CO2 emissions per person in World
Carbon dioxide emissions in the world were 4.69 t CO2 per person in 2024.
World is a group: All economies covered by the World Bank. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
World, 2024
4.69
Change from 2023
+0.3%
European Union, 2024
5.47 t CO2 per person
CO2 emissions per person in World 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 | World | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.69 t CO2 per person | 5.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2023 | 4.68 t CO2 per person | 5.59 t CO2 per person |
| 2022 | 4.67 t CO2 per person | 6.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2021 | 4.68 t CO2 per person | 6.32 t CO2 per person |
| 2020 | 4.47 t CO2 per person | 5.90 t CO2 per person |
| 2019 | 4.70 t CO2 per person | 6.51 t CO2 per person |
| 2018 | 4.73 t CO2 per person | 6.83 t CO2 per person |
| 2017 | 4.67 t CO2 per person | 6.99 t CO2 per person |
| 2016 | 4.65 t CO2 per person | 6.95 t CO2 per person |
| 2015 | 4.70 t CO2 per person | 6.94 t CO2 per person |
| 2014 | 4.78 t CO2 per person | 6.82 t CO2 per person |
| 2013 | 4.81 t CO2 per person | 7.15 t CO2 per person |
| 2012 | 4.77 t CO2 per person | 7.35 t CO2 per person |
| 2011 | 4.76 t CO2 per person | 7.51 t CO2 per person |
| 2010 | 4.67 t CO2 per person | 7.71 t CO2 per person |
| 2009 | 4.45 t CO2 per person | 7.48 t CO2 per person |
| 2008 | 4.56 t CO2 per person | 8.12 t CO2 per person |
| 2007 | 4.59 t CO2 per person | 8.35 t CO2 per person |
| 2006 | 4.48 t CO2 per person | 8.47 t CO2 per person |
| 2005 | 4.39 t CO2 per person | 8.46 t CO2 per person |
| 2004 | 4.28 t CO2 per person | 8.54 t CO2 per person |
| 2003 | 4.15 t CO2 per person | 8.56 t CO2 per person |
| 2002 | 4.01 t CO2 per person | 8.36 t CO2 per person |
| 2001 | 4.01 t CO2 per person | 8.40 t CO2 per person |
| 2000 | 4.01 t CO2 per person | 8.29 t CO2 per person |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.3% from 4.68 t CO2 per person in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 4.78 t CO2 per person, the figure has changed by −1.7%.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5.47 t CO2 per person.
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1.88e (Estimate) °C
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