Energy use per capita vs. CO₂ emissions per capita by country
Average energy consumption per capita is measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Average carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per capita are measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
201
Highest
82.84
Palau
Lowest
0.0018
Micronesia (country)
Median
2.57
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
11,165
What the numbers show
Energy use per capita vs. CO₂ emissions per capita is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 82.84 in Palau; the lowest is 0.0018 in Micronesia (country).
The median across all reporting countries is 2.57, and the mean is 4.55.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46,872.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 412.5%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 72.2%).
Energy use per capita vs. CO₂ emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 82.84 | 2024 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 2 | Qatar | 47.33 | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 3 | Bahrain | 23.9 | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 23.67 | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 5 | Brunei | 20.24 | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.58 | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Oman | 18.65 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 18.48 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 18.26 | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 17.08 | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 16.15 | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 14.1 | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 14.01 | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 13.98 | 2024 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 15 | United States | 13.62 | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 12.57 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 17 | South Korea | 11.36 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 10.86 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 10.56 | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 20 | Greenland | 10.45 | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Singapore | 9.75 | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | China | 9.32 | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Iran | 9.05 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 24 | Libya | 8.66 | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 25 | Iceland | 8.52 | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 26 | Malaysia | 8.32 | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Mongolia | 7.85 | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 7.84 | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 29 | Estonia | 7.76 | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 7.55 | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 31 | Belgium | 7.31 | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Seychelles | 7.24 | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 7.18 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 34 | Czechia | 7.13 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 6.94 | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 6.88 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 37 | Netherlands | 6.6 | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.45 | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 39 | Austria | 6.32 | 2024 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 40 | Slovenia | 6.27 | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 6.04 | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 42 | New Zealand | 6.01 | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 43 | Belarus | 5.94 | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 44 | Israel | 5.77 | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 45 | Finland | 5.54 | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 46 | Slovakia | 5.51 | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 47 | Cyprus | 5.4 | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Turkey | 5.38 | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 5.31 | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 5.18 | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 51 | Aruba | 5.15 | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 5.08 | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 53 | Greece | 5.05 | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 5 | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.92 | 2024 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 4.83 | 2024 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 4.82 | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 4.6 | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 4.56 | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 4.51 | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 4.49 | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 4.46 | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 63 | Denmark | 4.28 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 64 | Vietnam | 4.27 | 2024 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 4.22 | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 66 | Bermuda | 4.14 | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 4.09 | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 68 | Suriname | 4.06 | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 69 | Argentina | 4.01 | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 70 | France | 4 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 4 | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 72 | Algeria | 3.98 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 73 | Thailand | 3.96 | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Chile | 3.94 | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 3.81 | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.8 | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 77 | Switzerland | 3.75 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 3.72 | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 79 | Latvia | 3.65 | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 3.64 | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 3.64 | 2024 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 82 | Sweden | 3.57 | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 3.57 | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritius | 3.54 | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 3.53 | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 3.46 | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 87 | Moldova | 3.42 | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Venezuela | 3.39 | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 89 | Laos | 3.35 | 2024 | up 412.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Portugal | 3.32 | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 91 | Malta | 3.18 | 2024 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 3.13 | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 2.99 | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.88 | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 2.87 | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 2.84 | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 2.74 | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 2.74 | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 2.64 | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 2.62 | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 2.57 | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.55 | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Macao | 2.53 | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 104 | Barbados | 2.52 | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 2.5 | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 106 | North Korea | 2.5 | 2024 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 107 | Armenia | 2.47 | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 108 | British Virgin Islands | 2.33 | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 109 | Brazil | 2.32 | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia | 2.29 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 111 | India | 2.17 | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 2.09 | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 113 | Gabon | 2.05 | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 2.02 | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 2.01 | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | 1.91 | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 1.9 | 2024 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 1.84 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 119 | Colombia | 1.8 | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 120 | Albania | 1.79 | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 1.71 | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1.63 | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 123 | Tonga | 1.63 | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.62 | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 1.6 | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 126 | El Salvador | 1.51 | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 127 | Philippines | 1.5 | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 128 | Grenada | 1.5 | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.49 | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Congo | 1.34 | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.31 | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 1.29 | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Syria | 1.27 | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 134 | Dominica | 1.27 | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Namibia | 1.2 | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 136 | Paraguay | 1.16 | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 1.14 | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 1.11 | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 139 | Cambodia | 1.1 | 2024 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 1.06 | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.9695 | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 0.9325 | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.9225 | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.8803 | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 0.8698 | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 0.8298 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.8118 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 0.7728 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 149 | Senegal | 0.7676 | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.7655 | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Angola | 0.7417 | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 0.7155 | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.7021 | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6271 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.5925 | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5891 | 2024 | up 38.1% | flat |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0.5755 | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.5669 | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 159 | Zambia | 0.543 | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.536 | 2024 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.517 | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 162 | Comoros | 0.515 | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 163 | East Timor | 0.4993 | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Benin | 0.4873 | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.4335 | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.4281 | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.3839 | 2024 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 168 | Kenya | 0.3834 | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 169 | Cameroon | 0.3534 | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 0.3528 | 2024 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 171 | Togo | 0.3126 | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania | 0.3112 | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Mali | 0.3028 | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Haiti | 0.2985 | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 0.292 | 2024 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.283 | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 0.275 | 2024 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.2607 | 2024 | down 72.2% | rising |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.2214 | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Eritrea | 0.22 | 2024 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 181 | Gambia | 0.1784 | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 0.1691 | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.165 | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Rwanda | 0.1621 | 2024 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1555 | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 186 | Liberia | 0.1545 | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 0.1466 | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Madagascar | 0.1465 | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 0.1425 | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Niger | 0.1189 | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 191 | Burundi | 0.069 | 2024 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.0633 | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0568 | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Somalia | 0.0455 | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 195 | Faroe Islands | 0.0384 | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 0.0027 | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0023 | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.0021 | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0019 | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 200 | Guam | 0.0018 | 2024 | up 48.0% | flat |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0018 | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
About this data
Average energy consumption per capita is measured in kilowatt-hours per person. Average carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per capita are measured in tonnes per person.