Farm gate — 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
208
Highest
16.04 t CO2eq/cap
Mongolia
Lowest
0 t CO2eq/cap
Netherlands Antilles (former)
Median
0.76 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,042
What the numbers show
Farm gate — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 208 countries. The highest value is 16.04 t CO2eq/cap in Mongolia; the lowest is 0 t CO2eq/cap in Netherlands Antilles (former).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.76 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 1.32 t CO2eq/cap.
Over the past decade 52 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Tokelau (up 69.0%), and the largest decrease in Palau (down 100.0%).
Farm gate — Emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mongolia | 16.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 2 | New Zealand | 8.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.7% | falling |
| 3 | Uruguay | 8.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 4 | Australia and New Zealand | 8.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 17.5% | falling |
| 5 | Australia | 8.58 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 6 | Belarus | 7.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.0% | flat |
| 7 | Guyana | 7.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 8 | Ireland | 6.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 9 | Botswana | 6.15 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 53.0% | falling |
| 10 | Estonia | 5.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 11 | Lithuania | 5.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 12 | Iceland | 5.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.9% | falling |
| 13 | South Sudan | 4.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 0.8% | flat |
| 13 | Chad | 4.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 15 | Paraguay | 4.65 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | rising |
| 16 | Latvia | 4.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Finland | 3.97 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Argentina | 3.31 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 19 | Canada | 3.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 20 | Suriname | 2.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.7% | flat |
| 21 | Brazil | 2.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.89 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 23 | Namibia | 2.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 24 | Sudan (former) | 2.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2011 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 25 | Denmark | 2.45 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 2.42 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 27 | Turkmenistan | 2.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 28 | Norway | 2.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 29 | Mauritania | 2.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 30 | Melanesia | 2.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 31 | Poland | 1.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 32 | Nicaragua | 1.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 32 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 1.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 34 | Zambia | 1.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.5% | falling |
| 35 | Sweden | 1.76 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 36 | Mali | 1.75 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea | 1.74 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.5% | rising |
| 38 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1.63 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 39 | Sudan | 1.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 22.3% | falling |
| 40 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 4.1% | falling |
| 41 | Cambodia | 1.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 42 | Hungary | 1.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 43 | Colombia | 1.44 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 44 | Eritrea | 1.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 44 | Indonesia | 1.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 46 | Myanmar | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 46 | Niger | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 48 | OECD | 1.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 49 | Belize | 1.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 49 | Kazakhstan | 1.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 51 | Uzbekistan | 1.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 51 | Russian Federation | 1.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.5% | falling |
| 53 | France | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 53 | Malaysia | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 55 | Somalia | 1.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 55 | Thailand | 1.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 57 | Ukraine | 1.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 58 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 1.23 t CO2eq/cap | 1999 | down 2.4% | flat |
| 59 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 60 | Panama | 1.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 60 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 1.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.3% | falling |
| 62 | Costa Rica | 1.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 30.0% | falling |
| 63 | Germany | 1.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 63 | Ethiopia | 1.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 65 | Luxembourg | 1.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 66 | Burkina Faso | 1.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | flat |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 1.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 67 | Spain | 1.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 69 | Serbia and Montenegro | 1 t CO2eq/cap | 2005 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 70 | Greece | 0.99 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 71 | Angola | 0.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 71 | Belgium | 0.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.3% | falling |
| 71 | Dominican Republic | 0.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 74 | Kenya | 0.97 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 75 | Pakistan | 0.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 75 | Eswatini | 0.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 75 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.5% | flat |
| 78 | Austria | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 78 | Madagascar | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.3% | falling |
| 78 | Mexico | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Serbia | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 78 | Slovenia | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 78 | Niue | 0.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 84 | Cook Islands | 0.92 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 85 | Congo | 0.91 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 0.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.2% | falling |
| 86 | Romania | 0.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 88 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.88 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 89 | Albania | 0.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 89 | Cuba | 0.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.3% | falling |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.87 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 92 | Vanuatu | 0.86 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 55.4% | falling |
| 93 | Peru | 0.84 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 93 | Portugal | 0.84 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 0.83 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 95 | Türkiye | 0.83 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 97 | Croatia | 0.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 97 | Tuvalu | 0.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 19.1% | flat |
| 97 | Timor-Leste | 0.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 100 | Nepal | 0.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 100 | Tonga | 0.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.3% | flat |
| 100 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0.78 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 104 | Senegal | 0.76 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 104 | Uganda | 0.76 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 106 | Czechia | 0.75 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 106 | Tajikistan | 0.75 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 108 | Switzerland | 0.74 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 109 | India | 0.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 109 | Italy | 0.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 111 | Honduras | 0.72 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 112 | Samoa | 0.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 34.3% | falling |
| 112 | Republic of Moldova | 0.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 20.3% | falling |
| 114 | Fiji | 0.7 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 115 | Chile | 0.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 116 | Ecuador | 0.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 117 | Djibouti | 0.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 117 | Dominica | 0.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 117 | China, mainland | 0.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 121 | Bangladesh | 0.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | China | 0.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 123 | Montenegro | 0.64 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 124 | Guatemala | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 126 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 127 | Libya | 0.6 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 128 | Bhutan | 0.59 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.3% | falling |
| 128 | Philippines | 0.59 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 130 | North Macedonia | 0.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 131 | Georgia | 0.56 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 132 | Malawi | 0.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 132 | Republic of Korea | 0.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 134 | Morocco | 0.54 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 134 | Mozambique | 0.54 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.9% | falling |
| 134 | Polynesia | 0.54 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.6% | flat |
| 137 | Lesotho | 0.53 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.4% | falling |
| 138 | Tunisia | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 139 | Burundi | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 139 | Cameroon | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 23.9% | falling |
| 141 | United Arab Emirates | 0.5 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 142 | Armenia | 0.49 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 142 | Sierra Leone | 0.49 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 142 | Tokelau | 0.49 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 69.0% | rising |
| 145 | Benin | 0.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 145 | Saudi Arabia | 0.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 147 | Oman | 0.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 147 | Slovakia | 0.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 149 | Gabon | 0.46 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 150 | Grenada | 0.44 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 151 | Gambia | 0.43 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 152 | Haiti | 0.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 153 | Afghanistan | 0.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 153 | Togo | 0.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 155 | Cyprus | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 155 | Israel | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 155 | Nigeria | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 158 | Ghana | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 158 | Japan | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 2.9% | falling |
| 158 | Sri Lanka | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 158 | El Salvador | 0.35 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.6% | falling |
| 162 | Algeria | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 162 | Rwanda | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 164 | China, Taiwan Province of | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 165 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 13.5% | falling |
| 165 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.9% | falling |
| 167 | Kuwait | 0.31 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 168 | Jamaica | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Malta | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | falling |
| 170 | Egypt | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 170 | Jordan | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 173 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 175 | Yemen | 0.23 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 176 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 176 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 176 | Cabo Verde | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 179 | Barbados | 0.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 179 | Qatar | 0.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 31.2% | falling |
| 181 | Iraq | 0.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 182 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.18 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 183 | Micronesia | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 184 | Comoros | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 184 | Kiribati | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 186 | Lebanon | 0.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 186 | Nauru | 0.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 188 | Solomon Islands | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 188 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 190 | Liberia | 0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 190 | Mauritius | 0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 192 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 193 | Bahrain | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 193 | Bahamas | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 195 | Seychelles | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 196 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 196 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 198 | Aruba | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Maldives | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | Marshall Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | Palau | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Singapore | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | Mayotte | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | Anguilla | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | flat |
| 198 | China, Macao SAR | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 198 | Netherlands Antilles (former) | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2010 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 6.56 t CO2eq/cap
- Central African Republic 3.03 t CO2eq/cap
- South America 2.42 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern Europe 2.02 t CO2eq/cap
- Americas 1.8 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern America 1.65 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Europe 1.53 t CO2eq/cap
- Annex I countries 1.5 t CO2eq/cap
- United States of America 1.46 t CO2eq/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1.45 t CO2eq/cap
- Europe 1.38 t CO2eq/cap
- European Union (27) 1.33 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.