Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport by country
Emissions are measured in kilograms per person.
Countries reporting
188
Highest
7,887 kilograms per person
Palau
Lowest
0 kilograms per person
Niue
Median
856.51 kilograms per person
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
6,476
What the numbers show
Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 7,887 kilograms per person in Palau; the lowest is 0 kilograms per person in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 856.51 kilograms per person, and the mean is 1,082 kilograms per person.
Over the past decade 111 countries rose and 75 fell. The largest increase was in Myanmar (up 274.6%), and the largest decrease in Ukraine (down 92.8%).
Per capita CO₂ emissions from transport: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 7,887 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 4,877 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 4,298 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 4,212 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 6 | Canada | 4,186 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | flat |
| 7 | Qatar | 3,911 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.0% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 3,655 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.5% | flat |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 3,572 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 10 | Kuwait | 3,522 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 11 | New Zealand | 2,857 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 12 | Brunei | 2,832 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 13 | Oman | 2,682 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,679 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 15 | Maldives | 2,566 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 16 | Bahrain | 2,529 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 17 | Libya | 2,472 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | rising |
| 18 | Slovenia | 2,469 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 19 | Iceland | 2,425 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 20 | Norway | 2,323 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | flat |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 2,317 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 22 | Bahamas | 2,303 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Austria | 2,232 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 25 | Lithuania | 2,137 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 26 | South Korea | 2,038 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 27 | Belgium | 2,012 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 7.2% | falling |
| 28 | Israel | 1,984 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 1,920 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 44.7% | rising |
| 30 | Russia | 1,899 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 31 | Spain | 1,881 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 8.0% | flat |
| 32 | Denmark | 1,864 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | falling |
| 33 | Czechia | 1,824 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 34 | France | 1,821 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 35 | Guyana | 1,815 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 116.1% | rising |
| 36 | Malaysia | 1,809 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 37 | Estonia | 1,807 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 38 | Greece | 1,796 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 20.8% | flat |
| 39 | Italy | 1,761 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 6.0% | falling |
| 40 | Poland | 1,714 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 51.9% | rising |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,710 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 42 | Nauru | 1,681 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 77.1% | falling |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,677 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 44 | Portugal | 1,675 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 45 | Finland | 1,664 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 23.5% | falling |
| 46 | Iran | 1,639 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 47 | Switzerland | 1,633 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.6% | falling |
| 48 | Latvia | 1,626 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 49 | Germany | 1,620 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | falling |
| 50 | Seychelles | 1,563 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 77.3% | rising |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 1,544 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 52 | Japan | 1,498 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 53 | Suriname | 1,495 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 37.2% | volatile |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 1,492 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 55 | Cyprus | 1,465 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 56 | Montenegro | 1,452 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 83.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1,449 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 1,449 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 86.9% | rising |
| 60 | Chile | 1,444 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 61 | Netherlands | 1,428 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 1,404 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 41.8% | rising |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,382 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 1,339 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 65 | Slovakia | 1,336 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 66 | North Macedonia | 1,327 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 73.4% | rising |
| 67 | Barbados | 1,310 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 68 | Sweden | 1,304 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,290 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 65.2% | rising |
| 70 | Panama | 1,254 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 71 | Ecuador | 1,235 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 32.6% | rising |
| 72 | Georgia | 1,229 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 52.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Uruguay | 1,207 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 74 | Belize | 1,192 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 1,177 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 76 | Mexico | 1,167 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 77 | Lebanon | 1,164 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 78 | Serbia | 1,160 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 46.3% | rising |
| 79 | Romania | 1,136 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 52.7% | rising |
| 80 | Thailand | 1,132 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 81 | Turkey | 1,114 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 82 | Belarus | 1,098 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.7% | rising |
| 83 | Fiji | 1,082 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 84 | Argentina | 1,079 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 85 | Bolivia | 1,067 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 86 | Mongolia | 1,043 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 55.8% | rising |
| 87 | Brazil | 1,037 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 88 | Algeria | 1,015 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 89 | Singapore | 1,009 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 16.5% | falling |
| 90 | Botswana | 967.65 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 91 | Mauritius | 965.77 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 92 | Jamaica | 961.34 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 66.2% | rising |
| 93 | Tonga | 955.9 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 955.59 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 95 | Grenada | 939.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 96 | Iraq | 930.47 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 97 | Paraguay | 873.74 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 98 | Bhutan | 839.28 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Peru | 792.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 100 | Armenia | 791.6 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 80.7% | volatile |
| 101 | South Africa | 756.81 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 22.9% | rising |
| 102 | Dominica | 751.53 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 749.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 138.3% | rising |
| 104 | Colombia | 747.31 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 105 | China | 736.95 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 37.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 722.78 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 107 | Moldova | 714.04 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 108 | Micronesia (country) | 710.19 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 109 | Namibia | 685.09 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 15.7% | rising |
| 110 | El Salvador | 667.23 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 111 | Jordan | 653.89 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 112 | Samoa | 646.13 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 113 | Tunisia | 631.95 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 114 | Venezuela | 608.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 65.9% | falling |
| 115 | Egypt | 603.83 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 116 | Guatemala | 586.49 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 51.2% | rising |
| 117 | Albania | 547.72 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 35.5% | rising |
| 118 | Eswatini | 528.24 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 119 | Indonesia | 522.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 514.97 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 65.5% | rising |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 497.76 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 122 | Morocco | 484.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 123 | Honduras | 483.8 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 124 | Vietnam | 452.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 39.7% | volatile |
| 125 | Cambodia | 418.39 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 87.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Mauritania | 404.19 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 127 | Benin | 398.98 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 11.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Comoros | 352.78 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 104.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Laos | 344.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 327.8 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 9.3% | rising |
| 131 | Philippines | 323.44 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 320.94 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 133 | Ghana | 318.46 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 134 | Senegal | 295.39 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 73.8% | rising |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 270.63 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 37.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Congo | 262.01 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 137 | Myanmar | 261.57 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 274.6% | volatile |
| 138 | Cote d'Ivoire | 247.71 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 131.6% | rising |
| 139 | India | 246.07 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 140 | Nigeria | 243.94 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 238.69 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 117.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 237.5 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 47.7% | falling |
| 143 | Angola | 234.56 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 144 | Lesotho | 229.29 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 145 | Kiribati | 226.35 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 146 | Syria | 217.42 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 25.2% | falling |
| 147 | East Timor | 202.27 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 148 | North Korea | 185.1 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 225.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Kenya | 182.69 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 150 | Sudan | 177.45 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 25.8% | rising |
| 151 | Pakistan | 176.2 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 152 | Guinea | 173.54 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 173.25 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 154 | Mali | 172.07 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 114.6% | volatile |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 162.66 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 159.82 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 62.5% | volatile |
| 157 | Togo | 156.86 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 44.1% | rising |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 152.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 152.68 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 77.5% | volatile |
| 160 | Cuba | 140.65 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 28.2% | falling |
| 161 | Yemen | 138.36 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 162 | Cameroon | 133.23 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 163 | Zambia | 127.39 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 164 | Nepal | 125.28 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 83.8% | volatile |
| 165 | Mozambique | 123.98 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 166 | Tanzania | 118.59 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | volatile |
| 167 | Djibouti | 112.75 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 109.76 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 19.8% | volatile |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 101.65 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 24.1% | volatile |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 86.9 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 171 | Uganda | 84.26 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 36.0% | rising |
| 172 | Niger | 83.33 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 39.0% | rising |
| 173 | South Sudan | 80.99 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.8% | volatile |
| 174 | Gabon | 80.49 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 81.9% | falling |
| 175 | Liberia | 74.64 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 38.2% | rising |
| 176 | Haiti | 72.18 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 177 | Eritrea | 72.04 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 64.05 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 230.4% | rising |
| 179 | Rwanda | 60.2 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 36.3% | flat |
| 180 | Malawi | 57.33 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 53.93 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 39.7% | rising |
| 182 | Burundi | 50.4 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 64.4% | rising |
| 183 | Chad | 49.69 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 31.3% | rising |
| 184 | Ukraine | 48.76 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 92.8% | falling |
| 185 | Madagascar | 48.08 kilograms per person | 2023 | up 8.3% | falling |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.15 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 47.5% | rising |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 31.19 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 188 | Somalia | 29.96 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 189 | Gambia | 29.65 kilograms per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 190 | Tuvalu | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 190 | Niue | 0 kilograms per person | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Emissions are measured in kilograms per person.