CO2 emissions per person in OECD members
Carbon dioxide emissions in OECD member countries were 7.92 t CO2 per person in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1970.
OECD members is a group: OECD member countries as grouped by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
OECD members, 2024
7.92
Change from 2023
−1.1%
World, 2024
4.69 t CO2 per person
CO2 emissions per person in OECD members over time
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Tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | OECD members | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.92 t CO2 per person | 4.69 t CO2 per person |
| 2023 | 8.00 t CO2 per person | 4.68 t CO2 per person |
| 2022 | 8.43 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2021 | 8.53 t CO2 per person | 4.68 t CO2 per person |
| 2020 | 8.12 t CO2 per person | 4.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2019 | 8.92 t CO2 per person | 4.70 t CO2 per person |
| 2018 | 9.24 t CO2 per person | 4.73 t CO2 per person |
| 2017 | 9.26 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2016 | 9.32 t CO2 per person | 4.65 t CO2 per person |
| 2015 | 9.43 t CO2 per person | 4.70 t CO2 per person |
| 2014 | 9.54 t CO2 per person | 4.78 t CO2 per person |
| 2013 | 9.77 t CO2 per person | 4.81 t CO2 per person |
| 2012 | 9.79 t CO2 per person | 4.77 t CO2 per person |
| 2011 | 9.99 t CO2 per person | 4.76 t CO2 per person |
| 2010 | 10.22 t CO2 per person | 4.67 t CO2 per person |
| 2009 | 9.86 t CO2 per person | 4.45 t CO2 per person |
| 2008 | 10.57 t CO2 per person | 4.56 t CO2 per person |
| 2007 | 10.93 t CO2 per person | 4.59 t CO2 per person |
| 2006 | 10.88 t CO2 per person | 4.48 t CO2 per person |
| 2005 | 11.00 t CO2 per person | 4.39 t CO2 per person |
| 2004 | 11.04 t CO2 per person | 4.28 t CO2 per person |
| 2003 | 11.02 t CO2 per person | 4.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2002 | 10.90 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
| 2001 | 11.05 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
| 2000 | 11.15 t CO2 per person | 4.01 t CO2 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.1% from 8.00 t CO2 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 9.54 t CO2 per person, the figure has changed by −17.0%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 4.69 t CO2 per person.