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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita by country

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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
186
Highest
0.0026 kt per person
Trinidad and Tobago
Lowest
0 kt per person
Liechtenstein
Median
0.0002 kt per person
Years covered
63
1961–2023
Data points
10,734

What the numbers show

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 0.0026 kt per person in Trinidad and Tobago; the lowest is 0 kt per person in Liechtenstein.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.0002 kt per person, and the mean is 0.0003 kt per person.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56.

Over the past decade 130 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in Cyprus (up 191.0%), and the largest decrease in Syria (down 74.9%).

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Trinidad and Tobago 0.0026 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
2 Kuwait 0.0021 kt per person 2023 down 8.9% rising
3 Cyprus 0.0015 kt per person 2023 up 191.0% volatile
4 Qatar 0.0013 kt per person 2023 down 9.5% rising
5 Uruguay 0.0012 kt per person 2023 up 96.9% volatile
6 Russia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 37.3% rising
7 Saudi Arabia 0.0009 kt per person 2023 up 4.8% rising
8 New Zealand 0.0009 kt per person 2023 down 7.4% falling
9 Singapore 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 26.8% volatile
10 Bulgaria 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% rising
11 Turkey 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 37.2% volatile
12 Oman 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 30.9% volatile
13 Bahamas 0.0008 kt per person 2023 up 5.4% rising
14 Israel 0.0008 kt per person 2023 down 0.6% rising
15 Belize 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% rising
16 United Arab Emirates 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 11.5% rising
17 Iceland 0.0007 kt per person 2023 down 9.1% flat
18 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.0007 kt per person 2023 up 13.4% rising
19 Slovakia 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 1.2% rising
20 Belarus 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 24.0% rising
21 Bahrain 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 1.2% rising
22 Brazil 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
23 Chile 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 10.7% rising
24 Lebanon 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 25.3% rising
25 Estonia 0.0006 kt per person 2023 down 53.1% flat
26 Canada 0.0006 kt per person 2023 up 3.4% falling
27 Guyana 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% rising
28 Denmark 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 41.5% falling
29 Morocco 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 13.4% rising
30 Czechia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% rising
31 Seychelles 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 9.4% rising
32 Mexico 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 8.8% rising
33 Romania 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 35.7% rising
34 Fiji 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 20.9% rising
35 Australia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 21.4% falling
36 Antigua and Barbuda 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 3.9% falling
37 Costa Rica 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 15.9% rising
38 Finland 0.0005 kt per person 2023 down 41.4% falling
39 Georgia 0.0005 kt per person 2023 up 10.1% rising
40 United States 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 2.1% falling
41 Colombia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 7.1% rising
42 Moldova 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 42.0% rising
43 Latvia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 3.6% rising
44 Algeria 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 23.5% rising
45 Djibouti 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 20.7% rising
46 Spain 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 5.7% rising
47 Barbados 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 0.6% falling
48 Portugal 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 18.7% falling
49 Mauritius 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 5.4% rising
50 Cuba 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 7.0% rising
51 North Macedonia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.4% rising
52 Guatemala 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 12.9% rising
53 Jordan 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 5.5% rising
54 Hungary 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 8.0% flat
55 Dominica 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.2% rising
56 Libya 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 0.6% rising
57 Greece 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 9.3% rising
58 Dominican Republic 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 22.8% rising
59 Malaysia 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% rising
60 Suriname 0.0004 kt per person 2023 down 4.1% rising
61 Thailand 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 17.3% rising
62 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 19.9% rising
63 Tonga 0.0004 kt per person 2023 up 11.5% rising
64 Kyrgyzstan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 14.7% rising
65 Panama 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 11.1% rising
66 South Africa 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 5.4% rising
67 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 28.9% rising
68 Sweden 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 16.1% falling
69 Croatia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 7.4% rising
70 Honduras 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 14.0% rising
71 Grenada 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 12.8% rising
72 Azerbaijan 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 5.9% rising
73 Monaco 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 23.5% falling
74 Andorra 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 23.6% falling
75 France 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 23.3% flat
76 Austria 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 5.3% falling
77 Ukraine 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 27.4% rising
78 Maldives 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 8.5% rising
79 China 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 30.8% rising
80 Albania 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 41.0% rising
81 Vanuatu 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 0.3% rising
82 Tunisia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.3% rising
83 Poland 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 5.8% falling
84 Montenegro 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.5% rising
85 Serbia 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 7.0% rising
86 Iraq 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 6.1% flat
87 Ecuador 0.0003 kt per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
88 Solomon Islands 0.0003 kt per person 2023 down 0.2% rising
89 El Salvador 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 16.3% rising
90 Palau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 17.3% rising
91 Argentina 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.9% falling
92 Peru 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.3% rising
93 Brunei 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 3.7% rising
94 Kazakhstan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% rising
95 Uzbekistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 2.6% rising
96 Turkmenistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.2% rising
97 Belgium 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 13.5% falling
98 Sri Lanka 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
99 Slovenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 27.9% falling
100 Italy 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 35.0% falling
101 Nicaragua 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.2% rising
102 San Marino 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 36.4% falling
103 Lithuania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 59.0% rising
104 Eritrea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
105 Botswana 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 13.9% rising
106 Bhutan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 35.1% volatile
107 Malta 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.9% rising
108 Saint Lucia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.1% falling
109 Equatorial Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 25.3% volatile
110 Comoros 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 5.3% rising
111 Indonesia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 9.7% rising
112 Mauritania 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 3.2% rising
113 Armenia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.3% falling
114 Vietnam 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 21.0% rising
115 Norway 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.6% falling
116 Mongolia 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 10.0% rising
117 Kiribati 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 7.9% rising
118 Guinea 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 11.6% rising
119 Aruba 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 4.4% falling
120 United Kingdom 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 15.8% falling
121 Sudan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.8% rising
122 South Sudan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.6% rising
123 Tajikistan 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 6.8% rising
124 Guinea-Bissau 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 7.5% rising
125 Samoa 0.0002 kt per person 2023 down 5.0% rising
126 Egypt 0.0002 kt per person 2023 up 17.5% falling
127 Germany 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 35.8% falling
128 Somalia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.1% rising
129 Nigeria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.9% rising
130 Eswatini 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.8% falling
131 Ireland 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 31.9% falling
132 Congo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% rising
133 Cameroon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.5% rising
134 Sao Tome and Principe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.0% rising
135 Namibia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.8% rising
136 Togo 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 13.7% falling
137 Sierra Leone 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.2% rising
138 Gabon 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 3.4% flat
139 Senegal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.7% flat
140 Burkina Faso 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 10.4% rising
141 Yemen 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 16.3% rising
142 Gambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.6% rising
143 Ethiopia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% rising
144 Jamaica 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.5% falling
145 British Virgin Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 8.0% rising
146 Zimbabwe 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.0% rising
147 Pakistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.1% falling
148 Philippines 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.1% flat
149 Benin 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.1% falling
150 Chad 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 6.3% falling
151 Haiti 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.4% falling
152 Ghana 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 18.1% falling
153 Bangladesh 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 29.3% rising
154 Liberia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 4.6% falling
155 Paraguay 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.4% falling
156 Tuvalu 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 14.9% falling
157 India 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.3% falling
158 Angola 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.5% rising
159 Japan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 22.3% falling
160 Luxembourg 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 52.4% falling
161 Cote d'Ivoire 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 9.9% falling
162 Papua New Guinea 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.4% falling
163 Cambodia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 17.3% flat
164 Uganda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% rising
165 Central African Republic 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 13.2% flat
166 Lesotho 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.0% rising
167 Nepal 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.5% falling
168 Rwanda 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.5% falling
169 Myanmar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 7.2% falling
170 Madagascar 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.5% rising
171 East Timor 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 1.5% rising
172 Burundi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.9% flat
173 Laos 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 16.8% rising
174 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 72.2% falling
175 Mali 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 6.9% falling
176 Marshall Islands 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 37.0% rising
177 Malawi 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 8.3% falling
178 Kenya 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 11.5% flat
179 Mozambique 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 5.7% falling
180 Niger 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 3.3% falling
181 Afghanistan 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 0.9% rising
182 Zambia 0.0001 kt per person 2023 up 0.2% falling
183 Syria 0.0001 kt per person 2023 down 74.9% rising
184 Nauru 0 kt per person 2023 down 10.1% flat
185 Switzerland 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.1% volatile
186 Liechtenstein 0 kt per person 2023 down 1.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • World 0.0002 kt per person

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Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) 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 (CO2eq) (AR5) ÷ Population, total

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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.

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Indicator
Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5), per capita
Unit
kt per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
187 places, 10,734 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed

Waste — Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.