Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, per capita by country
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil 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
3,406 tonnes per person
Curacao
Lowest
1.12 tonnes per person
Burundi
Median
62.7 tonnes per person
Years covered
65
1960–2024
Data points
12,852
What the numbers show
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, per capita is currently reported for 204 countries. The highest value is 3,406 tonnes per person in Curacao; the lowest is 1.12 tonnes per person in Burundi.
The median across all reporting countries is 62.7 tonnes per person, and the mean is 140.21 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,028.
Over the past decade 188 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in East Timor (up 140.3%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 14.7%).
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Curacao | 3,406 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 2 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1,435 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 3 | Aruba | 701.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 4 | Palau | 644.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 5 | Faroe Islands | 611.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Greenland | 580.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 7 | United States | 486.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 8 | Bermuda | 479.37 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 475.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Kuwait | 458.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Bahamas | 438.65 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 12 | Nauru | 424.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Canada | 379.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 14 | Lithuania | 366.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 15 | Iceland | 357.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 16 | New Caledonia | 356.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Latvia | 345 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | rising |
| 18 | Saudi Arabia | 332.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Belarus | 332.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 20 | Denmark | 324.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 322.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 22 | Sweden | 319.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 23 | Finland | 303.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Singapore | 299.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 25 | Belgium | 299.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 26 | Moldova | 296.01 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 27 | Antigua and Barbuda | 286.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Japan | 275.6 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Estonia | 274.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Norway | 267.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 31 | Germany | 246.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Switzerland | 240.36 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 33 | Russia | 240.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 238.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Australia | 236.11 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 36 | France | 232.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 37 | Brunei | 230.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | falling |
| 38 | Netherlands | 220.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Austria | 217.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.0% | volatile |
| 40 | United Kingdom | 211.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 41 | Cyprus | 205.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Barbados | 204.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Greece | 203.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Andorra | 202.73 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 45 | Liechtenstein | 199.79 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Suriname | 198.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Bulgaria | 194.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Ireland | 192.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Slovenia | 191.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Libya | 184.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.8% | volatile |
| 51 | Croatia | 181.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 52 | Ukraine | 180.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Malta | 174.21 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 54 | New Zealand | 174.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 55 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 171.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 56 | Spain | 164.62 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 163.44 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Jamaica | 160.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 59 | British Virgin Islands | 158.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Portugal | 154.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 61 | United Arab Emirates | 153.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.3% | volatile |
| 62 | Romania | 152.04 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 63 | South Korea | 151.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Bahrain | 147.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 65 | Kazakhstan | 146.37 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 66 | Cuba | 144.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Venezuela | 142.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 68 | Israel | 140.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 69 | Hungary | 139.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.1% | volatile |
| 70 | Guyana | 139.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 139.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 72 | Czechia | 138.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Qatar | 136.79 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 74 | Turkmenistan | 134.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 75 | Seychelles | 132.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.3% | volatile |
| 76 | French Polynesia | 124.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 77 | Lebanon | 121.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Slovakia | 121.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 79 | North Macedonia | 112.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Uruguay | 110.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 81 | Iran | 108.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 82 | Argentina | 108.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 83 | Mexico | 108.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | 106.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 109.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Hong Kong | 95.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Saint Lucia | 91.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Poland | 91.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Chile | 89.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Dominica | 82.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Malaysia | 82.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Grenada | 82.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Albania | 81.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Macao | 79.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 94 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 79.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Iraq | 78.87 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 96 | Mauritius | 77.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.1% | volatile |
| 97 | Serbia | 74.02 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.4% | volatile |
| 98 | Oman | 72.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 99 | Georgia | 72.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 100 | Panama | 69.78 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 101 | Ecuador | 65.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 102 | Maldives | 63.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 72.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Syria | 61.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 3.1% | volatile |
| 104 | Dominican Republic | 60.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Brazil | 58.57 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 57.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 57.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.2% | volatile |
| 108 | Fiji | 54.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Armenia | 54.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 110 | Belize | 53.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Thailand | 51.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 51.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 51.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 114 | Turkey | 50.24 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 115 | Tonga | 47.25 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 43.2% | volatile |
| 116 | Tunisia | 46.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Uzbekistan | 45.9 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 118 | Peru | 45.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 119 | Kyrgyzstan | 44.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 120 | Micronesia (country) | 42.93 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.1% | volatile |
| 121 | Gabon | 41.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 122 | South Africa | 40.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 123 | Algeria | 39.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | volatile |
| 124 | El Salvador | 38.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 125 | Mongolia | 37.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 126 | Colombia | 37.33 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 127 | Samoa | 35.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Egypt | 34.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 129 | Morocco | 32.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Botswana | 32.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 38.7% | volatile |
| 131 | Cape Verde | 31.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.3% | volatile |
| 132 | Tuvalu | 30.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 71.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Bolivia | 29.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Indonesia | 28.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Paraguay | 28.55 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 39.0% | volatile |
| 136 | China | 27.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 59.2% | volatile |
| 137 | Nicaragua | 27.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Honduras | 25.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.3% | volatile |
| 139 | Namibia | 25.81 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Tajikistan | 24.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | rising |
| 141 | Guatemala | 23.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 21.52 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Philippines | 21.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 144 | Eswatini | 19.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 145 | Mauritania | 19.04 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 146 | Kiribati | 17.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | volatile |
| 147 | Papua New Guinea | 17.26 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Sao Tome and Principe | 17.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 149 | Djibouti | 16.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 16.45 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.8% | rising |
| 151 | Vietnam | 16.04 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 15.63 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.6% | volatile |
| 153 | Yemen | 15.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 154 | Palestine | 14.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 49.8% | volatile |
| 155 | Solomon Islands | 14.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.5% | volatile |
| 156 | Bhutan | 13.08 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 157 | Senegal | 11.98 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 158 | India | 11.72 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Congo | 11.15 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 160 | Ghana | 10.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | rising |
| 161 | North Korea | 10.3 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.3% | volatile |
| 162 | Angola | 9.99 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 163 | Zimbabwe | 9.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 164 | Sudan | 9.6 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 165 | Pakistan | 9.54 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 20.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Cote d'Ivoire | 9.34 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 167 | Cambodia | 9.02 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 168 | Liberia | 8.79 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 169 | Comoros | 8.67 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Nigeria | 8.64 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 17.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Laos | 8.47 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Kenya | 8.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 173 | Benin | 8.01 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 31.4% | volatile |
| 174 | Myanmar | 7.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.9% | rising |
| 175 | Lesotho | 7.66 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.9% | volatile |
| 176 | Cameroon | 7.19 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Guinea | 7.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 178 | Haiti | 7.04 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 179 | Zambia | 6.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 180 | Gambia | 6.4 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 181 | East Timor | 6.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 140.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Togo | 6.07 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 12.6% | volatile |
| 183 | Eritrea | 5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 184 | Sierra Leone | 4.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 185 | Nepal | 4.28 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 95.2% | volatile |
| 186 | Mali | 3.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 66.8% | volatile |
| 187 | South Sudan | 3.8 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 188 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.76 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 189 | Mozambique | 3.61 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 190 | Burkina Faso | 3.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 191 | Afghanistan | 3.53 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 192 | Tanzania | 3.51 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 193 | Bangladesh | 3.37 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 194 | Madagascar | 2.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 195 | Uganda | 2.42 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 196 | Central African Republic | 2.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 197 | Rwanda | 2.3 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 198 | Somalia | 2.2 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 199 | Chad | 2.14 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 200 | Ethiopia | 1.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.2% | volatile |
| 201 | Malawi | 1.89 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 202 | Niger | 1.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.41 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 204 | Burundi | 1.12 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
How this figure is calculated
Cumulative CO₂ emissions from oil 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 from oil ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Cumulative co2 oil 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 from oil divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.