Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita by country
Annual net carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions embedded in trade, measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
117
Highest
23.47 tonnes per person
Singapore
Lowest
-12.53 tonnes per person
Qatar
Median
0.3431 tonnes per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
4,063
What the numbers show
Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita is currently reported for 117 countries. The highest value is 23.47 tonnes per person in Singapore; the lowest is -12.53 tonnes per person in Qatar.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3431 tonnes per person, and the mean is 0.7621 tonnes per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Rwanda (up 33,568.9%), and the largest decrease in Mongolia (down 3,254.9%).
Imported or exported CO₂ emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Singapore | 23.47 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 35.1% | rising |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 14.94 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 4 | Switzerland | 9.73 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.4% | rising |
| 5 | Belgium | 9.55 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.6% | volatile |
| 6 | Slovenia | 3.65 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 177.6% | falling |
| 7 | Latvia | 3.6 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 34.9% | rising |
| 8 | Israel | 3.56 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 28.5% | falling |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 3.54 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 10 | Denmark | 3.47 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 30.4% | rising |
| 11 | Botswana | 2.93 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Estonia | 2.81 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 288.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Lithuania | 2.81 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 12.7% | flat |
| 14 | Finland | 2.8 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 15 | Mauritius | 2.61 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 2.61 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 17 | Sweden | 2.37 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 18 | South Korea | 2.31 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 229.2% | falling |
| 19 | Austria | 2.14 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 20 | Namibia | 2.09 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | 2.07 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 71.2% | falling |
| 22 | France | 2.06 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 23 | Italy | 1.96 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | flat |
| 24 | New Zealand | 1.9 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 56.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Netherlands | 1.83 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 130.1% | volatile |
| 26 | Hungary | 1.69 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 27 | Czechia | 1.55 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 376.2% | volatile |
| 28 | United States | 1.49 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 191.2% | volatile |
| 29 | Greece | 1.48 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 617.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Panama | 1.46 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 172.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Croatia | 1.35 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Japan | 1.25 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 1.22 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 35 | Sri Lanka | 1.19 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Taiwan | 1.19 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 126.2% | volatile |
| 37 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.14 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Cyprus | 1.07 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 20.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Cambodia | 1.01 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Nepal | 0.9743 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3,270.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Portugal | 0.9432 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 251.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Spain | 0.9425 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 43 | Uruguay | 0.9312 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 44 | Georgia | 0.9045 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Mexico | 0.8225 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 46 | Paraguay | 0.8006 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 47 | Slovakia | 0.7736 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | volatile |
| 48 | Jordan | 0.7603 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 49 | Dominican Republic | 0.7598 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 69.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Belarus | 0.7473 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 32.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Togo | 0.7267 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 1,215.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Ukraine | 0.715 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 172.1% | volatile |
| 54 | Oman | 0.7029 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 54.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Thailand | 0.5695 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 26.4% | volatile |
| 56 | Romania | 0.5432 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 871.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Chile | 0.5368 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.4405 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 27.4% | rising |
| 59 | El Salvador | 0.4098 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 60 | Peru | 0.3788 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 61 | Bangladesh | 0.3694 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8,822.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Albania | 0.3431 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 63 | Guatemala | 0.3152 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 331.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Malaysia | 0.2907 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Colombia | 0.2766 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Senegal | 0.2739 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 67 | Tajikistan | 0.2653 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 68 | Nicaragua | 0.2557 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 69 | Kenya | 0.2493 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Ecuador | 0.239 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Ghana | 0.1846 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 72 | Benin | 0.1776 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 58.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Guinea | 0.1752 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 666.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Argentina | 0.1594 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 52.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Mozambique | 0.1586 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 65.4% | volatile |
| 76 | Pakistan | 0.1343 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 64.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1223 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 0.119 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 117.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Zimbabwe | 0.1148 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 80 | Rwanda | 0.1076 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 33,568.9% | volatile |
| 81 | Jamaica | 0.0935 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 111.5% | volatile |
| 82 | Armenia | 0.0828 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Bolivia | 0.0823 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 34.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Tanzania | 0.0822 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Malawi | 0.0654 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 377.9% | volatile |
| 86 | Madagascar | 0.0632 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 15.3% | rising |
| 87 | Uganda | 0.0527 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 88 | Ethiopia | 0.0441 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 372.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Zambia | 0.0422 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 84.8% | volatile |
| 90 | Egypt | 0.0279 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Morocco | 0.0253 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 83.7% | falling |
| 92 | Cameroon | 0.0243 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 72.2% | volatile |
| 93 | Norway | 0.0183 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 99.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | 0.0171 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Burkina Faso | -0.022 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 213.5% | volatile |
| 96 | Turkey | -0.0448 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 106.4% | volatile |
| 97 | Brazil | -0.0663 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 120.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Indonesia | -0.1216 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 293.4% | volatile |
| 99 | Tunisia | -0.1278 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 81.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Kuwait | -0.1701 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 41.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Honduras | -0.1828 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 119.1% | volatile |
| 102 | Azerbaijan | -0.1851 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 189.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Poland | -0.2422 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 47.4% | volatile |
| 104 | India | -0.3613 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 31.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Australia | -0.4599 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 106 | Canada | -0.6498 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 147.8% | volatile |
| 107 | Venezuela | -0.6739 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 108 | Saudi Arabia | -0.7016 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 49.1% | volatile |
| 109 | China | -0.9244 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Vietnam | -0.9926 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 206.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Laos | -1.22 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 1,076.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Iran | -1.34 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 113 | South Africa | -1.76 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 114 | Mongolia | -2.21 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 3,254.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Russia | -2.25 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 27.7% | rising |
| 116 | Kazakhstan | -3.62 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 117 | Brunei | -7.9 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 570.5% | volatile |
| 118 | Trinidad and Tobago | -8.77 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 60.6% | falling |
| 119 | Bahrain | -10.65 tonnes per person | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 120 | Qatar | -12.53 tonnes per person | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
About this data
Annual net carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions embedded in trade, measured in tonnes per person.