Russia vs United States: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita

Russia
1,580 tonnes per person
in 2024
United States
1,649 tonnes per person
in 2024
Russia rank
3rd
United States rank
2nd

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita over time

  • Russia
  • United States
05001.0k1.5k196019922024

How they compare

United States currently reports 1,649 tonnes per person against 1,580 tonnes per person in Russia, a difference of 69 tonnes per person.

Across all 65 years both countries report, United States has been ahead every year.

Russia ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 192 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Russia United States Difference Ahead
1960s 837.76 tonnes per person 1,290 tonnes per person 452.37 tonnes per person United States
1970s 927.3 tonnes per person 1,360 tonnes per person 433.18 tonnes per person United States
1980s 1,039 tonnes per person 1,441 tonnes per person 401.65 tonnes per person United States
1990s 1,170 tonnes per person 1,489 tonnes per person 318.75 tonnes per person United States
2000s 1,316 tonnes per person 1,540 tonnes per person 224.7 tonnes per person United States
2010s 1,441 tonnes per person 1,595 tonnes per person 154.77 tonnes per person United States
2020s 1,544 tonnes per person 1,644 tonnes per person 99.82 tonnes per person United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita, Russia or United States?
United States, at 1,649 tonnes per person against 1,580 tonnes per person in Russia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita between Russia and United States?
69 tonnes per person, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Russia and United States?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Russia and United States rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita?
Russia ranks 3rd and United States ranks 2nd of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Russia vs United States: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 21 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-including-land-use-change-per-capita/russian-federation/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-including-land-use-change-per-capita/russian-federation/united-states/">Russia vs United States: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 12,148 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.