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Greenhouse gas emissions per person, t CO₂e: ranking of countries
203 countries ranked by their latest value. Palau is highest at 86.68 t; Northern Mariana Islands is lowest at 0.09 t.
World 6.36 t (2024)Median country 4.11 t203 countries
GHG per person: world and regions, 1994–2024
WorldEast Asia & PacificEurope & Central AsiaLatin America & CaribbeanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanNorth AmericaSouth AsiaSub-Saharan Africa
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Regional lines are World Bank aggregates.
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Latest value for each country; the year column shows when it was reported.
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| # | Country | Region | GHG per person | Year | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | East Asia & Pacific | 86.68 t | 2024 | |
| 2 | Qatar | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 56.95 t | 2024 | |
| 3 | Bahrain | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 40.55 t | 2024 | |
| 4 | Kuwait | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 35.39 t | 2024 | |
| 5 | Mongolia | East Asia & Pacific | 29.61 t | 2024 | |
| 6 | Brunei | East Asia & Pacific | 25.64 t | 2024 | |
| 7 | Oman | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 25.04 t | 2024 | |
| 8 | Trinidad and Tobago | Latin America & Caribbean | 24.55 t | 2024 | |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 24.04 t | 2024 | |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 23.76 t | 2024 | |
| 11 | Australia | East Asia & Pacific | 21.75 t | 2024 | |
| 12 | Canada | North America | 18.61 t | 2024 | |
| 13 | New Caledonia | East Asia & Pacific | 18.39 t | 2024 | |
| 14 | Russia | Europe & Central Asia | 17.93 t | 2024 | |
| 15 | United States | North America | 17.39 t | 2024 | |
| 16 | Gibraltar | Europe & Central Asia | 16.75 t | 2024 | |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | Europe & Central Asia | 16.04 t | 2024 | |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | Europe & Central Asia | 15.32 t | 2024 | |
| 19 | New Zealand | East Asia & Pacific | 14.71 t | 2024 | |
| 20 | Libya | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 13.30 t | 2024 | |
| 21 | Uruguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 13.18 t | 2024 | |
| 22 | South Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 12.91 t | 2024 | |
| 23 | Singapore | East Asia & Pacific | 12.60 t | 2024 | |
| 24 | Luxembourg | Europe & Central Asia | 11.90 t | 2024 | |
| 25 | Greenland | Europe & Central Asia | 11.60 t | 2024 | |
| 26 | Iran | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 11.52 t | 2024 | |
| 27 | Iceland | Europe & Central Asia | 11.08 t | 2024 | |
| 28 | Ireland | Europe & Central Asia | 11.06 t | 2024 | |
| 29 | China | East Asia & Pacific | 11.03 t | 2024 | |
| 30 | Guyana | Latin America & Caribbean | 10.51 t | 2024 | |
| 31 | Estonia | Europe & Central Asia | 10.30 t | 2024 | |
| 32 | Norway | Europe & Central Asia | 9.65 t | 2024 | |
| 33 | Belarus | Europe & Central Asia | 9.58 t | 2024 | |
| 34 | Poland | Europe & Central Asia | 9.52 t | 2024 | |
| 35 | Malaysia | East Asia & Pacific | 9.34 t | 2024 | |
| 36 | Czechia | Europe & Central Asia | 9.20 t | 2024 | |
| 37 | Belgium | Europe & Central Asia | 9.09 t | 2024 | |
| 38 | Iraq | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 8.98 t | 2024 | |
| 39 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.90 t | 2024 | |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Europe & Central Asia | 8.73 t | 2024 | |
| 41 | Finland | Europe & Central Asia | 8.66 t | 2024 | |
| 42 | Gabon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.58 t | 2024 | |
| 43 | Japan | East Asia & Pacific | 8.58 t | 2024 | |
| 44 | Argentina | Latin America & Caribbean | 8.19 t | 2024 | |
| 45 | Slovenia | Europe & Central Asia | 8.15 t | 2024 | |
| 46 | Germany | Europe & Central Asia | 8.07 t | 2024 | |
| 47 | Netherlands | Europe & Central Asia | 8.06 t | 2024 | |
| 48 | Seychelles | Sub-Saharan Africa | 8.05 t | 2024 | |
| 49 | Austria | Europe & Central Asia | 7.74 t | 2024 | |
| 50 | Israel | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 7.66 t | 2024 | |
| 51 | Lithuania | Europe & Central Asia | 7.46 t | 2024 | |
| 52 | Bulgaria | Europe & Central Asia | 7.25 t | 2024 | |
| 53 | Slovakia | Europe & Central Asia | 7.19 t | 2024 | |
| 54 | Croatia | Europe & Central Asia | 6.94 t | 2024 | |
| 55 | Cyprus | Europe & Central Asia | 6.88 t | 2024 | |
| 56 | Greece | Europe & Central Asia | 6.87 t | 2024 | |
| 57 | Türkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 6.78 t | 2024 | |
| 58 | Denmark | Europe & Central Asia | 6.40 t | 2024 | |
| 59 | Hungary | Europe & Central Asia | 6.32 t | 2024 | |
| 60 | Italy | Europe & Central Asia | 6.30 t | 2024 | |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | Europe & Central Asia | 6.26 t | 2024 | |
| 62 | Latvia | Europe & Central Asia | 6.24 t | 2024 | |
| 63 | Brazil | Latin America & Caribbean | 6.13 t | 2024 | |
| 64 | Paraguay | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.98 t | 2024 | |
| 65 | Chile | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.98 t | 2024 | |
| 66 | Thailand | East Asia & Pacific | 5.89 t | 2024 | |
| 67 | Venezuela | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.89 t | 2024 | |
| 68 | Spain | Europe & Central Asia | 5.85 t | 2024 | |
| 69 | Vietnam | East Asia & Pacific | 5.79 t | 2024 | |
| 70 | Suriname | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.78 t | 2024 | |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | Europe & Central Asia | 5.71 t | 2024 | |
| 72 | United Kingdom | Europe & Central Asia | 5.58 t | 2024 | |
| 73 | France | Europe & Central Asia | 5.52 t | 2024 | |
| 74 | Puerto Rico | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.50 t | 2024 | |
| 75 | Cayman Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.45 t | 2024 | |
| 76 | Aruba | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.45 t | 2024 | |
| 77 | Algeria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 5.40 t | 2024 | |
| 78 | North Macedonia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.38 t | 2024 | |
| 79 | Hong Kong | East Asia & Pacific | 5.36 t | 2024 | |
| 80 | Laos | East Asia & Pacific | 5.35 t | 2024 | |
| 81 | Romania | Europe & Central Asia | 5.35 t | 2024 | |
| 82 | Mexico | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.25 t | 2024 | |
| 83 | Ukraine | Europe & Central Asia | 5.20 t | 2024 | |
| 84 | Mauritius | Sub-Saharan Africa | 5.19 t | 2024 | |
| 85 | Georgia | Europe & Central Asia | 5.14 t | 2024 | |
| 86 | Bolivia | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.14 t | 2024 | |
| 87 | Turks and Caicos Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 5.11 t | 2024 | |
| 88 | Chad | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.98 t | 2024 | |
| 89 | Sweden | Europe & Central Asia | 4.97 t | 2024 | |
| 90 | Portugal | Europe & Central Asia | 4.97 t | 2024 | |
| 91 | Moldova | Europe & Central Asia | 4.85 t | 2024 | |
| 92 | Botswana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.80 t | 2024 | |
| 93 | Switzerland | Europe & Central Asia | 4.77 t | 2024 | |
| 94 | Bermuda | North America | 4.73 t | 2024 | |
| 95 | Namibia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.69 t | 2024 | |
| 96 | Indonesia | East Asia & Pacific | 4.67 t | 2024 | |
| 97 | Bahamas | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.60 t | 2024 | |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.55 t | 2024 | |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.51 t | 2024 | |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 4.30 t | 2024 | |
| 101 | Panama | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.26 t | 2024 | |
| 102 | Colombia | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.11 t | 2024 | |
| 103 | Ecuador | Latin America & Caribbean | 4.10 t | 2024 | |
| 104 | Maldives | South Asia | 3.97 t | 2024 | |
| 105 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.96 t | 2024 | |
| 106 | Malta | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.94 t | 2024 | |
| 107 | Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.89 t | 2024 | |
| 108 | French Polynesia | East Asia & Pacific | 3.84 t | 2024 | |
| 109 | Tunisia | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.63 t | 2024 | |
| 110 | Armenia | Europe & Central Asia | 3.55 t | 2024 | |
| 111 | Bhutan | South Asia | 3.55 t | 2024 | |
| 112 | North Korea | East Asia & Pacific | 3.44 t | 2024 | |
| 113 | Mauritania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 3.39 t | 2024 | |
| 114 | Costa Rica | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.33 t | 2024 | |
| 115 | Jamaica | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.32 t | 2024 | |
| 116 | Egypt | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.32 t | 2024 | |
| 117 | Cuba | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.28 t | 2024 | |
| 118 | Lebanon | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.24 t | 2024 | |
| 119 | Barbados | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.23 t | 2024 | |
| 120 | Kyrgyzstan | Europe & Central Asia | 3.10 t | 2024 | |
| 121 | Peru | Latin America & Caribbean | 3.03 t | 2024 | |
| 122 | Jordan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 3.02 t | 2024 | |
| 123 | India | South Asia | 3.01 t | 2024 | |
| 124 | Albania | Europe & Central Asia | 3.00 t | 2024 | |
| 125 | Fiji | East Asia & Pacific | 2.96 t | 2024 | |
| 126 | Morocco | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.86 t | 2024 | |
| 127 | Cambodia | East Asia & Pacific | 2.83 t | 2024 | |
| 128 | Tonga | East Asia & Pacific | 2.81 t | 2024 | |
| 129 | Nicaragua | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.77 t | 2024 | |
| 130 | Sudan | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.75 t | 2024 | |
| 131 | British Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.74 t | 2024 | |
| 132 | Macao | East Asia & Pacific | 2.65 t | 2024 | |
| 133 | Saint Lucia | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.61 t | 2024 | |
| 134 | Central African Republic | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.52 t | 2024 | |
| 135 | Belize | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.48 t | 2024 | |
| 136 | Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 2.39 t | 2024 | |
| 137 | Guatemala | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.36 t | 2024 | |
| 138 | Eswatini | Sub-Saharan Africa | 2.36 t | 2024 | |
| 139 | El Salvador | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.33 t | 2024 | |
| 140 | Dominica | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.30 t | 2024 | |
| 141 | Philippines | East Asia & Pacific | 2.30 t | 2024 | |
| 142 | Honduras | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.25 t | 2024 | |
| 143 | Myanmar | East Asia & Pacific | 2.16 t | 2024 | |
| 144 | Tajikistan | Europe & Central Asia | 2.10 t | 2024 | |
| 145 | Pakistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.09 t | 2024 | |
| 146 | Djibouti | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 2.07 t | 2024 | |
| 147 | Grenada | Latin America & Caribbean | 2.06 t | 2024 | |
| 148 | Guinea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.99 t | 2024 | |
| 149 | Mali | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.96 t | 2024 | |
| 150 | Vanuatu | East Asia & Pacific | 1.93 t | 2024 | |
| 151 | Syria | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 1.91 t | 2024 | |
| 152 | Eritrea | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.86 t | 2024 | |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.85 t | 2024 | |
| 154 | Angola | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.85 t | 2024 | |
| 155 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.84 t | 2024 | |
| 156 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.82 t | 2024 | |
| 157 | Somalia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.81 t | 2024 | |
| 158 | Zambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.81 t | 2024 | |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | Europe & Central Asia | 1.77 t | 2024 | |
| 160 | Cabo Verde | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.74 t | 2024 | |
| 161 | Senegal | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.71 t | 2024 | |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | South Asia | 1.70 t | 2024 | |
| 163 | Niger | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.52 t | 2024 | |
| 164 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.51 t | 2024 | |
| 165 | Tanzania | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.50 t | 2024 | |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.48 t | 2024 | |
| 167 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.46 t | 2024 | |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.45 t | 2024 | |
| 169 | Nepal | South Asia | 1.40 t | 2024 | |
| 170 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.40 t | 2024 | |
| 171 | Cameroon | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.39 t | 2024 | |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | East Asia & Pacific | 1.39 t | 2024 | |
| 173 | Lesotho | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.31 t | 2024 | |
| 174 | Togo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.29 t | 2024 | |
| 175 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 1.27 t | 2024 | |
| 176 | Benin | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.23 t | 2024 | |
| 177 | Côte d'Ivoire | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.19 t | 2024 | |
| 178 | Haiti | Latin America & Caribbean | 1.17 t | 2024 | |
| 179 | Uganda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.15 t | 2024 | |
| 180 | Madagascar | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.12 t | 2024 | |
| 181 | Comoros | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.10 t | 2024 | |
| 182 | São Tomé and Príncipe | Sub-Saharan Africa | 1.04 t | 2024 | |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | East Asia & Pacific | 1.02 t | 2024 | |
| 184 | Mozambique | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.97 t | 2024 | |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.92 t | 2024 | |
| 186 | Malawi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.88 t | 2024 | |
| 187 | Kiribati | East Asia & Pacific | 0.86 t | 2024 | |
| 188 | Yemen | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.81 t | 2024 | |
| 189 | Liberia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.79 t | 2024 | |
| 190 | Afghanistan | Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan | 0.77 t | 2024 | |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 0.76 t | 2024 | |
| 192 | The Gambia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.67 t | 2024 | |
| 193 | Burundi | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.60 t | 2024 | |
| 194 | Rwanda | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.59 t | 2024 | |
| 195 | Micronesia | East Asia & Pacific | 0.54 t | 2024 | |
| 196 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.54 t | 2024 | |
| 197 | Tuvalu | East Asia & Pacific | 0.43 t | 2024 | |
| 198 | US Virgin Islands | Latin America & Caribbean | 0.23 t | 2024 | |
| 199 | American Samoa | East Asia & Pacific | 0.19 t | 2024 | |
| 200 | Nauru | East Asia & Pacific | 0.12 t | 2024 | |
| 201 | Guam | East Asia & Pacific | 0.11 t | 2024 | |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 0.11 t | 2024 | |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | East Asia & Pacific | 0.09 t | 2024 |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (CC BY 4.0)Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)