CO2 emissions per capita by country

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United States: 13.62 t in 2024, 36th of 38 OECD members (lowest first). 189th of all 203 with data.

Highest: Palau (82.84 t, 2024) · Lowest: Nauru (0.00 t, 2024) · 203 countries and territories with data.

Carbon dioxide emissions per person, in tonnes (excluding land use).

Ranking

Latest value for each country (within 5 years).

Over time

United States: rank over time

Rank among the countries with data in each year (lowest first).

World ranking (lowest first)

RankCountryValueYear
1Nauru0.00 t2024
2Tuvalu0.00 t2024
3Micronesia0.00 t2024
4Guam0.00 t2024
5U.S. Virgin Islands0.00 t2024
6American Samoa0.00 t2024
7Northern Mariana Islands0.00 t2024
8Marshall Islands0.00 t2024
9Faroe Islands0.04 t2024
10Somalia0.05 t2024
11DR Congo0.06 t2024
12Central African Republic0.06 t2024
13Burundi0.07 t2024
14Niger0.12 t2024
15Chad0.14 t2024
16Madagascar0.15 t2024
17Ethiopia0.15 t2024
18Liberia0.15 t2024
19Guinea-Bissau0.16 t2024
20Rwanda0.16 t2024
21Uganda0.17 t2024
22Sierra Leone0.17 t2024
23Gambia0.18 t2024
24Eritrea0.22 t2024
25Malawi0.22 t2024
26Yemen0.26 t2024
27Burkina Faso0.27 t2024
28Afghanistan0.28 t2024
29Mozambique0.29 t2024
30Haiti0.30 t2024
31Mali0.30 t2024
32Tanzania0.31 t2024
33Togo0.31 t2024
34Guinea0.35 t2024
35Cameroon0.35 t2024
36Kenya0.38 t2024
37Solomon Islands0.38 t2024
38Lesotho0.43 t2024
39Sudan0.43 t2024
40Benin0.49 t2024
41Timor-Leste0.50 t2024
42Comoros0.51 t2024
43Papua New Guinea0.52 t2024
44Nepal0.54 t2024
45Zambia0.54 t2024
46Nigeria0.57 t2024
47Myanmar0.58 t2024
48Côte d'Ivoire0.59 t2024
49Kiribati0.59 t2024
50São Tomé and Príncipe0.63 t2024
51Ghana0.70 t2024
52Bangladesh0.72 t2024
53Angola0.74 t2024
54Djibouti0.77 t2024
55Senegal0.77 t2024
56Zimbabwe0.77 t2024
57Pakistan0.81 t2024
58Nicaragua0.83 t2024
59Vanuatu0.87 t2024
60Eswatini0.88 t2024
61Tajikistan0.92 t2024
62Belize0.93 t2024
63Mauritania0.97 t2024
64Sri Lanka1.06 t2024
65Cambodia1.10 t2024
66Guatemala1.11 t2024
67Honduras1.14 t2024
68Paraguay1.16 t2024
69Namibia1.20 t2024
70Dominica1.27 t2024
71Syria1.27 t2024
72Cabo Verde1.29 t2024
73St. Vincent and the Grenadines1.31 t2024
74Republic of the Congo1.34 t2024
75Kyrgyzstan1.49 t2024
76Grenada1.50 t2024
77Philippines1.50 t2024
78El Salvador1.51 t2024
79Samoa1.60 t2024
80Fiji1.62 t2024
81Tonga1.63 t2024
82Costa Rica1.63 t2024
83St. Lucia1.71 t2024
84Albania1.79 t2024
85Colombia1.80 t2024
86Morocco1.84 t2024
87Lebanon1.90 t2024
88Cuba1.91 t2024
89Bhutan2.01 t2024
90Peru2.02 t2024
91Gabon2.05 t2024
92Jordan2.09 t2024
93India2.17 t2024
94Bolivia2.29 t2024
95Brazil2.32 t2024
96British Virgin Islands2.33 t2024
97Armenia2.47 t2024
98North Korea2.50 t2024
99Egypt2.50 t2024
100Barbados2.52 t2024
101Macao2.53 t2024
102Equatorial Guinea2.55 t2024
103Uruguay2.57 t2024
104Tunisia2.62 t2024
105Ecuador2.64 t2024
106Botswana2.74 t2024
107Panama2.74 t2024
108Jamaica2.84 t2024
109Indonesia2.87 t2024
110St. Kitts and Nevis2.88 t2024
111Dominican Republic2.99 t2024
112Ukraine3.13 t2024
113Malta3.18 t2024
114Portugal3.32 t2024
115Laos3.35 t2024
116Venezuela3.39 t2024
117Moldova3.42 t2024
118French Polynesia3.46 t2024
119Georgia3.53 t2024
120Mauritius3.54 t2024
121Maldives3.57 t2024
122Sweden3.57 t2024
123Bahamas3.64 t2024
124Mexico3.64 t2024
125Latvia3.65 t2024
126Romania3.72 t2024
127Switzerland3.75 t2024
128Antigua and Barbuda3.80 t2024
129Azerbaijan3.81 t2024
130Chile3.94 t2024
131Thailand3.96 t2024
132Algeria3.98 t2024
133North Macedonia4.00 t2024
134France4.00 t2024
135Argentina4.01 t2024
136Suriname4.06 t2024
137Uzbekistan4.09 t2024
138Bermuda4.14 t2024
139United Kingdom4.22 t2024
140Vietnam4.27 t2024
141Denmark4.28 t2024
142Hungary4.46 t2024
143Lithuania4.49 t2024
144Spain4.51 t2024
145Guyana4.56 t2024
146Hong Kong4.60 t2024
147Puerto Rico4.82 t2024
148Croatia4.83 t2024
149Turks and Caicos Islands4.92 t2024
150Cayman Islands5.00 t2024
151Greece5.05 t2024
152Italy5.08 t2024
153Aruba5.15 t2024
154Iraq5.18 t2024
155Bulgaria5.31 t2024
156Türkiye5.38 t2024
157Cyprus5.40 t2024
158Slovakia5.51 t2024
159Finland5.54 t2024
160Israel5.77 t2024
161Belarus5.94 t2024
162New Zealand6.01 t2024
163Ireland6.04 t2024
164Slovenia6.27 t2024
165Austria6.32 t2024
166Bosnia and Herzegovina6.45 t2024
167Netherlands6.60 t2024
168South Africa6.88 t2024
169Germany6.94 t2024
170Czechia7.13 t2024
171Norway7.18 t2024
172Seychelles7.24 t2024
173Belgium7.31 t2024
174Poland7.55 t2024
175Estonia7.76 t2024
176Japan7.84 t2024
177Mongolia7.85 t2024
178Malaysia8.32 t2024
179Iceland8.52 t2024
180Libya8.66 t2024
181Iran9.05 t2024
182China9.32 t2024
183Singapore9.75 t2024
184Greenland10.45 t2024
185Luxembourg10.56 t2024
186Turkmenistan10.86 t2024
187South Korea11.36 t2024
188Kazakhstan12.57 t2024
189United States13.62 t2024
190Russia13.98 t2024
191Canada14.01 t2024
192Australia14.10 t2024
193Gibraltar16.15 t2024
194New Caledonia17.08 t2024
195United Arab Emirates18.26 t2024
196Saudi Arabia18.48 t2024
197Oman18.65 t2024
198Trinidad and Tobago19.58 t2024
199Brunei20.24 t2024
200Kuwait23.67 t2024
201Bahrain23.90 t2024
202Qatar47.33 t2024
203Palau82.84 t2024

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5). License: CC BY 4.0. Data retrieved: 2026-10-28.

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