Pre- and post-production — Emissions per capita by country

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.

Countries reporting
223
Highest
13.74 t CO2eq/cap
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 t CO2eq/cap
Mayotte
Median
0.6 t CO2eq/cap
Years covered
34
1990–2023
Data points
8,446

What the numbers show

Pre- and post-production — Emissions per capita is currently reported for 223 countries. The highest value is 13.74 t CO2eq/cap in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 t CO2eq/cap in Mayotte.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.6 t CO2eq/cap, and the mean is 0.7836 t CO2eq/cap.

Over the past decade 135 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Serbia and Montenegro (up 188.9%), and the largest decrease in Tokelau (down 83.3%).

Pre- and post-production — Emissions per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 13.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.8% rising
2 Qatar 3.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 32.4% rising
3 Bahrain 2.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.7% flat
4 Aruba 2.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.5% rising
5 Brunei 2.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.3% rising
5 Brunei Darussalam 2.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.3% rising
7 Lithuania 2.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.2% volatile
8 Kuwait 2.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% rising
9 Australia 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% falling
9 Anguilla 2.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.0% rising
11 Australia and New Zealand 1.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.4% falling
12 Oman 1.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
13 Canada 1.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.1% rising
14 Bahamas 1.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.1% rising
15 Belarus 1.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.5% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 1.77 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.7% rising
17 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.7% rising
18 Israel 1.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.6% rising
19 Poland 1.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.6% rising
20 Russia 1.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.3% rising
20 Russian Federation 1.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.3% rising
22 Barbados 1.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.9% rising
23 United States 1.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.3% falling
24 United Arab Emirates 1.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 17.8% falling
25 Mongolia 1.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.1% rising
26 China, Hong Kong SAR 1.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.7% rising
27 Thailand 1.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 61.6% rising
28 New Zealand 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.8% rising
28 China, Taiwan Province of 1.38 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.2% rising
30 Antigua and Barbuda 1.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.5% rising
31 Serbia 1.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.8% rising
32 Mauritius 1.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.9% volatile
32 Republic of Korea 1.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.5% rising
34 Saint Lucia 1.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.3% rising
35 Libya 1.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.5% rising
36 Greece 1.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.0% falling
37 Malaysia 1.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 0.8% rising
38 Hungary 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.3% rising
38 Kazakhstan 1.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 46.9% volatile
40 Belize 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.7% falling
40 Croatia 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.5% rising
40 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 1.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.8% falling
43 Caribbean 1.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.2% rising
44 Moldova 1.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.6% rising
44 Republic of Moldova 1.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.6% rising
46 Palau 1.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.6% rising
46 OECD 1.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.8% flat
48 Iceland 1.1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.7% falling
49 Luxembourg 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 40.1% falling
49 Montenegro 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 39.7% rising
49 Panama 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.8% rising
49 Netherlands Antilles (former) 1.09 t CO2eq/cap 2010 up 17.2% rising
53 Czechia 1.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 3.6% falling
54 Algeria 1.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.2% rising
54 Malta 1.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 20.3% rising
56 Estonia 1.05 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 18.6% rising
57 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.2% rising
57 Portugal 1.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.8% rising
59 Chile 1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.7% rising
59 Italy 1 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% flat
61 Germany 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.8% falling
61 Turkey 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.0% rising
61 Türkiye 0.98 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.0% rising
64 Dominican Republic 0.97 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.3% rising
65 Belgium 0.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.0% falling
65 Lebanon 0.96 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.5% rising
67 Ireland 0.95 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 23.4% falling
68 China 0.93 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.4% rising
69 Brazil 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.0% rising
69 Singapore 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.5% rising
69 China, mainland 0.92 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.5% rising
72 Switzerland 0.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 15.9% rising
72 Georgia 0.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 28.6% rising
72 Japan 0.9 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.8% rising
75 Austria 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.3% rising
75 North Macedonia 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.6% rising
75 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 8.5% rising
75 Ukraine 0.89 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.8% rising
79 Finland 0.88 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 19.3% falling
80 Seychelles 0.87 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.5% rising
81 Slovenia 0.86 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% flat
82 Tunisia 0.85 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
83 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.84 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.7% rising
84 Jamaica 0.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.9% rising
84 Romania 0.83 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.2% rising
86 Cyprus 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
86 Mexico 0.82 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.9% flat
88 France 0.81 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.1% rising
89 Spain 0.8 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 22.3% falling
90 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 0.78 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.0% rising
91 Argentina 0.76 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 12.6% rising
92 Turkmenistan 0.75 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.0% rising
93 Colombia 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.5% rising
93 Grenada 0.74 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.2% rising
95 Slovakia 0.73 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.8% falling
96 Azerbaijan 0.72 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.0% rising
97 Bulgaria 0.7 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 20.7% rising
98 Guyana 0.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.2% rising
98 Morocco 0.69 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.5% rising
100 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 0.67 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.5% rising
101 Latvia 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.3% rising
101 Eswatini 0.66 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.4% rising
103 Uzbekistan 0.65 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
104 United Kingdom 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.7% falling
104 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.64 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 34.7% falling
106 Haiti 0.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.2% rising
106 South Africa 0.63 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.0% rising
108 Costa Rica 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.2% rising
108 Denmark 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 37.8% falling
108 Uruguay 0.61 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 1.6% rising
111 Dominica 0.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 1.7% rising
111 Suriname 0.6 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
113 Botswana 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.9% rising
113 Indonesia 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.3% rising
113 Maldives 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 43.9% rising
113 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 0.59 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.6% rising
117 Vietnam 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 72.7% rising
117 Viet Nam 0.57 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 72.7% rising
119 Armenia 0.56 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.7% rising
120 Ecuador 0.55 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.8% rising
121 Jordan 0.54 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 14.3% flat
122 Norway 0.53 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.4% rising
123 El Salvador 0.52 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.0% rising
124 Albania 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 13.3% rising
124 Iraq 0.51 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.9% falling
126 Egypt 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.9% rising
126 China, Macao SAR 0.49 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.5% falling
128 Peru 0.48 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 2.0% rising
129 Laos 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 73.1% rising
129 Marshall Islands 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 40.6% rising
129 Nicaragua 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged flat
129 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.45 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 73.1% rising
133 Fiji 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 59.3% rising
133 Syria 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.4% flat
133 British Virgin Islands 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 2.4% rising
133 Syrian Arab Republic 0.43 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.4% flat
137 Honduras 0.42 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.5% rising
138 Cabo Verde 0.41 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 24.2% rising
139 Guatemala 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.4% rising
139 Paraguay 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% flat
139 Niue 0.39 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.2% rising
142 Sweden 0.37 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.9% falling
143 Philippines 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 38.5% rising
143 East Timor 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.0% rising
143 Timor-Leste 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 80.0% rising
143 Polynesia 0.36 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
147 Nauru 0.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 66.7% volatile
147 Nauru 0.35 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 66.7% volatile
149 Zimbabwe 0.34 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 88.9% rising
150 Uganda 0.32 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.1% rising
151 Cote d'Ivoire 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.9% rising
151 Cuba 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 35.4% flat
151 Vanuatu 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 82.4% rising
151 Côte d'Ivoire 0.31 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.9% rising
155 Gabon 0.3 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.1% rising
156 Bhutan 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.8% rising
156 Senegal 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 16.0% rising
156 United Republic of Tanzania 0.29 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 3.6% rising
159 Cambodia 0.28 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 64.7% rising
160 Sri Lanka 0.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 17.4% rising
160 Cook Islands 0.27 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.7% rising
162 Djibouti 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 23.8% rising
162 India 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.0% rising
162 Serbia and Montenegro 0.26 t CO2eq/cap 2005 up 188.9% volatile
165 Lesotho 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.6% rising
165 Myanmar 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 19.0% rising
165 Rwanda 0.25 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 10.7% falling
168 Equatorial Guinea 0.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
168 Kyrgyzstan 0.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% rising
168 Namibia 0.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 9.1% rising
168 Samoa 0.24 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 41.2% rising
172 Pakistan 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
172 Togo 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 4.5% falling
172 Yemen 0.23 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.5% rising
175 Solomon Islands 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 29.4% rising
175 Sao Tome and Principe 0.22 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
177 Ghana 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
177 Mauritania 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.0% rising
177 Nigeria 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 4.5% falling
177 Tonga 0.21 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 31.2% rising
181 Nepal 0.2 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 25.0% rising
182 Benin 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.8% rising
182 Burkina Faso 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 11.8% rising
182 Central African Republic 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.8% rising
182 Guinea-Bissau 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
182 Tajikistan 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 18.8% rising
182 Belgium-Luxembourg 0.19 t CO2eq/cap 1999 down 9.5% rising
188 Sudan 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 5.9% rising
188 South Sudan 0.18 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 63.6% rising
190 Tuvalu 0.17 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 30.8% rising
191 Afghanistan 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.3% rising
191 Bangladesh 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 14.3% rising
191 Madagascar 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
191 Micronesia 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 6.7% rising
191 Micronesia (Federated States of) 0.16 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
196 Angola 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 16.7% rising
196 Cameroon 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.8% falling
196 Comoros 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.1% falling
196 Kenya 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 6.2% falling
196 Melanesia 0.15 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 15.4% rising
201 Congo 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
201 Guinea 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 27.3% rising
201 Gambia 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 7.7% rising
201 Niger 0.14 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
205 Burundi 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
205 Liberia 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 13.3% falling
205 Zambia 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.1% falling
205 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 0.13 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 160.0% volatile
209 Mozambique 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
209 Chad 0.12 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 7.7% falling
211 Mali 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 10.0% rising
211 Sierra Leone 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
211 Somalia 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 21.4% falling
211 Sudan (former) 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2011 up 37.5% rising
211 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 8.3% falling
211 Ascension, Saint Helena and Tristan da Cunha 0.11 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 22.2% rising
217 Kiribati 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
217 Malawi 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 up 12.5% rising
217 Papua New Guinea 0.09 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged rising
220 Ethiopia 0.08 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 11.1% falling
221 Eritrea 0.06 t CO2eq/cap 2023 unchanged falling
222 Tokelau 0.01 t CO2eq/cap 2023 down 83.3% volatile
223 Mayotte 0 t CO2eq/cap 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Pre- and post-production — Emissions per capita
Unit
t CO2eq/cap
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
255 places, 8,446 data points, 1990–2023
Last refreshed

The FAOSTAT domain on Emissions indicators disseminates indicators on sectoral shares of total national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as three indicators of emissions intensity: per capita emissions; emissions per value of agricultural production; and emissions per area of agricultural land.