159 countries · 2024 data

CO₂ Emissions per Capita

The average person on Earth was responsible for 4.7 tonnes of fossil CO₂ in 2024. Among countries with over a million people, Qatar is highest at 41.3 t per person, and 47 of 159 countries are above the world average.

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Full ranking

#	Country	Per person (t)	vs world	Total (Mt)
1	Qatar	41.3	8.7×	125.8
2	Kuwait	26.2	5.5×	129.5
3	Bahrain	24.3	5.1×	39.0
4	Trinidad and Tobago	22.9	4.8×	34.6
5	Saudi Arabia	20.4	4.3×	692.1
6	United Arab Emirates	20.1	4.3×	222.0
7	Oman	15.7	3.3×	82.7
8	Australia	14.5	3.1×	386.7
9	United States	14.2	3.0×	4,904.1
10	Kazakhstan	13.9	2.9×	287.0
11	Canada	13.4	2.8×	533.3
12	Mongolia	12.9	2.7×	44.7
13	Russia	12.3	2.6×	1,780.5
14	Taiwan	11.3	2.4×	262.3
15	South Korea	11.3	2.4×	583.7
16	Turkmenistan	10.8	2.3×	81.0
17	Singapore	9.2	2.0×	53.9
18	Libya	8.8	1.9×	65.3
19	China	8.7	1.8×	12,289.0
20	Iran	8.7	1.8×	792.6
21	Malaysia	8.2	1.7×	290.2
22	Japan	7.8	1.6×	961.9
23	Belgium	7.3	1.5×	85.5
24	Poland	7.1	1.5×	272.9
25	Czechia	7.0	1.5×	75.6
26	South Africa	6.9	1.5×	439.8
27	Germany	6.8	1.4×	572.3
28	Norway	6.7	1.4×	37.2
29	Ireland	6.3	1.3×	33.3
30	Netherlands	6.3	1.3×	114.8
31	Serbia	6.2	1.3×	42.0
32	New Zealand	6.2	1.3×	32.5
33	Austria	6.2	1.3×	56.4
34	Belarus	6.2	1.3×	55.8
35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.1	1.3×	19.4
36	Estonia	6.1	1.3×	8.3
37	Slovenia	6.0	1.3×	12.8
38	Turkey	5.9	1.2×	513.0
39	Israel	5.6	1.2×	52.6
40	Cyprus	5.4	1.1×	7.3
41	Greece	5.3	1.1×	53.4
42	Finland	5.3	1.1×	29.8
43	Slovakia	5.3	1.1×	29.1
44	Italy	5.1	1.1×	301.9
45	Iraq	5.1	1.1×	233.6
46	Croatia	4.8	1.0×	18.5
47	Denmark	4.8	1.0×	28.4
48	Bulgaria	4.7	1.0×	31.6
49	Spain	4.6	1.0×	220.3
50	United Kingdom	4.5	1.0×	312.9
51	Hong Kong	4.5	0.9×	33.3
52	Lithuania	4.4	0.9×	12.5
53	Algeria	4.2	0.9×	198.2
54	Hungary	4.1	0.9×	40.0
55	Venezuela	4.1	0.9×	116.0
56	Chile	4.0	0.8×	78.7
57	France	4.0	0.8×	264.2
58	Azerbaijan	3.9	0.8×	39.8
59	Uzbekistan	3.8	0.8×	139.2
60	Ukraine	3.8	0.8×	142.5
61	Thailand	3.7	0.8×	267.8
62	Argentina	3.7	0.8×	171.1
63	Equatorial Guinea	3.7	0.8×	7.0
64	Mauritius	3.7	0.8×	4.7
65	Vietnam	3.7	0.8×	370.9
66	North Macedonia	3.6	0.8×	6.6
67	Romania	3.6	0.8×	68.6
68	Switzerland	3.6	0.8×	32.1
69	Sweden	3.6	0.8×	38.1
70	Mexico	3.5	0.7×	461.0
71	Latvia	3.5	0.7×	6.5
72	Portugal	3.4	0.7×	35.5
73	Laos	3.1	0.7×	24.4
74	Georgia	3.1	0.7×	11.8
75	Jamaica	3.0	0.6×	8.4
76	Botswana	3.0	0.6×	7.5
77	Dominican Republic	2.9	0.6×	33.1
78	Indonesia	2.9	0.6×	812.2
79	Panama	2.8	0.6×	12.7
80	Lebanon	2.7	0.6×	15.7
81	Tunisia	2.7	0.6×	32.7
82	Ecuador	2.5	0.5×	46.0
83	Armenia	2.5	0.5×	7.4
84	North Korea	2.4	0.5×	62.5
85	Uruguay	2.4	0.5×	8.0
86	Bolivia	2.3	0.5×	28.7
87	Brazil	2.3	0.5×	483.0
88	Cuba	2.2	0.5×	24.4
89	Egypt	2.2	0.5×	258.4
90	India	2.2	0.5×	3,193.5
91	Gabon	2.1	0.5×	5.4
92	Peru	2.0	0.4×	70.2
93	Jordan	2.0	0.4×	23.2
94	Morocco	1.8	0.4×	69.1
95	Colombia	1.8	0.4×	92.7
96	Moldova	1.8	0.4×	5.3
97	Costa Rica	1.7	0.4×	8.8
98	Kyrgyzstan	1.6	0.3×	11.8
99	Albania	1.6	0.3×	4.4
100	Philippines	1.5	0.3×	174.9
101	El Salvador	1.4	0.3×	9.0
102	Congo	1.4	0.3×	8.8
103	Syria	1.3	0.3×	31.8
104	Cambodia	1.2	0.3×	21.9
105	Honduras	1.2	0.3×	12.9
106	Paraguay	1.1	0.2×	7.9
107	Namibia	1.1	0.2×	3.5
108	Lesotho	1.1	0.2×	2.6
109	Guatemala	1.1	0.2×	19.9
110	Tajikistan	1.0	0.2×	10.7
111	Mauritania	1.0	0.2×	5.2
112	Sri Lanka	0.9	0.2×	20.8
113	Palestine	0.9	0.2×	4.8
114	Eswatini	0.8	0.2×	1.0
115	Zimbabwe	0.8	0.2×	13.7
116	Nicaragua	0.8	0.2×	5.6
117	Papua New Guinea	0.8	0.2×	8.3
118	Senegal	0.8	0.2×	14.1
119	Pakistan	0.7	0.2×	179.8
120	Nepal	0.6	0.1×	18.8
121	Bangladesh	0.6	0.1×	108.3
122	Ghana	0.6	0.1×	21.0
123	Angola	0.6	0.1×	22.3
124	Nigeria	0.6	0.1×	135.8
125	Myanmar	0.6	0.1×	31.6
126	Zambia	0.6	0.1×	12.0
127	East Timor	0.5	0.1×	0.7
128	Djibouti	0.5	0.1×	0.6
129	Cote d'Ivoire	0.5	0.1×	14.8
130	Benin	0.4	0.1×	6.1
131	Kenya	0.4	0.1×	21.2
132	Sudan	0.3	0.1×	17.8
133	Cameroon	0.3	0.1×	9.6
134	Togo	0.3	0.1×	2.8
135	Tanzania	0.3	0.1×	20.0
136	Gambia	0.3	0.1×	0.8
137	Mali	0.3	0.1×	7.0
138	Burkina Faso	0.3	0.1×	6.5
139	Guinea	0.3	0.1×	4.0
140	Afghanistan	0.2	0.1×	10.8
141	Yemen	0.2	0.1×	10.1
142	Mozambique	0.2	0.1×	8.6
143	Haiti	0.2	0.1×	3.0
144	Eritrea	0.2	0.0×	0.7
145	Sierra Leone	0.2	0.0×	1.4
146	Liberia	0.1	0.0×	0.9
147	Guinea-Bissau	0.1	0.0×	0.3
148	Ethiopia	0.1	0.0×	17.8
149	Madagascar	0.1	0.0×	4.5
150	Chad	0.1	0.0×	2.8
151	Rwanda	0.1	0.0×	2.0
152	South Sudan	0.1	0.0×	1.7
153	Uganda	0.1	0.0×	6.3
154	Niger	0.1	0.0×	3.2
155	Malawi	0.1	0.0×	1.9
156	Somalia	0.1	0.0×	1.3
157	Burundi	0.1	0.0×	0.9
158	Central African Republic	0.1	0.0×	0.4
159	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.1	0.0×	5.9

Questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person?

Among countries with more than one million people, Qatar has the highest fossil CO₂ emissions per person at 41.3 tonnes a year, followed by Kuwait (26.2 t) and Bahrain (24.3 t). Oil and gas production and very high energy use explain most of the top places.

What is the average CO₂ emissions per person in the world?

About 4.7 tonnes of fossil CO₂ per person in 2024. Including land-use change, the figure is a little over 5 tonnes.

How do the US, China and India compare per person?

The United States emits 14.2 t per person, China 8.7 t and India 2.2 t. China emits far more in total, but each American is responsible for roughly 1.6 times as much CO₂ as each person in China.

Which countries emit the least CO₂ per person?

The lowest per-person emissions are in low-income countries, many in sub-Saharan Africa, at well under 0.5 tonnes; Democratic Republic of Congo is at 0.05 t.

Data: Our World in Data, based on the Global Carbon Project (Global Carbon Budget 2025), CC BY 4.0. Annual figures are fossil-fuel and industry CO₂ for 2024, the latest complete year. Live counters are estimates that assume 2024 emission rates continue. How the counter works →