Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas by country
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured in tonnes per person.
Countries reporting
142
Highest
33.71 tonnes per person
Qatar
Lowest
0 tonnes per person
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba
Median
0.4778 tonnes per person
Years covered
275
1750–2024
Data points
14,184
What the numbers show
Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas is currently reported for 142 countries. The highest value is 33.71 tonnes per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0 tonnes per person in Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4778 tonnes per person, and the mean is 1.8 tonnes per person.
Over the past decade 61 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Iceland (up 10,794.1%), and the largest decrease in Belize (down 100.0%).
Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 33.71 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 2 | Bahrain | 21.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 13.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Oman | 12.03 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Brunei | 10.96 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 32.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Kuwait | 10.91 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Turkmenistan | 8.32 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 33.1% | volatile |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 6.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Russia | 5.92 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 5.87 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 5.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.9% | volatile |
| 13 | United States | 5.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Singapore | 3.59 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 15 | Belarus | 3.38 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.97 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 19.0% | volatile |
| 17 | Netherlands | 2.94 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Uzbekistan | 2.85 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Australia | 2.82 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Taiwan | 2.75 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 62.9% | volatile |
| 21 | Malaysia | 2.68 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 22 | South Korea | 2.5 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Azerbaijan | 2.43 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Belgium | 2.39 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 13.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Israel | 2.18 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Algeria | 2.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Italy | 2.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 28 | Libya | 2.09 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 28.7% | volatile |
| 30 | Argentina | 1.95 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Germany | 1.86 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 32 | Kazakhstan | 1.84 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 1.83 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 17.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Norway | 1.8 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 36.8% | volatile |
| 36 | Armenia | 1.77 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 15.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Hungary | 1.74 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 2.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Georgia | 1.7 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 49.1% | volatile |
| 39 | Slovakia | 1.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | volatile |
| 40 | Japan | 1.58 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 22.1% | volatile |
| 41 | Venezuela | 1.51 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Austria | 1.49 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | volatile |
| 43 | Hong Kong | 1.48 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 133.6% | rising |
| 44 | Turkey | 1.37 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Mexico | 1.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 47 | Czechia | 1.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Ukraine | 1.31 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Croatia | 1.27 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 24.7% | volatile |
| 50 | Thailand | 1.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 5.4% | volatile |
| 51 | Greece | 1.17 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 129.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Spain | 1.16 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 53 | New Zealand | 1.13 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 40.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Romania | 1.1 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Lithuania | 1.06 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Tunisia | 1.05 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 58 | Poland | 1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 30.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Bolivia | 1 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 42.8% | volatile |
| 60 | France | 0.9421 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 61 | Egypt | 0.8806 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 5.1% | volatile |
| 62 | Latvia | 0.8713 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 29.0% | volatile |
| 63 | Iraq | 0.8433 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 144.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Slovenia | 0.8265 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Serbia | 0.7689 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 50.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Bulgaria | 0.7431 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 4.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Peru | 0.6664 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.6642 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Chile | 0.6354 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 36.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Switzerland | 0.633 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.7% | volatile |
| 71 | China | 0.6266 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 134.9% | volatile |
| 72 | Jordan | 0.6233 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 785.0% | volatile |
| 73 | Denmark | 0.5949 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 50.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Jamaica | 0.5135 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7,775.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Finland | 0.4947 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 49.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Estonia | 0.4609 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Moldova | 0.4492 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Colombia | 0.4353 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 15.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Gabon | 0.4212 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 80 | Congo | 0.3736 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 255.1% | volatile |
| 81 | North Macedonia | 0.3595 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 184.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Indonesia | 0.3517 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Bangladesh | 0.3226 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 13.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 0.3053 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 85 | Brazil | 0.2779 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 31.6% | volatile |
| 86 | Macao | 0.2759 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Pakistan | 0.2386 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Ghana | 0.223 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 389.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Panama | 0.2075 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 61.6% | volatile |
| 90 | Syria | 0.1959 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 56.3% | volatile |
| 91 | Cuba | 0.1843 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Nigeria | 0.1751 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 93 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.1675 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 8.7% | volatile |
| 94 | Papua New Guinea | 0.1524 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 101.5% | volatile |
| 95 | Myanmar | 0.1464 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 96 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.1424 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Sweden | 0.1417 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Barbados | 0.1301 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 10.2% | volatile |
| 99 | South Africa | 0.121 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Vietnam | 0.1201 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.112 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 27.9% | volatile |
| 102 | India | 0.1029 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Andorra | 0.0874 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 76.0% | rising |
| 104 | Philippines | 0.0734 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 105 | Uruguay | 0.0672 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 146.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Ecuador | 0.0645 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 107 | Mozambique | 0.056 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 108 | Tanzania | 0.0554 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 55.1% | volatile |
| 109 | Morocco | 0.0472 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 28.1% | volatile |
| 110 | Angola | 0.0466 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 118.8% | volatile |
| 111 | Tajikistan | 0.0423 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 4,762.9% | volatile |
| 112 | Togo | 0.0422 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 113 | Cameroon | 0.0382 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Suriname | 0.0354 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 178.6% | rising |
| 115 | Albania | 0.0308 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Benin | 0.0226 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 354.4% | volatile |
| 117 | Guyana | 0.0068 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Rwanda | 0.0058 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 795.8% | volatile |
| 119 | Iceland | 0.0047 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 10,794.1% | volatile |
| 120 | Niger | 0.0039 tonnes per person | 2024 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 121 | Afghanistan | 0.003 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 64.2% | volatile |
| 122 | Guatemala | 0.002 tonnes per person | 1997 | down 54.2% | volatile |
| 123 | Yemen | 0.001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 98.4% | volatile |
| 124 | Senegal | 0.0006 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Cyprus | 0.0001 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Aruba | 0 tonnes per person | 1985 | — | flat |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 tonnes per person | 1956 | — | flat |
| 126 | Burundi | 0 tonnes per person | 1961 | — | flat |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 0 tonnes per person | 1957 | — | flat |
| 126 | Belize | 0 tonnes per person | 2020 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Botswana | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 126 | Curacao | 0 tonnes per person | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Guinea | 0 tonnes per person | 1957 | — | flat |
| 126 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 tonnes per person | 1980 | — | flat |
| 126 | Lebanon | 0 tonnes per person | 2015 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Malawi | 0 tonnes per person | 1963 | — | flat |
| 126 | New Caledonia | 0 tonnes per person | 2023 | — | flat |
| 126 | North Korea | 0 tonnes per person | 1949 | — | flat |
| 126 | Sudan | 0 tonnes per person | 2011 | — | flat |
| 126 | South Sudan | 0 tonnes per person | 2011 | — | flat |
| 126 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 tonnes per person | 2011 | — | flat |
| 126 | East Timor | 0 tonnes per person | 2024 | — | flat |
| 126 | Zambia | 0 tonnes per person | 1963 | — | flat |
| 126 | Zimbabwe | 0 tonnes per person | 1963 | — | flat |
| 126 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 tonnes per person | 2011 | — | flat |
About this data
Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured in tonnes per person.