Energy — Emissions per capita by country
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.
Countries reporting
207
Highest
47.22 t CO2eq/cap
Qatar
Lowest
0.16 t CO2eq/cap
Niger
Median
3.03 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
7,974
What the numbers show
Energy — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 207 countries. The highest value is 47.22 t CO2eq/cap in Qatar; the lowest is 0.16 t CO2eq/cap in Niger.
The median across all reporting countries is 3.03 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 4.83 t CO2eq/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 295.
Over the past decade 105 countries rose and 97 fell. The largest increase was in Lao People's Democratic Republic (up 275.7%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 68.3%).
Energy — Emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 47.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 2 | Bahrain | 31.7 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 3 | Kuwait | 29.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Brunei Darussalam | 28.83 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 26.46 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.6% | falling |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 22.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 31.8% | rising |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 21.83 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 8 | Oman | 19.65 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 9 | Mongolia | 19.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 10 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 18.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2010 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 16.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 12 | Russian Federation | 15.84 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 13 | Australia | 15.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 14 | Palau | 14.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.3% | falling |
| 15 | Australia and New Zealand | 14.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 13.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.8% | rising |
| 17 | Libya | 12.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | falling |
| 18 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 11.36 t CO2eq/cap | 1999 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 19 | Republic of Korea | 11.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 20 | Turkmenistan | 10.7 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.1% | rising |
| 21 | China, Taiwan Province of | 10.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 22 | Estonia | 10.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 39.6% | rising |
| 23 | Singapore | 10.5 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.5% | falling |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 10.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 25 | Anguilla | 10.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 26 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 9.44 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 27 | OECD | 8.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.5% | falling |
| 28 | Malaysia | 8.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 29 | Aruba | 8.56 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 30 | China | 8.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 31 | China, mainland | 8.4 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 33 | Serbia | 8.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 34 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 35 | Iceland | 7.97 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | falling |
| 36 | Gabon | 7.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 37 | Japan | 7.79 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.6% | falling |
| 38 | Norway | 7.72 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.5% | rising |
| 39 | Czechia | 7.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 40 | Belgium | 7.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 41 | Poland | 7.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 42 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 7.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 30.9% | falling |
| 43 | Iraq | 7.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 44 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.86 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 45 | Serbia and Montenegro | 6.74 t CO2eq/cap | 2005 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 46 | Germany | 6.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 47 | New Zealand | 6.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 48 | Ireland | 6.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 49 | Belarus | 6.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 50 | Austria | 6.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.7% | falling |
| 51 | Israel | 5.99 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 27.6% | falling |
| 52 | Finland | 5.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 53 | Bahamas | 5.7 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | falling |
| 54 | Suriname | 5.53 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.8% | rising |
| 55 | Slovenia | 5.43 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 56 | Slovakia | 5.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 57 | Guyana | 5.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 99.6% | rising |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 5.25 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 59 | Seychelles | 5.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 26.3% | rising |
| 60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 61 | Equatorial Guinea | 5.09 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 55.7% | flat |
| 62 | Greece | 5.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 63 | Italy | 4.99 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 64 | Algeria | 4.92 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 9.3% | flat |
| 65 | Cook Islands | 4.88 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 66 | Croatia | 4.72 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 4.65 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 68 | Lithuania | 4.64 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 69 | Maldives | 4.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Hungary | 4.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 70 | Türkiye | 4.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 72 | Spain | 4.56 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 73 | Azerbaijan | 4.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 13.3% | falling |
| 74 | Marshall Islands | 4.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 74 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 4.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 76 | Nauru | 4.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | falling |
| 77 | Argentina | 4.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 4.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 12.6% | falling |
| 79 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 4.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 80 | British Virgin Islands | 4.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.5% | flat |
| 81 | Barbados | 4.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 33.8% | flat |
| 82 | France | 4.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 83 | Malta | 4.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 35.6% | falling |
| 84 | Chile | 4.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 85 | Niue | 4.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 86 | Denmark | 4.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 42.8% | falling |
| 87 | Montenegro | 3.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 88 | Indonesia | 3.91 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 85.3% | rising |
| 89 | Mexico | 3.85 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.8% | flat |
| 90 | Uzbekistan | 3.79 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 91 | Thailand | 3.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 92 | Portugal | 3.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 93 | Switzerland | 3.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.0% | falling |
| 94 | Ukraine | 3.58 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 50.3% | falling |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 3.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 110.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Lebanon | 3.44 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 97 | Mauritius | 3.42 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 97 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.42 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 99 | Romania | 3.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 100 | Congo | 3.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 101 | Botswana | 3.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 102 | Latvia | 3.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 103 | Sweden | 3.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 104 | Panama | 3.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 105 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 3.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 39.4% | rising |
| 106 | Ecuador | 3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 107 | Saint Lucia | 2.82 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 108 | Tunisia | 2.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 109 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.63 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 275.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Grenada | 2.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.54 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 112 | Dominica | 2.49 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 113 | Uruguay | 2.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 114 | Georgia | 2.45 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 115 | Armenia | 2.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 115 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 2.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 45.9% | falling |
| 117 | Egypt | 2.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 118 | Jamaica | 2.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 119 | Caribbean | 2.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 120 | Brazil | 2.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 120 | Colombia | 2.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 122 | India | 2.15 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 2.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 123 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 125 | Cuba | 2.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 126 | Bhutan | 1.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 127 | Belize | 1.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 32.6% | falling |
| 128 | Tonga | 1.84 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 68.8% | rising |
| 129 | Republic of Moldova | 1.83 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.3% | falling |
| 130 | Costa Rica | 1.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 131 | Jordan | 1.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 132 | Morocco | 1.79 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 133 | Peru | 1.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 134 | Albania | 1.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 134 | Namibia | 1.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 136 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 137 | China, Macao SAR | 1.54 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 138 | Philippines | 1.46 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 50.5% | rising |
| 139 | Paraguay | 1.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 140 | Cabo Verde | 1.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 141 | Micronesia | 1.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 141 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 143 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 1.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 144 | Eswatini | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 145 | Lesotho | 1.29 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.4% | rising |
| 146 | El Salvador | 1.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 147 | Guatemala | 1.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 148 | Samoa | 1.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 149 | Angola | 1.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 150 | Fiji | 1.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Honduras | 1.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 152 | Tuvalu | 1.15 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 153 | Nigeria | 1.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 154 | Nicaragua | 0.97 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 0.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 156 | Cambodia | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 97.9% | rising |
| 156 | Mauritania | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 158 | Melanesia | 0.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 159 | Zimbabwe | 0.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.86 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 161 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 0.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 163 | Polynesia | 0.79 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 164 | Pakistan | 0.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.5% | rising |
| 165 | Zambia | 0.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 166 | Myanmar | 0.72 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 105.7% | rising |
| 167 | Benin | 0.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 167 | Vanuatu | 0.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 169 | Bangladesh | 0.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 170 | Timor-Leste | 0.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 41.1% | volatile |
| 171 | Cameroon | 0.64 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 172 | Tajikistan | 0.63 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 61.5% | rising |
| 173 | Sudan | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 174 | Comoros | 0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 27.1% | rising |
| 174 | Senegal | 0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 174 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 177 | Kenya | 0.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 178 | Haiti | 0.59 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.5% | rising |
| 179 | Mozambique | 0.58 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 180 | Sudan (former) | 0.56 t CO2eq/cap | 2011 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 181 | Nepal | 0.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 71.9% | rising |
| 182 | Kiribati | 0.53 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 183 | Togo | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 184 | Liberia | 0.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.4% | flat |
| 185 | Djibouti | 0.46 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 186 | Guinea | 0.42 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 187 | Eritrea | 0.4 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 187 | Solomon Islands | 0.4 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 189 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.3% | falling |
| 189 | Uganda | 0.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 191 | Yemen | 0.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 68.3% | falling |
| 191 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 193 | Gambia | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 194 | Sierra Leone | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | flat |
| 195 | Afghanistan | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 195 | South Sudan | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | flat |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 198 | Somalia | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 198 | Chad | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 200 | Ethiopia | 0.31 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 200 | Madagascar | 0.31 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 202 | Mali | 0.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 203 | Rwanda | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | falling |
| 203 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 205 | Malawi | 0.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 206 | Burundi | 0.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.0% | falling |
| 207 | Niger | 0.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Northern America 15 t CO2eq/cap
- United States of America 14.86 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Europe 10.64 t CO2eq/cap
- Oceania 10.15 t CO2eq/cap
- Annex I countries 9.5 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Asia 8.38 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Asia 7.79 t CO2eq/cap
- South Africa 7.43 t CO2eq/cap
- Europe 7.32 t CO2eq/cap
- Americas 7.24 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Africa 6.75 t CO2eq/cap
- Central Asia 6.15 t CO2eq/cap
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.