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Greenhouse gas emissions per capita by country

tonnes CO₂-equivalent per person · 209 countries ranked · 2024

Rank 1 = best (lower is better for this indicator).25 of 209
  1. up +2.0 %
  2. 2Marshall IslandsWorld rank 2nd of 209
    up +3.4 %
  3. 3GuamWorld rank 3rd of 209
    up +0.9 %
  4. 4American SamoaWorld rank 4th of 209
    up +1.6 %
  5. 5U.S. Virgin IslandsWorld rank 5th of 209
    up +0.5 %
  6. 6YemenWorld rank 6th of 209
    down −2.8 %
  7. 7RwandaWorld rank 7th of 209
    down −2.2 %
  8. 8BurundiWorld rank 8th of 209
    up +1.8 %
  9. 9SamoaWorld rank 9th of 209
    down −26.7 %
  10. 10KiribatiWorld rank 10th of 209
    up +2.0 %
  11. 11AfghanistanWorld rank 11th of 209
    up +0.2 %
  12. 12HaitiWorld rank 12th of 209
    down −4.3 %
  13. 13GambiaWorld rank 13th of 209
    down −3.0 %
  14. 14MalawiWorld rank 14th of 209
    down −5.3 %
  15. 15ComorosWorld rank 15th of 209
    down −0.7 %
  16. 16UgandaWorld rank 16th of 209
    down −0.3 %
  17. 17São Tomé and PríncipeWorld rank 17th of 209
    down −0.5 %
  18. 18EswatiniWorld rank 18th of 209
    down −8.0 %
  19. 19BangladeshWorld rank 19th of 209
    up +1.5 %
  20. 20FijiWorld rank 20th of 209
    up +1.8 %
  21. 21VanuatuWorld rank 21st of 209
    up +8.9 %
  22. 22GhanaWorld rank 22nd of 209
    down −0.1 %
  23. 23TogoWorld rank 23rd of 209
    up +4.3 %
  24. 24El SalvadorWorld rank 24th of 209
    up +4.5 %
  25. 25SyriaWorld rank 25th of 209
    down −5.6 %

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Greenhouse gas emissions per capita, 2024. Quantile classes; hatched = no data.

Greenhouse gas emissions per capita, 2024World map of Greenhouse gas emissions per capita (2024) for 209 countries, from 0.09 t CO₂e to 48.96 t CO₂e.Fiji: 1.41 t CO₂eTanzania: 2.71 t CO₂eW. Sahara: —Canada: 20.20 t CO₂eUnited States: 17.53 t CO₂eKazakhstan: 18.08 t CO₂eUzbekistan: 5.73 t CO₂ePapua New Guinea: 4.12 t CO₂eIndonesia: 6.71 t CO₂eArgentina: 9.13 t CO₂eChile: 5.28 t CO₂eDR Congo: 6.23 t CO₂eSomalia: 2.52 t CO₂eKenya: 1.76 t CO₂eSudan: 2.66 t CO₂eChad: 6.20 t CO₂eHaiti: 1.01 t CO₂eDominican Republic: 4.25 t CO₂eRussia: 18.85 t CO₂eBahamas: 8.62 t CO₂eFalkland Is.: —Norway: 10.08 t CO₂eGreenland: 11.60 t CO₂eFr. S. Antarctic Lands: —Timor-Leste: 3.48 t CO₂eSouth Africa: 8.48 t CO₂eLesotho: 2.64 t CO₂eMexico: 4.86 t CO₂eUruguay: 12.71 t CO₂eBrazil: 13.23 t CO₂eBolivia: 12.89 t CO₂ePeru: 4.42 t CO₂eColombia: 4.70 t CO₂ePanama: 4.68 t CO₂eCosta Rica: 2.92 t CO₂eNicaragua: 5.59 t CO₂eHonduras: 3.19 t CO₂eEl Salvador: 1.56 t CO₂eGuatemala: 3.57 t CO₂eBelize: 19.06 t CO₂eVenezuela: 6.79 t CO₂eGuyana: 16.11 t CO₂eSuriname: 8.89 t CO₂eFrance: 5.08 t CO₂eEcuador: 3.48 t CO₂ePuerto Rico: 5.50 t CO₂eJamaica: 3.20 t CO₂eCuba: 3.59 t CO₂eZimbabwe: 1.87 t CO₂eBotswana: 10.39 t CO₂eNamibia: 5.86 t CO₂eSenegal: 1.91 t CO₂eMali: 2.68 t CO₂eMauritania: 3.52 t CO₂eBenin: 2.83 t CO₂eNiger: 1.93 t CO₂eNigeria: 1.65 t CO₂eCameroon: 2.23 t CO₂eTogo: 1.52 t CO₂eGhana: 1.51 t CO₂eCôte d'Ivoire: 4.41 t CO₂eGuinea: 5.32 t CO₂eGuinea-Bissau: 3.70 t CO₂eLiberia: 4.37 t CO₂eSierra Leone: 1.89 t CO₂eBurkina Faso: 2.53 t CO₂eCentral African Republic: 12.88 t CO₂eRepublic of the Congo: 6.61 t CO₂eGabon: 10.79 t CO₂eEquatorial Guinea: 6.18 t CO₂eZambia: 4.65 t CO₂eMalawi: 1.16 t CO₂eMozambique: 1.75 t CO₂eEswatini: 1.31 t CO₂eAngola: 4.21 t CO₂eBurundi: 0.69 t CO₂eIsrael: 6.83 t CO₂eLebanon: 3.56 t CO₂eMadagascar: 1.92 t CO₂ePalestine: —Gambia: 1.06 t CO₂eTunisia: 3.55 t CO₂eAlgeria: 5.90 t CO₂eJordan: 2.69 t CO₂eUnited Arab Emirates: 23.77 t CO₂eQatar: 48.96 t CO₂eKuwait: 34.51 t CO₂eIraq: 8.65 t CO₂eOman: 22.17 t CO₂eVanuatu: 1.46 t CO₂eCambodia: 5.21 t CO₂eThailand: 6.37 t CO₂eLaos: 7.90 t CO₂eMyanmar: 3.40 t CO₂eVietnam: 5.78 t CO₂eNorth Korea: 3.39 t CO₂eSouth Korea: 12.19 t CO₂eMongolia: 28.26 t CO₂eIndia: 2.94 t CO₂eBangladesh: 1.39 t CO₂eBhutan: 9.33 t CO₂eNepal: 1.98 t CO₂ePakistan: 1.89 t CO₂eAfghanistan: 0.94 t CO₂eTajikistan: 2.02 t CO₂eKyrgyzstan: 3.14 t CO₂eTurkmenistan: 15.79 t CO₂eIran: 11.05 t CO₂eSyria: 1.57 t CO₂eArmenia: 3.47 t CO₂eSweden: 5.37 t CO₂eBelarus: 10.44 t CO₂eUkraine: 5.89 t CO₂ePoland: 8.62 t CO₂eAustria: 7.48 t CO₂eHungary: 4.91 t CO₂eMoldova: 2.21 t CO₂eRomania: 4.75 t CO₂eLithuania: 7.62 t CO₂eLatvia: 7.41 t CO₂eEstonia: 8.91 t CO₂eGermany: 7.80 t CO₂eBulgaria: 5.96 t CO₂eGreece: 5.65 t CO₂eTürkiye: 7.77 t CO₂eAlbania: 2.40 t CO₂eCroatia: 5.80 t CO₂eSwitzerland: 4.50 t CO₂eLuxembourg: 11.80 t CO₂eBelgium: 9.20 t CO₂eNetherlands: 8.08 t CO₂ePortugal: 5.20 t CO₂eSpain: 5.74 t CO₂eIreland: 11.46 t CO₂eNew Caledonia: 18.39 t CO₂eSolomon Islands: 4.15 t CO₂eNew Zealand: 15.71 t CO₂eAustralia: 22.83 t CO₂eSri Lanka: 1.85 t CO₂eChina: 9.94 t CO₂eTaiwan: 12.21 t CO₂eItaly: 6.00 t CO₂eDenmark: 7.69 t CO₂eUnited Kingdom: 5.65 t CO₂eIceland: 12.85 t CO₂eAzerbaijan: 5.55 t CO₂eGeorgia: 3.26 t CO₂ePhilippines: 2.64 t CO₂eMalaysia: 10.93 t CO₂eBrunei: 32.33 t CO₂eSlovenia: 8.55 t CO₂eFinland: 15.66 t CO₂eSlovakia: 3.58 t CO₂eCzechia: 7.87 t CO₂eEritrea: 2.95 t CO₂eJapan: 8.14 t CO₂eParaguay: 9.56 t CO₂eYemen: 0.66 t CO₂eSaudi Arabia: 24.20 t CO₂eN. Cyprus: —Cyprus: 6.99 t CO₂eMorocco: 2.67 t CO₂eEgypt: 2.85 t CO₂eLibya: 12.87 t CO₂eEthiopia: 1.87 t CO₂eDjibouti: 1.81 t CO₂eSomaliland: —Uganda: 1.28 t CO₂eRwanda: 0.68 t CO₂eBosnia and Herzegovina: 8.37 t CO₂eNorth Macedonia: 4.43 t CO₂eSerbia: 6.36 t CO₂eMontenegro: 1.91 t CO₂eKosovo: —Trinidad and Tobago: 27.18 t CO₂eSouth Sudan: 4.93 t CO₂e
  • 0.09 t CO₂e – 1.87 t CO₂e
  • 1.87 t CO₂e – 3.31 t CO₂e
  • 3.31 t CO₂e – 4.93 t CO₂e
  • 4.93 t CO₂e – 6.68 t CO₂e
  • 6.68 t CO₂e – 10.83 t CO₂e
  • 10.83 t CO₂e – 48.96 t CO₂e
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Rank over time

Position in the world ranking by year, up to 5 countries. Rank 1 is at the top.

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Rank by year for Northern Mariana Islands, Marshall Islands, Guam, 2000–2024.