How much CO₂ does each person emit?
CO₂ per person, 203 countries & territories. Annual fossil CO₂ emissions (fossil fuels and cement) per person, territorial basis (Global Carbon Budget). The cube shows the volume that mass of CO₂ occupies at 15 °C and sea-level pressure (1 tonne ≈ 534 m³).
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Source: Global Carbon Budget via Our World in Data· 2024
The ranking
- 1
Qatar 41.3 t 2024 - 2
Kuwait 26.2 t 2024 - 3
Brunei 26 t 2024 - 4
Bahrain 24.3 t 2024 - 5
Trinidad and Tobago 22.9 t 2024 - 6
Saudi Arabia 20.4 t 2024 - 7
United Arab Emirates 20.1 t 2024 - 8
New Caledonia (France) 18.1 t 2024 - 9
Oman 15.7 t 2024 - 10
Australia 14.5 t 2024 - 11
United States 14.2 t 2024 - 12
Kazakhstan 13.9 t 2024 - 13
Canada 13.4 t 2024 - 14
Faroe Islands (Denmark) 13.1 t 2024 - 15
Mongolia 12.9 t 2024 - 16
Palau 12.8 t 2024 - 17
Curaçao (Netherlands) 12.3 t 2024 - 18
Russia 12.3 t 2024 - 19
Taiwan 11.3 t 2024 - 20
South Korea 11.3 t 2024 - 21
Greenland (Denmark) 11.1 t 2024 - 22
Turkmenistan 10.8 t 2024 - 23
Luxembourg 10.5 t 2024 - 24
Iceland 9.7 t 2024 - 25
Singapore 9.2 t 2024 - 26
Libya 8.8 t 2024 - 27
China 8.7 t 2024 - 28
Iran 8.7 t 2024 - 29
Aruba (Netherlands) 8.5 t 2024 - 30
Bermuda (United Kingdom) 8.5 t 2024 - 31
Malaysia 8.2 t 2024 - 32
Japan 7.8 t 2024 - 33
Bahamas 7.6 t 2024 - 34
Belgium 7.3 t 2024 - 35
Antigua and Barbuda 7.1 t 2024 - 36
Poland 7.1 t 2024 - 37
Czechia 7 t 2024 - 38
South Africa 6.9 t 2024 - 39
Germany 6.8 t 2024 - 40
Norway 6.7 t 2024 - 41
Ireland 6.3 t 2024 - 42
Netherlands 6.3 t 2024 - 43
Serbia 6.2 t 2024 - 44
New Zealand 6.2 t 2024 - 45
Austria 6.2 t 2024 - 46
Belarus 6.2 t 2024 - 47
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.1 t 2024 - 48
Estonia 6.1 t 2024 - 49
Slovenia 6 t 2024 - 50
Türkiye 5.9 t 2024