IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country

IPPU — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
0.0094 kt per person
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 kt per person
Marshall Islands
Median
0.0001 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734

What the numbers show

IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0094 kt per person in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Marshall Islands.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0001 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0004 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 77,928.

Over the past decade 78 countries rose and 108 fell. The largest increase was in Cambodia (up 862.6%), and the largest decrease in Marshall Islands (down 96.7%).

IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0094 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% volatile
2 Qatar 0.0059 kt per person 2023 down 26.0% rising
3 Iceland 0.0041 kt per person 2023 down 21.0% rising
4 Oman 0.0027 kt per person 2023 up 12.6% volatile
5 Saudi Arabia 0.0027 kt per person 2023 down 3.2% volatile
6 Bahrain 0.0025 kt per person 2023 down 5.8% volatile
7 Singapore 0.0018 kt per person 2023 up 13.5% volatile
8 United Arab Emirates 0.0018 kt per person 2023 down 12.3% volatile
9 Norway 0.0015 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% falling
10 Kuwait 0.0014 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% rising
11 Bhutan 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 8.2% volatile
12 China 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% volatile
13 Canada 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% rising
14 Luxembourg 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 19.9% falling
15 Russia 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 10.7% rising
16 Cyprus 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
17 Malaysia 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 21.2% volatile
18 Laos 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 403.1% volatile
19 Slovakia 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 0.0% rising
20 Belgium 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 20.8% falling
21 Lithuania 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 23.1% rising
22 Vietnam 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 52.2% volatile
23 Albania 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 22.5% volatile
24 Turkey 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 0.7% volatile
25 Kazakhstan 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 20.4% rising
26 New Zealand 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 21.9% rising
27 Japan 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 3.5% falling
28 Thailand 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 7.7% volatile
29 Austria 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 12.3% falling
30 Belarus 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 16.4% rising
31 Georgia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 13.6% volatile
32 Algeria 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 63.1% volatile
33 Australia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 18.4% falling
34 United States 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 13.0% falling
35 Bulgaria 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 11.5% falling
36 Finland 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 13.1% falling
37 Croatia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 18.8% rising
38 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 11.8% rising
39 Barbados 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 42.9% volatile
40 Equatorial Guinea 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 45.7% volatile
41 Ireland 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 40.8% rising
42 Egypt 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 27.8% volatile
43 Greece 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 9.7% rising
44 Germany 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 17.4% falling
45 Poland 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 4.5% falling
46 Sweden 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 7.9% falling
47 Cambodia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 862.6% volatile
48 Slovenia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% falling
49 Latvia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 0.1% volatile
50 Brunei 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 34.4% volatile
51 Tunisia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 25.9% volatile
52 Romania 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% falling
53 Hungary 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 9.1% falling
54 Serbia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% falling
55 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 51.0% volatile
56 Iraq 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 97.2% volatile
57 Libya 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 1.9% volatile
58 Spain 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 11.5% flat
59 Moldova 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 52.2% rising
60 Portugal 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 18.9% rising
61 Israel 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 26.5% rising
62 Turkmenistan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% volatile
63 Switzerland 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.3% falling
64 Czechia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 18.7% falling
65 South Africa 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 20.2% falling
66 San Marino 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
67 Italy 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 21.9% falling
68 Montenegro 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 1.3% falling
69 Tajikistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 220.2% rising
70 France 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 19.1% falling
71 Dominican Republic 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 36.4% rising
72 Denmark 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% falling
73 Armenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 114.9% rising
74 Brazil 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 10.2% rising
75 Argentina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.2% rising
76 Ukraine 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 54.2% falling
77 Mexico 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
78 Uzbekistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 9.9% rising
79 Indonesia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 20.8% volatile
80 Kyrgyzstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 34.4% rising
81 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 17.3% rising
82 India 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 47.1% volatile
83 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 357.3% volatile
84 Senegal 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.2% volatile
85 Djibouti 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 159.6% volatile
86 Lebanon 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 63.1% volatile
87 Namibia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.7% volatile
88 Jordan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 28.9% rising
89 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.0% rising
90 United Kingdom 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 24.5% falling
91 Azerbaijan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 36.1% rising
92 Andorra 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.7% falling
93 Monaco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 20.6% falling
94 Ecuador 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 27.0% rising
95 Panama 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 41.6% rising
96 Morocco 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 34.2% rising
97 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 63.7% volatile
98 Uruguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
99 Colombia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.7% rising
100 Sri Lanka 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 172.2% volatile
101 Pakistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 16.4% rising
102 Costa Rica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.0% rising
103 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 129.2% volatile
104 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 25.3% rising
105 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 79.7% volatile
106 Guatemala 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
107 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 78.7% rising
108 Honduras 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% rising
109 Chile 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.9% rising
110 Kenya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 83.2% rising
111 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 30.1% volatile
112 Mozambique 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.7% volatile
113 El Salvador 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 14.6% rising
114 Myanmar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 425.5% volatile
115 Congo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 161.4% volatile
116 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 21.3% rising
117 Syria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 29.2% flat
118 Liechtenstein 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 25.2% volatile
119 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 239.2% volatile
120 Zambia 0 kt per person 2023 up 0.4% volatile
121 Estonia 0 kt per person 2023 down 89.6% volatile
122 Cuba 0 kt per person 2023 down 54.7% falling
123 Zimbabwe 0 kt per person 2023 down 31.8% volatile
124 Liberia 0 kt per person 2023 up 82.8% volatile
125 Benin 0 kt per person 2023 up 57.9% volatile
126 Suriname 0 kt per person 2023 down 64.8% volatile
127 Angola 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.0% volatile
128 Mali 0 kt per person 2023 up 155.6% volatile
129 Nicaragua 0 kt per person 2023 down 28.7% rising
130 Mauritius 0 kt per person 2023 up 1.4% volatile
131 Ethiopia 0 kt per person 2023 up 22.9% volatile
132 Rwanda 0 kt per person 2023 up 378.9% volatile
133 Eritrea 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.5% rising
134 Seychelles 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.9% rising
135 Palau 0 kt per person 2023 down 64.0% volatile
136 Dominica 0 kt per person 2023 down 5.7% volatile
137 Yemen 0 kt per person 2023 down 55.3% volatile
138 Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 45.9% falling
139 Bangladesh 0 kt per person 2023 up 41.1% volatile
140 Guyana 0 kt per person 2023 up 732.0% volatile
141 Uganda 0 kt per person 2023 up 16.0% volatile
142 Chad 0 kt per person 2023 up 86.0% volatile
143 Malawi 0 kt per person 2023 up 94.9% falling
144 Aruba 0 kt per person 2023 down 32.8% rising
145 Bahamas 0 kt per person 2023 down 24.9% volatile
146 Haiti 0 kt per person 2023 up 100.9% falling
147 Malta 0 kt per person 2023 down 39.4% rising
148 Cote d'Ivoire 0 kt per person 2023 up 15.4% volatile
149 Antigua and Barbuda 0 kt per person 2023 down 52.2% rising
150 Botswana 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% volatile
151 Maldives 0 kt per person 2023 down 72.6% volatile
152 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 kt per person 2023 down 11.7% rising
153 Turks and Caicos Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 3.0% volatile
154 Saint Lucia 0 kt per person 2023 down 6.8% rising
155 Ghana 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% volatile
156 British Virgin Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 61.0% rising
157 Afghanistan 0 kt per person 2023 down 48.9% falling
158 Burundi 0 kt per person 2023 up 35.5% rising
159 Fiji 0 kt per person 2023 down 67.8% volatile
160 Tonga 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.3% rising
161 Grenada 0 kt per person 2023 down 26.9% rising
162 Samoa 0 kt per person 2023 down 68.7% rising
163 Mauritania 0 kt per person 2023 up 2.8% flat
164 Madagascar 0 kt per person 2023 down 40.2% falling
165 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.2% rising
166 Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 8.3% rising
167 Sao Tome and Principe 0 kt per person 2023 down 12.8% rising
168 Belize 0 kt per person 2023 down 34.6% rising
169 Niger 0 kt per person 2023 down 2.8% falling
170 Vanuatu 0 kt per person 2023 down 57.5% falling
171 Comoros 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.3% rising
172 Kiribati 0 kt per person 2023 down 59.3% rising
173 Lesotho 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% rising
174 East Timor 0 kt per person 2023 down 58.4% rising
175 South Sudan 0 kt per person 2023 down 16.5% falling
176 Solomon Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 72.1% rising
177 Eswatini 0 kt per person 2023 down 13.8% rising
178 Central African Republic 0 kt per person 2023 down 15.6% rising
179 Guinea-Bissau 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.2% flat
180 Gambia 0 kt per person 2023 down 17.6% falling
181 Tuvalu 0 kt per person 2023 up 24.4% flat
182 Sierra Leone 0 kt per person 2023 down 30.1% falling
183 Somalia 0 kt per person 2023 down 29.7% falling
184 Papua New Guinea 0 kt per person 2023 down 69.5% flat
185 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 9.8% rising
186 Marshall Islands 0 kt per person 2023 down 96.7% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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IPPU — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

IPPU — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Population, total

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Indicator
IPPU — Emissions (CO2), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

IPPU — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.