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Greenhouse gas emissions per person (EDGAR)

Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, divided by population, in tonnes of CO2 equivalent.

Unit: Tonnes of CO2 equivalent 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 86.7 t CO2e per person Palau Lowest in 2024 0.1 t CO2e per person Northern Mariana Islands
Euro area, 2024 6.9 t CO2e 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 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 WorldUnited StatesChinaIndia
2024 6.4 t CO2e per person 17.4 t CO2e per person 11.0 t CO2e per person 3.0 t CO2e per person
2023 6.3 t CO2e per person 17.5 t CO2e per person 10.9 t CO2e per person 2.9 t CO2e per person
2022 6.3 t CO2e per person 18.2 t CO2e per person 10.5 t CO2e per person 2.8 t CO2e per person
2021 6.3 t CO2e per person 18.1 t CO2e per person 10.5 t CO2e per person 2.6 t CO2e per person
2020 6.1 t CO2e per person 17.2 t CO2e per person 10.1 t CO2e per person 2.5 t CO2e per person
2019 6.3 t CO2e per person 18.9 t CO2e per person 10.0 t CO2e per person 2.6 t CO2e per person
2018 6.4 t CO2e per person 19.4 t CO2e per person 9.8 t CO2e per person 2.6 t CO2e per person
2017 6.3 t CO2e per person 18.9 t CO2e per person 9.4 t CO2e per person 2.6 t CO2e per person
2016 6.3 t CO2e per person 19.2 t CO2e per person 9.3 t CO2e per person 2.5 t CO2e per person
2015 6.3 t CO2e per person 19.8 t CO2e per person 9.4 t CO2e per person 2.5 t CO2e per person
2014 6.4 t CO2e per person 20.3 t CO2e per person 9.5 t CO2e per person 2.5 t CO2e per person
2013 6.5 t CO2e per person 20.4 t CO2e per person 9.5 t CO2e per person 2.4 t CO2e per person
2012 6.4 t CO2e per person 20.1 t CO2e per person 9.2 t CO2e per person 2.4 t CO2e per person
2011 6.4 t CO2e per person 21.0 t CO2e per person 9.0 t CO2e per person 2.3 t CO2e per person
2010 6.3 t CO2e per person 21.8 t CO2e per person 8.3 t CO2e per person 2.2 t CO2e per person
2009 6.1 t CO2e per person 21.1 t CO2e per person 7.7 t CO2e per person 2.1 t CO2e per person
2008 6.2 t CO2e per person 22.8 t CO2e per person 7.2 t CO2e per person 2.1 t CO2e per person
2007 6.2 t CO2e per person 23.7 t CO2e per person 7.1 t CO2e per person 2.0 t CO2e per person
2006 6.1 t CO2e per person 23.6 t CO2e per person 6.7 t CO2e per person 1.9 t CO2e per person
2005 6.0 t CO2e per person 24.2 t CO2e per person 6.1 t CO2e per person 1.8 t CO2e per person
2004 5.9 t CO2e per person 24.4 t CO2e per person 5.5 t CO2e per person 1.8 t CO2e per person
2003 5.8 t CO2e per person 24.3 t CO2e per person 4.9 t CO2e per person 1.7 t CO2e per person
2002 5.6 t CO2e per person 24.3 t CO2e per person 4.4 t CO2e per person 1.7 t CO2e per person
2001 5.6 t CO2e per person 25.1 t CO2e per person 4.1 t CO2e per person 1.7 t CO2e per person
2000 5.6 t CO2e per person 25.6 t CO2e per person 4.0 t CO2e per person 1.7 t CO2e 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 (86.7 t CO2e per person) and the lowest Northern Mariana Islands (0.1 t CO2e per person).
  • Half of the countries are above 4.1 t CO2e per person and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 101 countries and fell in 102.
  • The figure for the world was 6.4 t CO2e per person in 2024, against 6.3 t CO2e per person in 2019 (+0.2%).

About this measure

Definition
Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding land use, land-use change and forestry, divided by population, in tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Population covered
Total population
Unit
Tonnes of CO2 equivalent 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.ALL.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 86.7 t CO2e per person
  2. 2 Qatar 56.9 t CO2e per person
  3. 3 Bahrain 40.6 t CO2e per person
  4. 4 Kuwait 35.4 t CO2e per person
  5. 5 Mongolia 29.6 t CO2e per person
  6. 6 Brunei 25.6 t CO2e per person
  7. 7 Oman 25.0 t CO2e per person
  8. 8 Trinidad and Tobago 24.5 t CO2e per person
  9. 9 United Arab Emirates 24.0 t CO2e per person
  10. 10 Saudi Arabia 23.8 t CO2e per person
  11. 11 Australia 21.7 t CO2e per person
  12. 12 Canada 18.6 t CO2e per person
  13. 13 New Caledonia 18.4 t CO2e per person
  14. 14 Russia 17.9 t CO2e per person
  15. 15 United States 17.4 t CO2e per person
  16. 16 Gibraltar 16.8 t CO2e per person
  17. 17 Kazakhstan 16.0 t CO2e per person
  18. 18 Turkmenistan 15.3 t CO2e per person
  19. 19 New Zealand 14.7 t CO2e per person
  20. 20 Libya 13.3 t CO2e per person
  21. 21 Uruguay 13.2 t CO2e per person
  22. 22 South Korea 12.9 t CO2e per person
  23. 23 Singapore 12.6 t CO2e per person
  24. 24 Luxembourg 11.9 t CO2e per person
  25. 25 Greenland 11.6 t CO2e per person
  26. 26 Iran 11.5 t CO2e per person
  27. 27 Iceland 11.1 t CO2e per person
  28. 28 Ireland 11.1 t CO2e per person
  29. 29 China 11.0 t CO2e per person
  30. 30 Guyana 10.5 t CO2e per person
  31. 31 Estonia 10.3 t CO2e per person
  32. 32 Norway 9.6 t CO2e per person
  33. 33 Belarus 9.6 t CO2e per person
  34. 34 Poland 9.5 t CO2e per person
  35. 35 Malaysia 9.3 t CO2e per person
  36. 36 Czechia 9.2 t CO2e per person
  37. 37 Belgium 9.1 t CO2e per person
  38. 38 Iraq 9.0 t CO2e per person
  39. 39 South Africa 8.9 t CO2e per person
  40. 40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.7 t CO2e per person
  41. 41 Finland 8.7 t CO2e per person
  42. 42 Gabon 8.6 t CO2e per person
  43. 43 Japan 8.6 t CO2e per person
  44. 44 Argentina 8.2 t CO2e per person
  45. 45 Slovenia 8.1 t CO2e per person
  46. 46 Germany 8.1 t CO2e per person
  47. 47 Netherlands 8.1 t CO2e per person
  48. 48 Seychelles 8.0 t CO2e per person
  49. 49 Austria 7.7 t CO2e per person
  50. 50 Israel 7.7 t CO2e per person
  51. 51 Lithuania 7.5 t CO2e per person
  52. 52 Bulgaria 7.2 t CO2e per person
  53. 53 Slovakia 7.2 t CO2e per person
  54. 54 Croatia 6.9 t CO2e per person
  55. 55 Cyprus 6.9 t CO2e per person
  56. 56 Greece 6.9 t CO2e per person
  57. 57 Türkiye 6.8 t CO2e per person
  58. 58 Denmark 6.4 t CO2e per person
  59. 59 Hungary 6.3 t CO2e per person
  60. 60 Italy 6.3 t CO2e per person
  61. 61 Uzbekistan 6.3 t CO2e per person
  62. 62 Latvia 6.2 t CO2e per person
  63. 63 Brazil 6.1 t CO2e per person
  64. 64 Paraguay 6.0 t CO2e per person
  65. 65 Chile 6.0 t CO2e per person
  66. 66 Thailand 5.9 t CO2e per person
  67. 67 Venezuela 5.9 t CO2e per person
  68. 68 Spain 5.8 t CO2e per person
  69. 69 Viet Nam 5.8 t CO2e per person
  70. 70 Suriname 5.8 t CO2e per person
  71. 71 Azerbaijan 5.7 t CO2e per person
  72. 72 United Kingdom 5.6 t CO2e per person
  73. 73 France 5.5 t CO2e per person
  74. 74 Puerto Rico (US) 5.5 t CO2e per person
  75. 75 Cayman Islands 5.5 t CO2e per person
  76. 76 Aruba 5.5 t CO2e per person
  77. 77 Algeria 5.4 t CO2e per person
  78. 78 North Macedonia 5.4 t CO2e per person
  79. 79 Hong Kong SAR, China 5.4 t CO2e per person
  80. 80 Laos 5.3 t CO2e per person
  81. 81 Romania 5.3 t CO2e per person
  82. 82 Mexico 5.2 t CO2e per person
  83. 83 Ukraine 5.2 t CO2e per person
  84. 84 Mauritius 5.2 t CO2e per person
  85. 85 Georgia 5.1 t CO2e per person
  86. 86 Bolivia 5.1 t CO2e per person
  87. 87 Turks and Caicos Islands 5.1 t CO2e per person
  88. 88 Chad 5.0 t CO2e per person
  89. 89 Sweden 5.0 t CO2e per person
  90. 90 Portugal 5.0 t CO2e per person
  91. 91 Moldova 4.9 t CO2e per person
  92. 92 Botswana 4.8 t CO2e per person
  93. 93 Switzerland 4.8 t CO2e per person
  94. 94 Bermuda 4.7 t CO2e per person
  95. 95 Namibia 4.7 t CO2e per person
  96. 96 Indonesia 4.7 t CO2e per person
  97. 97 Bahamas 4.6 t CO2e per person
  98. 98 Antigua and Barbuda 4.6 t CO2e per person
  99. 99 Dominican Republic 4.5 t CO2e per person
  100. 100 Equatorial Guinea 4.3 t CO2e per person
  101. 101 Panama 4.3 t CO2e per person
  102. 102 Colombia 4.1 t CO2e per person
  103. 103 Ecuador 4.1 t CO2e per person
  104. 104 Maldives 4.0 t CO2e per person
  105. 105 Saint Kitts and Nevis 4.0 t CO2e per person
  106. 106 Malta 3.9 t CO2e per person
  107. 107 Republic of the Congo 3.9 t CO2e per person
  108. 108 French Polynesia 3.8 t CO2e per person
  109. 109 Tunisia 3.6 t CO2e per person
  110. 110 Armenia 3.6 t CO2e per person
  111. 111 Bhutan 3.5 t CO2e per person
  112. 112 North Korea 3.4 t CO2e per person
  113. 113 Mauritania 3.4 t CO2e per person
  114. 114 Costa Rica 3.3 t CO2e per person
  115. 115 Jamaica 3.3 t CO2e per person
  116. 116 Egypt 3.3 t CO2e per person
  117. 117 Cuba 3.3 t CO2e per person
  118. 118 Lebanon 3.2 t CO2e per person
  119. 119 Barbados 3.2 t CO2e per person
  120. 120 Kyrgyzstan 3.1 t CO2e per person
  121. 121 Peru 3.0 t CO2e per person
  122. 122 Jordan 3.0 t CO2e per person
  123. 123 India 3.0 t CO2e per person
  124. 124 Albania 3.0 t CO2e per person
  125. 125 Fiji 3.0 t CO2e per person
  126. 126 Morocco 2.9 t CO2e per person
  127. 127 Cambodia 2.8 t CO2e per person
  128. 128 Tonga 2.8 t CO2e per person
  129. 129 Nicaragua 2.8 t CO2e per person
  130. 130 Sudan 2.7 t CO2e per person
  131. 131 British Virgin Islands 2.7 t CO2e per person
  132. 132 Macao SAR, China 2.6 t CO2e per person
  133. 133 Saint Lucia 2.6 t CO2e per person
  134. 134 Central African Republic 2.5 t CO2e per person
  135. 135 Belize 2.5 t CO2e per person
  136. 136 Samoa 2.4 t CO2e per person
  137. 137 Guatemala 2.4 t CO2e per person
  138. 138 Eswatini 2.4 t CO2e per person
  139. 139 El Salvador 2.3 t CO2e per person
  140. 140 Dominica 2.3 t CO2e per person
  141. 141 Philippines 2.3 t CO2e per person
  142. 142 Honduras 2.3 t CO2e per person
  143. 143 Myanmar 2.2 t CO2e per person
  144. 144 Tajikistan 2.1 t CO2e per person
  145. 145 Pakistan 2.1 t CO2e per person
  146. 146 Djibouti 2.1 t CO2e per person
  147. 147 Grenada 2.1 t CO2e per person
  148. 148 Guinea 2.0 t CO2e per person
  149. 149 Mali 2.0 t CO2e per person
  150. 150 Vanuatu 1.9 t CO2e per person
  151. 151 Syria 1.9 t CO2e per person
  152. 152 Eritrea 1.9 t CO2e per person
  153. 153 Zimbabwe 1.9 t CO2e per person
  154. 154 Angola 1.8 t CO2e per person
  155. 155 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.8 t CO2e per person
  156. 156 Kenya 1.8 t CO2e per person
  157. 157 Somalia, Fed. Rep. 1.8 t CO2e per person
  158. 158 Zambia 1.8 t CO2e per person
  159. 159 Faroe Islands 1.8 t CO2e per person
  160. 160 Cabo Verde 1.7 t CO2e per person
  161. 161 Senegal 1.7 t CO2e per person
  162. 162 Sri Lanka 1.7 t CO2e per person
  163. 163 Niger 1.5 t CO2e per person
  164. 164 Nigeria 1.5 t CO2e per person
  165. 165 Tanzania 1.5 t CO2e per person
  166. 166 Burkina Faso 1.5 t CO2e per person
  167. 167 Ethiopia 1.5 t CO2e per person
  168. 168 Guinea-Bissau 1.4 t CO2e per person
  169. 169 Nepal 1.4 t CO2e per person
  170. 170 Ghana 1.4 t CO2e per person
  171. 171 Cameroon 1.4 t CO2e per person
  172. 172 Timor-Leste 1.4 t CO2e per person
  173. 173 Lesotho 1.3 t CO2e per person
  174. 174 Togo 1.3 t CO2e per person
  175. 175 Bangladesh 1.3 t CO2e per person
  176. 176 Benin 1.2 t CO2e per person
  177. 177 Côte d'Ivoire 1.2 t CO2e per person
  178. 178 Haiti 1.2 t CO2e per person
  179. 179 Uganda 1.1 t CO2e per person
  180. 180 Madagascar 1.1 t CO2e per person
  181. 181 Comoros 1.1 t CO2e per person
  182. 182 São Tomé and Príncipe 1.0 t CO2e per person
  183. 183 Papua New Guinea 1.0 t CO2e per person
  184. 184 Mozambique 1.0 t CO2e per person
  185. 185 Sierra Leone 0.9 t CO2e per person
  186. 186 Malawi 0.9 t CO2e per person
  187. 187 Kiribati 0.9 t CO2e per person
  188. 188 Yemen 0.8 t CO2e per person
  189. 189 Liberia 0.8 t CO2e per person
  190. 190 Afghanistan 0.8 t CO2e per person
  191. 191 Solomon Islands 0.8 t CO2e per person
  192. 192 Gambia 0.7 t CO2e per person
  193. 193 Burundi 0.6 t CO2e per person
  194. 194 Rwanda 0.6 t CO2e per person
  195. 195 Micronesia 0.5 t CO2e per person
  196. 196 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.5 t CO2e per person
  197. 197 Tuvalu 0.4 t CO2e per person
  198. 198 US Virgin Islands 0.2 t CO2e per person
  199. 199 American Samoa 0.2 t CO2e per person
  200. 200 Naoero 0.1 t CO2e per person
  201. 201 Guam 0.1 t CO2e per person
  202. 202 Marshall Islands 0.1 t CO2e per person
  203. 203 Northern Mariana Islands 0.1 t CO2e per person
  204. East Asia and Pacific 9.1 t CO2e per person
  205. Euro area 6.9 t CO2e per person
  206. Europe and Central Asia 8.7 t CO2e per person
  207. European Union 7.0 t CO2e per person
  208. Latin America and Caribbean 5.3 t CO2e per person
  209. Middle East and North Africa 5.9 t CO2e per person
  210. North America 17.5 t CO2e per person
  211. OECD members 10.2 t CO2e per person
  212. South Asia 2.8 t CO2e per person
  213. Sub-Saharan Africa 1.9 t CO2e per person
  214. World 6.4 t CO2e per person
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