Climate · 2024 data
CO₂ Emissions per Capita
The average person on Earth was responsible for 4.73 t of CO₂ in 2024 — but the range is huge: from over 41.0 t in Qatar to under 0.1 t in the poorest countries. Oil and gas producers and rich, cold or car-dependent countries top the list.
4.73 t
World average per person
72
Countries above the average
53
Countries under 1 tonne
20.4 t
Highest large country (Saudi Arabia)
Highest CO₂ per person
World average: 4.73 t
- 15 t +
- 10–15 t
- 6–10 t
- 3–6 t
- 1–3 t
- under 1 t
CO₂ per person in every country (2024)
| Rank | Country | CO₂ per person (t) | Total CO₂ (Mt) | All GHG per person (t) | Change vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Qatar |
41.27 | 125.8 | 49.0 | +5.2% |
| 2 |  Kuwait |
26.25 | 129.5 | 34.5 | +5.2% |
| 3 |  Brunei |
26.05 | 12.1 | 32.3 | -3.6% |
| 4 |  Bahrain |
24.27 | 39.0 | 39.2 | +0.6% |
| 5 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
22.93 | 34.6 | 27.2 | -2.7% |
| 6 |  Saudi Arabia |
20.38 | 692.1 | 24.2 | +2.2% |
| 7 |  United Arab Emirates |
20.13 | 222.0 | 23.8 | +5.5% |
| 8 |  New Caledonia |
18.06 | 5.3 | — | +4.3% |
| 9 |  Sint Maarten |
16.55 | 0.7 | — | +3.8% |
| 10 |  Oman |
15.65 | 82.7 | 22.2 | +3.6% |
| 11 |  Australia |
14.48 | 386.7 | 22.8 | +0.6% |
| 12 |  United States |
14.20 | 4,904.1 | 17.5 | -0.3% |
| 13 |  Kazakhstan |
13.94 | 287.0 | 18.1 | +0.3% |
| 14 |  Canada |
13.42 | 533.3 | 20.2 | -2.2% |
| 15 |  Faroe Islands |
13.09 | 0.7 | — | +1.6% |
| 16 |  Mongolia |
12.86 | 44.7 | 28.3 | +1.2% |
| 17 |  Palau |
12.76 | 0.2 | 16.6 | +4.6% |
| 18 |  Curacao |
12.34 | 2.3 | — | +3.8% |
| 19 |  Russia |
12.30 | 1,780.5 | 18.8 | +2.7% |
| 20 |  Taiwan |
11.30 | 262.3 | 12.2 | -1.8% |
| 21 |  South Korea |
11.29 | 583.7 | 12.2 | -0.9% |
| 22 |  Greenland |
11.08 | 0.6 | — | +1.6% |
| 23 |  Turkmenistan |
10.81 | 81.0 | 15.8 | -15.1% |
| 24 |  Luxembourg |
10.46 | 7.0 | 11.8 | +2.9% |
| 25 |  Anguilla |
10.13 | 0.1 | — | +3.8% |
| 26 |  Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
9.79 | 0.1 | — | +3.8% |
| 27 |  Iceland |
9.67 | 3.8 | 12.9 | +8.4% |
| 28 |  Singapore |
9.25 | 53.9 | 10.5 | +5.6% |
| 29 |  Libya |
8.84 | 65.3 | 12.9 | +1.6% |
| 30 |  China |
8.66 | 12,289.0 | 9.9 | +1.0% |
| 31 |  Iran |
8.66 | 792.6 | 11.1 | +0.4% |
| 32 |  Aruba |
8.52 | 0.9 | 8.8 | +3.8% |
| 33 |  Bermuda |
8.51 | 0.6 | — | +3.8% |
| 34 |  Malaysia |
8.16 | 290.2 | 10.9 | +5.0% |
| 35 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
8.14 | 0.4 | 8.3 | +3.8% |
| 36 |  Japan |
7.77 | 961.9 | 8.1 | -2.5% |
| 37 |  Bahamas |
7.65 | 3.1 | 8.6 | +3.8% |
| 38 |  Belgium |
7.28 | 85.5 | 9.2 | +0.9% |
| 39 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
7.09 | 0.7 | 7.7 | +3.8% |
| 40 |  Poland |
7.08 | 272.9 | 8.6 | -3.7% |
| 41 |  Czechia |
7.04 | 75.6 | 7.9 | -9.1% |
| 42 |  South Africa |
6.87 | 439.8 | 8.5 | +0.7% |
| 43 |  Germany |
6.77 | 572.3 | 7.8 | -3.6% |
| 44 |  Norway |
6.67 | 37.2 | 10.1 | -4.3% |
| 45 |  Ireland |
6.34 | 33.3 | 11.5 | -0.8% |
| 46 |  Netherlands |
6.30 | 114.8 | 8.1 | -1.9% |
| 47 |  Serbia |
6.24 | 42.0 | 6.4 | -2.1% |
| 48 |  New Zealand |
6.23 | 32.5 | 15.7 | +2.9% |
| 49 |  Austria |
6.18 | 56.4 | 7.5 | -1.0% |
| 50 |  Belarus |
6.16 | 55.8 | 10.4 | +0.1% |
| 51 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
6.14 | 19.4 | 8.4 | -2.3% |
| 52 |  Estonia |
6.11 | 8.3 | 8.9 | -5.0% |
| 53 |  Montserrat |
6.02 | 0.0 | — | +3.8% |
| 54 |  Slovenia |
6.02 | 12.8 | 8.5 | +6.2% |
| 55 |  Türkiye |
5.87 | 513.0 | 7.8 | +5.4% |
| 56 |  Cook Islands |
5.82 | 0.1 | 6.4 | +4.6% |
| 57 |  Israel |
5.61 | 52.6 | 6.8 | -5.0% |
| 58 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
5.54 | 0.3 | 6.3 | +3.8% |
| 59 |  Guyana |
5.43 | 4.5 | 16.1 | +3.0% |
| 60 |  Cyprus |
5.37 | 7.3 | 7.0 | +1.5% |
| 61 |  Greece |
5.31 | 53.4 | 5.7 | +2.6% |
| 62 |  Finland |
5.30 | 29.8 | 15.7 | -6.4% |
| 63 |  Slovakia |
5.28 | 29.1 | 3.6 | -5.4% |
| 64 |  Andorra |
5.18 | 0.4 | 6.5 | +1.6% |
| 65 |  Nauru |
5.13 | 0.1 | 5.3 | +4.6% |
| 66 |  Italy |
5.09 | 301.9 | 6.0 | -3.3% |
| 67 |  Iraq |
5.07 | 233.6 | 8.6 | +2.5% |
| 68 |  Seychelles |
5.00 | 0.7 | 5.9 | +1.8% |
| 69 |  British Virgin Islands |
4.87 | 0.2 | 5.3 | +3.8% |
| 70 |  Barbados |
4.83 | 1.4 | 5.5 | +3.7% |
| 71 |  Croatia |
4.77 | 18.5 | 5.8 | 0.0% |
| 72 |  Denmark |
4.75 | 28.4 | 7.7 | -1.6% |
| 73 |  Suriname |
4.71 | 3.0 | 8.9 | +4.2% |
| 74 |  Bulgaria |
4.68 | 31.6 | 6.0 | -8.3% |
| 75 |  Spain |
4.60 | 220.3 | 5.7 | +2.3% |
| 76 |  United Kingdom |
4.53 | 312.9 | 5.6 | +1.7% |
| 77 |  Hong Kong |
4.49 | 33.3 | 5.2 | +1.1% |
| 78 |  Lithuania |
4.39 | 12.5 | 7.6 | +0.3% |
| 79 |  Maldives |
4.37 | 2.3 | 4.8 | +4.6% |
| 80 |  Algeria |
4.23 | 198.2 | 5.9 | -2.3% |
| 81 |  Niue |
4.14 | 0.0 | 4.7 | +4.6% |
| 82 |  Hungary |
4.14 | 40.0 | 4.9 | -0.8% |
| 83 |  Marshall Islands |
4.11 | 0.2 | — | +4.6% |
| 84 |  Venezuela |
4.09 | 116.0 | 6.8 | -3.0% |
| 85 |  Chile |
3.98 | 78.7 | 5.3 | +1.4% |
| 86 |  France |
3.97 | 264.2 | 5.1 | -2.3% |
| 87 |  Azerbaijan |
3.85 | 39.8 | 5.5 | -6.8% |
| 88 |  Uzbekistan |
3.83 | 139.2 | 5.7 | +13.3% |
| 89 |  Ukraine |
3.76 | 142.5 | 5.9 | +2.3% |
| 90 |  Argentina |
3.74 | 171.1 | 9.1 | -4.1% |
| 91 |  Thailand |
3.74 | 267.8 | 6.4 | +1.1% |
| 92 |  Montenegro |
3.72 | 2.4 | 1.9 | -1.3% |
| 93 |  Equatorial Guinea |
3.70 | 7.0 | 6.2 | +1.4% |
| 94 |  Mauritius |
3.68 | 4.7 | 4.3 | +1.9% |
| 95 |  Vietnam |
3.67 | 370.9 | 5.8 | +6.8% |
| 96 |  North Macedonia |
3.63 | 6.6 | 4.4 | -9.8% |
| 97 |  Romania |
3.61 | 68.6 | 4.7 | +1.0% |
| 98 |  Switzerland |
3.60 | 32.1 | 4.5 | +0.3% |
| 99 |  Sweden |
3.59 | 38.1 | 5.4 | +3.8% |
| 100 |  Mexico |
3.52 | 461.0 | 4.9 | +0.6% |
| 101 |  Latvia |
3.45 | 6.5 | 7.4 | -1.9% |
| 102 |  Portugal |
3.41 | 35.5 | 5.2 | -5.5% |
| 103 |  Liechtenstein |
3.30 | 0.1 | 3.7 | +0.3% |
| 104 |  French Polynesia |
3.28 | 0.9 | — | +4.6% |
| 105 |  Grenada |
3.22 | 0.4 | 3.4 | +3.9% |
| 106 |  Malta |
3.20 | 1.7 | 3.5 | -2.2% |
| 107 |  Laos |
3.14 | 24.4 | 7.9 | +1.0% |
| 108 |  Georgia |
3.10 | 11.8 | 3.3 | -1.2% |
| 109 |  Saint Lucia |
2.99 | 0.5 | 3.2 | +3.8% |
| 110 |  Botswana |
2.96 | 7.5 | 10.4 | +2.9% |
| 111 |  Jamaica |
2.96 | 8.4 | 3.2 | +4.1% |
| 112 |  Dominican Republic |
2.90 | 33.1 | 4.2 | +4.1% |
| 113 |  Indonesia |
2.87 | 812.2 | 6.7 | +6.5% |
| 114 |  Panama |
2.81 | 12.7 | 4.7 | -2.6% |
| 115 |  Wallis and Futuna |
2.70 | 0.0 | — | +4.6% |
| 116 |  Lebanon |
2.70 | 15.7 | 3.6 | +0.6% |
| 117 |  Tunisia |
2.66 | 32.7 | 3.5 | +2.9% |
| 118 |  Dominica |
2.58 | 0.2 | 3.1 | +3.8% |
| 119 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
2.54 | 0.3 | 2.8 | +3.8% |
| 120 |  Ecuador |
2.54 | 46.0 | 3.5 | +3.1% |
| 121 |  Armenia |
2.50 | 7.4 | 3.5 | +0.0% |
| 122 |  North Korea |
2.36 | 62.6 | 3.4 | +0.8% |
| 123 |  Uruguay |
2.35 | 8.0 | 12.7 | +4.5% |
| 124 |  Bolivia |
2.31 | 28.7 | 12.9 | +16.6% |
| 125 |  Brazil |
2.28 | 483.0 | 13.2 | -0.2% |
| 126 |  Cuba |
2.23 | 24.4 | 3.6 | +4.1% |
| 127 |  Egypt |
2.22 | 258.4 | 2.9 | +3.3% |
| 128 |  India |
2.20 | 3,193.5 | 2.9 | +4.3% |
| 129 |  Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha |
2.17 | 0.0 | 2.8 | +3.8% |
| 130 |  Gabon |
2.13 | 5.4 | 10.8 | +1.5% |
| 131 |  Bhutan |
2.09 | 1.7 | 9.3 | +1.7% |
| 132 |  Peru |
2.05 | 70.2 | 4.4 | +6.3% |
| 133 |  Jordan |
2.01 | 23.2 | 2.7 | +0.4% |
| 134 |  Belize |
1.91 | 0.8 | 19.1 | +3.9% |
| 135 |  Morocco |
1.81 | 69.1 | 2.7 | +0.1% |
| 136 |  Moldova |
1.76 | 5.3 | 2.2 | 0.0% |
| 137 |  Colombia |
1.75 | 92.7 | 4.7 | +3.0% |
| 138 |  Costa Rica |
1.71 | 8.8 | 2.9 | +3.4% |
| 139 |  Kyrgyzstan |
1.64 | 11.8 | 3.1 | +5.6% |
| 140 |  Albania |
1.59 | 4.4 | 2.4 | +0.6% |
| 141 |  Fiji |
1.56 | 1.4 | 1.4 | +4.6% |
| 142 |  Philippines |
1.51 | 174.9 | 2.6 | +8.6% |
| 143 |  Macau |
1.47 | 1.1 | 1.6 | +1.3% |
| 144 |  Tonga |
1.46 | 0.2 | 2.6 | +4.6% |
| 145 |  El Salvador |
1.42 | 9.0 | 1.6 | +3.5% |
| 146 |  Republic of the Congo |
1.40 | 8.8 | 6.6 | +6.8% |
| 147 |  Micronesia |
1.33 | 0.2 | 1.8 | +4.6% |
| 148 |  Syria |
1.29 | 31.8 | 1.6 | +0.3% |
| 149 |  Cambodia |
1.24 | 21.9 | 5.2 | +2.2% |
| 150 |  Honduras |
1.19 | 12.9 | 3.2 | +3.6% |
| 151 |  Tuvalu |
1.18 | 0.0 | 2.1 | +4.6% |
| 152 |  Namibia |
1.15 | 3.5 | 5.9 | +0.8% |
| 152 |  Paraguay |
1.15 | 7.9 | 9.6 | +3.8% |
| 154 |  Cape Verde |
1.13 | 0.6 | 1.6 | +3.9% |
| 155 |  Samoa |
1.13 | 0.2 | 0.7 | +4.6% |
| 156 |  Lesotho |
1.10 | 2.6 | 2.6 | +3.1% |
| 157 |  Guatemala |
1.08 | 19.9 | 3.6 | +0.7% |
| 158 |  Tajikistan |
1.01 | 10.7 | 2.0 | +4.6% |
| 159 |  Mauritania |
1.01 | 5.2 | 3.5 | +4.0% |
| 160 |  Sri Lanka |
0.90 | 20.8 | 1.8 | +8.7% |
| 161 |  Palestine |
0.87 | 4.8 | — | +0.5% |
| 162 |  Eswatini |
0.84 | 1.0 | 1.3 | +1.5% |
| 163 |  Zimbabwe |
0.82 | 13.7 | 1.9 | +1.9% |
| 164 |  Nicaragua |
0.81 | 5.6 | 5.6 | +3.7% |
| 165 |  Papua New Guinea |
0.79 | 8.3 | 4.1 | -0.1% |
| 166 |  Senegal |
0.76 | 14.1 | 1.9 | +0.1% |
| 167 |  Pakistan |
0.72 | 179.8 | 1.9 | -3.8% |
| 168 |  Comoros |
0.64 | 0.6 | 1.2 | +1.8% |
| 169 |  Nepal |
0.63 | 18.8 | 2.0 | +2.3% |
| 170 |  Bangladesh |
0.62 | 108.3 | 1.4 | +3.6% |
| 171 |  Ghana |
0.61 | 21.0 | 1.5 | +4.4% |
| 172 |  Sao Tome and Principe |
0.60 | 0.1 | 1.3 | +1.4% |
| 173 |  Vanuatu |
0.60 | 0.2 | 1.5 | +4.6% |
| 174 |  Angola |
0.59 | 22.3 | 4.2 | +3.0% |
| 175 |  Nigeria |
0.58 | 135.8 | 1.7 | +5.0% |
| 176 |  Myanmar |
0.58 | 31.6 | 3.4 | -0.6% |
| 177 |  Zambia |
0.57 | 12.0 | 4.6 | +1.8% |
| 178 |  Kiribati |
0.54 | 0.1 | 0.8 | +4.6% |
| 179 |  Djibouti |
0.48 | 0.6 | 1.8 | +1.2% |
| 180 |  Timor-Leste |
0.48 | 0.7 | 3.5 | +4.9% |
| 181 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
0.46 | 14.8 | 4.4 | +5.5% |
| 182 |  Benin |
0.42 | 6.1 | 2.8 | +2.3% |
| 183 |  Kenya |
0.38 | 21.2 | 1.8 | +0.2% |
| 184 |  Solomon Islands |
0.36 | 0.3 | 4.1 | +4.6% |
| 185 |  Sudan |
0.35 | 17.8 | 2.7 | +0.4% |
| 186 |  Cameroon |
0.33 | 9.6 | 2.2 | -0.7% |
| 187 |  Togo |
0.33 | 2.8 | 1.5 | +3.1% |
| 188 |  Tanzania |
0.29 | 20.0 | 2.7 | -1.4% |
| 189 |  Gambia |
0.29 | 0.8 | 1.1 | +3.9% |
| 190 |  Mali |
0.29 | 7.0 | 2.7 | +3.5% |
| 191 |  Burkina Faso |
0.28 | 6.5 | 2.5 | +3.2% |
| 192 |  Guinea |
0.27 | 4.0 | 5.3 | +3.9% |
| 193 |  Afghanistan |
0.25 | 10.8 | 0.9 | +2.9% |
| 194 |  Haiti |
0.25 | 3.0 | 1.0 | +3.7% |
| 195 |  Mozambique |
0.25 | 8.6 | 1.7 | -5.3% |
| 195 |  Yemen |
0.25 | 10.1 | 0.7 | -0.2% |
| 197 |  Eritrea |
0.21 | 0.7 | 2.9 | +1.6% |
| 198 |  Sierra Leone |
0.17 | 1.4 | 1.9 | +3.9% |
| 199 |  Guinea-Bissau |
0.16 | 0.3 | 3.7 | +3.9% |
| 200 |  Liberia |
0.15 | 0.9 | 4.4 | +3.0% |
| 201 |  Rwanda |
0.14 | 2.0 | 0.7 | +0.9% |
| 202 |  Madagascar |
0.14 | 4.5 | 1.9 | +1.8% |
| 202 |  South Sudan |
0.14 | 1.7 | 4.9 | +1.8% |
| 204 |  Chad |
0.14 | 2.8 | 6.2 | -0.6% |
| 205 |  Ethiopia |
0.14 | 17.8 | 1.9 | +1.5% |
| 206 |  Uganda |
0.13 | 6.3 | 1.3 | +1.6% |
| 207 |  Niger |
0.12 | 3.2 | 1.9 | +1.2% |
| 208 |  Malawi |
0.09 | 1.9 | 1.2 | +1.6% |
| 209 |  Central African Republic |
0.07 | 0.4 | 12.9 | +1.4% |
| 210 |  Somalia |
0.07 | 1.3 | 2.5 | +1.8% |
| 211 |  Burundi |
0.07 | 0.9 | 0.7 | +1.8% |
| 212 |  DR Congo |
0.05 | 5.9 | 6.2 | +0.4% |
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Data: Our World in Data, based on the Global Carbon Budget and Jones et al. (CC BY 4.0).
Large countries with the biggest footprints
Among countries with more than 10 million people, the highest emissions per person are in Saudi Arabia (20.4 t), United Arab Emirates (20.1 t), Australia (14.5 t), United States (14.2 t), Kazakhstan (13.9 t) and Canada (13.4 t).
The lowest footprints
The lowest per-person emissions among large countries are in DR Congo (0.05 t), Burundi (0.07 t), Somalia (0.07 t), Malawi (0.09 t), Niger (0.12 t) and Uganda (0.13 t) — mostly low-income countries where many people have no electricity or car.
What 1.5 °C would require
To keep warming near 1.5 °C, global emissions have to fall towards net zero by around 2050. Spread evenly across 8.16 billion people, today's 4.73 t per person would need to drop to roughly 2–3 t by 2030.
About the data
Figures come from Our World in Data's CO₂ dataset, which compiles the Global Carbon Budget (fossil CO₂ by country, updated yearly) and Jones et al. (methane, nitrous oxide and warming contributions). "CO₂ emissions" means territorial emissions from burning coal, oil and gas, cement production and gas flaring — excluding land-use change such as deforestation, which is shown separately on country pages. Latest year: 2024.
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Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per capita?
Qatar, with 41.3 t of CO₂ per person in 2024, followed by Kuwait (26.2 t) and Brunei (26.0 t).
What is the average CO₂ emission per person?
About 4.73 t of CO₂ per person per year worldwide (2024).
Which large country has the lowest emissions per person?
DR Congo, at 0.05 t per person.