AFOLU — Emissions per capita by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
219
Highest
20.83 t CO2eq/cap
Suriname
Lowest
-8.85 t CO2eq/cap
Belarus
Median
0.76 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446

What the numbers show

AFOLU — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 219 countries. The highest value is 20.83 t CO2eq/cap in Suriname; the lowest is -8.85 t CO2eq/cap in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.76 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 1.48 t CO2eq/cap.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 135 fell. The largest increase was in Latvia (up 4,930.0%), and the largest decrease in Serbia and Montenegro (down 2,291.7%).

AFOLU — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Suriname 20.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 173.7% volatile
2 Guyana 16.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.7% rising
3 Mongolia 16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.7% falling
4 Belize 12.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.7% falling
5 Central African Republic 10.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.9% falling
6 Paraguay 8.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 43.6% falling
7 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 8.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.8% falling
8 Estonia 8.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 895.1% volatile
9 Uruguay 7.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 41.3% rising
10 Australia 7.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 46.0% falling
11 Australia and New Zealand 7.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.4% falling
12 Brazil 7.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 77.5% falling
13 New Zealand 6.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.9% falling
14 Ireland 6.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.1% falling
15 Chad 6.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.4% rising
16 Botswana 6.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 51.4% falling
17 Canada 5.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 61.3% falling
18 Cambodia 5.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.1% rising
19 Bhutan 5.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1,380.5% volatile
20 South Sudan 5.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.4% flat
21 Latvia 5.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4,930.0% volatile
22 Peru 4.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.4% falling
23 Liberia 4.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 71.1% volatile
24 Argentina 3.94 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.9% falling
25 Finland 3.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 147.5% volatile
26 Laos 3.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.8% volatile
26 Lao People's Democratic Republic 3.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.8% volatile
28 Lithuania 3.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 115.7% falling
29 Guinea 3.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.2% falling
29 Zambia 3.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 42.2% falling
31 Iceland 3.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.5% falling
32 Vanuatu 2.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.8% falling
33 Namibia 2.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.6% volatile
34 Mali 2.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.5% falling
35 Cameroon 2.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.5% falling
35 Sudan (former) 2.68 t CO2eq/cap 2011 down 17.3% falling
37 Myanmar 2.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.9% falling
38 Madagascar 2.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.5% falling
38 Nicaragua 2.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.2% falling
40 Papua New Guinea 2.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.1% falling
41 Colombia 2.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.2% falling
42 Sudan 2.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.0% rising
43 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 2.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.2% falling
44 Mozambique 2.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 36.4% falling
45 Gabon 2.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 52.8% falling
45 Indonesia 2.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.6% volatile
47 United Republic of Tanzania 2.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.4% falling
48 Angola 2.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.1% falling
49 Melanesia 2.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
50 Equatorial Guinea 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.9% falling
50 Malaysia 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 158.5% volatile
52 Mauritania 2.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.8% falling
53 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1.94 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 75.9% falling
54 Norway 1.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 202.1% volatile
55 Burkina Faso 1.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.1% falling
56 Thailand 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 48.8% falling
57 Zimbabwe 1.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.9% falling
58 Turkmenistan 1.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.8% rising
59 Eritrea 1.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
60 Denmark 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.8% falling
61 Sweden 1.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 167.4% volatile
62 Somalia 1.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 67.4% volatile
63 Italy 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 380.0% volatile
63 Kazakhstan 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 128.6% falling
65 Niger 1.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
66 Poland 1.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 191.7% volatile
66 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.5% falling
68 Benin 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 66.6% volatile
69 Cuba 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 76.3% volatile
69 Ecuador 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.3% falling
71 Seychelles 1.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 131.5% volatile
72 Cote d'Ivoire 1.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 39.1% volatile
72 Côte d'Ivoire 1.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 39.1% volatile
74 Panama 1.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.2% falling
75 Guinea-Bissau 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 29.3% falling
76 Ethiopia 1.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.2% falling
76 Uzbekistan 1.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.0% rising
78 United Kingdom 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.9% falling
78 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.9% falling
80 Eswatini 1.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.2% falling
80 Samoa 1.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.3% falling
82 Germany 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 104.2% rising
82 East Timor 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% falling
82 Timor-Leste 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% falling
85 Luxembourg 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.8% volatile
85 Mexico 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.9% volatile
85 Pakistan 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.7% rising
88 Guatemala 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.6% falling
88 Cook Islands 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% volatile
90 Dominica 0.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.8% rising
90 OECD 0.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1,400.0% volatile
92 Malawi 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.2% falling
93 Sierra Leone 0.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.0% falling
93 Niue 0.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.1% volatile
95 Uganda 0.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 29.8% falling
96 Kyrgyzstan 0.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.7% rising
97 Senegal 0.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% falling
98 Costa Rica 0.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 290.9% volatile
98 Spain 0.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.3% volatile
100 Greece 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 121.6% volatile
100 Ukraine 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 54.7% rising
102 Brunei 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.0% volatile
102 Hungary 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.0% falling
102 Tonga 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.3% flat
102 Brunei Darussalam 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.0% volatile
106 Albania 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 60.2% falling
106 Belgium 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.7% rising
106 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 1999 down 2.5% flat
109 Dominican Republic 0.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.3% rising
110 Chile 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 547.1% volatile
110 Tuvalu 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.9% flat
112 Switzerland 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.1% rising
112 Tajikistan 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.1% rising
114 Vietnam 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.0% volatile
114 Viet Nam 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.0% volatile
116 Solomon Islands 0.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.1% falling
117 Nepal 0.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.3% rising
118 Kenya 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 41.9% falling
119 Djibouti 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.0% falling
119 Gambia 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.1% falling
121 Caribbean 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.4% volatile
122 Bangladesh 0.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.1% falling
123 France 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 138.5% volatile
124 Montenegro 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.7% volatile
125 Slovenia 0.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 76.1% volatile
126 Portugal 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.8% rising
127 Turkey 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 375.0% volatile
127 Türkiye 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 375.0% volatile
129 Lesotho 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.4% falling
129 Moldova 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 51.4% falling
129 North Macedonia 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 196.4% volatile
129 Nigeria 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.2% falling
129 Republic of Moldova 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 51.4% falling
134 Morocco 0.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 44.4% rising
135 Burundi 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 920.0% volatile
136 Tokelau 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 69.0% rising
136 Polynesia 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% rising
138 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% rising
139 India 0.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% rising
140 Antigua and Barbuda 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.3% falling
141 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.4% rising
142 Libya 0.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% flat
143 Oman 0.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.0% rising
144 Afghanistan 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.0% falling
144 Romania 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 129.8% volatile
146 Haiti 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.9% falling
146 Sri Lanka 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.1% falling
148 Azerbaijan 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.0% falling
148 Saudi Arabia 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.6% falling
148 Tunisia 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 62.1% rising
151 Togo 0.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.9% falling
152 Czechia 0.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% falling
152 Philippines 0.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.9% falling
154 El Salvador 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.6% falling
155 Algeria 0.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.2% rising
156 Austria 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.7% volatile
156 Trinidad and Tobago 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.3% flat
158 Armenia 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 54.9% falling
159 Barbados 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.0% falling
159 Grenada 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.8% rising
159 Yemen 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.4% falling
162 United Arab Emirates 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.7% falling
162 Egypt 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 36.4% falling
162 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.5% falling
162 Qatar 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.2% falling
162 Syria 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.0% falling
162 Cabo Verde 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.5% falling
162 Syrian Arab Republic 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.0% falling
169 Iraq 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.0% falling
169 China, Taiwan Province of 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.5% falling
171 Israel 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
172 Malta 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 36.4% falling
173 Lebanon 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
173 Nauru 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
173 Nauru 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
176 Comoros 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 55.6% falling
176 Jordan 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.3% falling
176 Kuwait 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
176 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.0% falling
176 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.3% volatile
181 Bahamas 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 68.8% volatile
182 Mauritius 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% falling
182 Slovakia 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 109.6% volatile
182 United States 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 107.2% rising
185 Kiribati 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
186 Mayotte 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 56.2% volatile
187 Sao Tome and Principe 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 95.6% volatile
188 Micronesia 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 93.2% volatile
189 Cyprus 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 60.0% volatile
190 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
191 Aruba 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
191 Marshall Islands 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
191 Singapore 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
191 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
191 British Virgin Islands 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
191 China, Macao SAR 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
201 Bahrain -0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 120.0% volatile
202 Japan -0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 94.7% volatile
203 China -0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 900.0% volatile
203 China, mainland -0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 900.0% volatile
205 Jamaica -0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 156.7% volatile
206 Congo -0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 105.6% falling
207 Bosnia and Herzegovina -0.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.7% volatile
208 Croatia -0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 273.1% volatile
209 Rwanda -0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 456.2% volatile
210 Republic of Korea -0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.9% falling
211 Georgia -0.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 53.8% falling
212 South Africa -0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 294.3% volatile
213 Ghana -1.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 236.8% volatile
214 Saint Lucia -1.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.9% rising
215 Fiji -1.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 43.1% rising
216 Bulgaria -1.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 52.0% rising
217 Honduras -1.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 47.1% volatile
218 Palau -2.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
219 Serbia and Montenegro -2.87 t CO2eq/cap 2005 down 2,291.7% volatile
220 Serbia -2.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.7% falling
221 Russia -6.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.5% flat
221 Russian Federation -6.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.5% flat
223 Belarus -8.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 391.1% volatile

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Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
AFOLU — Emissions per capita
Unit
t CO2eq/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
255 places, 8,446 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.