO₂e per person | +24.4% | ▲ 7 |
| 6 |  Trinidad and Tobago | 27.18 t CO₂e per person | -28.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 7 |  Saudi Arabia | 24.2 t CO₂e per person | +1.2% | ▲ 3 |
| 8 |  United Arab Emirates | 23.77 t CO₂e per person | -21.3% | ▼ 2 |
| 9 |  Australia | 22.83 t CO₂e per person | -19.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 10 |  Oman | 22.17 t CO₂e per person | -6.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 11 |  Canada | 20.2 t CO₂e per person | -18.2% | ▼ 3 |
| 12 |  Belize | 19.06 t CO₂e per person | -22.6% | ▼ 3 |
| 13 |  Russia | 18.85 t CO₂e per person | +20.4% | ▲ 9 |
| 14 |  Kazakhstan | 18.08 t CO₂e per person | -18.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 15 |  United States | 17.53 t CO₂e per person | -14.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 16 |  Palau | 16.58 t CO₂e per person | +6.1% | ▲ 7 |
| 17 |  Guyana | 16.11 t CO₂e per person | +16.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 18 |  Turkmenistan | 15.79 t CO₂e per person | -1.9% | ▲ 1 |
| 19 |  New Zealand | 15.71 t CO₂e per person | -21.7% | ▼ 4 |
| 20 |  Finland | 15.66 t CO₂e per person | -0.6% | = |
| 21 |  Brazil | 13.23 t CO₂e per person | +0.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 22 |  Bolivia | 12.89 t CO₂e per person | +20.6% | ▲ 21 |
| 23 |  Central African Republic | 12.88 t CO₂e per person | +117.2% | ▲ 74 |
| 24 |  Libya | 12.87 t CO₂e per person | -2.1% | ▲ 5 |
| 25 |  Iceland | 12.85 t CO₂e per person | -9.9% | = |
| 26 |  Uruguay | 12.71 t CO₂e per person | -18.8% | ▼ 5 |
| 27 |  Taiwan | 12.21 t CO₂e per person | -3.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 28 |  South Korea | 12.19 t CO₂e per person | -7.4% | = |
| 29 |  Luxembourg | 11.8 t CO₂e per person | -39.5% | ▼ 13 |
| 30 |  Ireland | 11.46 t CO₂e per person | -19.3% | ▼ 4 |
| 31 |  Iran | 11.05 t CO₂e per person | +14.3% | ▲ 21 |
| 32 |  Malaysia | 10.93 t CO₂e per person | -33.7% | ▼ 14 |
| 33 |  Gabon | 10.79 t CO₂e per person | -16.4% | ▼ 2 |
| 34 |  Singapore | 10.49 t CO₂e per person | +6.8% | ▲ 17 |
| 35 |  Belarus | 10.44 t CO₂e per person | -5.9% | ▲ 6 |
| 36 |  Botswana | 10.39 t CO₂e per person | +44.3% | ▲ 37 |
| 37 |  Norway | 10.08 t CO₂e per person | -15.6% | = |
| 38 |  China | 9.94 t CO₂e per person | +18.1% | ▲ 23 |
| 39 |  Paraguay | 9.56 t CO₂e per person | -33.7% | ▼ 15 |
| 40 |  Bhutan | 9.33 t CO₂e per person | -7.1% | ▲ 8 |
| 41 |  Belgium | 9.2 t CO₂e per person | -14.2% | ▲ 1 |
| 42 |  Argentina | 9.13 t CO₂e per person | -12.6% | ▲ 4 |
| 43 |  Estonia | 8.91 t CO₂e per person | -50.8% | ▼ 26 |
| 44 |  Suriname | 8.89 t CO₂e per person | -30.0% | ▼ 11 |
| 45 |  Aruba | 8.81 t CO₂e per person | +1.0% | ▲ 15 |
| 46 |  Iraq | 8.65 t CO₂e per person | +17.2% | ▲ 25 |
| 47 |  The Bahamas | 8.62 t CO₂e per person | +36.0% | ▲ 42 |
| 48 |  Poland | 8.62 t CO₂e per person | -9.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 49 |  Slovenia | 8.55 t CO₂e per person | -18.5% | ▼ 4 |
| 50 |  South Africa | 8.48 t CO₂e per person | -20.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 51 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.37 t CO₂e per person | +16.7% | ▲ 23 |
| 52 |  Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.28 t CO₂e per person | -9.0% | ▲ 5 |
| 53 |  Japan | 8.14 t CO₂e per person | -20.2% | ▼ 6 |
| 54 |  Netherlands | 8.08 t CO₂e per person | -30.0% | ▼ 15 |
| 55 |  Laos | 7.9 t CO₂e per person | -38.3% | ▼ 23 |
| 56 |  Czechia | 7.87 t CO₂e per person | -35.2% | ▼ 20 |
| 57 |  Germany | 7.8 t CO₂e per person | -29.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 58 |  Turkey | 7.77 t CO₂e per person | +27.4% | ▲ 36 |
| 59 |  Antigua and Barbuda | 7.73 t CO₂e per person | +9.6% | ▲ 17 |
| 60 |  Denmark | 7.69 t CO₂e per person | -19.9% | ▼ 7 |
| 61 |  Lithuania | 7.62 t CO₂e per person | -3.4% | ▲ 6 |
| 62 |  Austria | 7.48 t CO₂e per person | -17.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 63 |  Latvia | 7.4 t CO₂e per person | +9.8% | ▲ 19 |
| 64 |  Cyprus | 6.99 t CO₂e per person | +3.1% | ▲ 17 |
| 65 |  Israel | 6.83 t CO₂e per person | -23.0% | ▼ 6 |
| 66 |  Venezuela | 6.79 t CO₂e per person | -29.3% | ▼ 12 |
| 67 |  Indonesia | 6.71 t CO₂e per person | -19.0% | ▼ 4 |
| 68 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.61 t CO₂e per person | -8.7% | ▲ 4 |
| 69 |  Andorra | 6.48 t CO₂e per person | -17.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 70 |  Cook Islands | 6.42 t CO₂e per person | +24.9% | ▲ 48 |
| 71 |  Thailand | 6.37 t CO₂e per person | -2.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 72 |  Republic of Serbia | 6.35 t CO₂e per person | +37.1% | ▲ 50 |
| 73 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.34 t CO₂e per person | +26.0% | ▲ 46 |
| 74 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 6.23 t CO₂e per person | -37.6% | ▼ 24 |
| 75 |  Chad | 6.2 t CO₂e per person | -6.3% | ▲ 8 |
| 76 |  Equatorial Guinea | 6.18 t CO₂e per person | -47.9% | ▼ 38 |
| 77 |  Italy | 6 t CO₂e per person | -6.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 78 |  Bulgaria | 5.96 t CO₂e per person | -22.4% | ▼ 9 |
| 79 |  Algeria | 5.9 t CO₂e per person | +3.7% | ▲ 24 |
| 80 |  Ukraine | 5.89 t CO₂e per person | -26.0% | ▼ 14 |
| 81 |  Namibia | 5.86 t CO₂e per person | -10.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 82 |  Seychelles | 5.86 t CO₂e per person | +13.1% | ▲ 34 |
| 83 |  Croatia | 5.79 t CO₂e per person | +6.8% | ▲ 27 |
| 84 |  Vietnam | 5.78 t CO₂e per person | -8.7% | ▲ 6 |
| 85 |  Spain | 5.74 t CO₂e per person | -11.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 86 |  Uzbekistan | 5.73 t CO₂e per person | +3.6% | ▲ 20 |
| 87 |  Greece | 5.65 t CO₂e per person | -30.5% | ▼ 22 |
| 88 |  United Kingdom | 5.64 t CO₂e per person | -31.1% | ▼ 24 |
| 89 |  Nicaragua | 5.59 t CO₂e per person | -2.4% | ▲ 13 |
| 90 |  Azerbaijan | 5.55 t CO₂e per person | +2.6% | ▲ 21 |
| 91 |  Barbados | 5.46 t CO₂e per person | -0.7% | ▲ 16 |
| 92 |  Sweden | 5.37 t CO₂e per person | -16.4% | ▼ 5 |
| 93 |  Nauru | 5.34 t CO₂e per person | +7.2% | ▲ 27 |
| 94 |  Guinea | 5.32 t CO₂e per person | -35.7% | ▼ 32 |
| 95 |  Chile | 5.28 t CO₂e per person | -25.3% | ▼ 20 |
| 96 |  British Virgin Islands | 5.28 t CO₂e per person | -24.9% | ▼ 19 |
| 97 |  Hong Kong S.A.R. | 5.25 t CO₂e per person | -24.2% | ▼ 19 |
| 98 |  Cambodia | 5.21 t CO₂e per person | -11.1% | = |
| 99 |  Portugal | 5.2 t CO₂e per person | -7.8% | ▲ 5 |
| 100 |  France | 5.08 t CO₂e per person | -18.2% | ▼ 7 |
| 101 |  South Sudan | 4.93 t CO₂e per person | -6.5% | ▲ 14 |
| 102 |  Hungary | 4.91 t CO₂e per person | -11.7% | ▲ 3 |
| 103 |  Mexico | 4.86 t CO₂e per person | -16.4% | ▼ 4 |
| 104 |  Maldives | 4.81 t CO₂e per person | +33.6% | ▲ 30 |
| 105 |  Romania | 4.75 t CO₂e per person | -11.7% | ▲ 9 |
| 106 |  Niue | 4.71 t CO₂e per person | -12.6% | ▲ 7 |
| 107 |  Colombia | 4.69 t CO₂e per person | -22.4% | ▼ 12 |
| 108 |  Panama | 4.68 t CO₂e per person | -14.9% | = |
| 109 |  Zambia | 4.65 t CO₂e per person | -25.6% | ▼ 18 |
| 110 |  Switzerland | 4.5 t CO₂e per person | -21.5% | ▼ 9 |
| 111 |  North Macedonia | 4.43 t CO₂e per person | -18.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 112 |  Ivory Coast | 4.41 t CO₂e per person | -56.0% | ▼ 63 |
| 113 |  Peru | 4.41 t CO₂e per person | -19.8% | ▼ 4 |
| 114 |  Liberia | 4.37 t CO₂e per person | -36.6% | ▼ 35 |
| 115 |  Mauritius | 4.28 t CO₂e per person | +5.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 116 |  Dominican Republic | 4.25 t CO₂e per person | -6.2% | ▲ 7 |
| 117 |  Angola | 4.21 t CO₂e per person | -43.2% | ▼ 47 |
| 118 |  Solomon Islands | 4.15 t CO₂e per person | -39.3% | ▼ 38 |
| 119 |  Papua New Guinea | 4.12 t CO₂e per person | -28.5% | ▼ 19 |
| 120 |  Guinea-Bissau | 3.7 t CO₂e per person | +20.1% | ▲ 23 |
| 121 |  Liechtenstein | 3.68 t CO₂e per person | -20.9% | = |
| 122 |  Cuba | 3.59 t CO₂e per person | +0.8% | ▲ 13 |
| 123 |  Slovakia | 3.58 t CO₂e per person | -71.0% | ▼ 88 |
| 124 |  Guatemala | 3.57 t CO₂e per person | -30.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 125 |  Lebanon | 3.56 t CO₂e per person | -20.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 126 |  Tunisia | 3.55 t CO₂e per person | -3.0% | ▲ 7 |
| 127 |  Malta | 3.54 t CO₂e per person | -41.0% | ▼ 31 |
| 128 |  Mauritania | 3.52 t CO₂e per person | -6.1% | = |
| 129 |  Ecuador | 3.48 t CO₂e per person | -61.8% | ▼ 73 |
| 130 |  Timor-Leste | 3.48 t CO₂e per person | -12.3% | ▼ 3 |
| 131 |  Armenia | 3.47 t CO₂e per person | +10.9% | ▲ 10 |
| 132 |  Grenada | 3.44 t CO₂e per person | +63.0% | ▲ 35 |
| 133 |  Myanmar | 3.4 t CO₂e per person | -23.3% | ▼ 8 |
| 134 |  North Korea | 3.39 t CO₂e per person | +15.3% | ▲ 14 |
| 135 |  Georgia | 3.26 t CO₂e per person | +38.1% | ▲ 29 |
| 136 |  Jamaica | 3.2 t CO₂e per person | -1.8% | ▲ 3 |
| 137 |  Honduras | 3.19 t CO₂e per person | +4.6% | ▲ 8 |
| 138 |  Saint Lucia | 3.17 t CO₂e per person | +10.1% | ▲ 13 |
| 139 |  Kyrgyzstan | 3.14 t CO₂e per person | -9.2% | ▼ 2 |
| 140 |  Dominica | 3.09 t CO₂e per person | +17.9% | ▲ 16 |
| 141 |  Eritrea | 2.95 t CO₂e per person | +0.0% | ▲ 6 |
| 142 |  India | 2.94 t CO₂e per person | +20.0% | ▲ 20 |
| 143 |  Costa Rica | 2.92 t CO₂e per person | -16.1% | ▼ 7 |
| 144 |  Egypt | 2.85 t CO₂e per person | -8.1% | ▼ 2 |
| 145 |  Benin | 2.83 t CO₂e per person | +8.0% | ▲ 10 |
| 146 |  Saint Helena | 2.81 t CO₂e per person | +8.5% | ▲ 11 |
| 147 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.79 t CO₂e per person | -8.2% | ▼ 1 |
| 148 |  United Republic of Tanzania | 2.71 t CO₂e per person | -26.4% | ▼ 16 |
| 149 |  Jordan | 2.69 t CO₂e per person | -27.5% | ▼ 18 |
| 150 |  Mali | 2.68 t CO₂e per person | -6.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 151 |  Morocco | 2.67 t CO₂e per person | +3.5% | ▲ 7 |
| 152 |  Sudan | 2.66 t CO₂e per person | -28.9% | ▼ 23 |
| 153 |  Lesotho | 2.64 t CO₂e per person | +43.5% | ▲ 20 |
| 154 |  Philippines | 2.64 t CO₂e per person | +12.8% | ▲ 11 |
| 155 |  Tonga | 2.64 t CO₂e per person | -3.3% | ▼ 1 |
| 156 |  Burkina Faso | 2.52 t CO₂e per person | -12.8% | ▼ 7 |
| 157 |  Somalia | 2.52 t CO₂e per person | -22.9% | ▼ 19 |
| 158 |  Albania | 2.4 t CO₂e per person | -35.7% | ▼ 28 |
| 159 |  Cameroon | 2.23 t CO₂e per person | -22.6% | ▼ 9 |
| 160 |  Moldova | 2.21 t CO₂e per person | +27.7% | ▲ 20 |
| 161 |  Tuvalu | 2.05 t CO₂e per person | +46.4% | ▲ 28 |
| 162 |  Tajikistan | 2.02 t CO₂e per person | +22.4% | ▲ 20 |
| 163 |  Nepal | 1.98 t CO₂e per person | +12.5% | ▲ 15 |
| 164 |  Niger | 1.93 t CO₂e per person | -30.8% | ▼ 11 |
| 165 |  Madagascar | 1.92 t CO₂e per person | -23.8% | ▼ 6 |
| 166 |  Montenegro | 1.91 t CO₂e per person | +144.9% | ▲ 30 |
| 167 |  Senegal | 1.91 t CO₂e per person | -22.4% | ▼ 6 |
| 168 |  Pakistan | 1.89 t CO₂e per person | +7.4% | ▲ 11 |
| 169 |  Sierra Leone | 1.88 t CO₂e per person | -39.0% | ▼ 25 |
| 170 |  Ethiopia | 1.87 t CO₂e per person | -24.3% | ▼ 10 |
| 171 |  Zimbabwe | 1.87 t CO₂e per person | +4.5% | ▲ 3 |
| 172 |  Sri Lanka | 1.85 t CO₂e per person | -1.1% | ▼ 1 |
| 173 |  Federated States of Micronesia | 1.83 t CO₂e per person | +4.0% | ▲ 4 |
| 174 |  Djibouti | 1.81 t CO₂e per person | +1.7% | ▲ 1 |
| 175 |  Kenya | 1.76 t CO₂e per person | -5.4% | ▼ 3 |
| 176 |  Mozambique | 1.74 t CO₂e per person | -45.5% | ▼ 36 |
| 177 |  Nigeria | 1.65 t CO₂e per person | -17.5% | ▼ 8 |
| 178 |  Macao S.A.R | 1.62 t CO₂e per person | -28.3% | ▼ 12 |
| 179 |  Cabo Verde | 1.61 t CO₂e per person | +13.4% | ▲ 9 |
| 180 |  Syria | 1.57 t CO₂e per person | -34.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 181 |  El Salvador | 1.56 t CO₂e per person | -2.5% | ▲ 2 |
| 182 |  Togo | 1.52 t CO₂e per person | +25.6% | ▲ 9 |
| 183 |  Ghana | 1.51 t CO₂e per person | -20.1% | ▼ 13 |
| 184 |  Vanuatu | 1.46 t CO₂e per person | -18.0% | ▼ 8 |
| 185 |  Fiji | 1.41 t CO₂e per person | -29.9% | ▼ 17 |
| 186 |  Bangladesh | 1.39 t CO₂e per person | +21.9% | ▲ 7 |
| 187 |  Eswatini | 1.31 t CO₂e per person | -11.5% | ▼ 1 |
| 188 |  São Tomé and Principe | 1.29 t CO₂e per person | +8.4% | ▲ 4 |
| 189 |  Uganda | 1.28 t CO₂e per person | -11.7% | ▼ 2 |
| 190 |  Comoros | 1.19 t CO₂e per person | +41.7% | ▲ 5 |
| 191 |  Malawi | 1.15 t CO₂e per person | -16.7% | ▼ 1 |
| 192 |  Gambia | 1.06 t CO₂e per person | -31.6% | ▼ 7 |
| 193 |  Haiti | 1.01 t CO₂e per person | -39.5% | ▼ 12 |
| 194 |  Afghanistan | 0.94 t CO₂e per person | +0.0% | = |
| 195 |  Kiribati | 0.82 t CO₂e per person | +9.3% | ▲ 2 |
| 196 |  Samoa | 0.71 t CO₂e per person | -88.6% | ▼ 104 |
| 197 |  Burundi | 0.69 t CO₂e per person | -6.8% | ▲ 1 |
| 198 |  Rwanda | 0.68 t CO₂e per person | -8.1% | ▲ 1 |
| 199 |  Yemen | 0.66 t CO₂e per person | -58.8% | ▼ 15 |
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