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Scales territorial fossil-fuel and industrial emissions by population, supporting comparison of production-side carbon intensity per person.
Indicator guide · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5
CO₂ emissions per capita
by country
Carbon dioxide emissions excluding land-use change per resident. The table keeps each country's reported year visible so stale and current observations are not treated as equivalent.
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Important limits
It assigns emissions where production occurs, not where goods are consumed, and excludes land-use change. It should not be read as an individual footprint.
Measurement
tonnes CO₂e per person
World Bank indicator EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5. Values can be revised as national statistical agencies and international datasets update.
Source definition
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
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.
Original source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024; International Energy Agency (IEA), uri: https://edgar.jrc.ec.europa.eu/dataset_ghg2024, publisher: JRC European Commission, date published: 2024
60-market reference table
Latest reported values
Sorted by value, not by a common year. Check the year column before drawing a direct comparison.
| Position | Country | Region | Value | Year | Explore |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | Middle East | 47.33 | 2024 | Compare |
| 2 | Kuwait | Middle East | 23.67 | 2024 | Compare |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | Middle East | 18.48 | 2024 | Compare |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | Middle East | 18.26 | 2024 | Compare |
| 5 | Australia | Oceania | 14.10 | 2024 | Compare |
| 6 | Canada | North America | 14.01 | 2024 | Compare |
| 7 | United States | North America | 13.62 | 2024 | Compare |
| 8 | South Korea | East Asia | 11.36 | 2024 | Compare |
| 9 | Singapore | Southeast Asia | 9.75 | 2024 | Compare |
| 10 | China | East Asia | 9.32 | 2024 | Compare |
| 11 | Malaysia | Southeast Asia | 8.32 | 2024 | Compare |
| 12 | Japan | East Asia | 7.84 | 2024 | Compare |
| 13 | Poland | Europe | 7.55 | 2024 | Compare |
| 14 | Belgium | Europe | 7.31 | 2024 | Compare |
| 15 | Norway | Europe | 7.18 | 2024 | Compare |
| 16 | Czechia | Europe | 7.13 | 2024 | Compare |
| 17 | Germany | Europe | 6.94 | 2024 | Compare |
| 18 | South Africa | Sub-Saharan Africa | 6.88 | 2024 | Compare |
| 19 | Netherlands | Europe | 6.60 | 2024 | Compare |
| 20 | Austria | Europe | 6.32 | 2024 | Compare |
| 21 | Ireland | Europe | 6.04 | 2024 | Compare |
| 22 | New Zealand | Oceania | 6.01 | 2024 | Compare |
| 23 | Israel | Middle East | 5.77 | 2024 | Compare |
| 24 | Finland | Europe | 5.54 | 2024 | Compare |
| 25 | Turkiye | Europe & Central Asia | 5.38 | 2024 | Compare |
| 26 | Italy | Europe | 5.08 | 2024 | Compare |
| 27 | Greece | Europe | 5.05 | 2024 | Compare |
| 28 | Spain | Europe | 4.51 | 2024 | Compare |
| 29 | Hungary | Europe | 4.46 | 2024 | Compare |
| 30 | Denmark | Europe | 4.28 | 2024 | Compare |
| 31 | Vietnam | Southeast Asia | 4.27 | 2024 | Compare |
| 32 | United Kingdom | Europe | 4.22 | 2024 | Compare |
| 33 | Argentina | Latin America | 4.01 | 2024 | Compare |
| 34 | France | Europe | 4.00 | 2024 | Compare |
| 35 | Algeria | Middle East & North Africa | 3.98 | 2024 | Compare |
| 36 | Thailand | Southeast Asia | 3.96 | 2024 | Compare |
| 37 | Chile | Latin America | 3.94 | 2024 | Compare |
| 38 | Switzerland | Europe | 3.75 | 2024 | Compare |
| 39 | Romania | Europe | 3.72 | 2024 | Compare |
| 40 | Mexico | Latin America | 3.64 | 2024 | Compare |
| 41 | Sweden | Europe | 3.57 | 2024 | Compare |
| 42 | Portugal | Europe | 3.32 | 2024 | Compare |
| 43 | Ukraine | Europe | 3.13 | 2024 | Compare |
| 44 | Indonesia | Southeast Asia | 2.87 | 2024 | Compare |
| 45 | Ecuador | Latin America | 2.64 | 2024 | Compare |
| 46 | Uruguay | Latin America | 2.57 | 2024 | Compare |
| 47 | Egypt | Middle East & North Africa | 2.50 | 2024 | Compare |
| 48 | Brazil | Latin America | 2.32 | 2024 | Compare |
| 49 | India | South Asia | 2.17 | 2024 | Compare |
| 50 | Peru | Latin America | 2.02 | 2024 | Compare |
| 51 | Morocco | Middle East & North Africa | 1.84 | 2024 | Compare |
| 52 | Colombia | Latin America | 1.80 | 2024 | Compare |
| 53 | Costa Rica | Latin America | 1.63 | 2024 | Compare |
| 54 | Philippines | Southeast Asia | 1.50 | 2024 | Compare |
| 55 | Pakistan | South Asia | 0.81 | 2024 | Compare |
| 56 | Bangladesh | South Asia | 0.72 | 2024 | Compare |
| 57 | Ghana | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.70 | 2024 | Compare |
| 58 | Nigeria | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.57 | 2024 | Compare |
| 59 | Kenya | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.38 | 2024 | Compare |
| 60 | Ethiopia | Sub-Saharan Africa | 0.15 | 2024 | Compare |
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved 2026-08-26. Open the source indicator · Download 15-year CSV.
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