LULUCF — 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
202
Highest
19.82 t CO2eq/cap
Suriname
Lowest
-11.44 t CO2eq/cap
Belarus
Median
0.055 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446
What the numbers show
LULUCF — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 202 countries. The highest value is 19.82 t CO2eq/cap in Suriname; the lowest is -11.44 t CO2eq/cap in Belarus.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.055 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 0.5423 t CO2eq/cap.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in Thailand (up 871.4%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 2,700.0%).
LULUCF — Emissions per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Suriname | 19.82 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 208.2% | volatile |
| 2 | Guyana | 13.77 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 33.6% | rising |
| 3 | Belize | 11.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 4 | Central African Republic | 7.91 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 5 | Estonia | 6.64 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 348.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Mongolia | 6.47 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 7 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 5.78 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 42.4% | falling |
| 8 | Bhutan | 4.67 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 502.6% | volatile |
| 9 | Brazil | 4.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 201.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Liberia | 4.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 71.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Cambodia | 4.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Paraguay | 4.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 60.4% | falling |
| 13 | Canada | 3.96 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 122.5% | falling |
| 14 | Peru | 3.79 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 15 | Latvia | 3.5 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 353.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Finland | 2.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 128.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Papua New Guinea | 2.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 18 | Cameroon | 2.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 51.0% | falling |
| 19 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 20 | Ireland | 2.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 70.0% | falling |
| 21 | Laos | 2.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 21 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.5% | volatile |
| 23 | Gabon | 2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Vanuatu | 1.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 25 | Zambia | 1.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 48.9% | falling |
| 26 | Madagascar | 1.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 44.6% | falling |
| 27 | Malaysia | 1.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 145.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Melanesia | 1.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 29 | Mozambique | 1.7 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 30 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 1.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 78.2% | falling |
| 31 | Indonesia | 1.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 19.4% | volatile |
| 31 | Lithuania | 1.66 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 574.3% | volatile |
| 33 | Myanmar | 1.49 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 34 | Iceland | 1.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea | 1.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 36 | Seychelles | 1.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Angola | 1.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 39.4% | falling |
| 38 | Chad | 1.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 31.7% | flat |
| 39 | Colombia | 1.09 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Zimbabwe | 1.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 41 | Argentina | 1.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 44.3% | falling |
| 41 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 43 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 43 | Côte d'Ivoire | 1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Norway | 0.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 133.9% | volatile |
| 46 | Mali | 0.95 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 42.4% | falling |
| 47 | South Sudan | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 47 | Sweden | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 128.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.93 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 50 | Sudan | 0.92 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 51 | Italy | 0.91 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 464.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Benin | 0.9 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 75.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Burkina Faso | 0.81 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 22.1% | falling |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 0.69 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 55 | Ecuador | 0.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 37.0% | falling |
| 55 | Thailand | 0.68 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 871.4% | volatile |
| 57 | Solomon Islands | 0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.5% | falling |
| 58 | Brunei | 0.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 58 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.1% | volatile |
| 60 | Poland | 0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 236.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Cuba | 0.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 259.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Sierra Leone | 0.4 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 63 | Malawi | 0.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 26.9% | falling |
| 64 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.37 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 65 | Panama | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 48.6% | volatile |
| 65 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.36 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 68 | Samoa | 0.34 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 69 | Germany | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Dominica | 0.33 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 55.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 71 | Guatemala | 0.3 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 36.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Eritrea | 0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 74 | Botswana | 0.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 0.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 133.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Kazakhstan | 0.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 146.4% | volatile |
| 77 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 41.2% | falling |
| 77 | Eswatini | 0.24 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 79 | Uganda | 0.23 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 79 | Sudan (former) | 0.23 t CO2eq/cap | 2011 | down 25.8% | falling |
| 81 | Burundi | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 229.4% | volatile |
| 81 | Gambia | 0.22 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 83 | Somalia | 0.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 92.6% | volatile |
| 83 | Ukraine | 0.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 217.6% | volatile |
| 85 | East Timor | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 85 | Timor-Leste | 0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 87 | Nigeria | 0.16 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 88 | Greece | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Morocco | 0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 90 | Mexico | 0.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 192.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Bangladesh | 0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 91 | Switzerland | 0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Senegal | 0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 94 | Hungary | 0.09 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 95 | Sri Lanka | 0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 95 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 97 | Mayotte | 0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 56.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Caribbean | 0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 163.6% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 77.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Moldova | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Republic of Moldova | 0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 154.5% | volatile |
| 102 | Polynesia | 0.05 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 37.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Albania | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 95.2% | volatile |
| 103 | Bahamas | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 81.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Spain | 0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 123.5% | volatile |
| 106 | Montenegro | 0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 106 | Namibia | 0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Belgium | 0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 109.5% | volatile |
| 108 | Niger | 0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Barbados | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 110 | Luxembourg | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 102.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Tunisia | 0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 113 | Aruba | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Djibouti | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Algeria | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Israel | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Kuwait | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Lebanon | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Lesotho | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Marshall Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | North Macedonia | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Malta | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Mauritius | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Singapore | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Tajikistan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Turkmenistan | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | British Virgin Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Niue | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 0 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | United Arab Emirates | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 156 | Iraq | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Nepal | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 110.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Pakistan | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 150.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Saudi Arabia | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 156 | Vietnam | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 156 | Cabo Verde | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 156 | Viet Nam | -0.01 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 95.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Comoros | -0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 118.2% | falling |
| 164 | Denmark | -0.02 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 84.6% | volatile |
| 166 | Haiti | -0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 142.9% | volatile |
| 166 | El Salvador | -0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | -0.03 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 102.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Bahrain | -0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 169 | Togo | -0.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 166.7% | volatile |
| 171 | Portugal | -0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 20.0% | volatile |
| 171 | Uzbekistan | -0.06 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 200.0% | falling |
| 173 | Mauritania | -0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 173 | OECD | -0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 92.5% | rising |
| 173 | Democratic People's Republic of Korea | -0.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Syria | -0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 176 | Turkey | -0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 176 | Syrian Arab Republic | -0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 176 | Türkiye | -0.08 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 89.7% | volatile |
| 180 | India | -0.1 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 181 | Dominican Republic | -0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 181 | Micronesia | -0.11 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 124.4% | volatile |
| 183 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | -0.13 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 85.7% | falling |
| 184 | Slovenia | -0.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 108.2% | volatile |
| 185 | Armenia | -0.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 183.3% | volatile |
| 186 | Cyprus | -0.19 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 29.6% | falling |
| 187 | Japan | -0.2 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 64.9% | rising |
| 188 | Czechia | -0.21 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 189 | Philippines | -0.23 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Costa Rica | -0.27 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 78.7% | volatile |
| 191 | Azerbaijan | -0.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 191 | Kenya | -0.28 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 227.3% | volatile |
| 193 | Slovakia | -0.32 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 77.1% | rising |
| 194 | Jamaica | -0.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 575.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Romania | -0.38 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 81.6% | volatile |
| 196 | France | -0.39 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 58.5% | falling |
| 197 | Australia | -0.4 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Belgium-Luxembourg | -0.42 t CO2eq/cap | 1999 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 199 | Austria | -0.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 200 | Australia and New Zealand | -0.53 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 61.0% | volatile |
| 201 | China | -0.57 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 202 | China, mainland | -0.59 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 203 | Congo | -0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 122.2% | falling |
| 203 | Uruguay | -0.61 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 79.8% | volatile |
| 205 | Rwanda | -0.8 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 566.7% | volatile |
| 206 | Republic of Korea | -0.89 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 11.9% | flat |
| 207 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.92 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 13.2% | volatile |
| 208 | United States | -0.98 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 59.0% | rising |
| 209 | Croatia | -1.04 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 188.9% | volatile |
| 210 | Georgia | -1.14 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 8.6% | falling |
| 211 | New Zealand | -1.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 72.3% | rising |
| 211 | South Africa | -1.17 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 387.5% | volatile |
| 213 | Saint Lucia | -1.51 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 214 | Ghana | -1.63 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 371.7% | volatile |
| 215 | Fiji | -2.07 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 216 | Bulgaria | -2.26 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 34.5% | rising |
| 217 | Palau | -2.48 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 218 | Honduras | -2.62 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 219 | Serbia | -3.73 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 220 | Serbia and Montenegro | -3.86 t CO2eq/cap | 2005 | down 175.7% | volatile |
| 221 | Russia | -7.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 221 | Russian Federation | -7.52 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 223 | Belarus | -11.44 t CO2eq/cap | 2023 | down 2,700.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South America 3.05 t CO2eq/cap
- Middle Africa 1.7 t CO2eq/cap
- Americas 1.1 t CO2eq/cap
- South-Eastern Asia 1.04 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern Europe 0.79 t CO2eq/cap
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 0.76 t CO2eq/cap
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.75 t CO2eq/cap
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 0.62 t CO2eq/cap
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 0.58 t CO2eq/cap
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 0.57 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Africa 0.53 t CO2eq/cap
- Africa 0.47 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Africa 0.26 t CO2eq/cap
- Non-Annex I countries 0.26 t CO2eq/cap
- European Union (27) 0.23 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern Africa 0.19 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Europe 0.16 t CO2eq/cap
- Oceania 0.14 t CO2eq/cap
- World 0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- Central Asia 0.04 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Europe 0.03 t CO2eq/cap
- Central America 0.02 t CO2eq/cap
- Asia -0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Asia -0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- Western Asia -0.06 t CO2eq/cap
- Northern America -0.47 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Asia -0.53 t CO2eq/cap
- Annex I countries -0.94 t CO2eq/cap
- United States of America -0.98 t CO2eq/cap
- Southern Africa -1.01 t CO2eq/cap
- Europe -1.45 t CO2eq/cap
- Eastern Europe -4.18 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.