Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions by country
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
32.29 tonnes per person
Singapore
Lowest
0.1532 tonnes per person
Malawi
Median
4.35 tonnes per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,064
What the numbers show
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 32.29 tonnes per person in Singapore; the lowest is 0.1532 tonnes per person in Malawi.
The median across all reporting countries is 4.35 tonnes per person, and the mean is 6.11 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 211.
Over the past decade 55 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Nepal (up 718.0%), and the largest decrease in Honduras (down 51.0%).
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Singapore | 32.29 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 27.6 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 4 | Kuwait | 25.28 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 23.31 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 19.66 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 19.37 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 8 | Brunei | 19.34 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 9 | Belgium | 16.79 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 10 | Oman | 16.51 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.5% | rising |
| 11 | United States | 15.81 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 14.87 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 14.07 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 14 | Bahrain | 14.06 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 15 | South Korea | 13.7 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 16 | Switzerland | 13.34 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 29.5% | rising |
| 17 | Canada | 13.23 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 18 | Taiwan | 12.64 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 20 | Mongolia | 10.67 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 30.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Kazakhstan | 10.46 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Russia | 9.67 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.1% | flat |
| 23 | Israel | 9.54 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 24 | Slovenia | 9.32 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 7.4% | falling |
| 25 | Czechia | 9.25 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 26 | Estonia | 9.21 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 27 | Japan | 9.18 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 28 | Germany | 9.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 29 | Finland | 8.47 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 30 | Austria | 8.38 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 31 | Denmark | 8.32 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 32 | Netherlands | 8.3 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 33 | Malaysia | 8.16 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 34 | New Zealand | 8 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.3% | flat |
| 36 | China | 7.63 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 37 | Iran | 7.38 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 38 | Italy | 7.21 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | falling |
| 39 | Lithuania | 7.19 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 40 | Latvia | 7.1 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 41 | United Kingdom | 7.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 42 | Poland | 7.06 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 43 | Norway | 7.06 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 32.9% | falling |
| 44 | Belarus | 6.86 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 45 | Greece | 6.56 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 46 | Cyprus | 6.41 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 47 | Slovakia | 6.35 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 48 | Mauritius | 6.21 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 49 | France | 6.13 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 50 | Croatia | 6.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Hungary | 5.86 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | falling |
| 52 | Botswana | 5.85 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Sweden | 5.85 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 54 | Turkey | 5.53 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 55 | Spain | 5.44 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 56 | Bulgaria | 5.2 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | flat |
| 57 | South Africa | 5.15 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 58 | Portugal | 4.55 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 59 | Chile | 4.48 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.4% | rising |
| 60 | Ukraine | 4.41 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 61 | Panama | 4.38 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 552.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Mexico | 4.35 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 63 | Thailand | 4.26 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 64 | Romania | 4.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 6.1% | falling |
| 65 | Argentina | 4.08 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 66 | Georgia | 4.04 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 67 | Azerbaijan | 3.96 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 68 | Dominican Republic | 3.57 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 69 | Venezuela | 3.55 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 70 | Namibia | 3.26 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Uruguay | 3.18 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 72 | Jamaica | 2.93 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 31.7% | falling |
| 73 | Costa Rica | 2.88 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 74 | Jordan | 2.78 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 75 | Ecuador | 2.72 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 76 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.71 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 77 | Armenia | 2.61 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 78 | Indonesia | 2.59 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 2.47 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 31.3% | rising |
| 80 | Vietnam | 2.47 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 83.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Peru | 2.33 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 82 | Cambodia | 2.24 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Brazil | 2.23 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 84 | Egypt | 2.21 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.0% | rising |
| 85 | Bolivia | 2.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 86 | Sri Lanka | 2.02 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 28.7% | volatile |
| 87 | Colombia | 2 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 88 | Laos | 1.93 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 263.9% | volatile |
| 89 | Paraguay | 1.92 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 90 | Albania | 1.91 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 91 | Morocco | 1.85 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 92 | Philippines | 1.84 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 93 | El Salvador | 1.78 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 94 | India | 1.77 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 39.9% | rising |
| 95 | Nepal | 1.59 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 718.0% | volatile |
| 96 | Guatemala | 1.4 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 107.8% | rising |
| 97 | Tajikistan | 1.25 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 98 | Senegal | 1.05 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 99 | Togo | 1.05 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 499.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Nicaragua | 1.05 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 101 | Honduras | 0.9825 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 51.0% | rising |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 0.979 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 139.1% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0.9375 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 104 | Pakistan | 0.8893 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 105 | Ghana | 0.7805 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 106 | Kenya | 0.6321 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 107 | Zambia | 0.6131 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 108 | Benin | 0.5977 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 109 | Nigeria | 0.5849 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 110 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5732 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 111 | Guinea | 0.4442 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 187.1% | rising |
| 112 | Mozambique | 0.429 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Tanzania | 0.3871 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 114 | Cameroon | 0.366 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 19.4% | rising |
| 115 | Rwanda | 0.252 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 257.4% | volatile |
| 116 | Burkina Faso | 0.2519 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 117 | Madagascar | 0.2058 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 118 | Uganda | 0.1809 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 119 | Ethiopia | 0.1806 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 120 | Malawi | 0.1532 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 234.7% | rising |
About this data
Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.