👣 CO2 emissions per person by country

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166 countries ranked · World Bank · 2024

Which country emits the most CO2 per person?

The highest CO2 emissions per person in the world: 1. Qatar (47.3 t), 2. Bahrain (23.9 t), 3. Kuwait (23.7 t).

The middle of the table sits at 2.7 t (Panama, no. 83 of 166), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

🇶🇦Qatar 47.3 t
🇧🇭Bahrain 23.9 t
🇰🇼Kuwait 23.7 t
🇧🇳Brunei 20.2 t
🇴🇲Oman 18.7 t
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 18.5 t
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 18.3 t
🇦🇺Australia 14.1 t
🇨🇦Canada 14 t
🇷🇺Russia 14 t

Which country emits the least CO2 per person?

The lowest CO2 emissions per person in this table, tied: Somalia, DR Congo and Central African Republic, all at 0.1 t.

The bottom 10

166th 🇸🇴Somalia 0.1 t
165th 🇨🇩DR Congo 0.1 t
164th 🇨🇫Central African Republic 0.1 t
163rd 🇧🇮Burundi 0.1 t
162nd 🇳🇪Niger 0.1 t
161st 🇹🇩Chad 0.1 t
160th 🇲🇬Madagascar 0.2 t
159th 🇱🇷Liberia 0.2 t
158th 🇪🇹Ethiopia 0.2 t
157th 🇷🇼Rwanda 0.2 t

The same ranking, as a map

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CO₂ per person, 166 countries, shaded by rank. Source: World Bank · data 2024. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

Highest and lowest by region

The same table split by continent. Each row gives how many countries on that continent are ranked, and the extremes at both ends of it, which is the comparison a world table ordered by rank hides: a continent's floor is often above another's ceiling. Continents with fewer than three ranked countries are left out, so the counts need not add up to the whole table.

Region	Ranked	Highest	Lowest
Europe	38	🇱🇺Luxembourg 10.6 t	🇦🇱Albania 1.8 t
Asia	45	🇶🇦Qatar 47.3 t	🇾🇪Yemen 0.3 t
Africa	50	🇱🇾Libya 8.7 t	🇸🇴Somalia 0.1 t
North America	16	🇨🇦Canada 14 t	🇭🇹Haiti 0.3 t
South America	12	🇬🇾Guyana 4.6 t	🇵🇾Paraguay 1.2 t
Oceania	5	🇦🇺Australia 14.1 t	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.5 t

The full ranking of all 166 countries

CO₂ per person · 2024
#	Country	CO₂ per person
1	🇶🇦Qatar	47.3 t
2	🇧🇭Bahrain	23.9 t
3	🇰🇼Kuwait	23.7 t
4	🇧🇳Brunei	20.2 t
5	🇴🇲Oman	18.7 t
6	🇸🇦Saudi Arabia	18.5 t
7	🇦🇪United Arab Emirates	18.3 t
8	🇦🇺Australia	14.1 t
9	🇨🇦Canada	14 t
10	🇷🇺Russia	14 t
11	🇺🇸United States	13.6 t
12	🇰🇿Kazakhstan	12.6 t
13	🇰🇷South Korea	11.4 t
14	🇹🇲Turkmenistan	10.9 t
15	🇱🇺Luxembourg	10.6 t
16	🇸🇬Singapore	9.8 t
17	🇨🇳China	9.3 t
18	🇮🇷Iran	9.1 t
19	🇱🇾Libya	8.7 t
20	🇮🇸Iceland	8.5 t
21	🇲🇾Malaysia	8.3 t
22	🇲🇳Mongolia	7.9 t
23	🇯🇵Japan	7.8 t
24	🇪🇪Estonia	7.8 t
25	🇵🇱Poland	7.6 t
26	🇧🇪Belgium	7.3 t
27	🇳🇴Norway	7.2 t
28	🇨🇿Czechia	7.1 t
29	🇩🇪Germany	6.9 t
30	🇿🇦South Africa	6.9 t
31	🇳🇱Netherlands	6.6 t
32	🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.5 t
33	🇦🇹Austria	6.3 t
34	🇸🇮Slovenia	6.3 t
35	🇮🇪Ireland	6 t
36	🇳🇿New Zealand	6 t
37	🇧🇾Belarus	5.9 t
38	🇮🇱Israel	5.8 t
39	🇫🇮Finland	5.5 t
40	🇸🇰Slovakia	5.5 t
41	🇨🇾Cyprus	5.4 t
42	🇹🇷Turkey	5.4 t
43	🇧🇬Bulgaria	5.3 t
44	🇮🇶Iraq	5.2 t
45	🇮🇹Italy	5.1 t
46	🇬🇷Greece	5.1 t
47	🇭🇷Croatia	4.8 t
48	🇬🇾Guyana	4.6 t
49	🇪🇸Spain	4.5 t
50	🇱🇹Lithuania	4.5 t
51	🇭🇺Hungary	4.5 t
52	🇩🇰Denmark	4.3 t
53	🇻🇳Vietnam	4.3 t
54	🇬🇧United Kingdom	4.2 t
55	🇺🇿Uzbekistan	4.1 t
56	🇸🇷Suriname	4.1 t
57	🇦🇷Argentina	4 t
58	🇫🇷France	4 t
59	🇲🇰North Macedonia	4 t
60	🇩🇿Algeria	4 t
61	🇹🇭Thailand	4 t
62	🇨🇱Chile	3.9 t
63	🇦🇿Azerbaijan	3.8 t
64	🇨🇭Switzerland	3.8 t
65	🇷🇴Romania	3.7 t
66	🇱🇻Latvia	3.7 t
67	🇧🇸Bahamas	3.6 t
68	🇲🇽Mexico	3.6 t
69	🇲🇻Maldives	3.6 t
70	🇸🇪Sweden	3.6 t
71	🇲🇺Mauritius	3.5 t
72	🇬🇪Georgia	3.5 t
73	🇲🇩Moldova	3.4 t
74	🇻🇪Venezuela	3.4 t
75	🇱🇦Laos	3.4 t
76	🇵🇹Portugal	3.3 t
77	🇲🇹Malta	3.2 t
78	🇺🇦Ukraine	3.1 t
79	🇩🇴Dominican Republic	3 t
80	🇮🇩Indonesia	2.9 t
81	🇯🇲Jamaica	2.8 t
82	🇧🇼Botswana	2.7 t
83	🇵🇦Panama	2.7 t
84	🇪🇨Ecuador	2.6 t
85	🇹🇳Tunisia	2.6 t
86	🇺🇾Uruguay	2.6 t
87	🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea	2.6 t
88	🇧🇧Barbados	2.5 t
89	🇪🇬Egypt	2.5 t
90	🇰🇵North Korea	2.5 t
91	🇦🇲Armenia	2.5 t
92	🇧🇷Brazil	2.3 t
93	🇧🇴Bolivia	2.3 t
94	🇮🇳India	2.2 t
95	🇯🇴Jordan	2.1 t
96	🇬🇦Gabon	2.1 t
97	🇵🇪Peru	2 t
98	🇧🇹Bhutan	2 t
99	🇨🇺Cuba	1.9 t
100	🇱🇧Lebanon	1.9 t
101	🇲🇦Morocco	1.8 t
102	🇨🇴Colombia	1.8 t
103	🇦🇱Albania	1.8 t
104	🇨🇷Costa Rica	1.6 t
105	🇫🇯Fiji	1.6 t
106	🇸🇻El Salvador	1.5 t
107	🇵🇭Philippines	1.5 t
108	🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan	1.5 t
109	🇨🇬Congo	1.3 t
110	🇨🇻Cape Verde	1.3 t
111	🇸🇾Syria	1.3 t
112	🇳🇦Namibia	1.2 t
113	🇵🇾Paraguay	1.2 t
114	🇭🇳Honduras	1.1 t
115	🇬🇹Guatemala	1.1 t
116	🇰🇭Cambodia	1.1 t
117	🇱🇰Sri Lanka	1.1 t
118	🇲🇷Mauritania	1 t
119	🇧🇿Belize	0.9 t
120	🇹🇯Tajikistan	0.9 t
121	🇻🇺Vanuatu	0.9 t
122	🇳🇮Nicaragua	0.8 t
123	🇵🇰Pakistan	0.8 t
124	🇩🇯Djibouti	0.8 t
125	🇸🇳Senegal	0.8 t
126	🇿🇼Zimbabwe	0.8 t
127	🇦🇴Angola	0.7 t
128	🇧🇩Bangladesh	0.7 t
129	🇬🇭Ghana	0.7 t
130	🇨🇮Ivory Coast	0.6 t
131	🇲🇲Myanmar	0.6 t
132	🇳🇬Nigeria	0.6 t
133	🇳🇵Nepal	0.5 t
134	🇿🇲Zambia	0.5 t
135	🇵🇬Papua New Guinea	0.5 t
136	🇰🇲Comoros	0.5 t
137	🇧🇯Benin	0.5 t
138	🇱🇸Lesotho	0.4 t
139	🇸🇩Sudan	0.4 t
140	🇰🇪Kenya	0.4 t
141	🇨🇲Cameroon	0.4 t
142	🇬🇳Guinea	0.4 t
143	🇹🇿Tanzania	0.3 t
144	🇹🇬Togo	0.3 t
145	🇭🇹Haiti	0.3 t
146	🇲🇱Mali	0.3 t
147	🇲🇿Mozambique	0.3 t
148	🇦🇫Afghanistan	0.3 t
149	🇧🇫Burkina Faso	0.3 t
150	🇾🇪Yemen	0.3 t
151	🇪🇷Eritrea	0.2 t
152	🇲🇼Malawi	0.2 t
153	🇬🇲Gambia	0.2 t
154	🇸🇱Sierra Leone	0.2 t
155	🇺🇬Uganda	0.2 t
156	🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau	0.2 t
157	🇷🇼Rwanda	0.2 t
158	🇪🇹Ethiopia	0.2 t
159	🇱🇷Liberia	0.2 t
160	🇲🇬Madagascar	0.2 t
161	🇹🇩Chad	0.1 t
162	🇳🇪Niger	0.1 t
163	🇧🇮Burundi	0.1 t
164	🇨🇫Central African Republic	0.1 t
165	🇨🇩DR Congo	0.1 t
166	🇸🇴Somalia	0.1 t

Source: World Bank · 2024 · 166 countries ranked

CO2 emissions per person by country for every country, A to Z

All 166 countries in alphabetical order, each with its figure and its position in the world ranking. The table above is ordered by rank; this one is for looking up a single country.

🇦🇫Afghanistan 0.3 t 148th of 166
🇦🇱Albania 1.8 t 103rd of 166
🇩🇿Algeria 4 t 60th of 166
🇦🇴Angola 0.7 t 127th of 166
🇦🇷Argentina 4 t 57th of 166
🇦🇲Armenia 2.5 t 91st of 166
🇦🇺Australia 14.1 t 8th of 166
🇦🇹Austria 6.3 t 33rd of 166
🇦🇿Azerbaijan 3.8 t 63rd of 166
🇧🇸Bahamas 3.6 t 67th of 166
🇧🇭Bahrain 23.9 t 2nd of 166
🇧🇩Bangladesh 0.7 t 128th of 166
🇧🇧Barbados 2.5 t 88th of 166
🇧🇾Belarus 5.9 t 37th of 166
🇧🇪Belgium 7.3 t 26th of 166
🇧🇿Belize 0.9 t 119th of 166
🇧🇯Benin 0.5 t 137th of 166
🇧🇹Bhutan 2 t 98th of 166
🇧🇴Bolivia 2.3 t 93rd of 166
🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.5 t 32nd of 166
🇧🇼Botswana 2.7 t 82nd of 166
🇧🇷Brazil 2.3 t 92nd of 166
🇧🇳Brunei 20.2 t 4th of 166
🇧🇬Bulgaria 5.3 t 43rd of 166
🇧🇫Burkina Faso 0.3 t 149th of 166
🇧🇮Burundi 0.1 t 163rd of 166
🇰🇭Cambodia 1.1 t 116th of 166
🇨🇲Cameroon 0.4 t 141st of 166
🇨🇦Canada 14 t 9th of 166
🇨🇻Cape Verde 1.3 t 110th of 166
🇨🇫Central African Republic 0.1 t 164th of 166
🇹🇩Chad 0.1 t 161st of 166
🇨🇱Chile 3.9 t 62nd of 166
🇨🇳China 9.3 t 17th of 166
🇨🇴Colombia 1.8 t 102nd of 166
🇰🇲Comoros 0.5 t 136th of 166
🇨🇬Congo 1.3 t 109th of 166
🇨🇷Costa Rica 1.6 t 104th of 166
🇭🇷Croatia 4.8 t 47th of 166
🇨🇺Cuba 1.9 t 99th of 166
🇨🇾Cyprus 5.4 t 41st of 166
🇨🇿Czechia 7.1 t 28th of 166
🇩🇰Denmark 4.3 t 52nd of 166
🇩🇯Djibouti 0.8 t 124th of 166
🇩🇴Dominican Republic 3 t 79th of 166
🇨🇩DR Congo 0.1 t 165th of 166
🇪🇨Ecuador 2.6 t 84th of 166
🇪🇬Egypt 2.5 t 89th of 166
🇸🇻El Salvador 1.5 t 106th of 166
🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea 2.6 t 87th of 166
🇪🇷Eritrea 0.2 t 151st of 166
🇪🇪Estonia 7.8 t 24th of 166
🇪🇹Ethiopia 0.2 t 158th of 166
🇫🇯Fiji 1.6 t 105th of 166
🇫🇮Finland 5.5 t 39th of 166
🇫🇷France 4 t 58th of 166
🇬🇦Gabon 2.1 t 96th of 166
🇬🇲Gambia 0.2 t 153rd of 166
🇬🇪Georgia 3.5 t 72nd of 166
🇩🇪Germany 6.9 t 29th of 166
🇬🇭Ghana 0.7 t 129th of 166
🇬🇷Greece 5.1 t 46th of 166
🇬🇹Guatemala 1.1 t 115th of 166
🇬🇳Guinea 0.4 t 142nd of 166
🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau 0.2 t 156th of 166
🇬🇾Guyana 4.6 t 48th of 166
🇭🇹Haiti 0.3 t 145th of 166
🇭🇳Honduras 1.1 t 114th of 166
🇭🇺Hungary 4.5 t 51st of 166
🇮🇸Iceland 8.5 t 20th of 166
🇮🇳India 2.2 t 94th of 166
🇮🇩Indonesia 2.9 t 80th of 166
🇮🇷Iran 9.1 t 18th of 166
🇮🇶Iraq 5.2 t 44th of 166
🇮🇪Ireland 6 t 35th of 166
🇮🇱Israel 5.8 t 38th of 166
🇮🇹Italy 5.1 t 45th of 166
🇨🇮Ivory Coast 0.6 t 130th of 166
🇯🇲Jamaica 2.8 t 81st of 166
🇯🇵Japan 7.8 t 23rd of 166
🇯🇴Jordan 2.1 t 95th of 166
🇰🇿Kazakhstan 12.6 t 12th of 166
🇰🇪Kenya 0.4 t 140th of 166
🇰🇼Kuwait 23.7 t 3rd of 166
🇰🇬Kyrgyzstan 1.5 t 108th of 166
🇱🇦Laos 3.4 t 75th of 166
🇱🇻Latvia 3.7 t 66th of 166
🇱🇧Lebanon 1.9 t 100th of 166
🇱🇸Lesotho 0.4 t 138th of 166
🇱🇷Liberia 0.2 t 159th of 166
🇱🇾Libya 8.7 t 19th of 166
🇱🇹Lithuania 4.5 t 50th of 166
🇱🇺Luxembourg 10.6 t 15th of 166
🇲🇬Madagascar 0.2 t 160th of 166
🇲🇼Malawi 0.2 t 152nd of 166
🇲🇾Malaysia 8.3 t 21st of 166
🇲🇻Maldives 3.6 t 69th of 166
🇲🇱Mali 0.3 t 146th of 166
🇲🇹Malta 3.2 t 77th of 166
🇲🇷Mauritania 1 t 118th of 166
🇲🇺Mauritius 3.5 t 71st of 166
🇲🇽Mexico 3.6 t 68th of 166
🇲🇩Moldova 3.4 t 73rd of 166
🇲🇳Mongolia 7.9 t 22nd of 166
🇲🇦Morocco 1.8 t 101st of 166
🇲🇿Mozambique 0.3 t 147th of 166
🇲🇲Myanmar 0.6 t 131st of 166
🇳🇦Namibia 1.2 t 112th of 166
🇳🇵Nepal 0.5 t 133rd of 166
🇳🇱Netherlands 6.6 t 31st of 166
🇳🇿New Zealand 6 t 36th of 166
🇳🇮Nicaragua 0.8 t 122nd of 166
🇳🇪Niger 0.1 t 162nd of 166
🇳🇬Nigeria 0.6 t 132nd of 166
🇰🇵North Korea 2.5 t 90th of 166
🇲🇰North Macedonia 4 t 59th of 166
🇳🇴Norway 7.2 t 27th of 166
🇴🇲Oman 18.7 t 5th of 166
🇵🇰Pakistan 0.8 t 123rd of 166
🇵🇦Panama 2.7 t 83rd of 166
🇵🇬Papua New Guinea 0.5 t 135th of 166
🇵🇾Paraguay 1.2 t 113th of 166
🇵🇪Peru 2 t 97th of 166
🇵🇭Philippines 1.5 t 107th of 166
🇵🇱Poland 7.6 t 25th of 166
🇵🇹Portugal 3.3 t 76th of 166
🇶🇦Qatar 47.3 t 1st of 166
🇷🇴Romania 3.7 t 65th of 166
🇷🇺Russia 14 t 10th of 166
🇷🇼Rwanda 0.2 t 157th of 166
🇸🇦Saudi Arabia 18.5 t 6th of 166
🇸🇳Senegal 0.8 t 125th of 166
🇸🇱Sierra Leone 0.2 t 154th of 166
🇸🇬Singapore 9.8 t 16th of 166
🇸🇰Slovakia 5.5 t 40th of 166
🇸🇮Slovenia 6.3 t 34th of 166
🇸🇴Somalia 0.1 t 166th of 166
🇿🇦South Africa 6.9 t 30th of 166
🇰🇷South Korea 11.4 t 13th of 166
🇪🇸Spain 4.5 t 49th of 166
🇱🇰Sri Lanka 1.1 t 117th of 166
🇸🇩Sudan 0.4 t 139th of 166
🇸🇷Suriname 4.1 t 56th of 166
🇸🇪Sweden 3.6 t 70th of 166
🇨🇭Switzerland 3.8 t 64th of 166
🇸🇾Syria 1.3 t 111th of 166
🇹🇯Tajikistan 0.9 t 120th of 166
🇹🇿Tanzania 0.3 t 143rd of 166
🇹🇭Thailand 4 t 61st of 166
🇹🇬Togo 0.3 t 144th of 166
🇹🇳Tunisia 2.6 t 85th of 166
🇹🇷Turkey 5.4 t 42nd of 166
🇹🇲Turkmenistan 10.9 t 14th of 166
🇺🇬Uganda 0.2 t 155th of 166
🇺🇦Ukraine 3.1 t 78th of 166
🇦🇪United Arab Emirates 18.3 t 7th of 166
🇬🇧United Kingdom 4.2 t 54th of 166
🇺🇸United States 13.6 t 11th of 166
🇺🇾Uruguay 2.6 t 86th of 166
🇺🇿Uzbekistan 4.1 t 55th of 166
🇻🇺Vanuatu 0.9 t 121st of 166
🇻🇪Venezuela 3.4 t 74th of 166
🇻🇳Vietnam 4.3 t 53rd of 166
🇾🇪Yemen 0.3 t 150th of 166
🇿🇲Zambia 0.5 t 134th of 166
🇿🇼Zimbabwe 0.8 t 126th of 166

What this table covers

This table ranks the 166 countries that have a CO2 emissions per person figure in World Bank's data (2024). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which country emits the most CO2 per person?

The highest CO2 emissions per person in the world: 1. Qatar (47.3 t), 2. Bahrain (23.9 t), 3. Kuwait (23.7 t).

Which country emits the least CO2 per person?

The lowest CO2 emissions per person in this table, tied: Somalia, DR Congo and Central African Republic, all at 0.1 t.

Why is the order so different from total emissions?

Because dividing by population changes the question completely. The total is led by the largest economies, because a big country burning a moderate amount per person still burns a great deal; per person is led by small, energy-exporting or energy-intensive states whose national total is a rounding error next to the leaders of the other table. Neither order predicts the other, which is why the game keeps them apart and this catalog gives them a page each.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

166 countries have a published figure for CO2 emissions per person, and all 166 are listed above. The source is World Bank (2024), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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This ranking in other languages: Émissions de CO₂ par habitant par pays · Emisiones de CO₂ por persona por país · CO₂-Emissionen pro Kopf nach Land