Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions by country
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
48.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Qatar
Lowest
0.657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Yemen
Median
5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
33,904
What the numbers show
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 48.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0.657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, and the mean is 6.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 75.
Over the past decade 60 countries rose and 133 fell. The largest increase was in Montenegro (up 145.8%), and the largest decrease in Samoa (down 88.6%).
Per capita GHG emissions vs. per capita CO₂ emissions: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 48.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Bahrain | 39.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | volatile |
| 3 | Kuwait | 34.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Brunei | 32.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Mongolia | 28.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 24.3% | falling |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 27.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 28.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 24.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.2% | volatile |
| 8 | United Arab Emirates | 23.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Australia | 22.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.7% | falling |
| 10 | Oman | 22.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Canada | 20.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 12 | Belize | 19.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 13 | Russia | 18.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 20.4% | rising |
| 14 | Kazakhstan | 18.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 15 | United States | 17.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 16 | Palau | 16.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Guyana | 16.11 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 16.9% | falling |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 15.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 19 | New Zealand | 15.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 20 | Finland | 15.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 21 | Brazil | 13.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 22 | Bolivia | 12.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 12.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 117.1% | volatile |
| 24 | Libya | 12.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.1% | volatile |
| 25 | Iceland | 12.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 26 | Uruguay | 12.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Taiwan | 12.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 28 | South Korea | 12.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Luxembourg | 11.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Ireland | 11.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 31 | Iran | 11.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Malaysia | 10.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | falling |
| 34 | Belarus | 10.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.9% | rising |
| 35 | Botswana | 10.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 36 | Norway | 10.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 37 | China | 9.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Paraguay | 9.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 33.7% | rising |
| 39 | Bhutan | 9.33 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 40 | Belgium | 9.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 14.2% | rising |
| 41 | Argentina | 9.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 42 | Estonia | 8.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 43 | Suriname | 8.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Aruba | 8.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.1% | volatile |
| 45 | Iraq | 8.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Poland | 8.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Bahamas | 8.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 36.0% | volatile |
| 48 | Slovenia | 8.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | volatile |
| 49 | South Africa | 8.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 50 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 16.6% | flat |
| 51 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Japan | 8.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Netherlands | 8.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 54 | Laos | 7.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 38.3% | rising |
| 55 | Czechia | 7.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Germany | 7.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | rising |
| 57 | Turkey | 7.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 58 | Antigua and Barbuda | 7.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Denmark | 7.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 60 | Lithuania | 7.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 61 | Austria | 7.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | rising |
| 62 | Latvia | 7.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 63 | Cyprus | 6.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 64 | Israel | 6.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Venezuela | 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Indonesia | 6.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 67 | Congo | 6.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.6% | volatile |
| 68 | Andorra | 6.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 69 | Cook Islands | 6.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 70 | Thailand | 6.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 71 | Serbia | 6.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 37.4% | rising |
| 72 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 6.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 73 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 6.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 74 | Chad | 6.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 75 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 76 | Italy | 6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Bulgaria | 5.96 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Algeria | 5.9 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.7% | volatile |
| 79 | Ukraine | 5.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 26.0% | rising |
| 80 | Namibia | 5.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 81 | Seychelles | 5.86 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 13.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Croatia | 5.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 83 | Vietnam | 5.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 84 | Spain | 5.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 5.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 86 | Greece | 5.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 30.5% | volatile |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 5.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 31.0% | rising |
| 88 | Nicaragua | 5.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 5.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 90 | Barbados | 5.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 91 | Sweden | 5.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 92 | Nauru | 5.34 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 7.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Guinea | 5.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 94 | British Virgin Islands | 5.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 95 | Chile | 5.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.3% | falling |
| 97 | Cambodia | 5.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.2% | volatile |
| 98 | Portugal | 5.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 99 | France | 5.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 100 | South Sudan | 4.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 101 | Hungary | 4.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 103 | Maldives | 4.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 33.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Romania | 4.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.8% | volatile |
| 105 | Niue | 4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | rising |
| 106 | Colombia | 4.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 4.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 25.6% | volatile |
| 109 | Switzerland | 4.5 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 4.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.1% | rising |
| 111 | Peru | 4.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 19.8% | flat |
| 112 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Liberia | 4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Mauritius | 4.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 5.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Dominican Republic | 4.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 116 | Angola | 4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Solomon Islands | 4.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 118 | Papua New Guinea | 4.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 28.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Guinea-Bissau | 3.7 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 19.9% | rising |
| 120 | Liechtenstein | 3.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Cuba | 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 1.0% | falling |
| 122 | Slovakia | 3.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 71.0% | volatile |
| 123 | Guatemala | 3.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 30.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Lebanon | 3.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Tunisia | 3.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 126 | Malta | 3.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 41.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Mauritania | 3.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 128 | Ecuador | 3.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 61.8% | falling |
| 129 | East Timor | 3.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | rising |
| 130 | Armenia | 3.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 131 | Grenada | 3.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 132 | Myanmar | 3.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 23.2% | volatile |
| 133 | North Korea | 3.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 15.3% | volatile |
| 134 | Georgia | 3.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 38.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Jamaica | 3.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 136 | Honduras | 3.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.4% | volatile |
| 137 | Saint Lucia | 3.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 10.2% | volatile |
| 138 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 139 | Dominica | 3.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Eritrea | 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.0% | volatile |
| 141 | India | 2.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 142 | Costa Rica | 2.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 143 | Egypt | 2.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Benin | 2.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.0% | volatile |
| 145 | Saint Helena | 2.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 146 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | volatile |
| 147 | Tanzania | 2.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 26.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Jordan | 2.69 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 27.7% | volatile |
| 149 | Mali | 2.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 150 | Morocco | 2.67 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 151 | Sudan | 2.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 152 | Lesotho | 2.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 43.6% | rising |
| 153 | Philippines | 2.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Tonga | 2.64 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 155 | Burkina Faso | 2.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 156 | Somalia | 2.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 157 | Albania | 2.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 158 | Cameroon | 2.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.6% | volatile |
| 159 | Moldova | 2.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 27.6% | volatile |
| 160 | Tuvalu | 2.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Tajikistan | 2.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Nepal | 1.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 163 | Niger | 1.93 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 30.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Madagascar | 1.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 23.6% | volatile |
| 165 | Senegal | 1.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 166 | Montenegro | 1.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 145.8% | falling |
| 167 | Pakistan | 1.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 168 | Sierra Leone | 1.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 169 | Ethiopia | 1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 24.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Zimbabwe | 1.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 171 | Sri Lanka | 1.85 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 172 | Micronesia (country) | 1.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 174 | Kenya | 1.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 5.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Mozambique | 1.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 45.3% | volatile |
| 176 | Nigeria | 1.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 177 | Macao | 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 178 | Cape Verde | 1.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 13.4% | volatile |
| 179 | Syria | 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 180 | El Salvador | 1.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 181 | Togo | 1.52 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 182 | Ghana | 1.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 20.2% | volatile |
| 183 | Vanuatu | 1.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 18.0% | volatile |
| 184 | Fiji | 1.41 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 29.9% | volatile |
| 185 | Bangladesh | 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 186 | Eswatini | 1.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 8.2% | volatile |
| 188 | Uganda | 1.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 189 | Comoros | 1.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 42.6% | falling |
| 190 | Malawi | 1.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 191 | Gambia | 1.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 192 | Haiti | 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 193 | Afghanistan | 0.9352 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 194 | Kiribati | 0.8241 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 195 | Samoa | 0.7139 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 88.6% | volatile |
| 196 | Burundi | 0.6906 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 197 | Rwanda | 0.6815 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 7.6% | volatile |
| 198 | Yemen | 0.657 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 2024 | down 58.9% | rising |
About this data
Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.