Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry by country

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.

Countries reporting
198
Highest
48.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Qatar
Lowest
0.2484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Niger
Median
3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Years covered
175
1850–2024
Data points
33,742

What the numbers show

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry is currently reported for 198 countries. The highest value is 48.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Qatar; the lowest is 0.2484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in Niger.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, and the mean is 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 196.

Over the past decade 96 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 283.1%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 67.2%).

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Qatar 48.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.1% volatile
2 Bahrain 39.16 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.3% volatile
3 Kuwait 34.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.9% volatile
4 Brunei 30.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.9% volatile
5 Trinidad and Tobago 27.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 28.5% volatile
6 Saudi Arabia 23.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.2% volatile
7 United Arab Emirates 23.56 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.4% volatile
8 Oman 21.76 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.0% volatile
9 Mongolia 19.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 33.1% volatile
10 Australia 17.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.4% volatile
11 Palau 16.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 5.8% falling
12 United States 16.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.3% rising
13 Canada 15.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.0% volatile
14 Kazakhstan 15.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.0% volatile
15 Russia 15.45 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 12.0% volatile
16 Turkmenistan 13.12 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 3.1% volatile
17 Libya 12.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.2% volatile
18 Taiwan 12.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 3.5% volatile
19 South Korea 12.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.5% volatile
20 Luxembourg 10.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 40.8% volatile
21 Singapore 10.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.2% volatile
22 Iceland 10.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.8% volatile
23 Iran 10.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.8% volatile
24 China 9.65 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 20.8% volatile
25 Malaysia 8.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 1.2% volatile
26 Aruba 8.8 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 1.1% volatile
27 Guyana 8.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 160.6% volatile
28 Bahamas 8.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 36.9% volatile
29 Iraq 8.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 21.4% volatile
30 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.28 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 9.0% volatile
31 Czechia 8.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 26.4% volatile
32 Belgium 8.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 15.4% rising
33 Poland 8.09 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.6% volatile
34 Norway 7.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.5% volatile
35 Japan 7.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.2% volatile
36 South Africa 7.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.0% volatile
37 Gabon 7.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 19.7% volatile
38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 7.77 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 17.1% volatile
39 Antigua and Barbuda 7.66 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.4% volatile
40 New Zealand 7.51 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.0% volatile
41 Belarus 7.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 5.4% volatile
42 Germany 7.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 30.1% volatile
43 Cyprus 7.07 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.6% volatile
44 Turkey 6.97 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 24.8% volatile
45 Serbia 6.92 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 20.2% volatile
46 Netherlands 6.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 31.2% volatile
47 Ireland 6.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.0% rising
48 Austria 6.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 16.8% volatile
49 Slovenia 6.74 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.9% volatile
50 Estonia 6.73 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 57.8% volatile
51 Israel 6.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 23.2% volatile
52 Slovakia 6.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.3% volatile
53 Cook Islands 6.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 27.6% volatile
54 Finland 6.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 38.3% volatile
55 Saint Kitts and Nevis 6.29 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 14.7% volatile
56 Greece 6.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 25.5% volatile
57 Bulgaria 5.82 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 19.4% volatile
58 Seychelles 5.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 12.9% volatile
59 Andorra 5.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 17.5% volatile
60 Algeria 5.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.3% volatile
61 Denmark 5.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 24.0% volatile
62 Suriname 5.54 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.6% volatile
63 Croatia 5.53 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.3% volatile
64 Italy 5.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.5% volatile
65 Barbados 5.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.1% volatile
66 Lithuania 5.26 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.8% volatile
67 Hong Kong 5.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 24.3% volatile
68 Nauru 5.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.6% volatile
69 Equatorial Guinea 5.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 54.5% volatile
70 Spain 5.1 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.4% volatile
71 British Virgin Islands 5.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 25.2% volatile
72 Ukraine 5.02 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 28.9% volatile
73 Hungary 4.94 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 4.7% volatile
74 United Kingdom 4.83 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 32.3% rising
75 Chile 4.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.6% volatile
76 Maldives 4.81 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 33.5% volatile
77 Azerbaijan 4.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.9% volatile
78 Venezuela 4.71 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 35.0% volatile
79 Uzbekistan 4.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.2% volatile
80 Romania 4.49 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.5% volatile
81 France 4.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.5% rising
82 Montenegro 4.37 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.8% volatile
83 Argentina 4.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.5% volatile
84 Thailand 4.31 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.3% volatile
85 Latvia 4.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.7% volatile
86 North Macedonia 4.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.9% volatile
87 Mexico 4.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.4% volatile
88 Niue 4.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 1.3% volatile
89 Vietnam 4.2 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 69.8% volatile
90 Sweden 4.19 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.5% volatile
91 Mauritius 4.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.7% volatile
92 Botswana 4.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.2% volatile
93 Portugal 4.06 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.8% volatile
94 Indonesia 4.03 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 44.4% volatile
95 Georgia 3.89 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 23.5% volatile
96 Switzerland 3.88 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 22.8% volatile
97 Uruguay 3.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 24.4% volatile
98 Laos 3.61 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 283.1% volatile
99 Congo 3.59 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.1% volatile
100 Liechtenstein 3.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.5% volatile
101 Grenada 3.58 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 46.7% volatile
102 Malta 3.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 41.0% volatile
103 Lebanon 3.42 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.5% volatile
104 Dominican Republic 3.4 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 36.6% volatile
105 Ecuador 3.32 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 10.1% volatile
106 Tunisia 3.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.5% volatile
107 Saint Lucia 3.24 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.7% volatile
108 Panama 3.23 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.6% volatile
109 Brazil 3.21 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.5% volatile
110 Bhutan 3.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 12.7% volatile
111 Jamaica 3.14 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 6.3% volatile
112 Dominica 3.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.8% volatile
113 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 2.99 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.7% volatile
114 North Korea 2.95 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 23.8% volatile
115 Armenia 2.87 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 26.8% volatile
116 Cuba 2.78 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.3% falling
117 Belize 2.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.9% falling
118 Bolivia 2.68 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 17.0% volatile
119 Egypt 2.63 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 5.2% volatile
120 Jordan 2.55 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 27.8% volatile
121 Saint Helena 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.8% volatile
122 Colombia 2.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 12.8% volatile
123 India 2.46 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 31.9% volatile
124 Morocco 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.4% volatile
125 Peru 2.44 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.0% volatile
126 Moldova 2.35 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 27.0% volatile
127 Costa Rica 2.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.1% volatile
128 Kyrgyzstan 2.17 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 3.2% volatile
129 Fiji 2.15 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 20.3% volatile
130 Albania 1.98 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 18.4% volatile
131 Tonga 1.91 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 38.3% volatile
132 Philippines 1.79 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 51.5% volatile
133 Guatemala 1.75 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 21.3% volatile
134 Namibia 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.4% volatile
135 El Salvador 1.72 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 35.9% volatile
136 Macao 1.62 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 28.4% volatile
137 Honduras 1.6 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.3% volatile
138 Paraguay 1.57 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.7% volatile
139 Cambodia 1.48 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 113.8% volatile
140 Lesotho 1.47 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.3% volatile
141 Syria 1.43 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 31.2% volatile
142 Mauritania 1.39 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 27.4% volatile
143 Micronesia (country) 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.6% volatile
144 Samoa 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.4% volatile
145 Cape Verde 1.38 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.7% volatile
146 Angola 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 43.5% volatile
147 Tajikistan 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 66.5% volatile
148 Tuvalu 1.3 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 70.2% volatile
149 Zimbabwe 1.25 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.7% volatile
150 Nigeria 1.22 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 29.0% volatile
151 Sri Lanka 1.18 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 9.6% volatile
152 Nicaragua 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.7% volatile
153 Djibouti 1.13 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 10.6% volatile
154 Papua New Guinea 1.08 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.0% rising
155 Comoros 1.05 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 58.5% volatile
156 Zambia 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 26.4% volatile
157 Ghana 1.01 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 17.9% volatile
158 Pakistan 0.9758 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 4.0% volatile
159 Senegal 0.9651 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.7% rising
160 Vanuatu 0.9567 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.8% volatile
161 Sao Tome and Principe 0.9172 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.7% volatile
162 Nepal 0.8927 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 73.0% rising
163 Togo 0.8664 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 24.0% rising
164 Cameroon 0.816 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 20.1% volatile
165 Myanmar 0.7934 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 51.4% rising
166 Bangladesh 0.7886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 37.9% rising
167 Mozambique 0.7836 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.3% volatile
168 Cote d'Ivoire 0.7792 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.2% rising
169 Haiti 0.7623 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.5% rising
170 Kiribati 0.7501 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 11.7% volatile
171 Sudan 0.7374 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 2.1% rising
172 Benin 0.7163 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 4.0% rising
173 Kenya 0.6734 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 13.0% volatile
174 East Timor 0.6698 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 35.0% volatile
175 Solomon Islands 0.665 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 21.5% volatile
176 Eritrea 0.6461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 5.8% volatile
177 Guinea 0.6324 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.3% rising
178 Liberia 0.6201 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 6.2% falling
179 Central African Republic 0.6121 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 8.8% volatile
180 Tanzania 0.581 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 14.9% rising
181 Guinea-Bissau 0.569 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 1.2% volatile
182 Burkina Faso 0.5583 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 18.8% rising
183 Uganda 0.5317 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 19.3% rising
184 Somalia 0.5266 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.9% volatile
185 Gambia 0.5165 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 7.7% volatile
186 South Sudan 0.5093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 7.3% volatile
187 Sierra Leone 0.4901 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.8% rising
188 Mali 0.4684 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 45.5% rising
189 Chad 0.458 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 14.2% volatile
190 Ethiopia 0.4461 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.7% rising
191 Yemen 0.4359 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 67.2% volatile
192 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.4219 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 11.0% rising
193 Madagascar 0.4051 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 3.7% rising
194 Rwanda 0.3844 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 22.7% volatile
195 Afghanistan 0.3715 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.4% rising
196 Burundi 0.2936 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 2.8% rising
197 Malawi 0.2806 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 down 0.2% rising
198 Niger 0.2484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person 2024 up 0.0% rising

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Indicator
Per capita greenhouse gas emissions, excluding land use and forestry
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Source
Jones et al. (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
198 places, 33,742 data points, 1850–2024
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Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes per person of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.