Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes by country

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.

Countries reporting
196
Highest
159.82 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents
Uruguay
Lowest
0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents
Vatican
Median
0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents
Years covered
37
1989–2025
Data points
7,400

What the numbers show

Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes is currently reported for 196 countries. The highest value is 159.82 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents in Uruguay; the lowest is 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents in Vatican.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents, and the mean is 2.98 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents.

Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 3 fell. The largest increase was in Portugal (up 1,276.3%), and the largest decrease in Mexico (down 96.3%).

Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Uruguay 159.82 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
2 Sweden 83.43 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 3.7% rising
3 Finland 61.24 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 46.3% volatile
4 Norway 43.74 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 100.2% falling
5 Portugal 41.13 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 1,276.3% volatile
8 Switzerland 32.42 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 69.2% volatile
9 France 30.82 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 168.3% volatile
10 Denmark 27.51 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 65.2% rising
11 Iceland 25.62 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 486.7% volatile
12 South Africa 14.57 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
13 Singapore 12.06 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
14 Hungary 11.11 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
15 Canada 8 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 458.1% volatile
16 Albania 7.73 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
17 Slovenia 7.25 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 down 30.1% volatile
18 Netherlands 6.85 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
19 United Kingdom 2.86 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 down 46.9% volatile
20 Chile 2.14 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
21 Japan 1.71 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 44.6% volatile
22 Colombia 1.4 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
23 Argentina 0.5579 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
24 Estonia 0.5345 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 280.0% volatile
25 Ukraine 0.4397 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 volatile
26 Latvia 0.2757 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 141.0% volatile
27 Mexico 0.0667 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 down 96.3% volatile
28 Poland 0.0011 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 up 35.7% volatile
29 Afghanistan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Angola 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Andorra 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 United Arab Emirates 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Armenia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Antigua and Barbuda 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Australia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Austria 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Azerbaijan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Burundi 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Belgium 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Benin 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Burkina Faso 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bangladesh 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bulgaria 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bahrain 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bahamas 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Belarus 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Belize 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bolivia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Brazil 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Barbados 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Brunei 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Bhutan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Botswana 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Central African Republic 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 China 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cote d'Ivoire 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cameroon 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Congo 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Comoros 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cape Verde 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Costa Rica 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cuba 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cyprus 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Czechia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Germany 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Djibouti 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Dominica 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Dominican Republic 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Algeria 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Ecuador 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Egypt 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Eritrea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Spain 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Ethiopia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Fiji 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Micronesia (country) 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Gabon 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Georgia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Ghana 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Guinea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Gambia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Guinea-Bissau 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Equatorial Guinea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Greece 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Grenada 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Guatemala 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Guyana 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Hong Kong 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Honduras 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Croatia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Haiti 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Indonesia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 India 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Iran 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Iraq 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Israel 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Italy 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Jamaica 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Jordan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Kazakhstan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Kenya 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Kyrgyzstan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Cambodia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Kiribati 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 South Korea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Kuwait 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Laos 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Lebanon 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Liberia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Libya 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Saint Lucia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Sri Lanka 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Lesotho 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Lithuania 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Macao 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Morocco 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Monaco 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Moldova 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Madagascar 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Maldives 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Marshall Islands 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 North Macedonia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Mali 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Myanmar 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Montenegro 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Mongolia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Mozambique 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Mauritania 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Mauritius 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Malawi 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Malaysia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Namibia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Niger 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Nigeria 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Nicaragua 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Nepal 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Nauru 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 New Zealand 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Oman 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Pakistan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Panama 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Peru 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Philippines 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Palau 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Papua New Guinea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Puerto Rico 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 North Korea 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Paraguay 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Palestine 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Qatar 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Romania 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Russia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Rwanda 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Saudi Arabia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Sudan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Senegal 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Solomon Islands 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Sierra Leone 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 El Salvador 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 San Marino 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Somalia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Serbia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 South Sudan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Sao Tome and Principe 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Suriname 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Slovakia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Eswatini 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Seychelles 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Syria 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Chad 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Togo 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Thailand 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Tajikistan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Turkmenistan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 East Timor 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Tonga 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Trinidad and Tobago 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Tunisia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Turkey 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Tuvalu 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Tanzania 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Uganda 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 United States 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Uzbekistan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Venezuela 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Vietnam 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Vanuatu 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Samoa 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Yemen 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Zambia 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Zimbabwe 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Taiwan 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Western Sahara 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat
29 Vatican 0 constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents 2025 flat

About this data

Indicator
Emissions-weighted carbon price from carbon taxes
Unit
constant 2021 US$ per tonne of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Dolphin and Merkle (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 7,400 data points, 1989–2025
Last refreshed

This data is expressed in US dollars. It is adjusted for inflation but does not account for differences in the cost of living between countries.