All sectors without 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
222
Highest
55.1 t CO2eq/cap
Qatar
Lowest
0.58 t CO2eq/cap
Rwanda
Median
4.78 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446

What the numbers show

All sectors without LULUCF — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 222 countries. The highest value is 55.1 t CO2eq/cap in Qatar; the lowest is 0.58 t CO2eq/cap in Rwanda.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.78 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 6.77 t CO2eq/cap.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 95.

Over the past decade 107 countries rose and 115 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 109.2%), and the largest decrease in Equatorial Guinea (down 53.7%).

All sectors without 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 36.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.5% falling
4 Trinidad and Tobago 36.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.0% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 31.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% falling
6 Brunei 30.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
6 Brunei Darussalam 30.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
8 Mongolia 29.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.2% rising
9 Saudi Arabia 27.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.9% flat
10 Australia 25.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.7% falling
11 Oman 23.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% rising
12 Australia and New Zealand 23.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.0% falling
13 Canada 19.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.7% falling
14 Russia 18.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.9% rising
14 Russian Federation 18.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.9% rising
16 Netherlands Antilles (former) 18.48 t CO2eq/cap 2010 down 28.3% rising
17 United States 17.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.7% falling
18 New Zealand 16.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.7% falling
19 Palau 15.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.8% falling
20 Singapore 15.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.2% falling
21 Kazakhstan 15.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.7% rising
22 Iceland 15.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.5% flat
23 Belgium-Luxembourg 14.5 t CO2eq/cap 1999 up 2.4% flat
24 Libya 14.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 26.8% falling
25 Republic of Korea 13.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.1% rising
26 Turkmenistan 13.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.8% rising
27 Estonia 12.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 38.7% flat
28 China, Taiwan Province of 12.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.6% rising
29 Uruguay 12.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.1% rising
30 Luxembourg 12.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 39.4% falling
31 Ireland 11.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.3% falling
32 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.6% rising
33 Norway 10.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 29.6% falling
34 OECD 10.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.9% falling
35 Anguilla 10.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.8% rising
36 China 10.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.3% rising
37 China, mainland 10.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.8% rising
38 Malaysia 10.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.0% rising
39 Belarus 9.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.4% flat
40 Belgium 9.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.1% falling
41 Serbia 9.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.8% flat
42 Botswana 9.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 32.3% falling
43 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.5% rising
44 Czechia 9.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.9% falling
45 Poland 9.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.6% falling
46 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 9.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.7% falling
47 Gabon 8.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.6% falling
48 South Africa 8.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.2% falling
49 Aruba 8.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% volatile
50 Japan 8.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.0% falling
51 Serbia and Montenegro 8.52 t CO2eq/cap 2005 up 23.3% rising
52 Finland 8.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.1% falling
52 Guyana 8.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 42.9% rising
54 Argentina 8.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.8% flat
55 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% rising
56 Germany 8.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.4% falling
57 Israel 7.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.9% falling
58 Iraq 7.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.6% rising
59 Lithuania 7.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.8% rising
60 Austria 7.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.7% falling
61 Antigua and Barbuda 7.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.6% rising
62 Slovakia 7.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.9% falling
63 Bulgaria 7.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.6% falling
64 Cyprus 7.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.4% falling
65 Greece 7.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.1% falling
66 Suriname 6.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% falling
67 Slovenia 6.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.9% falling
68 Croatia 6.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.1% rising
69 Turkey 6.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.3% rising
69 Türkiye 6.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.3% rising
71 Bahamas 6.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.3% falling
72 Denmark 6.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.7% falling
73 Paraguay 6.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.7% rising
74 Hungary 6.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% falling
75 Thailand 6.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.9% rising
76 Italy 6.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.0% falling
76 Cook Islands 6.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.2% rising
78 Spain 6.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.7% falling
79 Algeria 6.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.0% rising
80 North Macedonia 6.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.2% flat
81 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.9% rising
82 Chile 5.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.2% rising
83 France 5.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.0% falling
83 Seychelles 5.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.6% rising
85 Brazil 5.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.0% rising
86 Equatorial Guinea 5.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 53.7% rising
87 Azerbaijan 5.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.5% falling
88 United Kingdom 5.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.9% falling
88 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 5.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.9% falling
90 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 42.8% falling
91 Latvia 5.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.7% flat
92 Mexico 5.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.5% flat
93 Chad 5.44 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.0% rising
94 Portugal 5.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% falling
95 Uzbekistan 5.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% falling
96 China, Hong Kong SAR 5.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.0% falling
97 Barbados 5.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.9% flat
98 Montenegro 5.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.0% flat
98 Romania 5.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.4% falling
100 Vietnam 5.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 67.5% rising
100 Viet Nam 5.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 67.5% rising
102 Niue 5.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.4% rising
102 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 5.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.7% rising
104 Laos 5.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 109.2% rising
104 Lao People's Democratic Republic 5.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 109.2% rising
106 Mauritius 4.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
107 Maldives 4.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 58.1% rising
108 Indonesia 4.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 61.5% rising
109 Lebanon 4.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.0% rising
110 Malta 4.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.2% falling
111 Ukraine 4.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 44.9% falling
112 Switzerland 4.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.6% falling
113 Namibia 4.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.1% falling
114 South Sudan 4.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.9% flat
115 Nauru 4.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.1% falling
115 Nauru 4.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.1% falling
117 Sweden 4.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.6% falling
118 Marshall Islands 4.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 49.7% rising
119 Panama 4.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.3% rising
120 Grenada 4.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.7% rising
121 British Virgin Islands 4.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.9% flat
122 Colombia 4.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.3% flat
123 Georgia 4.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.3% rising
124 Ecuador 4.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.4% flat
125 Congo 3.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% falling
126 Tunisia 3.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.5% rising
127 Belize 3.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.1% flat
128 Dominican Republic 3.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.9% rising
128 Caribbean 3.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.3% rising
130 Saint Lucia 3.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.9% rising
131 Central African Republic 3.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.2% falling
132 Bhutan 3.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.5% rising
132 Costa Rica 3.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.6% flat
134 Dominica 3.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.4% rising
135 Cuba 3.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.0% falling
136 Mauritania 3.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.2% flat
137 Sudan (former) 3.27 t CO2eq/cap 2011 down 9.9% flat
138 Egypt 3.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.9% rising
139 Armenia 3.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.6% rising
139 Nicaragua 3.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.8% rising
141 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 3.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.3% rising
142 Albania 3.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.0% rising
143 India 3.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.4% rising
144 Peru 3.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.9% rising
145 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 3.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.2% rising
146 Tonga 3.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 37.9% rising
147 Moldova 2.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.3% falling
147 Republic of Moldova 2.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.3% falling
149 Kyrgyzstan 2.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.0% rising
150 Cambodia 2.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 35.7% rising
150 Morocco 2.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.6% rising
150 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.8% falling
153 Jordan 2.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.8% falling
154 Jamaica 2.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.2% falling
155 Fiji 2.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.7% falling
156 Sudan 2.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.7% falling
157 Guinea 2.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.8% rising
157 Guatemala 2.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.8% rising
159 Honduras 2.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.5% rising
160 Angola 2.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 36.7% falling
161 Philippines 2.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.1% rising
162 Eswatini 2.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.6% falling
163 Mali 2.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
164 Samoa 2.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.6% rising
165 Eritrea 2.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.4% falling
166 Zambia 2.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.9% falling
167 Myanmar 2.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% rising
167 Tuvalu 2.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.1% rising
169 Syria 2.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.8% falling
169 Syrian Arab Republic 2.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.8% falling
171 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.8% falling
172 El Salvador 1.99 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.1% rising
173 Pakistan 1.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.4% rising
174 Cabo Verde 1.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.2% rising
175 Lesotho 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.6% rising
176 Somalia 1.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 25.7% falling
176 Vanuatu 1.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 31.7% falling
178 Zimbabwe 1.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% falling
179 Tajikistan 1.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.5% falling
180 Nigeria 1.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.8% falling
181 Djibouti 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.0% falling
181 Senegal 1.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.0% flat
183 Kenya 1.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.5% rising
184 United Republic of Tanzania 1.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.8% rising
185 Niger 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.1% rising
185 China, Macao SAR 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.3% falling
187 Burkina Faso 1.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.8% rising
187 Micronesia 1.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.1% falling
189 East Timor 1.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.0% rising
189 Timor-Leste 1.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.0% rising
191 Ethiopia 1.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.1% rising
192 Guinea-Bissau 1.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.7% falling
193 Cameroon 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.2% falling
193 Sri Lanka 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.9% rising
193 Nepal 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.4% rising
196 Benin 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.2% rising
196 Ghana 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.0% rising
198 Melanesia 1.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.3% falling
198 Polynesia 1.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.4% rising
200 Bangladesh 1.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.1% rising
201 Mozambique 1.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% flat
202 Papua New Guinea 1.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.1% flat
203 Madagascar 1.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.2% falling
204 Togo 1.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.0% rising
205 Uganda 1.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 0.9% rising
206 Haiti 1.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% rising
207 Sao Tome and Principe 1.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.4% rising
208 Cote d'Ivoire 1.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.5% falling
208 Côte d'Ivoire 1.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.5% falling
210 Sierra Leone 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% rising
211 Comoros 0.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.5% rising
212 Gambia 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.2% falling
212 Yemen 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 48.3% falling
214 Afghanistan 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.8% rising
214 Malawi 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 36.7% rising
216 Kiribati 0.79 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.7% rising
217 Solomon Islands 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 28.3% falling
218 Liberia 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.5% flat
219 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.0% falling
220 Tokelau 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 47.6% rising
221 Burundi 0.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.7% flat
221 Rwanda 0.58 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.8% 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 without 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.