Lithuania vs United Kingdom: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average

Lithuania

4.39 tonnes per person

in 2024

United Kingdom

4.53 tonnes per person

in 2024

Lithuania rank

79th

United Kingdom rank

77th

Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average over time

Lithuania
United Kingdom

How they compare

United Kingdom currently reports 4.53 tonnes per person against 4.39 tonnes per person in Lithuania, a difference of 0.1393 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 173 shared years of data; in 1830 it was United Kingdom ahead.

Lithuania ranks 79th and United Kingdom ranks 77th of 213 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita CO₂ emissions relative to the global average
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.