Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Qatar

Greenhouse gas emissions in Qatar were 56.9 t CO2e per person in 2024.

Measure: Greenhouse gas emissions per person (EDGAR) Unit: Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person Data: 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Qatar, 2024 56.9 Tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person
Change from 2023 −3.1% 2023: 58.8 t CO2e per person
World, 2024 6.4 t CO2e per person Official aggregate
Position in 2024 2nd of 203 See the full ranking

Greenhouse gas emissions per person in Qatar 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.

Greenhouse gas emissions per person (EDGAR) (tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person), 2000 to 2024
Period QatarWorld
2024 56.9 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2023 58.8 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2022 55.0 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2021 57.5 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2020 50.3 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2019 54.0 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2018 54.4 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2017 54.8 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2016 56.5 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2015 59.6 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2014 63.2 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2013 66.4 t CO2e per person 6.5 t CO2e per person
2012 67.5 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2011 65.9 t CO2e per person 6.4 t CO2e per person
2010 58.0 t CO2e per person 6.3 t CO2e per person
2009 54.1 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2008 59.9 t CO2e per person 6.2 t CO2e per person
2007 66.2 t CO2e per person 6.2 t CO2e per person
2006 73.4 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person
2005 79.6 t CO2e per person 6.0 t CO2e per person
2004 85.7 t CO2e per person 5.9 t CO2e per person
2003 87.8 t CO2e per person 5.8 t CO2e per person
2002 83.8 t CO2e per person 5.6 t CO2e per person
2001 83.3 t CO2e per person 5.6 t CO2e per person
2000 93.0 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 −3.1% from 58.8 t CO2e per person in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 63.2 t CO2e per person, the figure has changed by −9.8%.
  • Among the 203 countries with data for 2024, Qatar has the 2nd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 6.4 t CO2e per person.

Source and dates

Original producer
European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024 for Qatar
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database