CO₂ emissions per capita
Ranked among 213 profiles with 2024 data. Status, source, and year are named on each row. Taiwan and Kosovo remain special status in this list.
Unit: tonnes per person. Preferred source: owid-co2.
| Rank | Profile | Status | 2024 value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | UN member | 41.3 actual |
| 2 | Kuwait | UN member | 26.2 actual |
| 3 | Brunei | UN member | 26 actual |
| 4 | Bahrain | UN member | 24.3 actual |
| 5 | Trinidad and Tobago | UN member | 22.9 actual |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | UN member | 20.4 actual |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | UN member | 20.1 actual |
| 8 | New Caledonia | Dependency | 18.1 actual |
| 9 | Sint Maarten | Dependency | 16.5 actual |
| 10 | Oman | UN member | 15.7 actual |
| 11 | Australia | UN member | 14.5 actual |
| 12 | United States | UN member | 14.2 actual |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | UN member | 13.9 actual |
| 14 | Canada | UN member | 13.4 actual |
| 15 | Faroe Islands | Dependency | 13.1 actual |
| 16 | Mongolia | UN member | 12.9 actual |
| 17 | Palau | UN member | 12.8 actual |
| 18 | Curaçao | Dependency | 12.3 actual |
| 19 | Russia | UN member | 12.3 actual |
| 20 | Taiwan | Special status | 11.3 actual |
| 21 | South Korea | UN member | 11.3 actual |
| 22 | Greenland | Dependency | 11.1 actual |
| 23 | Turkmenistan | UN member | 10.8 actual |
| 24 | Luxembourg | UN member | 10.5 actual |
| 25 | Anguilla | Dependency | 10.1 actual |
| 26 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Dependency | 9.8 actual |
| 27 | Iceland | UN member | 9.7 actual |
| 28 | Singapore | UN member | 9.2 actual |
| 29 | Libya | UN member | 8.8 actual |
| 30 | China | UN member | 8.7 actual |
| 31 | Iran | UN member | 8.7 actual |
| 32 | Aruba | Dependency | 8.5 actual |
| 33 | Bermuda | Dependency | 8.5 actual |
| 34 | Malaysia | UN member | 8.2 actual |
| 35 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Dependency | 8.1 actual |
| 36 | Japan | UN member | 7.8 actual |
| 37 | Bahamas | UN member | 7.6 actual |
| 38 | Belgium | UN member | 7.3 actual |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | UN member | 7.1 actual |
| 40 | Poland | UN member | 7.1 actual |
| 41 | Czechia | UN member | 7 actual |
| 42 | South Africa | UN member | 6.9 actual |
| 43 | Germany | UN member | 6.8 actual |
| 44 | Norway | UN member | 6.7 actual |
| 45 | Ireland | UN member | 6.3 actual |
| 46 | Netherlands | UN member | 6.3 actual |
| 47 | Serbia | UN member | 6.2 actual |
| 48 | New Zealand | UN member | 6.2 actual |
| 49 | Austria | UN member | 6.2 actual |
| 50 | Belarus | UN member | 6.2 actual |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | UN member | 6.1 actual |
| 52 | Estonia | UN member | 6.1 actual |
| 53 | Montserrat | Dependency | 6 actual |
| 54 | Slovenia | UN member | 6 actual |
| 55 | Türkiye | UN member | 5.9 actual |
| 56 | Cook Islands | Associated state | 5.8 actual |
| 57 | Israel | UN member | 5.6 actual |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | UN member | 5.5 actual |
| 59 | Guyana | UN member | 5.4 actual |
| 60 | Cyprus | UN member | 5.4 actual |
| 61 | Greece | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 62 | Finland | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 63 | Slovakia | UN member | 5.3 actual |
| 64 | Andorra | UN member | 5.2 actual |
| 65 | Nauru | UN member | 5.1 actual |
| 66 | Italy | UN member | 5.1 actual |
| 67 | Iraq | UN member | 5.1 actual |
| 68 | Seychelles | UN member | 5 actual |
| 69 | Caribbean Netherlands | Territory | 4.9 actual |
| 70 | British Virgin Islands | Dependency | 4.9 actual |
| 71 | Barbados | UN member | 4.8 actual |
| 72 | Croatia | UN member | 4.8 actual |
| 73 | Denmark | UN member | 4.7 actual |
| 74 | Suriname | UN member | 4.7 actual |
| 75 | Bulgaria | UN member | 4.7 actual |
| 76 | Spain | UN member | 4.6 actual |
| 77 | United Kingdom | UN member | 4.5 actual |
| 78 | Hong Kong | Special administrative region | 4.5 actual |
| 79 | Lithuania | UN member | 4.4 actual |
| 80 | Maldives | UN member | 4.4 actual |
| 81 | Algeria | UN member | 4.2 actual |
| 82 | Niue | Associated state | 4.1 actual |
| 83 | Hungary | UN member | 4.1 actual |
| 84 | Marshall Islands | UN member | 4.1 actual |
| 85 | Venezuela | UN member | 4.1 actual |
| 86 | Chile | UN member | 4 actual |
| 87 | France | UN member | 4 actual |
| 88 | Azerbaijan | UN member | 3.9 actual |
| 89 | Uzbekistan | UN member | 3.8 actual |
| 90 | Ukraine | UN member | 3.8 actual |
| 91 | Argentina | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 92 | Thailand | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 93 | Montenegro | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 95 | Mauritius | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 96 | Vietnam | UN member | 3.7 actual |
| 97 | North Macedonia | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 98 | Romania | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 99 | Switzerland | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 100 | Sweden | UN member | 3.6 actual |
| 101 | Mexico | UN member | 3.5 actual |
| 102 | Latvia | UN member | 3.5 actual |
| 103 | Portugal | UN member | 3.4 actual |
| 104 | Liechtenstein | UN member | 3.3 actual |
| 105 | French Polynesia | Dependency | 3.3 actual |
| 106 | Grenada | UN member | 3.2 actual |
| 107 | Malta | UN member | 3.2 actual |
| 108 | Laos | UN member | 3.1 actual |
| 109 | Georgia | UN member | 3.1 actual |
| 110 | Saint Lucia | UN member | 3 actual |
| 111 | Botswana | UN member | 3 actual |
| 112 | Jamaica | UN member | 3 actual |
| 113 | Dominican Republic | UN member | 2.9 actual |
| 114 | Indonesia | UN member | 2.9 actual |
| 115 | Panama | UN member | 2.8 actual |
| 116 | Wallis and Futuna | Dependency | 2.7 actual |
| 117 | Lebanon | UN member | 2.7 actual |
| 118 | Tunisia | UN member | 2.7 actual |
| 119 | Dominica | UN member | 2.6 actual |
| 120 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 121 | Ecuador | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 122 | Armenia | UN member | 2.5 actual |
| 123 | North Korea | UN member | 2.4 actual |
| 124 | Uruguay | UN member | 2.4 actual |
| 125 | Bolivia | UN member | 2.3 actual |
| 126 | Brazil | UN member | 2.3 actual |
| 127 | Cuba | UN member | 2.2 actual |
| 128 | Egypt | UN member | 2.2 actual |
| 129 | India | UN member | 2.2 actual |
| 130 | Saint Helena | Dependency | 2.2 actual |
| 131 | Gabon | UN member | 2.1 actual |
| 132 | Bhutan | UN member | 2.1 actual |
| 133 | Peru | UN member | 2.1 actual |
| 134 | Jordan | UN member | 2 actual |
| 135 | Belize | UN member | 1.9 actual |
| 136 | Morocco | UN member | 1.8 actual |
| 137 | Moldova | UN member | 1.8 actual |
| 138 | Colombia | UN member | 1.8 actual |
| 139 | Costa Rica | UN member | 1.7 actual |
| 140 | Kyrgyzstan | UN member | 1.6 actual |
| 141 | Albania | UN member | 1.6 actual |
| 142 | Fiji | UN member | 1.6 actual |
| 143 | Philippines | UN member | 1.5 actual |
| 144 | Macau | Special administrative region | 1.5 actual |
| 145 | Tonga | UN member | 1.5 actual |
| 146 | El Salvador | UN member | 1.4 actual |
| 147 | Republic of the Congo | UN member | 1.4 actual |
| 148 | Micronesia | UN member | 1.3 actual |
| 149 | Syria | UN member | 1.3 actual |
| 150 | Cambodia | UN member | 1.2 actual |
| 151 | Honduras | UN member | 1.2 actual |
| 152 | Tuvalu | UN member | 1.2 actual |
| 153 | Paraguay | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 154 | Namibia | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 155 | Cabo Verde | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 156 | Samoa | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 157 | Lesotho | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 158 | Guatemala | UN member | 1.1 actual |
| 159 | Tajikistan | UN member | 1 actual |
| 160 | Mauritania | UN member | 1 actual |
| 161 | Sri Lanka | UN member | 0.9 actual |
| 162 | Palestine | UN observer | 0.9 actual |
| 163 | Eswatini | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 164 | Zimbabwe | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 165 | Nicaragua | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 166 | Papua New Guinea | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 167 | Senegal | UN member | 0.8 actual |
| 168 | Pakistan | UN member | 0.7 actual |
| 169 | Comoros | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 170 | Nepal | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 171 | Bangladesh | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 172 | Ghana | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 173 | Sao Tome and Principe | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 174 | Vanuatu | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 175 | Angola | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 176 | Nigeria | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 177 | Myanmar | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 178 | Zambia | UN member | 0.6 actual |
| 179 | Kiribati | UN member | 0.5 actual |
| 180 | Djibouti | UN member | 0.5 actual |
| 181 | Timor-Leste | UN member | 0.5 actual |
| 182 | Côte d’Ivoire | UN member | 0.5 actual |
| 183 | Benin | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 184 | Kenya | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 185 | Solomon Islands | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 186 | Sudan | UN member | 0.4 actual |
| 187 | Cameroon | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 188 | Togo | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 189 | Tanzania | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 190 | Gambia | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 191 | Mali | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 192 | Burkina Faso | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 193 | Guinea | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 194 | Afghanistan | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 195 | Haiti | UN member | 0.3 actual |
| 196 | Yemen | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 197 | Mozambique | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 198 | Eritrea | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 199 | Sierra Leone | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 200 | Guinea-Bissau | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 201 | Liberia | UN member | 0.2 actual |
| 202 | Rwanda | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 203 | South Sudan | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 204 | Madagascar | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 205 | Chad | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 206 | Ethiopia | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 207 | Uganda | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 208 | Niger | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 209 | Malawi | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 210 | Central African Republic | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 211 | Somalia | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 212 | Burundi | UN member | 0.1 actual |
| 213 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | UN member | 0.1 actual |
No 2024 figure
These profiles are not ranked for this year. Absence is not zero.
- Åland Islands Statistical area
- American Samoa Territory
- Cayman Islands Dependency
- Christmas Island Territory
- Cocos Islands Territory
- Falkland Islands Dependency
- French Guiana Territory
- Gibraltar Dependency
- Guadeloupe Territory
- Guam Territory
- Guernsey Dependency
- Holy See UN observer
- Isle of Man Dependency
- Jersey Dependency
- Kosovo Special status
- Martinique Territory
- Mayotte Territory
- Monaco UN member
- Norfolk Island Territory
- Northern Mariana Islands Territory
- Puerto Rico Territory
- Réunion Territory
- Saint Barthélemy Dependency
- Saint Martin Dependency
- San Marino UN member
- Tokelau Territory
- U.S. Virgin Islands Territory
- Western Sahara Special status