Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per capita by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region 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
204
Highest
3,411 tonnes per person
Curacao
Lowest
1.19 tonnes per person
Burundi
Median
118.97 tonnes per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,896
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per capita is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 3,411 tonnes per person in Curacao; the lowest is 1.19 tonnes per person in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 118.97 tonnes per person, and the mean is 268.89 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,871.
Over the past decade 190 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 339.2%), and the largest decrease in Democratic Republic of Congo (down 12.5%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curacao | 3,411 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 2 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,435 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 3 | United States | 1,279 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,250 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Estonia | 1,216 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 1,157 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 1,156 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Germany | 1,139 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 9 | Czechia | 1,131 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 10 | Belgium | 1,088 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 11 | Brunei | 924.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 12 | Qatar | 906.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 863.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 14 | Russia | 854.79 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 15 | Ukraine | 825.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 16 | Poland | 794.43 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 17 | Kuwait | 791.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 18 | Slovakia | 742.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 19 | Australia | 736.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 725.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.6% | rising |
| 21 | Denmark | 702.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 22 | Aruba | 701.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 23 | Bahrain | 700.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 24 | Netherlands | 681.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 25 | Palau | 644.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 26 | Austria | 626.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 27 | Greenland | 619.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Bulgaria | 618.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Faroe Islands | 616.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.4% | volatile |
| 30 | Finland | 591.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 31 | New Caledonia | 586.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 32 | France | 584.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 33 | Belarus | 567.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 34 | Moldova | 565.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 35 | Japan | 561.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Lithuania | 557.46 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 37 | Hungary | 542.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 38 | Saudi Arabia | 538.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.4% | volatile |
| 39 | United Arab Emirates | 530.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 40 | Latvia | 525.56 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 41 | Norway | 500.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 42 | Sweden | 485.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 43 | Bermuda | 480 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Romania | 465.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 45 | Bahamas | 449.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 46 | Iceland | 444.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 47 | Serbia | 444.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 48 | Italy | 441.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 49 | Ireland | 438.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 50 | Slovenia | 428.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Nauru | 424.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Greece | 412.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 53 | South Korea | 400.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 54 | New Zealand | 380.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 55 | Singapore | 372.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 365.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 57 | South Africa | 356.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 58 | Switzerland | 350.68 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 59 | Libya | 337.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 329.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.6% | volatile |
| 61 | Spain | 321.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 62 | Oman | 316.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Croatia | 306.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 294.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Antigua and Barbuda | 287.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 66 | Venezuela | 277.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 67 | Israel | 260.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 258.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | volatile |
| 69 | Azerbaijan | 258.47 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 70 | Liechtenstein | 246.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.6% | volatile |
| 71 | Mongolia | 244.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Iran | 238.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Cyprus | 236.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Hong Kong | 232.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Barbados | 226.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 76 | North Korea | 207.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 77 | Andorra | 203.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Suriname | 202.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.8% | volatile |
| 79 | China | 202.34 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 57.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Argentina | 200.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 81 | Malaysia | 198.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Montenegro | 195.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Malta | 195.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Uzbekistan | 185.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 85 | Georgia | 173.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 171.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Jamaica | 170.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Mexico | 168.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 89 | Chile | 168.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 90 | Cuba | 165.22 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 91 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 163.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 92 | British Virgin Islands | 158.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 93 | Turkey | 150.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 141.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Uruguay | 140.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 96 | Lebanon | 136.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 97 | Armenia | 134.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 98 | Seychelles | 132.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 99 | Albania | 129.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.3% | volatile |
| 100 | French Polynesia | 124.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 122.3 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.5% | rising |
| 102 | Gabon | 120.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Algeria | 116.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 104 | Iraq | 116.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 105 | Thailand | 115.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Mauritius | 106.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 106.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 108 | Saint Lucia | 91.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 109 | Tunisia | 86.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Equatorial Guinea | 86.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Brazil | 85.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Macao | 83.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 113 | Syria | 83.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.7% | volatile |
| 114 | Dominica | 82.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 115 | Grenada | 82.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Panama | 79.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 117 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 118 | Ecuador | 76.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 119 | Dominican Republic | 76.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 120 | Botswana | 73.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 121 | Colombia | 71.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.3% | rising |
| 122 | Jordan | 68.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 123 | Egypt | 64.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Maldives | 63.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 125 | Peru | 63.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 126 | Indonesia | 61.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 46.1% | volatile |
| 127 | Fiji | 58.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Vietnam | 56.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 91.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Costa Rica | 55.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.1% | volatile |
| 130 | Belize | 53.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 131 | Morocco | 52.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Bolivia | 51.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Zimbabwe | 50.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 134 | Tajikistan | 48.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 135 | Tonga | 47.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 136 | India | 45.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 137 | Micronesia (country) | 42.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 138 | El Salvador | 41.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 139 | Bhutan | 37.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 91.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Eswatini | 35.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Samoa | 35.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 142 | Philippines | 34.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 143 | Cape Verde | 32.23 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 46.9% | volatile |
| 144 | Laos | 31.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 339.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Lesotho | 30.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.6% | volatile |
| 146 | Tuvalu | 30.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 147 | Congo | 30.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Paraguay | 30.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Namibia | 28.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 150 | Honduras | 28.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 151 | Nicaragua | 28.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Guatemala | 28.02 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.7% | volatile |
| 153 | Sri Lanka | 25.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 154 | Pakistan | 22.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Nigeria | 20.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Papua New Guinea | 19.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Angola | 19.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 158 | Mauritania | 19.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 159 | Djibouti | 18.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 160 | Yemen | 17.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 161 | Kiribati | 17.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 162 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 163 | Vanuatu | 16.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 164 | Senegal | 16.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 165 | Palestine | 14.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 166 | Cambodia | 14.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 167.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 14.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 168 | Zambia | 14.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 169 | Myanmar | 13.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 55.7% | rising |
| 170 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 171 | Ghana | 12.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.7% | rising |
| 172 | Bangladesh | 11.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 173 | Cameroon | 10.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 174 | Sudan | 10.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 175 | Kenya | 9.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 176 | Liberia | 9.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 177 | Togo | 9.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Benin | 8.88 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 179 | Comoros | 8.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 180 | East Timor | 8.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 80.4% | volatile |
| 181 | Nepal | 7.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 140.6% | volatile |
| 182 | Haiti | 7.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 183 | Guinea | 7.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 184 | Gambia | 6.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 185 | Mozambique | 6.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 186 | Afghanistan | 5.69 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 187 | Eritrea | 5.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 188 | Tanzania | 5.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 40.0% | rising |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 4.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 190 | Mali | 4.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 73.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Burkina Faso | 4.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 79.6% | volatile |
| 192 | South Sudan | 3.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 193 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 194 | Madagascar | 3.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 18.7% | rising |
| 195 | Malawi | 2.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 196 | Uganda | 2.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 197 | Rwanda | 2.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Chad | 2.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 199 | Ethiopia | 2.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.1% | volatile |
| 200 | Central African Republic | 2.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 201 | Niger | 2.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 202 | Somalia | 2.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 2.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 204 | Burundi | 1.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.2% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by 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
Cumulative CO₂ emissions by world region divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.