IPPU — 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
214
Highest
10.62 t CO2eq/cap
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 t CO2eq/cap
China, Macao SAR
Median
0.285 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,412

What the numbers show

IPPU — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 214 countries. The highest value is 10.62 t CO2eq/cap in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 t CO2eq/cap in China, Macao SAR.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.285 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 0.5748 t CO2eq/cap.

Over the past decade 129 countries rose and 59 fell. The largest increase was in Sao Tome and Principe (up 700.0%), and the largest decrease in Papua New Guinea (down 100.0%).

IPPU — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 10.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 5.2% rising
2 Qatar 6.47 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.2% rising
3 Iceland 4.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.2% rising
4 Kuwait 4.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% rising
5 Saudi Arabia 4.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.8% rising
6 Singapore 3.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.2% rising
7 United Arab Emirates 3.91 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
8 Bahrain 3.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.5% falling
9 Oman 3.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.5% volatile
10 Norway 1.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.0% falling
11 Republic of Korea 1.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.9% rising
12 Belgium-Luxembourg 1.45 t CO2eq/cap 1999 up 40.8% rising
13 Grenada 1.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 87.5% volatile
14 China, Taiwan Province of 1.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.7% rising
15 Lithuania 1.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.1% rising
16 Brunei 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% volatile
16 Russia 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.8% rising
16 Russian Federation 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.8% rising
16 Brunei Darussalam 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.8% volatile
20 China 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.3% volatile
20 China, mainland 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.3% volatile
22 Belgium 1.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.1% falling
23 Canada 1.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.0% falling
24 United States 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.1% falling
25 Croatia 1.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.9% rising
26 Mauritius 1.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 74.6% volatile
27 Australia 1.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
27 Slovakia 1.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.0% rising
29 Cyprus 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.2% flat
30 Israel 1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.5% rising
30 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.3% rising
32 Australia and New Zealand 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.0% rising
33 Libya 0.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 56.5% rising
33 Thailand 0.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 51.6% rising
35 Bhutan 0.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.8% volatile
36 Greece 0.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% falling
37 North Macedonia 0.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 26.6% rising
38 New Zealand 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.1% falling
39 Luxembourg 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.4% falling
40 Malaysia 0.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.4% rising
40 OECD 0.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
42 Georgia 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.4% rising
43 Finland 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 24.2% rising
44 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0.71 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.5% falling
45 Kazakhstan 0.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.6% rising
46 Czechia 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
46 Lebanon 0.68 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.0% rising
48 Austria 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.2% flat
49 Japan 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.1% falling
49 Vietnam 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 65.0% volatile
49 Viet Nam 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 65.0% volatile
52 Turkey 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.8% rising
52 Türkiye 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.8% rising
54 Laos 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 392.3% volatile
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 392.3% volatile
56 Chile 0.62 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
57 Portugal 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.7% rising
58 Bulgaria 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 21.3% falling
58 Poland 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.6% rising
58 Romania 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
61 Egypt 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 33.3% rising
61 Hungary 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.7% rising
63 Argentina 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 52.8% rising
63 Gabon 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 111.5% volatile
63 Slovenia 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.5% falling
66 Albania 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.0% volatile
66 Belarus 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.9% rising
66 Equatorial Guinea 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.1% volatile
69 Ireland 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.9% falling
70 Serbia and Montenegro 0.52 t CO2eq/cap 2005 up 100.0% rising
70 Caribbean 0.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.1% rising
72 Germany 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.7% falling
72 Algeria 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 59.4% rising
72 South Africa 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.9% rising
75 Sweden 0.5 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.7% flat
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 48.5% rising
76 Italy 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.3% falling
76 Latvia 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.9% volatile
76 Mongolia 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 600.0% volatile
76 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.0% flat
81 Jordan 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.6% rising
81 Tunisia 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% rising
83 Saint Lucia 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 66.7% volatile
84 Iraq 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 79.2% rising
85 Serbia 0.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.9% falling
86 Switzerland 0.4 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.1% flat
87 Barbados 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 44.4% flat
87 Spain 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 42.6% falling
87 Turkmenistan 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.3% rising
90 Dominican Republic 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 72.7% rising
90 Cambodia 0.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 660.0% volatile
92 France 0.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 37.3% falling
93 Mexico 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.0% rising
94 Montenegro 0.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.9% falling
94 Panama 0.33 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.0% volatile
96 Syria 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 52.4% rising
96 Syrian Arab Republic 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 52.4% rising
98 Azerbaijan 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 47.6% rising
98 United Kingdom 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.9% falling
98 Moldova 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.2% volatile
98 Malta 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 26.2% volatile
98 Republic of Moldova 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.2% volatile
98 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 27.9% falling
104 Armenia 0.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 130.8% volatile
104 Ukraine 0.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 44.4% falling
106 Brazil 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.6% rising
106 China, Hong Kong SAR 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.4% rising
108 Colombia 0.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 47.4% rising
109 Denmark 0.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.9% falling
109 Namibia 0.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.6% volatile
111 Indonesia 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.9% rising
111 Senegal 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.6% volatile
111 Tajikistan 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 78.6% falling
114 Fiji 0.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 118.2% volatile
115 India 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 53.3% rising
115 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 43.8% falling
117 Peru 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.5% rising
118 Cameroon 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 81.8% rising
118 Costa Rica 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.0% rising
118 Jamaica 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.6% rising
118 Uzbekistan 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 9.1% rising
118 Yemen 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.0% rising
123 Belize 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 35.7% falling
123 Netherlands Antilles (former) 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2010 down 5.0% rising
125 Botswana 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
125 Estonia 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 71.9% falling
125 Kyrgyzstan 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.5% rising
125 Togo 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.6% rising
129 Ecuador 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.5% rising
129 Morocco 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.0% rising
129 Uruguay 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
132 Djibouti 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 166.7% volatile
132 Mauritania 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
132 Paraguay 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 77.8% rising
135 Pakistan 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 36.4% rising
135 Philippines 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
137 Cuba 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.5% falling
137 Honduras 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.3% rising
137 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.7% rising
140 Nigeria 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 62.5% volatile
140 El Salvador 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.0% rising
142 Congo 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 140.0% volatile
142 Sri Lanka 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 140.0% volatile
144 Benin 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
144 Burkina Faso 0.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 150.0% volatile
146 Central African Republic 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 125.0% volatile
146 Cote d'Ivoire 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.0% volatile
146 Guatemala 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.5% rising
146 Somalia 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.0% volatile
146 Cabo Verde 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 200.0% volatile
146 Côte d'Ivoire 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.0% volatile
152 Mozambique 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.3% volatile
152 Nepal 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
152 Sao Tome and Principe 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 700.0% volatile
152 Zimbabwe 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
156 Ghana 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 75.0% rising
156 Kenya 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 75.0% rising
156 Myanmar 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 250.0% volatile
156 Nicaragua 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.7% rising
156 Zambia 0.07 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 30.0% falling
161 Guinea 0.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
162 Angola 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 37.5% volatile
162 Mali 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 150.0% volatile
162 Sudan 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
162 Chad 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 150.0% volatile
162 Samoa 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
162 United Republic of Tanzania 0.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 66.7% rising
168 Bangladesh 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
168 Liberia 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
168 Malawi 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
168 Sudan (former) 0.04 t CO2eq/cap 2011 up 300.0% volatile
172 Afghanistan 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
172 Madagascar 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% volatile
172 Niger 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% volatile
172 Palau 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 57.1% volatile
172 Rwanda 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 200.0% volatile
172 South Sudan 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% rising
172 Suriname 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 70.0% volatile
172 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.03 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 50.0% volatile
180 Burundi 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% volatile
180 Dominica 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
180 Eritrea 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 33.3% volatile
180 Ethiopia 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
180 Guyana 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
180 Lesotho 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 100.0% rising
180 Seychelles 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
180 Uganda 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
180 Cook Islands 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 60.0% volatile
180 Tokelau 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
180 Melanesia 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
180 Polynesia 0.02 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
192 Aruba 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 50.0% falling
192 Antigua and Barbuda 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 50.0% rising
192 Bahamas 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 50.0% rising
192 Haiti 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Kiribati 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Maldives 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 66.7% volatile
192 Nauru 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Solomon Islands 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Eswatini 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged volatile
192 Tonga 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 50.0% rising
192 Tuvalu 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 British Virgin Islands 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Vanuatu 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
192 Nauru 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
208 Marshall Islands 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile
208 Papua New Guinea 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 East Timor 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 Micronesia 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 Timor-Leste 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% volatile
208 China, Macao SAR 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
IPPU — Emissions per capita
Unit
t CO2eq/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
254 places, 8,412 data points, 1990–2023
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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.