List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita

This is a list of countries by total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita by year. It provides data based on a production-based accounting of emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, perfluorocarbon, hydrofluorocarbon, and sulfur hexafluoride (meaning emissions within the territory of the given country), compiled by the World Resources Institute and divided by the population estimate by the United Nations (for July 1) of the same year.[1] The emissions data do not include land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), nor emissions from the consumption of imported goods. All countries which are party to the Paris Agreement report their greenhouse gas inventories at least biennially from 2024.[2] World total emissions are estimated to be about 50 billion tonnes a year (including LULUCF),[3] which divided by world population is about 6 and a half tonnes per person per year. It has been suggested that countries over the averaged be carbon taxed and the funds raised given to countries under the average.[4]

List of countries by production-based emissions

Metric tons of CO₂e per capita

Country	1990	1995	2000	2005	2010	2013
Kuwait	37.32	73.13	65.64	76.41	62.47	54.41
Brunei	48.33	46.38	46.49	44.83	46.88	46.84
Niue	16.4	16.8	19.05	24.3	28.65	45.6
Qatar	29.75	37.3	41.58	52.1	39.13	36.82
Belize	29.05	29.84	28.55	28.11	28.29	28.15
Oman	22.0	22.92	27.97	25.84	27.82	27.43
Bahrain	27.27	29.64	29.19	27.78	24.4	25.4
Australia (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by Australia)	28.06	27.28	30.84	27.6	25.39	25.06
United Arab Emirates	40.13	38.81	34.89	32.13	23.73	24.59
Libya	21.16	19.43	18.66	20.91	22.63	21.47
Canada (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by Canada)	20.22	20.69	22.12	21.94	20.47	20.94
Turkmenistan		13.39	14.51	18.13	19.44	20.93
Luxembourg			21.14	27.86	23.82	20.72
United States (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by the United States)	23.23	23.26	23.86	22.92	20.97	19.9
Equatorial Guinea	0.52	2.7	13.89	25.83	21.33	19.15
Trinidad and Tobago	12.31	11.22	12.42	16.4	19.11	19.15
Grenada	16.29	16.63	17.28	17.82	18.39	18.89
Saudi Arabia	11.49	13.29	13.39	14.67	17.69	18.26
Kazakhstan		14.43	10.37	13.73	17.28	18.23
Estonia		14.4	13.53	15.77	17.3	17.66
Palau		6.98	6.74	10.3	11.64	17.03
New Zealand	19.01	18.27	18.4	18.77	16.86	16.62
Russia (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by Russia)		14.45	13.92	14.7	15.21	15.31
Mongolia	12.81	11.28	11.48	10.13	10.91	13.47
South Korea	6.77	9.45	10.77	11.24	13.02	13.43
Ireland	15.04	15.76	17.39	16.77	13.57	12.65
Barbados	11.01	10.38	11.69	12.17	12.64	12.53
Finland	14.75	14.62	13.9	13.26	14.2	11.69
Israel	9.4	10.9	11.82	11.34	11.74	11.46
Czech Republic		14.05	13.76	13.47	12.39	11.42
Antigua and Barbuda	6.31	6.53	7.08	8.77	10.69	11.22
Netherlands	13.18	13.93	12.85	12.4	12.01	11.09
Germany	14.59	12.9	11.89	11.36	11.03	11.0
Central African Republic	12.21	11.98	11.8	11.28	10.78	10.94
Japan (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by Japan)	9.4	9.91	10.04	10.16	9.54	10.55
Malaysia	5.72	6.79	7.91	9.33	9.94	10.2
Belgium			13.26	12.16	11.44	10.17
Uruguay	8.38	9.15	8.83	9.6	9.71	9.98
Singapore	10.28	11.82	11.88	9.48	9.84	9.88
Belarus		8.23	7.84	8.63	9.66	9.55
South Africa	8.18	7.77	7.71	9.23	9.5	9.49
Poland	11.23	10.7	9.4	9.6	9.82	9.43
Denmark	12.97	14.24	12.48	11.59	11.03	9.38
Iran	4.46	5.9	6.69	8.08	9.03	9.26
Norway	10.69	10.59	10.48	10.41	10.09	9.18
Austria	9.71	9.55	9.59	10.79	9.85	9.15
Bahamas	8.31	6.69	6.32	6.03	7.58	9.04
Iceland	12.06	10.27	11.15	10.43	8.9	8.96
Venezuela	8.62	8.73	8.7	8.85	9.08	8.85
Slovenia		8.92	9.01	9.67	9.3	8.72
China (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by China)	2.69	3.39	3.49	5.5	7.43	8.49
United Kingdom (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by the United Kingdom)	12.9	11.63	11.0	10.53	9.03	8.45
Iraq	8.92	6.48	7.87	6.42	7.52	8.4
Ukraine		10.41	8.25	8.54	8.13	8.33
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.77	5.47	5.95	6.57	7.01	8.04
Bosnia and Herzegovina		1.81	5.34	6.0	7.36	7.89
Argentina	7.12	7.25	7.49	7.73	7.77	7.86
Greece	9.39	9.71	10.53	10.73	9.0	7.68
Seychelles	2.94	3.38	7.86	8.45	8.28	7.65
Bulgaria	11.24	8.28	7.16	8.03	8.0	7.55
Uzbekistan		7.9	8.4	7.85	7.55	7.52
Slovakia		9.36	8.48	8.68	7.9	7.43
Azerbaijan		7.5	6.79	6.61	6.36	7.43
Italy	8.6	8.69	9.17	9.49	8.02	7.05
Malta	7.0	7.01	6.24	7.77	7.48	7.04
France	8.65	8.39	8.37	8.13	7.34	6.9
Serbia					6.54	6.62
Spain	6.91	7.54	8.99	9.62	7.27	6.57
Lithuania		6.07	5.55	6.51	6.65	6.45
Saint Lucia	5.74	6.85	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.44
Switzerland	7.77	7.33	7.16	7.21	6.77	6.34
World	5.62	5.4	5.41	5.85	6.15	6.27
Latvia		5.43	4.66	5.47	6.29	6.2
Suriname	7.27	7.75	5.67	5.63	5.9	6.18
Botswana	9.12	8.45	8.25	5.58	9.32	6.07
Cook Islands	3.91	4.02	4.57	5.33	5.81	6.07
Cyprus	6.59	7.3	8.19	8.53	7.92	6.06
Angola	4.29	4.43	4.2	5.06	6.32	5.99
Mexico	5.0	5.1	5.74	6.28	6.19	5.98
Chile	3.53	3.95	4.47	4.69	5.35	5.93
Portugal	5.67	6.61	7.6	7.76	6.14	5.89
Paraguay	5.25	5.71	5.08	4.92	5.56	5.81
Hungary	8.5	7.05	7.02	7.28	6.36	5.78
Croatia		4.64	5.41	6.4	5.99	5.49
Romania	10.12	7.31	5.84	6.29	5.67	5.46
Thailand	2.69	3.8	3.85	4.67	5.1	5.42
Montenegro					5.81	5.4
Turkey (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by Turkey)	3.71	4.18	4.8	4.66	5.18	5.39
Guyana	3.29	4.37	4.4	4.11	4.79	5.35
Sweden	7.9	8.18	7.53	7.0	6.25	5.29
Lebanon	2.75	5.39	5.53	4.86	5.5	5.11
Brazil	3.73	3.92	4.12	4.43	4.73	5.03
Algeria	3.5	3.42	3.75	4.04	4.58	4.88
Namibia	5.17	5.41	5.31	5.05	5.21	4.87
Nauru	14.23	11.02	8.86	6.71	4.94	4.53
Mauritius	2.02	2.29	3.31	3.71	4.33	4.52
Bolivia	3.04	3.49	3.38	3.78	4.38	4.5
Panama	2.93	3.37	3.37	3.83	4.24	4.45
Sudan	3.83	3.9	4.38	4.57	4.27
Cuba	5.02	3.43	3.89	3.54	4.33	4.08
Gabon	6.99	6.67	4.77	4.21	3.74	4.05
Gambia	4.08	4.13	4.14	4.13	4.26	4.02
Tonga	2.4	2.56	2.62	2.85	3.07	3.92
Cameroon	6.43	5.91	5.4	4.77	4.13	3.85
Ecuador	2.85	3.12	2.89	3.21	3.6	3.72
Jordan	4.87	4.85	3.82	4.28	3.66	3.66
Georgia		2.88	2.78	2.61	2.91	3.66
Colombia	3.4	3.5	3.27	3.21	3.3	3.37
Dominica	2.44	2.66	3.01	3.13	3.45	3.33
Jamaica	3.67	4.04	4.4	4.53	3.17	3.33
Syria	4.35	4.64	4.46	4.87	4.31	3.32
Zambia	5.18	4.2	3.36	3.58	3.31	3.31
Tunisia	2.36	2.52	2.89	3.04	3.36	3.24
Dominican Republic	2.12	2.63	3.21	3.03	3.28	3.23
Fiji	2.38	2.53	2.32	2.9	3.04	3.13
Egypt	2.15	2.13	2.41	2.96	3.18	3.03
Armenia		1.94	1.82	2.3	2.46	2.97
Indonesia	2.1	2.43	2.55	2.69	2.87	2.95
Costa Rica	2.68	2.77	2.52	2.71	2.83	2.93
Maldives	0.84	1.19	1.83	2.1	2.69	2.86
Albania	3.56	2.15	2.36	2.68	2.83	2.85
Mauritania	3.08	2.81	3.06	2.94	2.9	2.84
Peru	1.94	2.07	2.27	2.34	2.77	2.82
Moldova		4.12	2.6	2.91	3.02	2.82
Vietnam	1.03	1.25	1.63	2.16	2.8	2.81
Kyrgyzstan		2.06	1.85	1.97	2.16	2.73
Samoa	2.17	2.13	2.28	2.39	2.54	2.67
Vanuatu	3.04	3.07	2.85	2.5	2.79	2.66
North Korea	7.68	4.92	4.12	4.27	3.83	2.55
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.41	1.9	2.09	2.64	2.65	2.53
Honduras	2.12	2.15	2.13	2.49	2.36	2.44
Nicaragua	2.26	1.94	2.33	2.43	2.42	2.37
Morocco	1.53	1.64	1.76	2.07	2.23	2.33
India (see: Greenhouse gas emissions by India)	1.37	1.48	1.59	1.72	2.11	2.28
Eswatini	2.31	2.07	2.63	2.39	2.3	2.25
Chad	2.6	2.37	2.43	2.87	2.28	2.17
Papua New Guinea	2.09	2.68	2.31	2.22	2.08	2.16
Lesotho	1.18	1.11	1.16	1.74	2.04	1.99
Myanmar	1.37	1.52	1.6	1.78	1.84	1.92
Bhutan	1.36	1.68	1.72	1.55	1.46	1.91
Sri Lanka	1.3	1.38	1.64	1.8	1.79	1.87
El Salvador	1.28	1.68	1.76	2.02	1.96	1.85
Zimbabwe	3.25	2.62	2.47	1.93	1.81	1.82
Senegal	1.75	1.69	1.84	1.88	1.89	1.8
Cambodia	1.74	1.67	1.49	1.63	1.83	1.8
Pakistan	1.43	1.54	1.6	1.72	1.8	1.8
Mali	1.81	1.67	1.72	1.79	1.82	1.77
Nigeria	2.11	2.04	1.94	2.05	1.79	1.77
Laos	1.44	1.41	1.44	1.54	1.66	1.77
Philippines	1.45	1.68	1.73	1.67	1.65	1.74
Guatemala	1.23	1.41	1.63	1.71	1.64	1.71
Djibouti	1.52	1.52	1.51	1.49	1.51	1.55
Tanzania	1.64	1.56	1.39	1.55	1.46	1.54
Republic of the Congo	1.07	1.69	1.41	1.88	1.67	1.46
Ivory Coast	1.91	1.84	1.44	1.44	1.37	1.46
Niger	1.35	1.4	1.43	1.44	1.49	1.44
Eritrea		1.96	1.95	1.63	1.44	1.44
Guinea	1.25	1.19	1.21	1.27	1.41	1.43
Afghanistan	1.24	0.84	0.82	0.76	1.06	1.4
Yemen	0.99	1.0	1.15	1.33	1.41	1.39
Burkina Faso	1.25	1.29	1.27	1.42	1.38	1.38
Kenya	1.54	1.29	1.14	1.13	1.41	1.34
Ethiopia		1.11	1.09	1.16	1.31	1.3
Nepal	1.07	1.11	1.16	1.12	1.22	1.29
Tajikistan		1.28	0.98	1.04	1.1	1.25
Benin	1.01	0.88	1.01	1.16	1.21	1.22
Guinea-Bissau	1.22	1.18	1.13	1.04	1.18	1.17
Ghana	0.85	0.85	0.96	1.03	1.04	1.17
Cape Verde	0.63	0.73	0.79	1.1	1.43	1.15
Madagascar	1.99	1.77	1.53	1.36	1.24	1.15
Mozambique	1.38	1.23	1.03	1.09	1.09	1.04
Bangladesh	0.8	0.81	0.81	0.85	1.0	1.04
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.83	0.85	0.77	0.9	0.96	1.01
Solomon Islands	1.11	1.03	0.99	0.98	1.01	0.99
Sierra Leone	0.89	0.87	0.73	0.8	0.83	0.97
Togo	0.93	0.75	0.94	0.97	1.01	0.93
Uganda	0.82	0.78	0.73	0.8	0.92	0.89
Kiribati	0.49	0.47	0.59	0.88	0.81	0.77
Haiti	0.66	0.65	0.76	0.81	0.78	0.77
Malawi	0.95	0.64	0.58	0.53	0.59	0.61
Rwanda	0.52	0.63	0.54	0.56	0.61	0.6
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.98	0.78	0.65	0.65	0.59	0.55
Comoros	0.56	0.53	0.52	0.47	0.5	0.54
Liberia	0.57	0.45	0.41	0.48	0.48	0.5
Burundi	0.42	0.42	0.35	0.26	0.29	0.32

See also

• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita
• List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
• List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
• Asian brown cloud
• Climate change
• Global warming
• Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)

References

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4. Russell-Jones, Robin (2020-09-07). "Will the Cop26 climate conference be a national embarrassment for Britain?". the Guardian.