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emissions of air pollutants, per capita by country

emissions of air pollutants 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
205
Highest
0.4139 tonnes per person
Palau
Lowest
0.0001 tonnes per person
Greenland
Median
0.0423 tonnes per person
Years covered
63
1960–2022
Data points
13,011

What the numbers show

emissions of air pollutants, per capita is currently reported for 205 countries. The highest value is 0.4139 tonnes per person in Palau; the lowest is 0.0001 tonnes per person in Greenland.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0423 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.057 tonnes per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 6,228.

Over the past decade 33 countries rose and 172 fell. The largest increase was in Bosnia and Herzegovina (up 93.8%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 78.7%).

emissions of air pollutants, per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Palau 0.4139 tonnes per person 2022 down 78.7% volatile
2 Gibraltar 0.3824 tonnes per person 2022 down 10.2% rising
3 Bhutan 0.372 tonnes per person 2022 down 5.3% falling
4 Maldives 0.3022 tonnes per person 2022 down 21.7% volatile
5 Bermuda 0.295 tonnes per person 2022 down 1.6% volatile
6 Iceland 0.246 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.5% rising
7 Curacao 0.2075 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.2% flat
8 Bahrain 0.1897 tonnes per person 2022 up 2.4% rising
9 Gabon 0.1887 tonnes per person 2022 up 0.6% rising
10 Kazakhstan 0.179 tonnes per person 2022 up 5.9% rising
11 Seychelles 0.1452 tonnes per person 2022 up 17.6% volatile
12 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0.136 tonnes per person 2022 down 29.7% rising
13 New Caledonia 0.1352 tonnes per person 2022 up 19.7% falling
14 Malaysia 0.1349 tonnes per person 2022 up 16.1% rising
15 Libya 0.1241 tonnes per person 2022 down 35.3% rising
16 Turkmenistan 0.1127 tonnes per person 2022 up 34.5% falling
17 Nigeria 0.1045 tonnes per person 2022 down 11.2% rising
18 Zimbabwe 0.1012 tonnes per person 2022 up 0.2% falling
19 Guatemala 0.0978 tonnes per person 2022 up 11.9% rising
20 Liberia 0.0969 tonnes per person 2022 down 17.8% falling
21 Thailand 0.0961 tonnes per person 2022 down 39.0% rising
22 Haiti 0.0937 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.4% rising
23 Zambia 0.0935 tonnes per person 2022 down 5.6% falling
24 Cambodia 0.0932 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.9% rising
25 China 0.093 tonnes per person 2022 down 35.9% rising
26 New Zealand 0.0927 tonnes per person 2022 down 41.0% falling
27 Paraguay 0.0884 tonnes per person 2022 up 0.0% flat
28 Nepal 0.0876 tonnes per person 2022 up 27.7% rising
29 Togo 0.0865 tonnes per person 2022 up 6.4% rising
30 North Korea 0.0861 tonnes per person 2022 down 29.7% volatile
31 Mongolia 0.0835 tonnes per person 2022 down 53.1% rising
32 Aruba 0.0806 tonnes per person 2022 down 16.3% volatile
33 Uruguay 0.0801 tonnes per person 2022 up 25.0% rising
34 Guinea-Bissau 0.0798 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.3% falling
35 Sri Lanka 0.0795 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.1% rising
36 Cayman Islands 0.0787 tonnes per person 2022 down 29.9% volatile
37 Estonia 0.0784 tonnes per person 2022 down 24.7% falling
38 Tajikistan 0.078 tonnes per person 2022 down 1.3% falling
39 South Sudan 0.078 tonnes per person 2022 up 21.7% falling
40 Kenya 0.0778 tonnes per person 2022 up 1.3% falling
41 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0774 tonnes per person 2022 up 93.8% rising
42 United Arab Emirates 0.0774 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.7% volatile
43 Norway 0.0765 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.1% falling
44 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0754 tonnes per person 2022 down 5.2% volatile
45 Canada 0.0738 tonnes per person 2022 down 24.8% falling
46 Qatar 0.0732 tonnes per person 2022 down 37.8% volatile
47 Czechia 0.0729 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.0% volatile
48 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0726 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.0% volatile
49 Lesotho 0.0719 tonnes per person 2022 down 22.8% flat
50 Uganda 0.0714 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.7% falling
51 South Africa 0.0701 tonnes per person 2022 down 28.7% falling
52 United States 0.0658 tonnes per person 2022 down 41.3% volatile
53 Somalia 0.0651 tonnes per person 2022 down 28.8% rising
54 Poland 0.0646 tonnes per person 2022 down 20.8% falling
55 Bahamas 0.0634 tonnes per person 2022 down 23.6% volatile
56 Mozambique 0.0622 tonnes per person 2022 up 19.5% falling
57 Ethiopia 0.0618 tonnes per person 2022 down 17.6% falling
58 Botswana 0.0609 tonnes per person 2022 down 16.5% rising
59 Australia 0.06 tonnes per person 2022 down 36.2% falling
60 Vietnam 0.0599 tonnes per person 2022 down 37.1% falling
61 Congo 0.0594 tonnes per person 2022 down 14.7% falling
62 Kyrgyzstan 0.0592 tonnes per person 2022 down 55.5% falling
63 Eritrea 0.0589 tonnes per person 2022 up 11.0% falling
64 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0588 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.8% rising
65 Slovakia 0.0587 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.6% falling
66 Tanzania 0.0586 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.4% falling
67 Madagascar 0.0581 tonnes per person 2022 up 17.9% rising
68 Austria 0.0572 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.1% falling
69 Guinea 0.0571 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.0% flat
70 Myanmar 0.0564 tonnes per person 2022 up 2.7% falling
71 Pakistan 0.0561 tonnes per person 2022 up 18.9% rising
72 Croatia 0.0554 tonnes per person 2022 down 17.7% falling
73 Guyana 0.0544 tonnes per person 2022 down 1.0% rising
74 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0543 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.9% flat
75 Benin 0.0541 tonnes per person 2022 down 0.2% falling
76 Latvia 0.0539 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.6% falling
77 Laos 0.0538 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.8% rising
78 Sierra Leone 0.0538 tonnes per person 2022 down 21.2% falling
79 Finland 0.0536 tonnes per person 2022 down 24.2% falling
80 Namibia 0.0523 tonnes per person 2022 down 14.8% rising
81 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.0513 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.7% falling
82 British Virgin Islands 0.0513 tonnes per person 2022 down 27.4% volatile
83 Russia 0.0487 tonnes per person 2022 down 13.3% falling
84 Barbados 0.0482 tonnes per person 2022 down 22.8% volatile
85 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0476 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.6% flat
86 Serbia 0.0474 tonnes per person 2022 down 3.8% flat
87 Indonesia 0.0469 tonnes per person 2022 down 50.6% rising
88 Sudan 0.0464 tonnes per person 2022 down 14.8% falling
89 Eswatini 0.0454 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.8% falling
90 Saint Lucia 0.0453 tonnes per person 2022 down 5.8% rising
91 Cameroon 0.0453 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.1% falling
92 Angola 0.0452 tonnes per person 2022 down 19.4% falling
93 Romania 0.0451 tonnes per person 2022 up 2.1% flat
94 Comoros 0.0448 tonnes per person 2022 down 10.4% rising
95 Mauritania 0.0446 tonnes per person 2022 down 16.1% rising
96 Cape Verde 0.0445 tonnes per person 2022 up 13.1% rising
97 Montenegro 0.044 tonnes per person 2022 down 36.0% falling
98 Chile 0.0439 tonnes per person 2022 down 39.2% rising
99 Burkina Faso 0.0439 tonnes per person 2022 down 22.4% falling
100 Djibouti 0.0436 tonnes per person 2022 down 4.5% falling
101 Singapore 0.0426 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.4% rising
102 Jamaica 0.0426 tonnes per person 2022 up 16.2% rising
103 Belarus 0.0423 tonnes per person 2022 down 41.4% falling
104 Honduras 0.0401 tonnes per person 2022 down 32.0% falling
105 Egypt 0.04 tonnes per person 2022 up 31.6% rising
106 Slovenia 0.0398 tonnes per person 2022 down 38.3% volatile
107 Nicaragua 0.0397 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.8% falling
108 Suriname 0.0396 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.7% volatile
109 Brazil 0.0379 tonnes per person 2022 down 21.7% falling
110 Lithuania 0.0377 tonnes per person 2022 down 23.4% falling
111 Tunisia 0.0375 tonnes per person 2022 down 11.2% rising
112 France 0.0375 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.7% falling
113 Bulgaria 0.0374 tonnes per person 2022 down 37.5% falling
114 Oman 0.037 tonnes per person 2022 down 37.3% volatile
115 Greece 0.0366 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.3% falling
116 Costa Rica 0.0355 tonnes per person 2022 down 19.8% falling
117 Moldova 0.0353 tonnes per person 2022 down 28.3% falling
118 Dominican Republic 0.0345 tonnes per person 2022 down 3.2% falling
119 Central African Republic 0.0345 tonnes per person 2022 down 10.4% falling
120 Panama 0.0336 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.6% falling
121 Hungary 0.0336 tonnes per person 2022 down 39.9% falling
122 Kuwait 0.0333 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.8% volatile
123 Equatorial Guinea 0.033 tonnes per person 2022 down 13.8% falling
124 Israel 0.033 tonnes per person 2022 up 65.5% flat
125 India 0.033 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.8% falling
126 Ghana 0.0328 tonnes per person 2022 up 6.9% falling
127 Italy 0.0328 tonnes per person 2022 down 24.3% falling
128 Grenada 0.0327 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.5% volatile
129 Burundi 0.0319 tonnes per person 2022 down 13.2% falling
130 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0318 tonnes per person 2022 down 32.6% volatile
131 Luxembourg 0.0317 tonnes per person 2022 down 40.3% volatile
132 Chad 0.0312 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.7% falling
133 Denmark 0.031 tonnes per person 2022 down 38.9% falling
134 United States Virgin Islands 0.0309 tonnes per person 2022 down 14.2% rising
135 Philippines 0.0308 tonnes per person 2022 down 3.8% falling
136 Germany 0.0295 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.2% volatile
137 Georgia 0.0294 tonnes per person 2022 down 8.9% falling
138 Mauritius 0.0293 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.9% volatile
139 Ukraine 0.0293 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.1% falling
140 Papua New Guinea 0.0286 tonnes per person 2022 down 20.7% rising
141 Algeria 0.0286 tonnes per person 2022 down 22.1% rising
142 Dominica 0.0285 tonnes per person 2022 down 3.3% volatile
143 Saudi Arabia 0.0283 tonnes per person 2022 down 31.2% volatile
144 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0278 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.2% volatile
145 Rwanda 0.0274 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.8% falling
146 Gambia 0.0274 tonnes per person 2022 down 13.8% falling
147 Afghanistan 0.0272 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.9% falling
148 French Polynesia 0.027 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.1% falling
149 Marshall Islands 0.0265 tonnes per person 2022 up 10.3% falling
150 Belgium 0.0264 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.3% falling
151 Netherlands 0.0259 tonnes per person 2022 down 36.4% falling
152 Malawi 0.0257 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.3% falling
153 Colombia 0.0255 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.0% falling
154 North Macedonia 0.0254 tonnes per person 2022 down 24.3% falling
155 Sweden 0.0251 tonnes per person 2022 down 31.4% falling
156 Mexico 0.0249 tonnes per person 2022 down 38.2% falling
157 Uzbekistan 0.0248 tonnes per person 2022 down 2.7% falling
158 Japan 0.0245 tonnes per person 2022 down 30.6% falling
159 Peru 0.0244 tonnes per person 2022 down 11.9% falling
160 Ecuador 0.0239 tonnes per person 2022 down 9.9% falling
161 Niger 0.0236 tonnes per person 2022 up 18.0% falling
162 Tonga 0.0232 tonnes per person 2022 down 2.2% rising
163 Malta 0.0229 tonnes per person 2022 down 37.4% volatile
164 Belize 0.0224 tonnes per person 2022 down 17.8% rising
165 Samoa 0.0224 tonnes per person 2022 down 23.2% rising
166 El Salvador 0.0218 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.5% volatile
167 Spain 0.0217 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.8% falling
168 Bolivia 0.0216 tonnes per person 2022 down 10.6% falling
169 Portugal 0.0215 tonnes per person 2022 down 26.3% falling
170 Senegal 0.0209 tonnes per person 2022 down 46.2% falling
171 Ireland 0.0207 tonnes per person 2022 down 50.3% falling
172 Fiji 0.0207 tonnes per person 2022 up 16.2% rising
173 Mali 0.0205 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.1% falling
174 Micronesia (country) 0.0199 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.3% falling
175 Albania 0.0187 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.2% volatile
176 Bangladesh 0.0184 tonnes per person 2022 up 0.7% falling
177 Argentina 0.0182 tonnes per person 2022 down 8.9% falling
178 Vanuatu 0.018 tonnes per person 2022 down 29.4% rising
179 United Kingdom 0.0179 tonnes per person 2022 down 33.9% volatile
180 Lebanon 0.0174 tonnes per person 2022 down 35.5% falling
181 Venezuela 0.0172 tonnes per person 2022 down 74.4% falling
182 Brunei 0.0171 tonnes per person 2022 down 45.6% falling
183 Morocco 0.0169 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.9% falling
184 Switzerland 0.0164 tonnes per person 2022 down 39.4% volatile
185 Hong Kong 0.0162 tonnes per person 2022 down 7.3% rising
186 South Korea 0.0153 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.1% falling
187 Cuba 0.0153 tonnes per person 2022 down 6.7% volatile
188 Turkey 0.015 tonnes per person 2022 down 38.9% falling
189 Iran 0.014 tonnes per person 2022 down 12.1% rising
190 Azerbaijan 0.0127 tonnes per person 2022 down 19.0% falling
191 American Samoa 0.0126 tonnes per person 2022 down 11.1% flat
192 Iraq 0.0109 tonnes per person 2022 down 15.6% falling
193 Syria 0.0106 tonnes per person 2022 down 2.9% rising
194 Kiribati 0.0102 tonnes per person 2022 down 18.4% rising
195 Armenia 0.0098 tonnes per person 2022 up 20.2% volatile
196 Cyprus 0.0078 tonnes per person 2022 down 31.2% falling
197 East Timor 0.0077 tonnes per person 2022 down 22.2% rising
198 Solomon Islands 0.0072 tonnes per person 2022 down 39.9% rising
199 Jordan 0.0071 tonnes per person 2022 down 25.9% falling
200 Macao 0.0068 tonnes per person 2022 down 63.2% falling
201 Yemen 0.0044 tonnes per person 2022 down 41.9% falling
202 Puerto Rico 0.0039 tonnes per person 2022 down 31.0% falling
203 Faroe Islands 0.001 tonnes per person 2022 down 11.7% falling
204 Liechtenstein 0.0002 tonnes per person 2022 down 10.4% rising
205 Greenland 0.0001 tonnes per person 2022 up 1.0% rising

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emissions of air pollutants, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
207 places, 13,011 data points, 1960–2022
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emissions of air pollutants divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.