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Carbon dioxide emissions per person (EDGAR)

Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, industry and other sources, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, divided by population.

Unit: Tonnes of CO2 per person Frequency: Annual Coverage: 203 countries and 11 groups 1970 to 2024 Source: World Bank (original data: European Commission JRC, EDGAR Community GHG Database)
Highest in 2024 82.84 t CO2 per person Palau Lowest in 2024 0.00 t CO2 per person Tuvalu
Euro area, 2024 5.40 t CO2 per person Official aggregate published by the source
Countries ranked for 2024 203 Updated by the source on 8 October 2026

203 countries have a value for 2024, the latest period in the data.

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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.

Carbon dioxide emissions per person (EDGAR) (tonnes of CO2 per person), 2000 to 2024
Period WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2024 4.69 t CO2 per person 13.62 t CO2 per person 9.32 t CO2 per person 2.17 t CO2 per person
2023 4.68 t CO2 per person 13.71 t CO2 per person 9.23 t CO2 per person 2.10 t CO2 per person
2022 4.67 t CO2 per person 14.42 t CO2 per person 8.86 t CO2 per person 1.97 t CO2 per person
2021 4.68 t CO2 per person 14.32 t CO2 per person 8.89 t CO2 per person 1.84 t CO2 per person
2020 4.47 t CO2 per person 13.47 t CO2 per person 8.48 t CO2 per person 1.68 t CO2 per person
2019 4.70 t CO2 per person 15.04 t CO2 per person 8.39 t CO2 per person 1.84 t CO2 per person
2018 4.73 t CO2 per person 15.58 t CO2 per person 8.22 t CO2 per person 1.86 t CO2 per person
2017 4.67 t CO2 per person 15.18 t CO2 per person 7.88 t CO2 per person 1.80 t CO2 per person
2016 4.65 t CO2 per person 15.50 t CO2 per person 7.76 t CO2 per person 1.72 t CO2 per person
2015 4.70 t CO2 per person 15.95 t CO2 per person 7.79 t CO2 per person 1.72 t CO2 per person
2014 4.78 t CO2 per person 16.42 t CO2 per person 7.93 t CO2 per person 1.71 t CO2 per person
2013 4.81 t CO2 per person 16.50 t CO2 per person 7.89 t CO2 per person 1.60 t CO2 per person
2012 4.77 t CO2 per person 16.19 t CO2 per person 7.58 t CO2 per person 1.58 t CO2 per person
2011 4.76 t CO2 per person 17.02 t CO2 per person 7.40 t CO2 per person 1.46 t CO2 per person
2010 4.67 t CO2 per person 17.85 t CO2 per person 6.81 t CO2 per person 1.39 t CO2 per person
2009 4.45 t CO2 per person 17.19 t CO2 per person 6.25 t CO2 per person 1.32 t CO2 per person
2008 4.56 t CO2 per person 18.71 t CO2 per person 5.85 t CO2 per person 1.26 t CO2 per person
2007 4.59 t CO2 per person 19.50 t CO2 per person 5.71 t CO2 per person 1.19 t CO2 per person
2006 4.48 t CO2 per person 19.40 t CO2 per person 5.28 t CO2 per person 1.11 t CO2 per person
2005 4.39 t CO2 per person 19.92 t CO2 per person 4.78 t CO2 per person 1.05 t CO2 per person
2004 4.28 t CO2 per person 20.08 t CO2 per person 4.24 t CO2 per person 1.03 t CO2 per person
2003 4.15 t CO2 per person 19.97 t CO2 per person 3.70 t CO2 per person 0.97 t CO2 per person
2002 4.01 t CO2 per person 19.91 t CO2 per person 3.23 t CO2 per person 0.96 t CO2 per person
2001 4.01 t CO2 per person 20.63 t CO2 per person 3.01 t CO2 per person 0.94 t CO2 per person
2000 4.01 t CO2 per person 21.01 t CO2 per person 2.89 t CO2 per person 0.94 t CO2 per person

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • Among the 203 countries with a value for 2024, the highest is Palau (82.84 t CO2 per person) and the lowest Tuvalu (0.00 t CO2 per person).
  • Half of the countries are above 2.55 t CO2 per person and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 113 countries and fell in 88.
  • The figure for the world was 4.69 t CO2 per person in 2024, against 4.70 t CO2 per person in 2019 (−0.2%).

About this measure

Definition
Carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, industry and other sources, excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, divided by population.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
Tonnes of CO2 per person
Frequency
Annual
Changes are shown as
Percent change

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.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1970 to 2024
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

All countries in 2024 Every value is for 2024, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.

  1. 1 Palau 82.84 t CO2 per person
  2. 2 Qatar 47.33 t CO2 per person
  3. 3 Bahrain 23.90 t CO2 per person
  4. 4 Kuwait 23.67 t CO2 per person
  5. 5 Brunei 20.24 t CO2 per person
  6. 6 Trinidad and Tobago 19.58 t CO2 per person
  7. 7 Oman 18.65 t CO2 per person
  8. 8 Saudi Arabia 18.48 t CO2 per person
  9. 9 United Arab Emirates 18.26 t CO2 per person
  10. 10 New Caledonia 17.08 t CO2 per person
  11. 11 Gibraltar 16.15 t CO2 per person
  12. 12 Australia 14.10 t CO2 per person
  13. 13 Canada 14.01 t CO2 per person
  14. 14 Russia 13.98 t CO2 per person
  15. 15 United States 13.62 t CO2 per person
  16. 16 Kazakhstan 12.57 t CO2 per person
  17. 17 South Korea 11.36 t CO2 per person
  18. 18 Turkmenistan 10.86 t CO2 per person
  19. 19 Luxembourg 10.56 t CO2 per person
  20. 20 Greenland 10.45 t CO2 per person
  21. 21 Singapore 9.75 t CO2 per person
  22. 22 China 9.32 t CO2 per person
  23. 23 Iran 9.05 t CO2 per person
  24. 24 Libya 8.66 t CO2 per person
  25. 25 Iceland 8.52 t CO2 per person
  26. 26 Malaysia 8.32 t CO2 per person
  27. 27 Mongolia 7.85 t CO2 per person
  28. 28 Japan 7.84 t CO2 per person
  29. 29 Estonia 7.76 t CO2 per person
  30. 30 Poland 7.55 t CO2 per person
  31. 31 Belgium 7.31 t CO2 per person
  32. 32 Seychelles 7.24 t CO2 per person
  33. 33 Norway 7.18 t CO2 per person
  34. 34 Czechia 7.13 t CO2 per person
  35. 35 Germany 6.94 t CO2 per person
  36. 36 South Africa 6.88 t CO2 per person
  37. 37 Netherlands 6.60 t CO2 per person
  38. 38 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.45 t CO2 per person
  39. 39 Austria 6.32 t CO2 per person
  40. 40 Slovenia 6.27 t CO2 per person
  41. 41 Ireland 6.04 t CO2 per person
  42. 42 New Zealand 6.01 t CO2 per person
  43. 43 Belarus 5.94 t CO2 per person
  44. 44 Israel 5.77 t CO2 per person
  45. 45 Finland 5.54 t CO2 per person
  46. 46 Slovakia 5.51 t CO2 per person
  47. 47 Cyprus 5.40 t CO2 per person
  48. 48 Türkiye 5.38 t CO2 per person
  49. 49 Bulgaria 5.31 t CO2 per person
  50. 50 Iraq 5.18 t CO2 per person
  51. 51 Aruba 5.15 t CO2 per person
  52. 52 Italy 5.08 t CO2 per person
  53. 53 Greece 5.05 t CO2 per person
  54. 54 Cayman Islands 5.00 t CO2 per person
  55. 55 Turks and Caicos Islands 4.92 t CO2 per person
  56. 56 Croatia 4.83 t CO2 per person
  57. 57 Puerto Rico (US) 4.82 t CO2 per person
  58. 58 Hong Kong SAR, China 4.60 t CO2 per person
  59. 59 Guyana 4.56 t CO2 per person
  60. 60 Spain 4.51 t CO2 per person
  61. 61 Lithuania 4.49 t CO2 per person
  62. 62 Hungary 4.46 t CO2 per person
  63. 63 Denmark 4.28 t CO2 per person
  64. 64 Viet Nam 4.27 t CO2 per person
  65. 65 United Kingdom 4.22 t CO2 per person
  66. 66 Bermuda 4.14 t CO2 per person
  67. 67 Uzbekistan 4.09 t CO2 per person
  68. 68 Suriname 4.06 t CO2 per person
  69. 69 Argentina 4.01 t CO2 per person
  70. 70 France 4.00 t CO2 per person
  71. 71 North Macedonia 4.00 t CO2 per person
  72. 72 Algeria 3.98 t CO2 per person
  73. 73 Thailand 3.96 t CO2 per person
  74. 74 Chile 3.94 t CO2 per person
  75. 75 Azerbaijan 3.81 t CO2 per person
  76. 76 Antigua and Barbuda 3.80 t CO2 per person
  77. 77 Switzerland 3.75 t CO2 per person
  78. 78 Romania 3.72 t CO2 per person
  79. 79 Latvia 3.65 t CO2 per person
  80. 80 Mexico 3.64 t CO2 per person
  81. 81 Bahamas 3.64 t CO2 per person
  82. 82 Sweden 3.57 t CO2 per person
  83. 83 Maldives 3.57 t CO2 per person
  84. 84 Mauritius 3.54 t CO2 per person
  85. 85 Georgia 3.53 t CO2 per person
  86. 86 French Polynesia 3.46 t CO2 per person
  87. 87 Moldova 3.42 t CO2 per person
  88. 88 Venezuela 3.39 t CO2 per person
  89. 89 Laos 3.35 t CO2 per person
  90. 90 Portugal 3.32 t CO2 per person
  91. 91 Malta 3.18 t CO2 per person
  92. 92 Ukraine 3.13 t CO2 per person
  93. 93 Dominican Republic 2.99 t CO2 per person
  94. 94 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2.88 t CO2 per person
  95. 95 Indonesia 2.87 t CO2 per person
  96. 96 Jamaica 2.84 t CO2 per person
  97. 97 Panama 2.74 t CO2 per person
  98. 98 Botswana 2.74 t CO2 per person
  99. 99 Ecuador 2.64 t CO2 per person
  100. 100 Tunisia 2.62 t CO2 per person
  101. 101 Uruguay 2.57 t CO2 per person
  102. 102 Equatorial Guinea 2.55 t CO2 per person
  103. 103 Macao SAR, China 2.53 t CO2 per person
  104. 104 Barbados 2.52 t CO2 per person
  105. 105 Egypt 2.50 t CO2 per person
  106. 106 North Korea 2.50 t CO2 per person
  107. 107 Armenia 2.47 t CO2 per person
  108. 108 British Virgin Islands 2.33 t CO2 per person
  109. 109 Brazil 2.32 t CO2 per person
  110. 110 Bolivia 2.29 t CO2 per person
  111. 111 India 2.17 t CO2 per person
  112. 112 Jordan 2.09 t CO2 per person
  113. 113 Gabon 2.05 t CO2 per person
  114. 114 Peru 2.02 t CO2 per person
  115. 115 Bhutan 2.01 t CO2 per person
  116. 116 Cuba 1.91 t CO2 per person
  117. 117 Lebanon 1.90 t CO2 per person
  118. 118 Morocco 1.84 t CO2 per person
  119. 119 Colombia 1.80 t CO2 per person
  120. 120 Albania 1.79 t CO2 per person
  121. 121 Saint Lucia 1.71 t CO2 per person
  122. 122 Costa Rica 1.63 t CO2 per person
  123. 123 Tonga 1.63 t CO2 per person
  124. 124 Fiji 1.62 t CO2 per person
  125. 125 Samoa 1.60 t CO2 per person
  126. 126 El Salvador 1.51 t CO2 per person
  127. 127 Philippines 1.50 t CO2 per person
  128. 128 Grenada 1.50 t CO2 per person
  129. 129 Kyrgyzstan 1.49 t CO2 per person
  130. 130 Republic of the Congo 1.34 t CO2 per person
  131. 131 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.31 t CO2 per person
  132. 132 Cabo Verde 1.29 t CO2 per person
  133. 133 Syria 1.27 t CO2 per person
  134. 134 Dominica 1.27 t CO2 per person
  135. 135 Namibia 1.20 t CO2 per person
  136. 136 Paraguay 1.16 t CO2 per person
  137. 137 Honduras 1.14 t CO2 per person
  138. 138 Guatemala 1.11 t CO2 per person
  139. 139 Cambodia 1.10 t CO2 per person
  140. 140 Sri Lanka 1.06 t CO2 per person
  141. 141 Mauritania 0.97 t CO2 per person
  142. 142 Belize 0.93 t CO2 per person
  143. 143 Tajikistan 0.92 t CO2 per person
  144. 144 Eswatini 0.88 t CO2 per person
  145. 145 Vanuatu 0.87 t CO2 per person
  146. 146 Nicaragua 0.83 t CO2 per person
  147. 147 Pakistan 0.81 t CO2 per person
  148. 148 Zimbabwe 0.77 t CO2 per person
  149. 149 Senegal 0.77 t CO2 per person
  150. 150 Djibouti 0.77 t CO2 per person
  151. 151 Angola 0.74 t CO2 per person
  152. 152 Bangladesh 0.72 t CO2 per person
  153. 153 Ghana 0.70 t CO2 per person
  154. 154 São Tomé and Príncipe 0.63 t CO2 per person
  155. 155 Kiribati 0.59 t CO2 per person
  156. 156 Côte d'Ivoire 0.59 t CO2 per person
  157. 157 Myanmar 0.58 t CO2 per person
  158. 158 Nigeria 0.57 t CO2 per person
  159. 159 Zambia 0.54 t CO2 per person
  160. 160 Nepal 0.54 t CO2 per person
  161. 161 Papua New Guinea 0.52 t CO2 per person
  162. 162 Comoros 0.51 t CO2 per person
  163. 163 Timor-Leste 0.50 t CO2 per person
  164. 164 Benin 0.49 t CO2 per person
  165. 165 Sudan 0.43 t CO2 per person
  166. 166 Lesotho 0.43 t CO2 per person
  167. 167 Solomon Islands 0.38 t CO2 per person
  168. 168 Kenya 0.38 t CO2 per person
  169. 169 Cameroon 0.35 t CO2 per person
  170. 170 Guinea 0.35 t CO2 per person
  171. 171 Togo 0.31 t CO2 per person
  172. 172 Tanzania 0.31 t CO2 per person
  173. 173 Mali 0.30 t CO2 per person
  174. 174 Haiti 0.30 t CO2 per person
  175. 175 Mozambique 0.29 t CO2 per person
  176. 176 Afghanistan 0.28 t CO2 per person
  177. 177 Burkina Faso 0.27 t CO2 per person
  178. 178 Yemen 0.26 t CO2 per person
  179. 179 Malawi 0.22 t CO2 per person
  180. 180 Eritrea 0.22 t CO2 per person
  181. 181 Gambia 0.18 t CO2 per person
  182. 182 Sierra Leone 0.17 t CO2 per person
  183. 183 Uganda 0.17 t CO2 per person
  184. 184 Rwanda 0.16 t CO2 per person
  185. 185 Guinea-Bissau 0.16 t CO2 per person
  186. 186 Liberia 0.15 t CO2 per person
  187. 187 Ethiopia 0.15 t CO2 per person
  188. 188 Madagascar 0.15 t CO2 per person
  189. 189 Chad 0.14 t CO2 per person
  190. 190 Niger 0.12 t CO2 per person
  191. 191 Burundi 0.07 t CO2 per person
  192. 192 Central African Republic 0.06 t CO2 per person
  193. 193 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.06 t CO2 per person
  194. 194 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 0.05 t CO2 per person
  195. 195 Faroe Islands 0.04 t CO2 per person
  196. 196 Marshall Islands 0.00 t CO2 per person
  197. 197 Northern Mariana Islands 0.00 t CO2 per person
  198. 198 American Samoa 0.00 t CO2 per person
  199. 199 US Virgin Islands 0.00 t CO2 per person
  200. 200 Guam 0.00 t CO2 per person
  201. 201 Micronesia 0.00 t CO2 per person
  202. 202 Naoero 0.00 t CO2 per person
  203. 203 Tuvalu 0.00 t CO2 per person
  204. East Asia and Pacific 7.35 t CO2 per person
  205. Euro area 5.40 t CO2 per person
  206. Europe and Central Asia 6.62 t CO2 per person
  207. European Union 5.47 t CO2 per person
  208. Latin America and Caribbean 2.68 t CO2 per person
  209. Middle East and North Africa 4.09 t CO2 per person
  210. North America 13.66 t CO2 per person
  211. OECD members 7.92 t CO2 per person
  212. South Asia 1.98 t CO2 per person
  213. Sub-Saharan Africa 0.70 t CO2 per person
  214. World 4.69 t CO2 per person
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