CO₂ emissions per person — on the territory

Tonnes of CO₂ emitted each year on the country's territory, divided by its population.

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World map: CO₂ emissions per person — on the territory, 2024 — Map 2024. Source: Our World in Data / Global Carbon Project (CC BY 4.0).

In 2024, 172 countries have a value. Highest: Qatar (41.3 t), Kuwait (26.2 t), Brunei (26 t). Lowest: Congo - Kinshasa (0.05 t), Burundi (0.07 t), Somalia (0.07 t). World (population-weighted average): 4.7 t. France: 4 t (64th of 172).

Country ranking in 2024

Rank	Country	Value
1	Qatar	41.3 t
2	Kuwait	26.2 t
3	Brunei	26 t
4	Trinidad & Tobago	22.9 t
5	Saudi Arabia	20.4 t
6	United Arab Emirates	20.1 t
7	New Caledonia	18.1 t
8	Oman	15.7 t
9	Australia its history →	14.5 t
10	United States	14.2 t
11	Kazakhstan	13.9 t
12	Canada	13.4 t
13	Mongolia	12.9 t
14	Russia	12.3 t
15	South Korea	11.3 t
16	Taiwan	11.3 t
17	Greenland	11.1 t
18	Turkmenistan	10.8 t
19	Luxembourg	10.5 t
20	Iceland	9.7 t
21	Singapore	9.2 t
22	Libya	8.8 t
23	China	8.7 t
24	Iran	8.7 t
25	Bermuda	8.5 t
26	Malaysia	8.2 t
27	Japan	7.8 t
28	Bahamas	7.7 t
29	Belgium	7.3 t
30	Poland	7.1 t
31	Czechia	7 t
32	South Africa	6.9 t
33	Germany its history →	6.8 t
34	Norway	6.7 t
35	Ireland	6.3 t
36	Netherlands its history →	6.3 t
37	Serbia	6.2 t
38	New Zealand	6.2 t
39	Austria	6.2 t
40	Belarus	6.2 t
41	Bosnia & Herzegovina	6.1 t
42	Estonia	6.1 t
43	Slovenia	6 t
44	Türkiye	5.9 t
45	Israel	5.6 t
46	Guyana	5.4 t
47	Cyprus	5.4 t
48	Greece	5.3 t
49	Finland	5.3 t
50	Slovakia	5.3 t
51	Italy	5.1 t
52	Iraq	5.1 t
53	Croatia	4.8 t
54	Denmark	4.8 t
55	Suriname	4.7 t
56	Bulgaria	4.7 t
57	Spain its history →	4.6 t
58	United Kingdom	4.5 t
59	Lithuania	4.4 t
60	Algeria	4.2 t
61	Hungary its history →	4.1 t
62	Venezuela	4.1 t
63	Chile	4 t
64	France its history →	4 t
65	Azerbaijan	3.9 t
66	Uzbekistan	3.8 t
67	Ukraine its history →	3.8 t
68	Argentina its history →	3.7 t
69	Thailand	3.7 t
70	Montenegro	3.7 t
71	Equatorial Guinea	3.7 t
72	Vietnam	3.7 t
73	North Macedonia	3.6 t
74	Switzerland its history →	3.6 t
75	Romania	3.6 t
76	Sweden its history →	3.6 t
77	Mexico	3.5 t
78	Latvia	3.5 t
79	Portugal its history →	3.4 t
80	Malta	3.2 t
81	Laos	3.1 t
82	Georgia	3.1 t
83	Botswana	3 t
84	Jamaica	3 t
85	Dominican Republic	2.9 t
86	Indonesia	2.9 t
87	Panama	2.8 t
88	Lebanon	2.7 t
89	Tunisia	2.7 t
90	Ecuador	2.5 t
91	Armenia	2.5 t
92	North Korea	2.4 t
93	Uruguay	2.4 t
94	Bolivia	2.3 t
95	Brazil	2.3 t
96	Cuba	2.2 t
97	Egypt	2.2 t
98	India its history →	2.2 t
99	Gabon	2.1 t
100	Bhutan	2.1 t
101	Peru	2.1 t
102	Jordan	2 t
103	Belize	1.9 t
104	Morocco	1.8 t
105	Colombia	1.8 t
106	Moldova	1.8 t
107	Costa Rica	1.7 t
108	Kyrgyzstan	1.6 t
109	Albania	1.6 t
110	Fiji	1.6 t
111	Philippines	1.5 t
112	El Salvador	1.4 t
113	Congo - Brazzaville	1.4 t
114	Syria	1.3 t
115	Cambodia	1.2 t
116	Honduras	1.2 t
117	Namibia	1.2 t
118	Paraguay	1.2 t
119	Lesotho	1.1 t
120	Guatemala	1.1 t
121	Mauritania	1 t
122	Tajikistan	1 t
123	Sri Lanka	0.9 t
124	Palestine	0.87 t
125	Eswatini	0.84 t
126	Zimbabwe	0.82 t
127	Nicaragua	0.81 t
128	Papua New Guinea	0.79 t
129	Senegal	0.76 t
130	Pakistan	0.72 t
131	Nepal	0.63 t
132	Bangladesh	0.62 t
133	Ghana	0.61 t
134	Vanuatu	0.6 t
135	Angola	0.59 t
136	Nigeria	0.58 t
137	Myanmar (Burma)	0.58 t
138	Zambia	0.57 t
139	Djibouti	0.48 t
140	Timor-Leste	0.48 t
141	Côte d’Ivoire	0.46 t
142	Benin	0.42 t
143	Kenya	0.38 t
144	Solomon Islands	0.36 t
145	Sudan	0.35 t
146	Cameroon	0.33 t
147	Togo	0.33 t
148	Tanzania	0.29 t
149	Gambia	0.29 t
150	Mali	0.29 t
151	Burkina Faso	0.28 t
152	Guinea	0.27 t
153	Afghanistan	0.25 t
154	Haiti	0.25 t
155	Mozambique	0.25 t
156	Yemen	0.25 t
157	Eritrea	0.21 t
158	Sierra Leone	0.17 t
159	Guinea-Bissau	0.16 t
160	Liberia	0.15 t
161	Rwanda	0.14 t
162	Madagascar	0.14 t
163	South Sudan	0.14 t
164	Chad	0.14 t
165	Ethiopia	0.14 t
166	Uganda	0.13 t
167	Niger	0.12 t
168	Malawi	0.09 t
169	Central African Republic	0.07 t
170	Somalia	0.07 t
171	Burundi	0.07 t
172	Congo - Kinshasa	0.05 t

6 countries or territories have no value that year.

Continent averages

World (population-weighted average)	4.7 t
Europe (average)	6.4 t
Africa (average)	0.99 t
Americas (average)	6.9 t
Asia (average)	4.8 t
Oceania (average)	9.7 t

Understanding this map

What is counted

CO₂ from coal, oil, gas and cement making; forest clearing is not counted. The “on the territory” measure counts what is emitted inside the country, including to make what it exports. It is the one used in climate agreements, and it goes back to 1800.

Territory or consumption?

The “from consumption” measure follows the products: it adds the CO₂ emitted abroad to make what the country imports, and removes that of its exports. A country that has its goods made elsewhere looks green on its territory without being so: Switzerland emits under 4 t per person at home, but about 14 t counting its consumption. Conversely, part of China's emissions goes into goods bought in Europe and the United States, but not all: even counting consumption, a Chinese resident now emits more than a French one. These estimates rely on world trade tables and only exist from 1990.

Two centuries of history

Britain, the cradle of the industrial revolution, leads the 19th century; the United States the 20th. Gulf oil states now have the highest per-person figures; China emits the most in total (about a third of world emissions), but less per person than the United States.

Per person or in total?

The map shows the per-person figure, which compares ways of life; the tooltip also gives the country's total and its share of that year's world emissions. For the climate, what counts is the total accumulated since 1750: the United States and Europe emitted the largest share.

Sources : Our World in Data / Global Carbon Project (CC BY 4.0)

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