Waste — Emissions (CO2), per capita by country
Waste — 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.
Countries reporting
126
Highest
0.0001 kt per person
Spain
Lowest
0 kt per person
Latvia
Median
0 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
7,811
What the numbers show
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per capita is currently reported for 126 countries. The highest value is 0.0001 kt per person in Spain; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Latvia.
The median across all reporting countries is 0 kt per person, and the mean is 0 kt per person.
Over the past decade 71 countries rose and 55 fell. The largest increase was in Kazakhstan (up 2,081.7%), and the largest decrease in Croatia (down 100.0%).
Waste — Emissions (CO2), per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 0.0001 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 2 | Monaco | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.5% | rising |
| 3 | Andorra | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 4 | France | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 5 | Sierra Leone | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Japan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.3% | rising |
| 7 | Ghana | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 366.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Portugal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 9 | Sweden | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 10 | Tajikistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.6% | flat |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 12.6% | volatile |
| 12 | Guatemala | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 27.7% | volatile |
| 13 | North Macedonia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 14 | Norway | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 44.5% | volatile |
| 15 | Maldives | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.9% | volatile |
| 16 | Singapore | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 17 | Italy | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 18 | San Marino | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 9.5% | rising |
| 19 | Panama | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 93.0% | volatile |
| 20 | Poland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 37.3% | rising |
| 21 | Czechia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 22 | Mauritania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 308.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Brunei | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 25 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 2.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Honduras | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 27 | Nepal | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 68.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Canada | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 29 | China | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 22.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Lesotho | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Bahamas | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 32 | Tunisia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 33 | Slovenia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Malaysia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 35 | Slovakia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 36 | Laos | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.5% | volatile |
| 37 | Hungary | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 67.9% | volatile |
| 38 | Samoa | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 75.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Iceland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Ireland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 53.4% | volatile |
| 41 | Brazil | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 42 | Philippines | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 43 | Belarus | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Albania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 30.7% | volatile |
| 45 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 46 | Dominica | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 47 | Namibia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 48 | Moldova | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 49 | Montenegro | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 50 | Serbia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 51 | Switzerland | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Liechtenstein | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 53 | Nigeria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 54 | Myanmar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 9.9% | rising |
| 55 | Lithuania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 212.5% | volatile |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 57 | Cambodia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 20.4% | volatile |
| 59 | Denmark | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 60 | Indonesia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 61 | Australia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 11.0% | rising |
| 62 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 63 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Malta | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 44.5% | rising |
| 65 | Vietnam | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 21.0% | volatile |
| 66 | South Africa | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 16.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Mali | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 68 | Chile | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 69 | New Zealand | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 25.6% | rising |
| 70 | Uruguay | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 71 | Germany | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 82.4% | rising |
| 72 | Colombia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 73 | Ukraine | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Suriname | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.9% | rising |
| 75 | Peru | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 76 | Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 77 | Mongolia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 78 | Thailand | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 15.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Argentina | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 81 | Mozambique | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 53.9% | volatile |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 83 | Romania | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Azerbaijan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 85 | Belize | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 42.5% | volatile |
| 86 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 87 | Bulgaria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 93.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Belgium | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 89 | Saint Lucia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 90 | Somalia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 5.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Rwanda | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 92 | Burundi | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.6% | volatile |
| 93 | Greece | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 33.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 95 | Afghanistan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 35.2% | volatile |
| 96 | Gabon | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 97 | East Timor | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 98 | Estonia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 100 | Austria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 7.1% | volatile |
| 101 | Kuwait | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 102 | Zambia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 47.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Zimbabwe | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 44.5% | rising |
| 105 | Algeria | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 106 | Cuba | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 107 | Dominican Republic | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 108 | Mauritius | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 109 | Benin | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 10.8% | volatile |
| 110 | Togo | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 111 | Palau | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 112 | Kenya | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 113 | Turkey | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 114 | Jordan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 115 | Paraguay | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 23.4% | rising |
| 116 | Qatar | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 117 | Ethiopia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.5% | rising |
| 118 | Kazakhstan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 2,081.7% | volatile |
| 119 | Burkina Faso | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 120 | United States | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 121 | Egypt | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 0.3% | volatile |
| 122 | Bhutan | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 33.8% | volatile |
| 123 | Congo | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 124 | Lebanon | 0 kt per person | 2023 | up 19.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Croatia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 125 | Latvia | 0 kt per person | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0 kt per person
How this figure is calculated
Waste — 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.
Waste — Emissions (CO2) ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Waste — 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
Waste — 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.