How much carbon dioxide does each country emit per person?

In 2024, people in the United States emitted 13.6 tonnes of carbon dioxide each, in China 9.3 and in India 2.2, against 4.7 worldwide. The highest figure was 82.8 tonnes in Palau, then Qatar (47.3) and Bahrain (23.9). Search 203 countries and territories. The figures count carbon dioxide from burning fuel, industry and other sources, but not from changes in land use such as cutting forests; in a small country, a few power plants, refineries or fuel sales spread over few people can make the figure very high.

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Measure: Carbon dioxide emissions, tonnes per person. Written from the data below.

  • Palau has the highest figure, 82.8, followed by Qatar (47.3) and Bahrain (23.9).
  • Virgin Islands (U.S.), Tuvalu, Somalia, Northern Mariana Islands, and 6 more share the lowest figure, 0.
  • World: 4.7. Of the 203 compared, 57 are above it and 146 below.

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World Bank, World Development Indicators: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
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Chartly. “How much carbon dioxide does each country emit per person?” Chart. Data: World Bank, World Development Indicators: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita), https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 (data as of December 31, 2024). https://chart.ly/charts/carbon-emissions-per-person-by-country (accessed October 28, 2026).

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Country Carbon dioxide emissions, tonnes per person
Palau 82.8
Qatar 47.3
Bahrain 23.9
Kuwait 23.7
Brunei 20.2
Trinidad and Tobago 19.6
Oman 18.7
Saudi Arabia 18.5
United Arab Emirates 18.3
New Caledonia 17.1
Gibraltar 16.1
Australia 14.1
Canada 14
Russia 14
United States 13.6
Kazakhstan 12.6
South Korea 11.4
Turkmenistan 10.9
Luxembourg 10.6
Greenland 10.5
Singapore 9.8
China 9.3
Iran 9.1
Libya 8.7
Iceland 8.5
Malaysia 8.3
Estonia 7.8
Japan 7.8
Mongolia 7.8
Poland 7.6
Belgium 7.3
Norway 7.2
Seychelles 7.2
Czechia 7.1
Germany 6.9
South Africa 6.9
Netherlands 6.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.4
Austria 6.3
Slovenia 6.3
Ireland 6
New Zealand 6
Belarus 5.9
Israel 5.8
Finland 5.5
Slovakia 5.5
Cyprus 5.4
Türkiye 5.4
Bulgaria 5.3
Iraq 5.2
Aruba 5.1
Italy 5.1
Cayman Islands 5
Greece 5
Turks and Caicos Islands 4.9
Croatia 4.8
Puerto Rico 4.8
Guyana 4.6
Hong Kong 4.6
Hungary 4.5
Lithuania 4.5
Spain 4.5
Denmark 4.3
Vietnam 4.3
United Kingdom 4.2
Bermuda 4.1
Suriname 4.1
Uzbekistan 4.1
Algeria 4
Argentina 4
France 4
North Macedonia 4
Thailand 4
Chile 3.9
Antigua and Barbuda 3.8
Azerbaijan 3.8
Romania 3.7
Switzerland 3.7
Latvia 3.6
Maldives 3.6
Mexico 3.6
Sweden 3.6
The Bahamas 3.6
French Polynesia 3.5
Georgia 3.5
Mauritius 3.5
Laos 3.4
Moldova 3.4
Venezuela 3.4
Portugal 3.3
Malta 3.2
Ukraine 3.1
Dominican Republic 3
Indonesia 2.9
St. Kitts and Nevis 2.9
Jamaica 2.8
Botswana 2.7
Panama 2.7
Ecuador 2.6
Equatorial Guinea 2.6
Tunisia 2.6
Uruguay 2.6
Armenia 2.5
Barbados 2.5
Egypt 2.5
Macao 2.5
North Korea 2.5
Bolivia 2.3
Brazil 2.3
British Virgin Islands 2.3
India 2.2
Jordan 2.1
Bhutan 2
Gabon 2
Peru 2
Cuba 1.9
Lebanon 1.9
Albania 1.8
Colombia 1.8
Morocco 1.8
St. Lucia 1.7
Costa Rica 1.6
Fiji 1.6
Samoa 1.6
Tonga 1.6
El Salvador 1.5
Grenada 1.5
Kyrgyzstan 1.5
Philippines 1.5
Cabo Verde 1.3
Congo (Republic) 1.3
Dominica 1.3
St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1.3
Syria 1.3
Namibia 1.2
Paraguay 1.2
Cambodia 1.1
Guatemala 1.1
Honduras 1.1
Sri Lanka 1.1
Mauritania 1
Belize 0.9
Eswatini 0.9
Tajikistan 0.9
Vanuatu 0.9
Djibouti 0.8
Nicaragua 0.8
Pakistan 0.8
Senegal 0.8
Zimbabwe 0.8
Angola 0.7
Bangladesh 0.7
Ghana 0.7
Côte d'Ivoire 0.6
Kiribati 0.6
Myanmar 0.6
Nigeria 0.6
Sao Tome and Principe 0.6
Benin 0.5
Comoros 0.5
Nepal 0.5
Papua New Guinea 0.5
Timor-Leste 0.5
Zambia 0.5
Cameroon 0.4
Guinea 0.4
Kenya 0.4
Lesotho 0.4
Solomon Islands 0.4
Sudan 0.4
Afghanistan 0.3
Burkina Faso 0.3
Haiti 0.3
Mali 0.3
Mozambique 0.3
Tanzania 0.3
Togo 0.3
Yemen 0.3
Eritrea 0.2
Guinea-Bissau 0.2
Liberia 0.2
Malawi 0.2
Rwanda 0.2
Sierra Leone 0.2
The Gambia 0.2
Uganda 0.2
Burundi 0.1
Central African Republic 0.1
Chad 0.1
Congo (Democratic Republic) 0.1
Ethiopia 0.1
Madagascar 0.1
Niger 0.1
American Samoa 0
Faroe Islands 0
Guam 0
Marshall Islands 0
Micronesia 0
Nauru 0
Northern Mariana Islands 0
Somalia 0
Tuvalu 0
Virgin Islands (U.S.) 0
World 4.7

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