Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) by country
Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use,...
Countries reporting
203
Highest
82.84 t CO2e/capita
Palau
Lowest
0 t CO2e/capita
Tuvalu
Median
2.55 t CO2e/capita
Years covered
55
1970–2024
Data points
13,750
What the numbers show
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita) is currently reported for 203 countries. The highest value is 82.84 t CO2e/capita in Palau; the lowest is 0 t CO2e/capita in Tuvalu.
The median across all reporting countries is 2.55 t CO2e/capita, and the mean is 4.5 t CO2e/capita.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Laos (up 412.5%), and the largest decrease in Yemen (down 72.2%).
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 82.84 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 15.8% | falling |
| 2 | Qatar | 47.33 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 3 | Bahrain | 23.9 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 4 | Kuwait | 23.67 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 6.0% | falling |
| 5 | Brunei | 20.24 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 4.1% | rising |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.58 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 7 | Oman | 18.65 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 18.48 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 18.26 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 25.7% | falling |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 17.08 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 16.15 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 1.4% | volatile |
| 12 | Australia | 14.1 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 13 | Canada | 14.01 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 14 | Russia | 13.98 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 15.2% | flat |
| 15 | United States | 13.62 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 12.57 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 17 | South Korea | 11.36 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 10.86 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 10.56 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 40.2% | falling |
| 20 | Greenland | 10.45 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 22.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Singapore | 9.75 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 22 | China | 9.32 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 17.4% | volatile |
| 23 | Iran | 9.05 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 24 | Libya | 8.66 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 9.9% | flat |
| 25 | Iceland | 8.52 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 19.5% | falling |
| 26 | Malaysia | 8.32 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 27 | Mongolia | 7.85 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 19.0% | rising |
| 28 | Japan | 7.84 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 21.6% | rising |
| 29 | Estonia | 7.76 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 55.2% | falling |
| 30 | Poland | 7.55 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 31 | Belgium | 7.31 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 32 | Seychelles | 7.24 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Norway | 7.18 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 34 | Czechia | 7.13 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 35 | Germany | 6.94 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 36 | South Africa | 6.88 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 37 | Netherlands | 6.6 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 31.2% | falling |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.45 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 39 | Austria | 6.32 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 18.0% | flat |
| 40 | Slovenia | 6.27 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 41 | Ireland | 6.04 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 22.2% | flat |
| 42 | New Zealand | 6.01 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 23.0% | rising |
| 43 | Belarus | 5.94 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 44 | Israel | 5.77 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 28.2% | rising |
| 45 | Finland | 5.54 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 38.9% | falling |
| 46 | Slovakia | 5.51 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 47 | Cyprus | 5.4 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 4.7% | rising |
| 48 | Turkey | 5.38 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 5.31 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 20.7% | falling |
| 50 | Iraq | 5.18 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 37.0% | rising |
| 51 | Aruba | 5.15 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 52 | Italy | 5.08 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 53 | Greece | 5.05 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 22.6% | rising |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 5 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 29.5% | rising |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.92 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 56 | Croatia | 4.83 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 14.8% | flat |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 4.82 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 4.6 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 59 | Guyana | 4.56 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 66.5% | rising |
| 60 | Spain | 4.51 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 61 | Lithuania | 4.49 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 0.2% | falling |
| 62 | Hungary | 4.46 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 2.2% | falling |
| 63 | Denmark | 4.28 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 64 | Vietnam | 4.27 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 4.22 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 66 | Bermuda | 4.14 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 4.09 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 9.1% | falling |
| 68 | Suriname | 4.06 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 10.9% | rising |
| 69 | Argentina | 4.01 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 9.2% | rising |
| 70 | France | 4 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 71 | North Macedonia | 4 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 72 | Algeria | 3.98 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 73 | Thailand | 3.96 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 2.0% | volatile |
| 74 | Chile | 3.94 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 3.81 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 4.7% | falling |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.8 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 77 | Switzerland | 3.75 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 78 | Romania | 3.72 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 6.2% | falling |
| 79 | Latvia | 3.65 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 4.0% | falling |
| 80 | Mexico | 3.64 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 81 | Bahamas | 3.64 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 22.3% | falling |
| 82 | Sweden | 3.57 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 19.0% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 3.57 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 32.7% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritius | 3.54 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 11.8% | volatile |
| 85 | Georgia | 3.53 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 33.5% | volatile |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 3.46 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 87 | Moldova | 3.42 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 21.4% | volatile |
| 88 | Venezuela | 3.39 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 89 | Laos | 3.35 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 412.5% | volatile |
| 90 | Portugal | 3.32 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 27.5% | rising |
| 91 | Malta | 3.18 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 41.8% | rising |
| 92 | Ukraine | 3.13 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 46.6% | falling |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 2.99 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.88 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 39.6% | volatile |
| 95 | Indonesia | 2.87 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Jamaica | 2.84 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 10.1% | falling |
| 97 | Panama | 2.74 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 98 | Botswana | 2.74 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 16.8% | rising |
| 99 | Ecuador | 2.64 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 100 | Tunisia | 2.62 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 101 | Uruguay | 2.57 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.55 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 37.6% | volatile |
| 103 | Macao | 2.53 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 24.8% | rising |
| 104 | Barbados | 2.52 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 105 | Egypt | 2.5 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 106 | North Korea | 2.5 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 52.9% | falling |
| 107 | Armenia | 2.47 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 29.2% | volatile |
| 108 | British Virgin Islands | 2.33 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 109 | Brazil | 2.32 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 110 | Bolivia | 2.29 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 111 | India | 2.17 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 27.5% | volatile |
| 112 | Jordan | 2.09 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 28.9% | rising |
| 113 | Gabon | 2.05 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 114 | Peru | 2.02 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 115 | Bhutan | 2.01 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 30.6% | volatile |
| 116 | Cuba | 1.91 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 117 | Lebanon | 1.9 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 118 | Morocco | 1.84 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 119 | Colombia | 1.8 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 120 | Albania | 1.79 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 2.9% | falling |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 1.71 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 67.6% | volatile |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1.63 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 123 | Tonga | 1.63 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 31.8% | volatile |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.62 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 125 | Samoa | 1.6 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 126 | El Salvador | 1.51 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 36.2% | rising |
| 127 | Philippines | 1.5 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 49.9% | rising |
| 128 | Grenada | 1.5 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.49 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 11.6% | volatile |
| 130 | Congo | 1.34 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 25.9% | volatile |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.31 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 53.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 1.29 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 14.7% | volatile |
| 133 | Syria | 1.27 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 16.6% | rising |
| 134 | Dominica | 1.27 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 33.9% | volatile |
| 135 | Namibia | 1.2 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 136 | Paraguay | 1.16 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 137 | Honduras | 1.14 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 1.11 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 19.4% | rising |
| 139 | Cambodia | 1.1 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 141.3% | volatile |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 1.06 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 141 | Mauritania | 0.9695 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 39.1% | rising |
| 142 | Belize | 0.9325 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 59.1% | rising |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.9225 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 63.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.8803 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 0.8698 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 0.8298 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.8118 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 0.7728 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 149 | Senegal | 0.7676 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.7655 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 151 | Angola | 0.7417 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 34.8% | falling |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 0.7155 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.7021 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6271 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.5925 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.5891 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 38.1% | flat |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0.5755 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 64.4% | volatile |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.5669 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 159 | Zambia | 0.543 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 56.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.536 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 101.7% | volatile |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.517 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 162 | Comoros | 0.515 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 137.2% | volatile |
| 163 | East Timor | 0.4993 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 20.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Benin | 0.4873 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.4335 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.4281 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.3839 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 168 | Kenya | 0.3834 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 169 | Cameroon | 0.3534 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 170 | Guinea | 0.3528 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 70.5% | rising |
| 171 | Togo | 0.3126 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 25.0% | rising |
| 172 | Tanzania | 0.3112 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 39.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Mali | 0.3028 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 174 | Haiti | 0.2985 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 175 | Mozambique | 0.292 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 30.0% | flat |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.283 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 16.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 0.275 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.2607 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 72.2% | rising |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.2214 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 26.0% | volatile |
| 180 | Eritrea | 0.22 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 14.4% | flat |
| 181 | Gambia | 0.1784 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 0.1691 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 3.6% | flat |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.165 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 23.8% | volatile |
| 184 | Rwanda | 0.1621 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.1555 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 186 | Liberia | 0.1545 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 40.4% | volatile |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 0.1466 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 19.5% | volatile |
| 188 | Madagascar | 0.1465 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 15.8% | rising |
| 189 | Chad | 0.1425 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 44.0% | volatile |
| 190 | Niger | 0.1189 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 191 | Burundi | 0.069 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 83.7% | rising |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.0633 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 81.0% | rising |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.0568 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 19.9% | volatile |
| 194 | Somalia | 0.0455 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 195 | Faroe Islands | 0.0384 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 0.0027 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 32.6% | volatile |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0023 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 17.8% | volatile |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.0021 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 199 | United States Virgin Islands | 0.0019 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 200 | Guam | 0.0018 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | up 48.0% | flat |
| 201 | Micronesia (country) | 0.0018 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 202 | Nauru | 0 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | — | flat |
| 202 | Tuvalu | 0 t CO2e/capita | 2024 | — | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- North America 13.66 t CO2e/capita
- High income 9.75 t CO2e/capita
- Post-demographic dividend 8.77 t CO2e/capita
- Caribbean small states 8.13 t CO2e/capita
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 8.09 t CO2e/capita
- Late-demographic dividend 7.96 t CO2e/capita
- OECD members 7.92 t CO2e/capita
- East Asia & Pacific 7.35 t CO2e/capita
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 7.21 t CO2e/capita
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 7.15 t CO2e/capita
- Europe & Central Asia 6.62 t CO2e/capita
- Upper middle income 6.38 t CO2e/capita
About this data
Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties.