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CO₂ emissions per person (t CO₂e)
Carbon dioxide emissions per person (excluding land use), in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent. Lower is better for the climate. Lower is better; 1st place has the lowest value.
Source: World Bank · World Development Indicators · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5
Top 5 over time
Dashed line: world median| # | Country | Region | CO₂ emissions per persont CO₂e | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Naoero |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 1 |  Tuvalu |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 3 |  Micronesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 4 |  Guam |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 5 |  US Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 6 |  American Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 7 |  Northern Mariana Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 8 |  Marshall Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 9 |  Faroe Islands |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.04 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 10 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep. |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.05 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 11 |  DR Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.06 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 12 |  Central African Republic |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.06 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 13 |  Burundi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.07 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 14 |  Niger |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.12 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 15 |  Chad |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.14 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 16 |  Madagascar |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 17 |  Ethiopia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 18 |  Liberia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 19 |  Guinea-Bissau |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.16 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 20 |  Rwanda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.16 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 21 |  Uganda |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 22 |  Sierra Leone |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.17 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 23 |  Gambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.18 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 24 |  Eritrea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.22 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 25 |  Malawi |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.22 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 26 |  Yemen |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.26 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 27 |  Burkina Faso |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.27 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 28 |  Afghanistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.28 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 29 |  Mozambique |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.29 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 30 |  Haiti |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.30 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 31 |  Mali |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.30 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 32 |  Tanzania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.31 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 33 |  Togo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.31 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 34 |  Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.35 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 35 |  Cameroon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.35 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 36 |  Kenya |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 37 |  Solomon Islands |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.38 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 38 |  Lesotho |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.43 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 39 |  Sudan |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.43 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 40 |  Benin |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.49 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 41 |  Timor-Leste |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.50 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 42 |  Comoros |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.51 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 43 |  Papua New Guinea |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.52 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 44 |  Nepal |
South Asia | 0.54 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 45 |  Zambia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.54 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 46 |  Nigeria |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.57 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 47 |  Myanmar |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.58 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 48 |  Côte d'Ivoire |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.59 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 49 |  Kiribati |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.59 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 50 |  São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.63 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 51 |  Ghana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.70 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 52 |  Bangladesh |
South Asia | 0.72 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 53 |  Angola |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.74 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 54 |  Djibouti |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.77 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 55 |  Senegal |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.77 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 56 |  Zimbabwe |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.77 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 57 |  Pakistan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.81 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 58 |  Nicaragua |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.83 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 59 |  Vanuatu |
East Asia & Pacific | 0.87 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 60 |  Eswatini |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.88 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 61 |  Tajikistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 0.92 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 62 |  Belize |
Latin America & Caribbean | 0.93 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 63 |  Mauritania |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.97 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 64 |  Sri Lanka |
South Asia | 1.06 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 65 |  Cambodia |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.10 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 66 |  Guatemala |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.11 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 67 |  Honduras |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.14 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 68 |  Paraguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.16 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 69 |  Namibia |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.20 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 70 |  Dominica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.27 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 71 |  Syria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.27 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 72 |  Cabo Verde |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.29 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 73 |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.31 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 74 |  Congo |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.34 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 75 |  Kyrgyzstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.49 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 76 |  Grenada |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.50 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 77 |  Philippines |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.50 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 78 |  El Salvador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.51 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 79 |  Samoa |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.60 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 80 |  Fiji |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.62 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 81 |  Tonga |
East Asia & Pacific | 1.63 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 82 |  Costa Rica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.63 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 83 |  Saint Lucia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.71 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 84 |  Albania |
Europe & Central Asia | 1.79 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 85 |  Colombia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.80 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 86 |  Morocco |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.84 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 87 |  Lebanon |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.90 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 88 |  Cuba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 1.91 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 89 |  Bhutan |
South Asia | 2.01 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 90 |  Peru |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.02 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 91 |  Gabon |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.05 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 92 |  Jordan |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.09 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 93 |  India |
South Asia | 2.17 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 94 |  Bolivia |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.29 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 95 |  Brazil |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.32 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 96 |  British Virgin Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.33 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 97 |  Armenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 2.47 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 98 |  North Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.50 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 99 |  Egypt |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.50 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 100 |  Barbados |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.52 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 101 |  Macao |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.53 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 102 |  Equatorial Guinea |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.55 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 103 |  Uruguay |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.57 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 104 |  Tunisia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.62 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 105 |  Ecuador |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.64 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 106 |  Botswana |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.74 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 107 |  Panama |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.74 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 108 |  Jamaica |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.84 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 109 |  Indonesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 2.87 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 110 |  Saint Kitts and Nevis |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.88 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 111 |  Dominican Republic |
Latin America & Caribbean | 2.99 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 112 |  Ukraine |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.13 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 113 |  Malta |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.18 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 114 |  Portugal |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.32 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 115 |  Laos |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.35 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 116 |  Venezuela |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.39 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 117 |  Moldova |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.42 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 118 |  French Polynesia |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.46 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 119 |  Georgia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.53 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 120 |  Mauritius |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.54 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 121 |  Maldives |
South Asia | 3.57 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 122 |  Sweden |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.57 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 123 |  Bahamas |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.64 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 124 |  Mexico |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.64 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 125 |  Latvia |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.65 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 126 |  Romania |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.72 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 127 |  Switzerland |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.75 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 128 |  Antigua and Barbuda |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.80 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 129 |  Azerbaijan |
Europe & Central Asia | 3.81 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 130 |  Chile |
Latin America & Caribbean | 3.94 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 131 |  Thailand |
East Asia & Pacific | 3.96 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 132 |  Algeria |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.98 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 133 |  North Macedonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 134 |  France |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 135 |  Argentina |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.01 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 136 |  Suriname |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.06 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 137 |  Uzbekistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.09 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 138 |  Bermuda |
North America | 4.14 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 139 |  United Kingdom |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.22 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 140 |  Vietnam |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.27 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 141 |  Denmark |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.28 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 142 |  Hungary |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.46 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 143 |  Lithuania |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.49 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 144 |  Spain |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.51 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 145 |  Guyana |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.56 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 146 |  Hong Kong |
East Asia & Pacific | 4.60 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 147 |  Puerto Rico (US) |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.82 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 148 |  Croatia |
Europe & Central Asia | 4.83 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 149 |  Turks and Caicos Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 4.92 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 150 |  Cayman Islands |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5.00 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 151 |  Greece |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.05 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 152 |  Italy |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.08 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 153 |  Aruba |
Latin America & Caribbean | 5.15 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 154 |  Iraq |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.18 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 155 |  Bulgaria |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.31 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 156 |  Türkiye |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.38 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 157 |  Cyprus |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.40 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 158 |  Slovakia |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.51 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 159 |  Finland |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.54 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 160 |  Israel |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.77 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 161 |  Belarus |
Europe & Central Asia | 5.94 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 162 |  New Zealand |
East Asia & Pacific | 6.01 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 163 |  Ireland |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.04 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 164 |  Slovenia |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.27 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 165 |  Austria |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.32 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 166 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.45 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 167 |  Netherlands |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.60 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 168 |  South Africa |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.88 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 169 |  Germany |
Europe & Central Asia | 6.94 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 170 |  Czechia |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.13 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 171 |  Norway |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.18 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 172 |  Seychelles |
Sub-Saharan Africa | 7.24 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 173 |  Belgium |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.31 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 174 |  Poland |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.55 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 175 |  Estonia |
Europe & Central Asia | 7.76 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 176 |  Japan |
East Asia & Pacific | 7.84 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 177 |  Mongolia |
East Asia & Pacific | 7.85 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 178 |  Malaysia |
East Asia & Pacific | 8.32 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 179 |  Iceland |
Europe & Central Asia | 8.52 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 180 |  Libya |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.66 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 181 |  Iran |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 9.05 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 182 |  China |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.32 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 183 |  Singapore |
East Asia & Pacific | 9.75 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 184 |  Greenland |
Europe & Central Asia | 10.45 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 185 |  Luxembourg |
Europe & Central Asia | 10.56 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 186 |  Turkmenistan |
Europe & Central Asia | 10.86 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 187 |  South Korea |
East Asia & Pacific | 11.36 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 188 |  Kazakhstan |
Europe & Central Asia | 12.57 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 189 |  United States |
North America | 13.62 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 190 |  Russia |
Europe & Central Asia | 13.98 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 191 |  Canada |
North America | 14.01 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 192 |  Australia |
East Asia & Pacific | 14.10 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 193 |  Gibraltar |
Europe & Central Asia | 16.15 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 194 |  New Caledonia |
East Asia & Pacific | 17.08 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 195 |  United Arab Emirates |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.26 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 196 |  Saudi Arabia |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.48 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 197 |  Oman |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 18.65 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 198 |  Trinidad and Tobago |
Latin America & Caribbean | 19.58 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 199 |  Brunei |
East Asia & Pacific | 20.24 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 200 |  Kuwait |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.67 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 201 |  Bahrain |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.90 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 202 |  Qatar |
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 47.33 t CO₂e | 2024 |
| 203 |  Palau |
East Asia & Pacific | 82.84 t CO₂e | 2024 |
Latest value per country. Ranked: countries with data from the last 5 years of the series; older values are listed below without a rank. 203 ranked.