All sectors with LULUCF — 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
223
Highest
55.1 t CO2eq/cap
Qatar
Lowest
-1.48 t CO2eq/cap
Belarus
Median
4.99 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446

What the numbers show

All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 55.1 t CO2eq/cap in Qatar; the lowest is -1.48 t CO2eq/cap in Belarus.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.99 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 7.24 t CO2eq/cap.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 37.

Over the past decade 100 countries rose and 122 fell. The largest increase was in Bhutan (up 275.5%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 145.7%).

All sectors with LULUCF — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 55.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% falling
2 Kuwait 36.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.5% volatile
3 Bahrain 36.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.5% falling
4 Trinidad and Tobago 36.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.0% rising
5 Mongolia 35.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.4% rising
6 United Arab Emirates 31.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% falling
7 Brunei 31.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.5% flat
7 Brunei Darussalam 31.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.5% flat
9 Saudi Arabia 27.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.9% flat
10 Suriname 26.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 91.4% volatile
11 Australia 25.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.2% falling
12 Oman 23.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% rising
13 Canada 23.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.4% falling
14 Australia and New Zealand 23.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.8% falling
15 Guyana 22.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.8% rising
16 Estonia 19.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.7% rising
17 Netherlands Antilles (former) 18.48 t CO2eq/cap 2010 down 28.3% rising
18 Iceland 16.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.8% falling
18 United States 16.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.3% falling
20 Kazakhstan 15.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.8% rising
21 Singapore 15.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.1% falling
22 Belize 15.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.6% falling
23 New Zealand 14.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.7% falling
24 Libya 14.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 26.7% falling
25 Belgium-Luxembourg 14.07 t CO2eq/cap 1999 up 2.6% flat
26 Ireland 13.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% falling
27 Palau 13.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.1% falling
28 Turkmenistan 13.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.8% rising
29 Republic of Korea 12.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.9% rising
30 China, Taiwan Province of 12.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.6% rising
31 Luxembourg 12.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.1% falling
32 Malaysia 11.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 111.6% falling
33 Uruguay 11.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 36.3% rising
34 Norway 11.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.3% rising
35 Central African Republic 11.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.1% falling
36 Russia 11.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.8% rising
36 Russian Federation 11.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.8% rising
38 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.6% rising
39 Gabon 10.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.5% falling
39 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 10.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.2% falling
41 Finland 10.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 220.7% falling
42 OECD 10.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.5% falling
43 Anguilla 10.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.8% rising
44 Paraguay 10.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.2% falling
45 Brazil 10.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.4% falling
46 Botswana 9.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.9% falling
47 China 9.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.2% rising
48 China, mainland 9.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.0% rising
49 Belgium 9.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.4% falling
50 Poland 9.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.1% falling
51 Lithuania 9.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.3% rising
52 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.8% falling
53 Czechia 9.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.3% falling
54 Argentina 9.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.7% falling
55 Latvia 9.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 99.6% volatile
56 Aruba 8.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% volatile
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.3% volatile
58 Japan 8.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.4% falling
59 Germany 8.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.2% falling
60 Bhutan 8.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 275.5% volatile
61 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% rising
62 Israel 7.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.9% falling
63 Equatorial Guinea 7.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 48.9% falling
64 Iraq 7.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.5% rising
65 Antigua and Barbuda 7.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.3% rising
66 South Africa 7.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 29.2% falling
67 Austria 7.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.4% falling
68 Cyprus 7.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.3% falling
68 Greece 7.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% falling
70 Slovakia 7.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.8% falling
71 Italy 7.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.2% falling
72 Seychelles 7.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.8% rising
73 Laos 7.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 34.8% volatile
73 Lao People's Democratic Republic 7.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 34.8% volatile
75 Cambodia 7.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.1% rising
76 Thailand 6.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.4% rising
77 Peru 6.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.0% falling
78 Slovenia 6.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 36.5% rising
79 Bahamas 6.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.5% falling
80 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 6.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 43.1% falling
81 Indonesia 6.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.8% falling
81 Turkey 6.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.7% rising
81 Türkiye 6.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.7% rising
84 Chad 6.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.8% rising
85 Denmark 6.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.0% falling
86 Hungary 6.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.2% falling
87 Spain 6.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% rising
88 Cook Islands 6.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.2% rising
89 Chile 6.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.5% rising
90 Algeria 6.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.0% rising
91 North Macedonia 6.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 41.5% falling
92 United Kingdom 6.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.5% falling
92 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 6.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.5% falling
94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.9% rising
95 Serbia 5.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.0% falling
96 Croatia 5.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.8% flat
97 Mexico 5.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.9% falling
98 South Sudan 5.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.9% flat
99 Sweden 5.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.3% falling
100 France 5.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.2% falling
101 Azerbaijan 5.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.7% falling
102 Colombia 5.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.4% falling
103 Portugal 5.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.9% falling
104 Uzbekistan 5.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.2% falling
105 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.0% falling
106 Barbados 5.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.1% flat
107 Montenegro 5.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.6% volatile
108 Bulgaria 5.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.2% falling
109 Vietnam 5.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.9% volatile
109 Niue 5.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.4% flat
109 Viet Nam 5.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.9% volatile
112 Ukraine 4.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 41.4% falling
113 Mauritius 4.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
114 Maldives 4.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 58.1% rising
115 Panama 4.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.2% falling
116 Liberia 4.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 68.3% volatile
117 Switzerland 4.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.9% falling
118 Lebanon 4.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.7% rising
119 Malta 4.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.2% falling
120 Romania 4.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 48.1% falling
121 Ecuador 4.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.2% falling
122 Namibia 4.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.4% falling
123 Nauru 4.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.1% falling
123 Serbia and Montenegro 4.66 t CO2eq/cap 2005 down 15.6% falling
123 Nauru 4.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.1% falling
126 Marshall Islands 4.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 49.7% rising
127 Grenada 4.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.7% rising
128 British Virgin Islands 4.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.0% rising
129 Cuba 3.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.1% rising
129 Zambia 3.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.9% falling
131 Tunisia 3.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.5% rising
132 Nicaragua 3.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.2% falling
133 Dominica 3.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.7% rising
134 Vanuatu 3.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.4% falling
135 Caribbean 3.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.4% rising
136 Guinea 3.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.5% falling
137 Cameroon 3.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.5% falling
138 Dominican Republic 3.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.1% rising
138 Papua New Guinea 3.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.3% falling
140 Myanmar 3.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.8% falling
141 Sudan (former) 3.5 t CO2eq/cap 2011 down 11.2% flat
142 Angola 3.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 37.9% falling
143 Congo 3.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 53.4% falling
144 Costa Rica 3.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 96.4% rising
144 Sudan 3.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
146 Mauritania 3.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.9% flat
147 Egypt 3.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.9% rising
148 Melanesia 3.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.6% falling
149 Albania 3.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.1% rising
150 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 3.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.3% rising
151 Mali 3.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.1% falling
152 Georgia 3.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.9% rising
153 Moldova 3.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% falling
153 Madagascar 3.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.5% falling
153 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.2% rising
153 Republic of Moldova 3.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% falling
157 Morocco 3.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.0% rising
158 Mozambique 3.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.4% falling
158 Tonga 3.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 37.9% rising
160 Armenia 3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.9% rising
161 India 2.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.9% rising
162 Kyrgyzstan 2.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.1% rising
163 Zimbabwe 2.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
164 Jordan 2.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.8% falling
164 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 34.9% falling
166 United Republic of Tanzania 2.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.5% falling
167 Guatemala 2.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.2% falling
168 Eswatini 2.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.5% falling
169 Samoa 2.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.9% rising
170 Burkina Faso 2.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.0% falling
170 Jamaica 2.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.6% falling
172 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 72.4% falling
173 Eritrea 2.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.7% falling
174 Benin 2.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 53.1% volatile
175 Saint Lucia 2.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 46.9% volatile
176 Philippines 2.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.0% rising
176 Somalia 2.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 60.2% volatile
178 Cote d'Ivoire 2.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.3% falling
178 Côte d'Ivoire 2.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.3% falling
180 Tuvalu 2.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
181 Pakistan 1.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.7% rising
181 El Salvador 1.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.3% flat
183 Lesotho 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.6% flat
183 Syria 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.7% falling
183 Cabo Verde 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.5% rising
183 Syrian Arab Republic 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.7% falling
187 Nigeria 1.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.6% falling
188 Micronesia (Federated States of) 1.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.7% falling
189 Senegal 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.5% falling
190 Tajikistan 1.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.9% falling
191 Guinea-Bissau 1.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.6% falling
192 Djibouti 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.0% falling
192 East Timor 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.8% rising
192 Timor-Leste 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.8% rising
195 Niger 1.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
196 China, Macao SAR 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.3% falling
197 Ethiopia 1.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.7% falling
198 Sri Lanka 1.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.6% rising
199 Micronesia 1.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.6% falling
200 Bangladesh 1.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.0% rising
201 Kenya 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.8% falling
202 Nepal 1.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.0% rising
203 Polynesia 1.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.7% rising
204 Sierra Leone 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.8% falling
204 Uganda 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.9% falling
206 Solomon Islands 1.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.5% falling
207 Malawi 1.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% falling
208 Togo 1.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.9% flat
209 Gambia 1.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.2% falling
210 Haiti 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.0% rising
211 Sao Tome and Principe 1.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 46.8% rising
212 Comoros 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.1% flat
213 Yemen 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 48.3% falling
214 Afghanistan 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.8% rising
215 Burundi 0.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 138.2% falling
216 Kiribati 0.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.7% rising
217 Tokelau 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 47.6% rising
218 Fiji 0.46 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.3% volatile
219 Mayotte 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 56.2% volatile
220 Rwanda -0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 145.7% volatile
221 Ghana -0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 113.8% volatile
222 Honduras -0.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 86.9% volatile
223 Belarus -1.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 113.5% falling

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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
All sectors with LULUCF — 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
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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.