Land-use change — 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
163
Highest
18.72 t CO2eq/cap
Suriname
Lowest
0 t CO2eq/cap
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Median
0.09 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
Land-use change — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 163 countries. The highest value is 18.72 t CO2eq/cap in Suriname; the lowest is 0 t CO2eq/cap in Micronesia (Federated States of).
The median across all reporting countries is 0.09 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 0.8326 t CO2eq/cap.
Over the past decade 13 countries rose and 101 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 1,183.3%), and the largest decrease in Belgium (down 100.0%).
Land-use change — Emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 18.72 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 252.5% | volatile |
| 2 | Belize | 10.94 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 3 | Guyana | 9.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 40.6% | rising |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 7.76 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 5.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 28.6% | falling |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.84 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 43.1% | falling |
| 7 | Paraguay | 5.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 47.2% | falling |
| 8 | Bhutan | 4.63 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 9 | Cambodia | 4.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Liberia | 4.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Peru | 3.86 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 12 | Laos | 2.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 12 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.71 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 14 | Canada | 2.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Cameroon | 2.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 49.7% | falling |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 17 | Vanuatu | 1.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 18 | Gabon | 1.76 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 78.2% | falling |
| 20 | Malaysia | 1.55 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 520.0% | falling |
| 21 | Mozambique | 1.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 22 | Guinea | 1.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.4% | falling |
| 23 | Argentina | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 34.0% | falling |
| 23 | Myanmar | 1.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 25 | Romania | 1.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 687.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Angola | 1.15 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 1.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 28 | Chad | 1.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 31.2% | rising |
| 29 | Colombia | 1.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 13.7% | falling |
| 30 | Zimbabwe | 1.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 31 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Madagascar | 1.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 43.3% | falling |
| 31 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.97 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 35 | Indonesia | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 35 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 37 | Mali | 0.91 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 43.5% | falling |
| 38 | Sweden | 0.89 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 39 | Guatemala | 0.88 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Nicaragua | 0.88 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Thailand | 0.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1,183.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 0.74 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 43 | Estonia | 0.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 0.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 47.3% | falling |
| 45 | Honduras | 0.65 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 46 | Solomon Islands | 0.62 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 47 | Benin | 0.53 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 82.8% | falling |
| 48 | Seychelles | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.8% | falling |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 0.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | rising |
| 50 | Sierra Leone | 0.41 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 51 | North Macedonia | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 52 | Samoa | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 53 | Malawi | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 53 | Panama | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Somalia | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 87.4% | falling |
| 56 | Dominica | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 58 | Eritrea | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 59 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.25 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.8% | falling |
| 60 | Costa Rica | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Slovenia | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 60 | Melanesia | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 63 | Gambia | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 64 | Eswatini | 0.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 65 | Nigeria | 0.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 66 | Papua New Guinea | 0.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.4% | volatile |
| 67 | Sudan | 0.18 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Sudan (former) | 0.18 t CO2eq/cap | 2011 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 69 | East Timor | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 69 | Timor-Leste | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 71 | Austria | 0.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 72 | Uganda | 0.15 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 63.4% | volatile |
| 73 | Mauritania | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 73 | South Sudan | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 75 | Congo | 0.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 94.0% | falling |
| 76 | Chile | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 76 | Mexico | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 76 | Senegal | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 76 | Polynesia | 0.12 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 80 | OECD | 0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 120.0% | falling |
| 81 | Mayotte | 0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 44.4% | volatile |
| 82 | Belgium-Luxembourg | 0.09 t CO2eq/cap | 1999 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 83 | Niger | 0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 85 | Australia | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 85 | Brunei | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 85 | Ethiopia | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 76.0% | falling |
| 85 | Norway | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Togo | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 85 | United States | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 85 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 82.9% | volatile |
| 92 | Moldova | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Vietnam | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Republic of Moldova | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 92 | Viet Nam | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 66.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 97 | Bahamas | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Nepal | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Namibia | 0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 99 | Caribbean | 0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Bangladesh | 0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 102 | Japan | 0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 102 | Republic of Korea | 0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 77.8% | flat |
| 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cuba | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Cyprus | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Croatia | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Iraq | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Israel | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 90.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Morocco | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 105 | Tunisia | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 105 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 115 | Albania | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Armenia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Azerbaijan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Burundi | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Belgium | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Belarus | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Switzerland | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Comoros | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 115 | Czechia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Denmark | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Algeria | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Spain | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Finland | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Fiji | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Ghana | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Haiti | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Hungary | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Jamaica | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Kazakhstan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Kenya | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Libya | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 115 | Lithuania | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Luxembourg | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Latvia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Marshall Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Mongolia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritius | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | New Zealand | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Pakistan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Philippines | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Portugal | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Russia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Rwanda | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Singapore | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | El Salvador | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Slovakia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Ukraine | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Uzbekistan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | British Virgin Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Niue | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Micronesia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Russian Federation | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 115 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 3.86 t CO2eq/cap
- Americas 1.76 t CO2eq/cap
- Middle Africa 1.71 t CO2eq/cap
- South-eastern Asia 0.78 t CO2eq/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.65 t CO2eq/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.57 t CO2eq/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.53 t CO2eq/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.52 t CO2eq/cap
- Africa 0.51 t CO2eq/cap
- Non-Annex I countries 0.45 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.44 t CO2eq/cap
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.41 t CO2eq/cap
- World 0.39 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Africa 0.39 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern America 0.29 t CO2eq/cap
- Central America 0.28 t CO2eq/cap
- Asia 0.12 t CO2eq/cap
- Annex I countries 0.12 t CO2eq/cap
- Oceania 0.11 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Europe 0.1 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern Europe 0.1 t CO2eq/cap
- European Union (27) 0.09 t CO2eq/cap
- Europe 0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- United States of America 0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern Africa 0.04 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Europe 0.01 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Europe 0.01 t CO2eq/cap
- Central Asia 0 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Africa 0 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Asia 0 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Asia 0 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Asia 0 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.