Co2 land use per capita by country
Countries reporting
185
Highest
15.29
Belize
Lowest
-3.85
Montenegro
Median
0.1475
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
33,660
What the numbers show
Co2 land use per capita is currently reported for 185 countries. The highest value is 15.29 in Belize; the lowest is -3.85 in Montenegro.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1475, and the mean is 0.7909.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 59 countries rose and 125 fell. The largest increase was in Afghanistan (up 17,802.9%), and the largest decrease in Austria (down 1,505.7%).
Co2 land use per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belize | 15.29 | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 2 | Central African Republic | 9.43 | 2024 | up 874.9% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia | 8.94 | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Bhutan | 8.26 | 2024 | down 25.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Brazil | 7.55 | 2024 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 6 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7.44 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 7 | Solomon Islands | 6.41 | 2024 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 8 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5.93 | 2024 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 9 | Finland | 5.92 | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Liberia | 4.32 | 2024 | down 38.0% | volatile |
| 11 | Guyana | 4.18 | 2024 | down 36.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Guinea | 3.38 | 2024 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Argentina | 3.16 | 2024 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Benin | 3.05 | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Zambia | 2.94 | 2024 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Gabon | 2.9 | 2024 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Lesotho | 2.87 | 2024 | up 2,183.5% | volatile |
| 18 | Canada | 2.82 | 2024 | down 35.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Congo | 2.74 | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 20 | East Timor | 2.68 | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Russia | 2.66 | 2024 | up 202.5% | volatile |
| 22 | Papua New Guinea | 2.64 | 2024 | down 41.9% | volatile |
| 23 | New Zealand | 2.63 | 2024 | down 27.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Laos | 2.5 | 2024 | down 78.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Cambodia | 2.46 | 2024 | down 16.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.25 | 2024 | up 192.7% | volatile |
| 27 | Paraguay | 2.2 | 2024 | down 67.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Eritrea | 2.1 | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Indonesia | 2.03 | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 30 | Brunei | 1.82 | 2024 | down 55.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 1.74 | 2024 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Ethiopia | 1.62 | 2024 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Guatemala | 1.61 | 2024 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Latvia | 1.57 | 2024 | up 600.2% | volatile |
| 35 | Thailand | 1.57 | 2024 | up 42.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Australia | 1.56 | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Somalia | 1.53 | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Namibia | 1.53 | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Norway | 1.39 | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Myanmar | 1.36 | 2024 | down 42.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Nicaragua | 1.36 | 2024 | up 5.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Angola | 1.32 | 2024 | down 65.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Mali | 1.28 | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 44 | South Sudan | 1.26 | 2024 | down 32.7% | rising |
| 45 | Honduras | 1.22 | 2024 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Burkina Faso | 1.21 | 2024 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Tanzania | 1.15 | 2024 | down 51.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Vietnam | 1.12 | 2024 | down 73.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 1.06 | 2024 | down 47.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Madagascar | 0.9711 | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 0.9435 | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 52 | Iceland | 0.9047 | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 53 | Mozambique | 0.8828 | 2024 | down 34.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Cameroon | 0.8053 | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Sweden | 0.7533 | 2024 | up 69.1% | volatile |
| 56 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.7255 | 2024 | up 1,156.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.5237 | 2024 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Peru | 0.4875 | 2024 | down 79.9% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 0.4853 | 2024 | down 76.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Mongolia | 0.4512 | 2024 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Sri Lanka | 0.4482 | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | 0.4441 | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Afghanistan | 0.4279 | 2024 | up 17,802.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Malawi | 0.4275 | 2024 | down 46.8% | volatile |
| 65 | Portugal | 0.3951 | 2024 | up 199.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 0.3931 | 2024 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 67 | North Korea | 0.377 | 2024 | down 23.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Philippines | 0.3696 | 2024 | down 40.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Venezuela | 0.3485 | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.3272 | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 71 | Belgium | 0.3271 | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 72 | United States | 0.3244 | 2024 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Chad | 0.3226 | 2024 | down 81.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Senegal | 0.3182 | 2024 | down 75.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Burundi | 0.3057 | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Netherlands | 0.282 | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Suriname | 0.2751 | 2024 | down 93.6% | rising |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.2748 | 2024 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 79 | Iran | 0.2649 | 2024 | up 183.9% | volatile |
| 80 | Azerbaijan | 0.2568 | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Slovakia | 0.2446 | 2024 | down 77.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Togo | 0.2427 | 2024 | down 58.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Niger | 0.235 | 2024 | down 84.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Kenya | 0.2344 | 2024 | down 71.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Nepal | 0.2276 | 2024 | down 3.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 0.2058 | 2024 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.187 | 2024 | up 52.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Sudan | 0.1757 | 2024 | down 84.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Eswatini | 0.1697 | 2024 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 90 | Rwanda | 0.1605 | 2024 | down 44.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Uruguay | 0.158 | 2024 | down 95.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Tonga | 0.1498 | 2024 | down 83.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Ukraine | 0.1475 | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 94 | Jordan | 0.1139 | 2024 | down 12.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Gambia | 0.1136 | 2024 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Uganda | 0.0913 | 2024 | down 67.7% | volatile |
| 97 | Djibouti | 0.0867 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 0.0853 | 2024 | up 26.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Mauritania | 0.0712 | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 100 | South Africa | 0.0596 | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Algeria | 0.0542 | 2024 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Oman | 0.0509 | 2024 | down 43.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Iraq | 0.0493 | 2024 | down 84.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Japan | 0.0444 | 2024 | up 205.5% | volatile |
| 105 | El Salvador | 0.0312 | 2024 | down 47.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Comoros | 0.0306 | 2024 | down 24.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Egypt | 0.024 | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 108 | Singapore | 0.0167 | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0139 | 2024 | up 148.9% | volatile |
| 110 | Lebanon | 0.0124 | 2024 | up 1,390.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Dominican Republic | 0.0095 | 2024 | down 99.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Armenia | 0.0082 | 2024 | down 96.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Qatar | 0.0074 | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Palestine | 0.0069 | 2024 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 115 | Tajikistan | 0.0066 | 2024 | down 97.9% | volatile |
| 116 | Cape Verde | 0.0054 | 2024 | down 92.1% | volatile |
| 117 | India | 0.0052 | 2024 | down 94.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Yemen | 0.005 | 2024 | up 112.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Kuwait | 0.002 | 2024 | down 19.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Maldives | 0.0001 | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 121 | Bahrain | 0 | 2024 | down 18.3% | volatile |
| 122 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2024 | up 100.1% | volatile |
| 132 | Israel | -0.0041 | 2024 | down 137.9% | volatile |
| 133 | Cuba | -0.0088 | 2024 | up 99.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Switzerland | -0.0143 | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Uzbekistan | -0.0218 | 2024 | up 69.3% | volatile |
| 136 | Libya | -0.0276 | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 137 | Mauritius | -0.0285 | 2024 | down 106.5% | volatile |
| 138 | Turkmenistan | -0.0429 | 2024 | down 232.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Kyrgyzstan | -0.046 | 2024 | down 202.9% | volatile |
| 140 | Bahamas | -0.0479 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 141 | Germany | -0.0589 | 2024 | down 189.2% | volatile |
| 142 | Ireland | -0.0639 | 2024 | down 109.0% | volatile |
| 143 | United Kingdom | -0.0655 | 2024 | down 131.7% | volatile |
| 144 | Pakistan | -0.0683 | 2024 | down 402.4% | volatile |
| 145 | South Korea | -0.07 | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 146 | Andorra | -0.0729 | 2024 | down 29.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Austria | -0.0732 | 2024 | down 1,505.7% | volatile |
| 148 | Botswana | -0.0778 | 2024 | down 113.3% | volatile |
| 149 | Zimbabwe | -0.1053 | 2024 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 150 | Tunisia | -0.1075 | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 151 | Turkey | -0.1089 | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 152 | Trinidad and Tobago | -0.1091 | 2024 | up 67.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Malta | -0.1277 | 2024 | down 64.9% | volatile |
| 154 | Jamaica | -0.1376 | 2024 | down 152.3% | volatile |
| 155 | Albania | -0.1505 | 2024 | down 166.1% | volatile |
| 156 | Estonia | -0.1527 | 2024 | up 66.4% | volatile |
| 157 | France | -0.1838 | 2024 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 158 | Costa Rica | -0.1923 | 2024 | down 143.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.1964 | 2024 | up 63.8% | volatile |
| 160 | Italy | -0.2081 | 2024 | up 71.1% | volatile |
| 161 | Spain | -0.2184 | 2024 | up 35.1% | volatile |
| 162 | China | -0.225 | 2024 | down 135.6% | volatile |
| 163 | Lithuania | -0.2398 | 2024 | down 1.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Barbados | -0.2475 | 2024 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 165 | Syria | -0.2591 | 2024 | down 1,022.8% | volatile |
| 166 | North Macedonia | -0.2679 | 2024 | down 122.7% | volatile |
| 167 | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.2805 | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 168 | Mexico | -0.2846 | 2024 | down 191.3% | volatile |
| 169 | Morocco | -0.3363 | 2024 | down 140.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Haiti | -0.3604 | 2024 | down 155.8% | volatile |
| 171 | Liechtenstein | -0.3609 | 2024 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 172 | Kazakhstan | -0.3788 | 2024 | down 81.3% | volatile |
| 173 | Belarus | -0.3888 | 2024 | down 243.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Czechia | -0.5292 | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 175 | Saint Lucia | -0.5365 | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 176 | Cyprus | -0.6656 | 2024 | down 225.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Ecuador | -0.6714 | 2024 | down 115.4% | volatile |
| 178 | Croatia | -0.6759 | 2024 | down 595.2% | volatile |
| 179 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.6798 | 2024 | down 312.5% | volatile |
| 180 | Grenada | -0.7177 | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Poland | -0.7495 | 2024 | up 41.4% | volatile |
| 182 | Vanuatu | -0.9621 | 2024 | up 81.1% | volatile |
| 183 | Samoa | -1.06 | 2024 | down 132.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Hungary | -1.11 | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 185 | Moldova | -1.12 | 2024 | up 6.7% | volatile |
| 186 | Romania | -1.12 | 2024 | down 399.0% | volatile |
| 187 | Bulgaria | -1.16 | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Fiji | -1.16 | 2024 | down 94.5% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -1.24 | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Dominica | -1.39 | 2024 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 191 | Georgia | -1.74 | 2024 | up 30.0% | volatile |
| 192 | Greece | -2.03 | 2024 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 193 | Serbia | -2.44 | 2024 | up 32.1% | volatile |
| 194 | Montenegro | -3.85 | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |