Energy use per capita vs co2 emissions per capita by country

Countries reporting
203
Highest
82.84
Palau
Lowest
0
Tuvalu
Median
2.55
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 203 countries. The highest value is 82.84 in Palau; the lowest is 0 in Tuvalu.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.55, and the mean is 4.5.

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
202 Nauru 0 2024 flat
202 Tuvalu 0 2024 flat

About this data

Indicator
Energy use per capita vs co2 emissions per capita
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 11,165 data points, 1970–2024
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