Greenhouse gas emissions per person in OECD members
Greenhouse gas emissions in OECD member countries were 10.2 t CO2e 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
10.2
Change from 2023
−1.0%
World, 2024
6.4 t CO2e per person
Greenhouse gas emissions per person in OECD members over time
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Tonnes of CO2 equivalent 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 | 10.2 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2023 | 10.3 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2022 | 10.7 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2021 | 10.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2020 | 10.4 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2019 | 11.3 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2018 | 11.6 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2017 | 11.6 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2016 | 11.7 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2015 | 11.8 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2014 | 12.0 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2013 | 12.2 t CO2e per person | 6.5 t CO2e per person |
| 2012 | 12.2 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2011 | 12.4 t CO2e per person | 6.4 t CO2e per person |
| 2010 | 12.7 t CO2e per person | 6.3 t CO2e per person |
| 2009 | 12.3 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2008 | 13.1 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2007 | 13.5 t CO2e per person | 6.2 t CO2e per person |
| 2006 | 13.4 t CO2e per person | 6.1 t CO2e per person |
| 2005 | 13.6 t CO2e per person | 6.0 t CO2e per person |
| 2004 | 13.7 t CO2e per person | 5.9 t CO2e per person |
| 2003 | 13.7 t CO2e per person | 5.8 t CO2e per person |
| 2002 | 13.6 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2001 | 13.8 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
| 2000 | 13.9 t CO2e per person | 5.6 t CO2e per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.0% from 10.3 t CO2e per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.0 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by −14.7%.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 6.4 t CO2e per person.