Belize vs Canada: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions

Belize

19.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Canada

20.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person

in 2024

Belize rank

12th

Canada rank

11th

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions over time

Belize
Canada

How they compare

Canada currently reports 20.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person against 19.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Belize, a difference of 1.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

That makes Canada's figure about 1.1 times Belize's.

The two have swapped places 18 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Canada ahead.

Belize ranks 12th and Canada ranks 11th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Per capita greenhouse gas emissions
Unit: tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source: Jones et al. (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: 199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.