Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
What the numbers show
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 201 countries. The highest value is 0.0132 kt per person in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 kt per person in San Marino.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0003 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0005 kt per person.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 15,009.
Over the past decade 119 countries rose and 82 fell. The largest increase was in Tajikistan (up 354.4%), and the largest decrease in British Virgin Islands (down 49.0%).
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2), per capita (Pre- CO2): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0132 kt per person | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 2 | Qatar | 0.0031 kt per person | 2023 | down 39.4% | rising |
| 3 | American Samoa | 0.002 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 4 | Bahrain | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 5 | Lithuania | 0.0019 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Gibraltar | 0.0018 kt per person | 2023 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 7 | Oman | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 8 | Australia | 0.0017 kt per person | 2023 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 9 | Brunei | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 10 | Aruba | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.7% | rising |
| 11 | Canada | 0.0015 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.7% | rising |
| 12 | Belarus | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0014 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 14 | Kuwait | 0.0013 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 16 | Poland | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 17 | Russia | 0.0012 kt per person | 2023 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 18 | Palau | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 19 | United States | 0.0011 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 20 | Kazakhstan | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | up 61.3% | volatile |
| 21 | New Zealand | 0.001 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 22 | Libya | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 23 | Luxembourg | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 24 | Bahamas | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 26 | Malaysia | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 27 | Germany | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.9% | falling |
| 28 | Serbia | 0.0009 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Croatia | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 30 | Algeria | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 31 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 32 | Thailand | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | up 34.5% | rising |
| 33 | Japan | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 34 | Estonia | 0.0008 kt per person | 2023 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 35 | Belgium | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 36 | Czechia | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 37 | Ireland | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 38 | Hungary | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | up 22.5% | falling |
| 39 | Israel | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 40 | Finland | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.4% | flat |
| 41 | Montenegro | 0.0007 kt per person | 2023 | up 78.3% | rising |
| 42 | China | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 43 | Turkmenistan | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 44 | Barbados | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 45 | Austria | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 46 | Puerto Rico | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 47 | Saint Lucia | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 48 | Italy | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 49 | Portugal | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.3% | flat |
| 50 | Cayman Islands | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 51 | Slovenia | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.8% | falling |
| 52 | Mongolia | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 53 | Greece | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 38.8% | falling |
| 54 | Ukraine | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | down 32.3% | rising |
| 55 | Bulgaria | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 56 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.0006 kt per person | 2023 | up 31.8% | rising |
| 57 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 58 | Moldova | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 24.0% | flat |
| 59 | Greenland | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 60 | Romania | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 61 | Morocco | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 38.2% | rising |
| 62 | Georgia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 54.0% | rising |
| 63 | Singapore | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 64 | Dominican Republic | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 28.2% | rising |
| 65 | Tunisia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 66 | Panama | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 67 | Cyprus | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 68 | Turkey | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 69 | Spain | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.8% | falling |
| 70 | Uzbekistan | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 71 | Andorra | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.9% | falling |
| 72 | New Caledonia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 73 | Denmark | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 74 | Chile | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 75 | North Macedonia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 76 | Slovakia | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 77 | United Kingdom | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 39.2% | falling |
| 78 | France | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.2% | falling |
| 79 | Brazil | 0.0005 kt per person | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 80 | Grenada | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 81 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 82 | Eswatini | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 34.6% | rising |
| 83 | Jamaica | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 56.5% | rising |
| 84 | Switzerland | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 85 | Colombia | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 86 | South Africa | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 87 | Vietnam | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 93.5% | volatile |
| 88 | Maldives | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 75.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Botswana | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.1% | volatile |
| 90 | Belize | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 44.9% | falling |
| 91 | Marshall Islands | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 92 | Azerbaijan | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 93 | Norway | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 94 | Malta | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 95 | Dominica | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 96 | Latvia | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 97 | Argentina | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 98 | Seychelles | 0.0004 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 99 | Lebanon | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 100 | Suriname | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 101 | Guyana | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 47.7% | rising |
| 102 | Indonesia | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 103 | Iceland | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 104 | Jordan | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 105 | Armenia | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Nauru | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 87.0% | volatile |
| 107 | Faroe Islands | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 108 | Egypt | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 109 | Mexico | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 27.4% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 20.9% | rising |
| 111 | Bermuda | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 112 | Ecuador | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 113 | Costa Rica | 0.0003 kt per person | 2023 | down 10.2% | rising |
| 114 | Iraq | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 115 | Uruguay | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 116 | Sweden | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | down 17.5% | falling |
| 117 | Palestine | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 118 | Zimbabwe | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 163.1% | volatile |
| 119 | Philippines | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 120 | Gabon | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 121 | Albania | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 122 | French Polynesia | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 123 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0002 kt per person | 2022 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 124 | El Salvador | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 125 | Fiji | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 126 | Samoa | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 53.7% | rising |
| 127 | Guatemala | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 45.7% | rising |
| 128 | Peru | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 129 | Tonga | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 42.3% | rising |
| 130 | Honduras | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 131 | Cambodia | 0.0002 kt per person | 2023 | up 198.9% | volatile |
| 132 | Cuba | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 133 | Paraguay | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 134 | Laos | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 82.1% | volatile |
| 135 | Nicaragua | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 136 | Tuvalu | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 43.5% | rising |
| 137 | Namibia | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 138 | British Virgin Islands | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 139 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.4% | volatile |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 141 | India | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.9% | rising |
| 142 | Mauritania | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 143 | Sri Lanka | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 144 | Bhutan | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 100.8% | volatile |
| 145 | Myanmar | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 116.5% | rising |
| 146 | Vanuatu | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 86.8% | rising |
| 147 | Syria | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 148 | Senegal | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 149 | Pakistan | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 150 | Lesotho | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 151 | Benin | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 152 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 153 | Angola | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.5% | volatile |
| 154 | Congo | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.1% | volatile |
| 155 | Sudan | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 156 | Tajikistan | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 354.4% | volatile |
| 157 | Isle of Man | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 158 | Haiti | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 159 | Uganda | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 145.3% | volatile |
| 160 | Ghana | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 161 | Cameroon | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 162 | Nigeria | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 163 | Djibouti | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 164 | Togo | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 165 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 116.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 167 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 168 | Nepal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 56.1% | volatile |
| 169 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.7% | volatile |
| 170 | Kiribati | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 171 | East Timor | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 143.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Madagascar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 49.5% | rising |
| 173 | Yemen | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 48.8% | falling |
| 174 | Comoros | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 117.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 176 | Malawi | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 177 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 178 | Solomon Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 179 | Mali | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 63.9% | rising |
| 180 | Zambia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 181 | Niger | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 30.0% | rising |
| 182 | Kenya | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 183 | Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 65.8% | rising |
| 184 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt per person | 2022 | down 5.9% | falling |
| 185 | Eritrea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.2% | falling |
| 186 | Mozambique | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 187 | Channel Islands | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 188 | Chad | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 189 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 190 | Central African Republic | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 285.2% | volatile |
| 191 | Monaco | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 192 | Liberia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 193 | Rwanda | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 194 | South Sudan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 195 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.9% | flat |
| 196 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 197 | Gambia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 87.2% | falling |
| 198 | Burundi | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 15.0% | rising |
| 199 | Somalia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 200 | Guam | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 51.3% | volatile |
| 201 | San Marino | 0 kt per person | 2022 | down 0.5% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
How this figure is calculated
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Pre- and post-production — Emissions Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Pre- and post-production — Emissions (CO2) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.