Oman vs United States: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita

Oman

15.65 tonnes per person

in 2024

United States

14.2 tonnes per person

in 2024

Oman rank

10th

United States rank

12th

CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time

Oman
United States

How they compare

Oman currently reports 15.65 tonnes per person against 14.2 tonnes per person in United States, a difference of 1.45 tonnes per person.

That makes Oman's figure about 1.1 times United States's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 61 shared years of data; in 1964 it was United States ahead.

Oman ranks 10th and United States ranks 12th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Unit: tonnes per person
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 213 places, 22,945 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

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.