Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires, per capita by country
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
0.1448 tonnes per person
Canada
Lowest
0 tonnes per person
United States Virgin Islands
Median
0.0005 tonnes per person
Years covered
23
2003–2025
Data points
4,945
What the numbers show
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires, per capita is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 0.1448 tonnes per person in Canada; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in United States Virgin Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0005 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.0039 tonnes per person.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Eritrea (up 1,194.7%), and the largest decrease in Aruba (down 100.0%).
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada | 0.1448 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 97.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 0.0503 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 64.0% | falling |
| 3 | Australia | 0.0467 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 25.6% | falling |
| 4 | South Sudan | 0.0466 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 5 | Laos | 0.0289 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 63.5% | falling |
| 6 | Angola | 0.0242 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 56.6% | falling |
| 7 | Belize | 0.0214 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 8 | Greenland | 0.0193 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Zambia | 0.0191 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 59.0% | falling |
| 10 | Russia | 0.0171 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 11 | Bolivia | 0.0157 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Liberia | 0.0127 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 56.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0127 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 14 | Botswana | 0.0124 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 51.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Congo | 0.0122 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 16 | Bahamas | 0.0119 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 0.0115 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 18 | Paraguay | 0.0114 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 47.9% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 0.0094 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 70.8% | falling |
| 20 | Namibia | 0.009 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Guyana | 0.009 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Mozambique | 0.0081 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 60.6% | falling |
| 23 | Mongolia | 0.008 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 86.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Venezuela | 0.0074 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0072 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 26 | Brazil | 0.0063 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 54.5% | falling |
| 27 | Vanuatu | 0.0058 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Madagascar | 0.0058 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 53.0% | falling |
| 29 | Myanmar | 0.0054 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 45.6% | falling |
| 30 | Eritrea | 0.005 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 1,194.7% | volatile |
| 31 | Cameroon | 0.0049 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 32 | Portugal | 0.0049 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 405.8% | volatile |
| 33 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0049 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 61.1% | volatile |
| 34 | Gabon | 0.0046 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 35 | Argentina | 0.0045 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 36 | New Caledonia | 0.0045 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 78.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Chad | 0.0045 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 57.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Fiji | 0.0043 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 47.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Eswatini | 0.0038 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 40 | Tanzania | 0.0036 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 41 | Cambodia | 0.0035 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 71.2% | falling |
| 42 | Mali | 0.0035 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 43 | Mexico | 0.0032 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 34.7% | falling |
| 44 | Oman | 0.0031 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 719.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0031 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 85.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Bhutan | 0.0028 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 47 | Senegal | 0.0028 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 48 | Sudan | 0.0027 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 49 | Ghana | 0.0026 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 63.3% | falling |
| 50 | Nicaragua | 0.0025 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 51 | Cuba | 0.0024 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 52 | Zimbabwe | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 71.8% | volatile |
| 54 | United States | 0.0022 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 79.7% | volatile |
| 56 | New Zealand | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 35.9% | falling |
| 57 | Guam | 0.0021 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 64.7% | volatile |
| 58 | Colombia | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 59 | South Africa | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 0.0018 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0017 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 447.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Albania | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 755.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Chile | 0.0016 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 42.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Spain | 0.0015 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 372.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Libya | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 56.5% | flat |
| 66 | Peru | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 67 | Guatemala | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Benin | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Togo | 0.0014 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 74.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Iraq | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 26.9% | volatile |
| 71 | Ecuador | 0.0013 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 68.0% | rising |
| 72 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 67.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 0.0012 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 66.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 50.2% | falling |
| 75 | Gambia | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 76 | Uganda | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 59.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Panama | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 63.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Brunei | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 72.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Montenegro | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Mauritania | 0.0009 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 154.3% | volatile |
| 81 | Greece | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 101.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Ukraine | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 0.0008 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 84 | North Macedonia | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Nigeria | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 86 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 87 | Indonesia | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 96.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Malawi | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 73.4% | falling |
| 89 | Iran | 0.0007 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 258.5% | rising |
| 90 | Sweden | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 152.1% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 58.7% | falling |
| 92 | Thailand | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Cyprus | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 684.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 95 | Turkmenistan | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 96 | Vietnam | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 52.6% | falling |
| 97 | Niger | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 372.4% | falling |
| 98 | Romania | 0.0005 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 81.8% | falling |
| 99 | Georgia | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 100 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Armenia | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 149.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Dominican Republic | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 103 | Malaysia | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 104 | El Salvador | 0.0004 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 105 | Uzbekistan | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 113.7% | falling |
| 106 | Kenya | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 37.1% | falling |
| 107 | Solomon Islands | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Nepal | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 76.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Turkey | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 110 | Bulgaria | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 111 | Syria | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 112 | Finland | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 410.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Serbia | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 77.5% | falling |
| 115 | Italy | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 174.8% | rising |
| 116 | China | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 117 | Kuwait | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 53.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 119 | East Timor | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 88.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Kiribati | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Belarus | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 75.8% | volatile |
| 122 | Jamaica | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 123 | Algeria | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 50.2% | volatile |
| 124 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 8.7% | volatile |
| 125 | India | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 126 | Sri Lanka | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 127 | South Korea | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 238.9% | rising |
| 128 | Lesotho | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 129 | Qatar | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 112.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Philippines | 0.0002 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 61.9% | flat |
| 131 | Azerbaijan | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 75.9% | falling |
| 132 | Comoros | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 60.8% | volatile |
| 133 | United Kingdom | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 429.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Japan | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 135 | Somalia | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 136 | Belgium | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 34.9% | falling |
| 137 | Bangladesh | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 138 | Singapore | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 839.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Burundi | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 140 | Moldova | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 70.4% | volatile |
| 141 | Denmark | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 182.7% | volatile |
| 142 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 143 | France | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 8.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Rwanda | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Netherlands | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 118.1% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 150 | Latvia | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Slovakia | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 18.8% | falling |
| 153 | Egypt | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 80.0% | volatile |
| 154 | Croatia | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 85.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Norway | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 53.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 157 | Germany | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 116.9% | rising |
| 158 | Ireland | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 159 | Curacao | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 19.2% | volatile |
| 160 | North Korea | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 94.2% | volatile |
| 161 | Israel | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Slovenia | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 59.1% | volatile |
| 163 | Austria | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 164 | Hungary | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 165 | Yemen | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 183.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Luxembourg | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 64.5% | volatile |
| 167 | Tunisia | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 168 | Morocco | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 169 | Estonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Poland | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 42.2% | volatile |
| 171 | Czechia | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 172 | Lithuania | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 173 | Hong Kong | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 88.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Tajikistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 69.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Bahrain | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 448.5% | volatile |
| 176 | Palestine | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Djibouti | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 95.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Switzerland | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Jordan | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 180 | Afghanistan | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 51.3% | volatile |
| 181 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Andorra | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Dominica | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Gibraltar | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Grenada | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Isle of Man | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Iceland | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Macao | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Monaco | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | Malta | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | San Marino | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 181 | British Virgin Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 tonnes per person | 2025 | down 100.0% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Annual pm25 emissions from wildfires Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Annual PM2.5 emissions from wildfires divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.