# CO₂ per capita (t) by nation — world ranking

CO₂ per capita (t) ranked across 170 nations, highest to lowest. Qatar highest at 47.3 (2024). Each figure carries its publisher and observation year.

Canonical: https://terralore.co/rankings/co2-per-capita
Updated: 2026-06-14 (the geography domain's last refresh)

Definition: Carbon-dioxide emissions per person, in metric tons per year.
Unit: ratio. Ordered highest to lowest — a ranking of figures, not a grading of nations. Ties share a rank.

## Ranking (170 nations)

| Rank | Nation | Value | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 47.3 | 2024 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 23.7 | 2024 |
| 3 | Brunei | 20.2 | 2024 |
| 4 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.6 | 2024 |
| 5 | Oman | 18.7 | 2024 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 18.5 | 2024 |
| 7 | United Arab Emirates | 18.3 | 2024 |
| 8 | New Caledonia | 17.1 | 2024 |
| 9 | Australia | 14.1 | 2024 |
| 10 | Canada | 14.0 | 2024 |
| 11 | Russia | 14.0 | 2024 |
| 12 | United States | 13.6 | 2024 |
| 13 | Kazakhstan | 12.6 | 2024 |
| 14 | South Korea | 11.4 | 2024 |
| 15 | Turkmenistan | 10.9 | 2024 |
| 16 | Luxembourg | 10.6 | 2024 |
| 17 | Greenland | 10.5 | 2024 |
| 18 | China | 9.3 | 2024 |
| 19 | Iran | 9.1 | 2024 |
| 20 | Libya | 8.7 | 2024 |
| 21 | Iceland | 8.5 | 2024 |
| 22 | Malaysia | 8.3 | 2024 |
| 23 | Mongolia | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 24 | Japan | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 25 | Estonia | 7.8 | 2024 |
| 26 | Poland | 7.6 | 2024 |
| 27 | Belgium | 7.3 | 2024 |
| 28 | Seychelles | 7.2 | 2024 |
| 29 | Norway | 7.2 | 2024 |
| 30 | Czechia | 7.1 | 2024 |
| 31 | Germany | 6.9 | 2024 |
| 32 | South Africa | 6.9 | 2024 |
| 33 | Netherlands | 6.6 | 2024 |
| 34 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.4 | 2024 |
| 35 | Austria | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 36 | Slovenia | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 37 | Ireland | 6.0 | 2024 |
| 38 | New Zealand | 6.0 | 2024 |
| 39 | Belarus | 5.9 | 2024 |
| 40 | Finland | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 41 | Slovakia | 5.5 | 2024 |
| 42 | Cyprus | 5.4 | 2024 |
| 43 | Türkiye | 5.4 | 2024 |
| 44 | Bulgaria | 5.3 | 2024 |
| 45 | Iraq | 5.2 | 2024 |
| 46 | Italy | 5.1 | 2024 |
| 47 | Greece | 5.0 | 2024 |
| 48 | Croatia | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 49 | Puerto Rico | 4.8 | 2024 |
| 50 | Guyana | 4.6 | 2024 |
| 51 | Spain | 4.5 | 2024 |
| 52 | Lithuania | 4.5 | 2024 |
| 53 | Hungary | 4.5 | 2024 |
| 54 | Denmark | 4.3 | 2024 |
| 55 | Vietnam | 4.3 | 2024 |
| 56 | United Kingdom | 4.2 | 2024 |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 4.1 | 2024 |
| 58 | Suriname | 4.1 | 2024 |
| 59 | Argentina | 4.0 | 2024 |
| 60 | France | 4.0 | 2024 |
| 61 | North Macedonia | 4.0 | 2024 |
| 62 | Algeria | 4.0 | 2024 |
| 63 | Thailand | 4.0 | 2024 |
| 64 | Chile | 3.9 | 2024 |
| 65 | Azerbaijan | 3.8 | 2024 |
| 66 | Switzerland | 3.7 | 2024 |
| 67 | Romania | 3.7 | 2024 |
| 68 | Latvia | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 69 | Georgia | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 70 | Mexico | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 71 | Bahamas | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 72 | Sweden | 3.6 | 2024 |
| 73 | Mauritius | 3.5 | 2024 |
| 74 | Moldova | 3.4 | 2024 |
| 75 | Venezuela | 3.4 | 2024 |
| 76 | Laos | 3.4 | 2024 |
| 77 | Portugal | 3.3 | 2024 |
| 78 | Malta | 3.2 | 2024 |
| 79 | Ukraine | 3.1 | 2024 |
| 80 | Dominican Republic | 3.0 | 2024 |
| 81 | Indonesia | 2.9 | 2024 |
| 82 | Jamaica | 2.8 | 2024 |
| 83 | Panama | 2.7 | 2024 |
| 84 | Botswana | 2.7 | 2024 |
| 85 | Ecuador | 2.6 | 2024 |
| 86 | Tunisia | 2.6 | 2024 |
| 87 | Uruguay | 2.6 | 2024 |
| 88 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.6 | 2024 |
| 89 | Egypt | 2.5 | 2024 |
| 90 | North Korea | 2.5 | 2024 |
| 91 | Armenia | 2.5 | 2024 |
| 92 | Brazil | 2.3 | 2024 |
| 93 | Bolivia | 2.3 | 2024 |
| 94 | India | 2.2 | 2024 |
| 95 | Jordan | 2.1 | 2024 |
| 96 | Gabon | 2.0 | 2024 |
| 97 | Peru | 2.0 | 2024 |
| 98 | Bhutan | 2.0 | 2024 |
| 99 | Cuba | 1.9 | 2024 |
| 100 | Lebanon | 1.9 | 2024 |
| 101 | Morocco | 1.8 | 2024 |
| 102 | Colombia | 1.8 | 2024 |
| 103 | Albania | 1.8 | 2024 |
| 104 | Costa Rica | 1.6 | 2024 |
| 105 | Fiji | 1.6 | 2024 |
| 106 | El Salvador | 1.5 | 2024 |
| 107 | Philippines | 1.5 | 2024 |
| 108 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.5 | 2024 |
| 109 | Congo | 1.3 | 2024 |
| 110 | Cape Verde | 1.3 | 2024 |
| 111 | Syria | 1.3 | 2024 |
| 112 | Namibia | 1.2 | 2024 |
| 113 | Paraguay | 1.2 | 2024 |
| 114 | Honduras | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 115 | Guatemala | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 116 | Cambodia | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 117 | Sri Lanka | 1.1 | 2024 |
| 118 | Mauritania | 1.0 | 2024 |
| 119 | Belize | 0.9 | 2024 |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.9 | 2024 |
| 121 | Eswatini | 0.9 | 2024 |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 0.9 | 2024 |
| 123 | Nicaragua | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 124 | Pakistan | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 125 | Zimbabwe | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 126 | Senegal | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 127 | Djibouti | 0.8 | 2024 |
| 128 | Angola | 0.7 | 2024 |
| 129 | Bangladesh | 0.7 | 2024 |
| 130 | Ghana | 0.7 | 2024 |
| 131 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.6 | 2024 |
| 132 | Ivory Coast | 0.6 | 2024 |
| 133 | Myanmar | 0.6 | 2024 |
| 134 | Nigeria | 0.6 | 2024 |
| 135 | Zambia | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 136 | Nepal | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 138 | Comoros | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 139 | Timor-Leste | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 140 | Benin | 0.5 | 2024 |
| 141 | Sudan | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 142 | Lesotho | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 143 | Solomon Islands | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 144 | Kenya | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 145 | Cameroon | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 146 | Guinea | 0.4 | 2024 |
| 147 | Tanzania | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 148 | Mali | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 149 | Haiti | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 150 | Mozambique | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 152 | Togo | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 153 | Burkina Faso | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 154 | Yemen | 0.3 | 2024 |
| 155 | Malawi | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 156 | Eritrea | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 157 | Gambia | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 158 | Sierra Leone | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 159 | Uganda | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 160 | Rwanda | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 161 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 162 | Liberia | 0.2 | 2024 |
| 163 | Ethiopia | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 164 | Madagascar | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 165 | Chad | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 166 | Niger | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 167 | Burundi | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 168 | Central African Republic | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 169 | DR Congo | 0.1 | 2024 |
| 170 | Somalia | 0.0 | 2024 |

## No data (16 nations)

These nations publish no figure for this indicator in the sources below. Absence is a fact about the world's statistical apparatus, not a zero — they are not ranked.

- Andorra
- Antarctica — Antarctica has no permanent population and no national government — it is administered under the Antarctic Treaty. No statistical agency compiles national indicators for it, so there is nothing here to report.
- Falkland Islands — The Falkland Islands are a British Overseas Territory, administered by the United Kingdom; sovereignty is disputed by Argentina. They are not a separate reporting entity in World Bank datasets.
- French Southern and Antarctic Lands — The French Southern and Antarctic Lands have no permanent civilian population. They are administered from Réunion as an overseas territory of France and are not a separate reporting entity in international datasets.
- Kosovo
- Liechtenstein
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Northern Cyprus — Northern Cyprus is recognised as a state by Türkiye alone. It is not a member of the United Nations or the World Bank, and does not appear as a separate entity in the datasets these indicators are drawn from.
- Palestine
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Somaliland — Somaliland declared independence in 1991 and has not been recognised by the United Nations or any member state. Where its figures are collected at all, they are reported within Somalia's.
- South Sudan
- Taiwan — Taiwan is not a member of the United Nations, and is excluded from the World Bank and UN series that supply most of this dossier. Its own statistical agencies publish extensively.
- Vatican City — Vatican City has a resident population of a few hundred and does not compile the economic and social series these indicators are drawn from.

## Sources

- World Development Indicators — World Bank · CC BY 4.0 · accessed 2026-06-14 · https://data.worldbank.org

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