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CO₂ Emissions per Capita

75 years, 1950–2024 · 210 countries

This is how much carbon dioxide a country emits from burning fossil fuels and making cement, divided by how many people live there. The Global Carbon Project has compiled it every year since the 1950s and it is the number most climate comparisons rest on.

This site holds every year from 1950 to 2024, read from Global Carbon Project’s own data and stored exactly as published.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · the file

Newest
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024
Held
75 years · 14,951 rows
Licence
CC BY 4.0

0175 years

Every year

Newest first. Each opens the full table for that year, and each downloads as a CSV.

1950bar height: countries covered, up to 2102024
Every year of CO₂ Emissions per Capita held on this site, newest first, with its download files.
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024Newest210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2022210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2021210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2020210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2019210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2018210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2017210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2016210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2015210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2014210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2013210±0September 25, 2026CSV
Show all 75 years
YearCountriesChangeReadDownload
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2012210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2011210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2010210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2009210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2008210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2007210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2006210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2005210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2004210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2003210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2002210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2001210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2000210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1999210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1998210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1997210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1996210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1995210±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1994210+3September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1993207±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1992207+3September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1991204+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1990203+6September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1989197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1988197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1987197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1986197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1985197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1984197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1983197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1982197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1981197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1980197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1979197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1978197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1977197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1976197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1975197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1974197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1973197±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1972197+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1971196+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1970195+2September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1969193+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1968192±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1967192±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1966192±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1965192±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1964192+3September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1963189+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1962188+3 −1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1961186+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1960185±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1959185+5September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1958180±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1957180±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1956180±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1955180+3September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1954177+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1953176±0September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1952176+1September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1951175+2September 25, 2026CSV
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1950173—September 25, 2026CSV

Every year in one file, one row per country per year: co2-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

023 columns

What’s in the file

Every column, what it holds, how it is stored and what its values look like — what a reader needs before opening the file.

Every column in the newest file of CO₂ Emissions per Capita: what it holds, how it is stored, and its range.
ColumnWhat it holdsStored asRange, 2024DistinctEmptySpread
CountrycountryNameThe country’s name, as this file spells it.Text—2100
ISO Codecountry_codeIdentifierThe ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code, added by this site. Every table here joins on it.Text · 3 letters—2100
Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person)co2_per_capitaHeadlineThe headline figure: Fossil CO₂ (tonnes per person).Number · up to 6 decimals0.0540DR Congo41.2713Qatarmiddle 3.21002100

Profiled from the newest file. Range: the lowest and highest value, with the country holding it when only one does. Spread: countries in ten equal steps from lowest to highest. A higher value is the worse result.

03210 countries across every year

Who is covered

How many countries each year holds, continent by continent, who joined and who left, and which places this site covers that the dataset never has.

All regions
Countries in each year of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, by continent.
201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Africa545454545454545454545454
Americas444444444444444444444444
Asia515151515151515151515151
Europe434343434343434343434343
Oceania181818181818181818181818
All210210210210210210210210210210210210

The newest 12 of 75 years.

Who joined and who left

  • 1994
    + Eritrea+ Timor-Leste+ Kosovo
  • 1992
    + Micronesia+ Marshall Islands+ Palau
  • 1991
    + Namibia
  • 1990
    + Anguilla+ Andorra+ Lesotho+ Palestine+ Turks and Caicos Islands+ Tuvalu
  • 1972
    + Botswana
  • 1971
    + Maldives
  • 1970
    + Bhutan+ Niue
  • 1969
    + Cook Islands

Not in this dataset · 15 places this site covers

Global Carbon Project gives no figure for these in any year held here. It is the publisher’s choice of scope, and each place’s profile shows what is measured.

American SamoaCayman IslandsChannel IslandsGibraltarGuamIsle of ManMonacoNorthern CyprusNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoSaint MartinSan MarinoSomalilandUnited States Virgin IslandsVatican City

04Provenance

Where it comes from

The path from the publisher to this page, and what was checked and changed on the way.

The site’s method

  1. 1 · Publisher

    Global Carbon Project

    globalcarbonbudget.org

  2. 2 · Their file

    CO₂ Emissions per Capita 2024

    zenodo.17417124

  3. 3 · Read by this site

    September 25, 2026

    Imported by a script that parses each figure and writes it down unrounded.

  4. 4 · Stored as

    75 files, one per year

    Each downloads as a CSV, or every year together as co2-per-capita-all-editions-nations-inquiry.csv

  5. 5 · Used on

    Its statistic page, and every profile it measures

    /statistics/co2-per-capitaA key for Environment & Sustainability in the Country Index.

Precision

The headline is stored to 6 decimals, as published.

Rounded by this site

Never. Tables on screen may show fewer decimals; the files never do.

Changed by this site

Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

From the Global Carbon Project's own Zenodo deposit — the archive the Project publishes itself, not a redistributor's copy. The per-capita values are the Project's, not recomputed here.

05Reuse

Licence and credit

What the publisher’s licence lets you do, what it asks of you, and a credit line and citation ready to copy.

Every publisher’s terms

Licence · checked September 25, 2026

CC BY 4.0

  • Share and redistribute it
  • Adapt it and build on it
  • Use it commercially
  • Credit the publisher
  • Say what you changed

Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

A credit line

Source: Global Carbon Project, CO₂ Emissions per Capita, via Nations Inquiry.

Cite this dataset

Global Carbon Project. CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 1950–2024 [data set]. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita

The publisher’s own citation: Andrew, R. M., & Peters, G. P. (2025). The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset (2025v15) [Data set]. Zenodo.

Plain-language summary, not legal advice. The licence text is what binds.

06Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita: questions and answers

What is the CO₂ Emissions per Capita?

This is how much carbon dioxide a country emits from burning fossil fuels and making cement, divided by how many people live there. The Global Carbon Project has compiled it every year since the 1950s and it is the number most climate comparisons rest on.

Which years of the CO₂ Emissions per Capita can I download?

All 75, from 1950 to 2024, each as a CSV file, or every year together in one CSV.

Does Global Carbon Project rank countries on it?

No. Global Carbon Project publishes values only. The positions shown on this site are derived by ordering the published values, and are labelled as ours.

Can I use it commercially?

Yes, under CC BY 4.0, with credit to Global Carbon Project. The licence text is linked on this page.

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