CO2 emissions per person by country
In 2024, Qatar emitted the most CO2 from fossil fuels and cement per person: 41.3 t, against 4.7 t for the world as a whole.
Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
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Tonnes of CO2 per person, 2024
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Summary
The world as a whole emitted 4.7 t of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement per person in 2024. The highest: Qatar 41.3 t, Kuwait 26.2 t and Brunei 26.0 t.
213 countries and territories have a figure for 2024.
Source: Global Carbon Budget2024Updated 24 Oct 2026
Countries and territories with data
| Qatar | 41.3 t | 40.1 t | +3% |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kuwait | 26.2 t | 25.5 t | +3% |
| Brunei | 26.0 t | 27.2 t | −4% |
| Bahrain | 24.3 t | 24.7 t | −2% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 22.9 t | 23.6 t | −3% |
| Saudi Arabia | 20.4 t | 20.4 t | 0% |
| United Arab Emirates | 20.1 t | 19.8 t | +2% |
| New Caledonia | 18.1 t | 17.5 t | +3% |
| Sint Maarten | 16.5 t | 16.2 t | +2% |
| Oman | 15.7 t | 15.8 t | −1% |
| Australia | 14.5 t | 14.5 t | 0% |
| United States | 14.2 t | 14.3 t | −1% |
| Kazakhstan | 13.9 t | 14.1 t | −1% |
| Canada | 13.4 t | 13.9 t | −3% |
| Faroe Islands | 13.1 t | 13.0 t | 0% |
| Mongolia | 12.9 t | 12.9 t | 0% |
| Palau | 12.8 t | 12.2 t | +5% |
| Curaçao | 12.3 t | 11.9 t | +4% |
| Russia | 12.3 t | 11.9 t | +3% |
| Taiwan | 11.3 t | 11.5 t | −1% |
| South Korea | 11.3 t | 11.4 t | −1% |
| Greenland | 11.1 t | 10.9 t | +2% |
| Turkmenistan | 10.8 t | 13.0 t | −17% |
| Luxembourg | 10.5 t | 10.3 t | +2% |
| Anguilla | 10.1 t | 9.9 t | +3% |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 9.8 t | 9.3 t | +5% |
| Iceland | 9.7 t | 9.1 t | +7% |
| Singapore | 9.2 t | 8.8 t | +5% |
| Libya | 8.8 t | 8.8 t | +1% |
| China | 8.7 t | 8.6 t | +1% |
| Iran | 8.7 t | 8.7 t | −1% |
| Aruba | 8.5 t | 8.2 t | +4% |
| Bermuda | 8.5 t | 8.2 t | +4% |
| Malaysia | 8.2 t | 7.9 t | +4% |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.1 t | 7.9 t | +3% |
| Japan | 7.8 t | 7.9 t | −2% |
| Bahamas | 7.7 t | 7.4 t | +3% |
| Belgium | 7.3 t | 7.2 t | +1% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 7.1 t | 6.9 t | +3% |
| Poland | 7.1 t | 7.3 t | −3% |
| Czechia | 7.0 t | 7.7 t | −9% |
| South Africa | 6.9 t | 6.9 t | −1% |
| Germany | 6.8 t | 7.0 t | −4% |
| Norway | 6.7 t | 7.0 t | −5% |
| Ireland | 6.3 t | 6.5 t | −2% |
| Netherlands | 6.3 t | 6.5 t | −3% |
| Serbia | 6.2 t | 6.3 t | −2% |
| New Zealand | 6.2 t | 6.1 t | +2% |
| Austria | 6.2 t | 6.2 t | −1% |
| Belarus | 6.2 t | 6.1 t | +1% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.1 t | 6.2 t | −2% |
| Estonia | 6.1 t | 6.4 t | −5% |
| Montserrat | 6.0 t | 5.8 t | +4% |
| Slovenia | 6.0 t | 5.7 t | +6% |
| Türkiye | 5.9 t | 5.6 t | +5% |
| Cook Islands | 5.8 t | 5.4 t | +8% |
| Israel | 5.6 t | 6.0 t | −6% |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 5.5 t | 5.3 t | +4% |
| Guyana | 5.4 t | 5.3 t | +2% |
| Cyprus | 5.4 t | 5.3 t | +1% |
| Greece | 5.3 t | 5.1 t | +5% |
| Finland | 5.3 t | 5.7 t | −7% |
| Slovakia | 5.3 t | 5.6 t | −5% |
| Andorra | 5.2 t | 5.2 t | 0% |
| Nauru | 5.1 t | 4.9 t | +4% |
| Italy | 5.1 t | 5.2 t | −3% |
| Iraq | 5.1 t | 5.1 t | 0% |
| Seychelles | 5.0 t | 5.0 t | 0% |
| Caribbean Netherlands | 4.9 t | 4.9 t | +1% |
| British Virgin Islands | 4.9 t | 4.8 t | +3% |
| Barbados | 4.8 t | 4.7 t | +4% |
| Croatia | 4.8 t | 4.7 t | +1% |
| Denmark | 4.7 t | 4.8 t | −2% |
| Suriname | 4.7 t | 4.6 t | +3% |
| Bulgaria | 4.7 t | 5.1 t | −8% |
| Spain | 4.6 t | 4.5 t | +2% |
| United Kingdom | 4.5 t | 4.5 t | +1% |
| Hong Kong | 4.5 t | 4.4 t | +1% |
| Lithuania | 4.4 t | 4.4 t | 0% |
| Maldives | 4.4 t | 4.2 t | +4% |
| Algeria | 4.2 t | 4.4 t | −4% |
| Niue | 4.1 t | 4.0 t | +5% |
| Hungary | 4.1 t | 4.2 t | −1% |
| Marshall Islands | 4.1 t | 3.8 t | +8% |
| Venezuela | 4.1 t | 4.2 t | −3% |
| Chile | 4.0 t | 3.9 t | +1% |
| France | 4.0 t | 4.1 t | −2% |
| Azerbaijan | 3.9 t | 4.1 t | −7% |
| Uzbekistan | 3.8 t | 3.4 t | +11% |
| Ukraine | 3.8 t | 3.7 t | +2% |
| Argentina | 3.7 t | 3.9 t | −4% |
| Thailand | 3.7 t | 3.7 t | +1% |
| Montenegro | 3.7 t | 3.8 t | −2% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3.7 t | 3.7 t | −1% |
| Mauritius | 3.7 t | 3.6 t | +2% |
| Vietnam | 3.7 t | 3.5 t | +6% |
| North Macedonia | 3.6 t | 4.0 t | −9% |
| Romania | 3.6 t | 3.6 t | +2% |
| Switzerland | 3.6 t | 3.6 t | 0% |
| Sweden | 3.6 t | 3.5 t | +3% |
| Mexico | 3.5 t | 3.5 t | 0% |
| Latvia | 3.5 t | 3.5 t | −1% |
| Portugal | 3.4 t | 3.6 t | −5% |
| Liechtenstein | 3.3 t | 3.3 t | 0% |
| French Polynesia | 3.3 t | 3.1 t | +4% |
| Grenada | 3.2 t | 3.1 t | +4% |
| Malta | 3.2 t | 3.3 t | −3% |
| Laos | 3.1 t | 3.2 t | 0% |
| Georgia | 3.1 t | 3.1 t | −1% |
| Saint Lucia | 3.0 t | 2.9 t | +4% |
| Botswana | 3.0 t | 2.9 t | +1% |
| Jamaica | 3.0 t | 2.8 t | +4% |
| Dominican Republic | 2.9 t | 2.8 t | +3% |
| Indonesia | 2.9 t | 2.7 t | +6% |
| Panama | 2.8 t | 2.9 t | −4% |
| Wallis and Futuna | 2.7 t | 2.6 t | +5% |
| Lebanon | 2.7 t | 2.7 t | 0% |
| Tunisia | 2.7 t | 2.6 t | +2% |
| Dominica | 2.6 t | 2.5 t | +4% |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.5 t | 2.4 t | +5% |
| Ecuador | 2.5 t | 2.5 t | +2% |
| Armenia | 2.5 t | 2.5 t | −1% |
| North Korea | 2.4 t | 2.3 t | +1% |
| Uruguay | 2.4 t | 2.3 t | +5% |
| Bolivia | 2.3 t | 2.0 t | +15% |
| Brazil | 2.3 t | 2.3 t | −1% |
| Cuba | 2.2 t | 2.1 t | +5% |
| Egypt | 2.2 t | 2.2 t | +1% |
| India | 2.2 t | 2.1 t | +3% |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | 2.2 t | 2.1 t | +5% |
| Gabon | 2.1 t | 2.1 t | −1% |
| Bhutan | 2.1 t | 2.1 t | +1% |
| Peru | 2.1 t | 2.0 t | +5% |
| Jordan | 2.0 t | 2.0 t | −1% |
| Belize | 1.9 t | 1.9 t | +2% |
| Morocco | 1.8 t | 1.8 t | −1% |
| Moldova | 1.8 t | 1.7 t | +1% |
| Colombia | 1.8 t | 1.7 t | +2% |
| Costa Rica | 1.7 t | 1.7 t | +3% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1.6 t | 1.6 t | +4% |
| Albania | 1.6 t | 1.6 t | +1% |
| Fiji | 1.6 t | 1.5 t | +4% |
| Philippines | 1.5 t | 1.4 t | +8% |
| Macao | 1.5 t | 1.5 t | 0% |
| Tonga | 1.5 t | 1.4 t | +5% |
| El Salvador | 1.4 t | 1.4 t | +3% |
| Republic of the Congo | 1.4 t | 1.3 t | +4% |
| Micronesia | 1.3 t | 1.3 t | +4% |
| Syria | 1.3 t | 1.3 t | −4% |
| Cambodia | 1.2 t | 1.2 t | +1% |
| Honduras | 1.2 t | 1.2 t | +2% |
| Tuvalu | 1.2 t | 1.1 t | +6% |
| Namibia | 1.1 t | 1.2 t | −1% |
| Paraguay | 1.1 t | 1.1 t | +3% |
| Cabo Verde | 1.1 t | 1.1 t | +3% |
| Samoa | 1.1 t | 1.1 t | +4% |
| Lesotho | 1.1 t | 1.1 t | +2% |
| Guatemala | 1.1 t | 1.1 t | −1% |
| Tajikistan | 1.0 t | 1.0 t | +3% |
| Mauritania | 1.0 t | 1.0 t | +1% |
| Sri Lanka | 0.9 t | 0.8 t | +8% |
| Palestine | 0.9 t | 0.9 t | −1% |
| Eswatini | 0.8 t | 0.8 t | 0% |
| Zimbabwe | 0.8 t | 0.8 t | 0% |
| Nicaragua | 0.8 t | 0.8 t | +2% |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.8 t | 0.8 t | −2% |
| Senegal | 0.8 t | 0.8 t | −2% |
| Pakistan | 0.7 t | 0.8 t | −5% |
| Comoros | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | 0% |
| Nepal | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | +2% |
| Bangladesh | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | +2% |
| Ghana | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | +3% |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | −1% |
| Vanuatu | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | +2% |
| Angola | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | 0% |
| Nigeria | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | +3% |
| Myanmar | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | −1% |
| Zambia | 0.6 t | 0.6 t | −1% |
| Kiribati | 0.5 t | 0.5 t | +3% |
| Djibouti | 0.5 t | 0.5 t | 0% |
| Timor-Leste | 0.5 t | 0.5 t | +4% |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 0.5 t | 0.5 t | +3% |
| Benin | 0.4 t | 0.4 t | 0% |
| Kenya | 0.4 t | 0.4 t | −2% |
| Solomon Islands | 0.4 t | 0.4 t | +2% |
| Sudan | 0.4 t | 0.4 t | 0% |
| Cameroon | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | −3% |
| Togo | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | +1% |
| Tanzania | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | −4% |
| Gambia | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | +2% |
| Mali | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | 0% |
| Burkina Faso | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | +1% |
| Guinea | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | +1% |
| Afghanistan | 0.3 t | 0.3 t | 0% |
| Haiti | 0.3 t | 0.2 t | +2% |
| Mozambique | 0.2 t | 0.3 t | −8% |
| Yemen | 0.2 t | 0.3 t | −3% |
| Eritrea | 0.2 t | 0.2 t | 0% |
| Sierra Leone | 0.2 t | 0.2 t | +2% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.2 t | 0.2 t | +1% |
| Liberia | 0.2 t | 0.2 t | +1% |
| Rwanda | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −1% |
| Madagascar | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −1% |
| South Sudan | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −2% |
| Chad | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −5% |
| Ethiopia | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −1% |
| Uganda | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −1% |
| Niger | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −2% |
| Malawi | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −1% |
| Central African Republic | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −3% |
| Somalia | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −3% |
| Burundi | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −2% |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1 t | 0.1 t | −4% |
Source: Global Carbon Budget2023 and 2024Updated 24 Oct 2026