Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Paraguay
Paraguay: Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions was 1.92 tonnes per person in 2023. ▲ Rising
Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions in Paraguay, 1990–2023
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Paraguay recorded 1.92 tonnes per person for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in 2023.
That represents a change of down 5.2% on the previous year and up 16.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Paraguay peaked at 2.06 tonnes per person in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.8945 tonnes per person, in 1991.
That places Paraguay 89th out of 120 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.05 tonnes per person | 0.8945 tonnes per person | 1.17 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.12 tonnes per person | 1 tonnes per person | 1.39 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.75 tonnes per person | 1.52 tonnes per person | 2.05 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.96 tonnes per person | 1.83 tonnes per person | 2.06 tonnes per person | 4 |
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More climate change data for Paraguay
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 0.1% (2100)
- Population growth 1.2% (2025)
- Population, total 7.01 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 2.0% (2025)
- Urban population 4.94 million (2025)
- Urban population 70.4% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 1.15 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 208.53 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 1.15 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 1.15 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Paraguay?
- Per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions in Paraguay was 1.92 tonnes per person in 2023, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Paraguay?
- The highest recorded value was 2.06 tonnes per person in 2021.
- What is the lowest per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions recorded in Paraguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.8945 tonnes per person in 1991.
- How does Paraguay rank for per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions?
- Paraguay ranks 89th out of 120 countries with data for 2023.
- Is per capita consumption-based co₂ emissions rising or falling in Paraguay?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Paraguay data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita consumption-based CO₂ emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual consumption-based emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂), measured in tonnes per person.