Data for 2024

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024

Name: CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024
Creator: Global Carbon Project
License: https://zenodo.org/records/17417124

Figures for 2024, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 41.2713; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.0540. The middle country reads 3.2100. Against 2023, 210 values changed (121 up, 89 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2024

HighestQatar

41.2713

LowestDR Congo

0.0540

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end.

210countries
1measure
2024the year it describes
210distinct values6 decimals, as published
Sep 25, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024, as published. Global Carbon Project ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
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1	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	41.2713
2	Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	26.2475
3	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	26.0469
4	Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	24.2702
5	Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	22.9319
6	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	20.3792
7	United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	20.1311
8	New Caledonia`NCL`Melanesia	18.0654
9	Sint Maarten`SXM`Caribbean	16.5547
10	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	15.6511
11	Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	14.4772
12	United States`USA`Northern America	14.1973
13	Kazakhstan`KAZ`Central Asia	13.9374
14	Canada`CAN`Northern America	13.4199
15	Faroe Islands`FRO`Northern Europe	13.0936
16	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	12.8596
17	Palau`PLW`Micronesia	12.7776
18	Curaçao`CUW`Caribbean	12.3442
19	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	12.2947
20	Taiwan`TWN`Eastern Asia	11.3012
21	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	11.2859
22	Greenland`GRL`Northern America	11.0846
23	Turkmenistan`TKM`Central Asia	10.8087
24	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	10.4597
25	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	10.1442
26	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	9.6671
27	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	9.2448
28	Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	8.8416
29	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	8.6584
30	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	8.6562
31	Aruba`ABW`Caribbean	8.5193
32	Bermuda`BMU`Northern America	8.5092
33	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	8.1621
34	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	8.1410
35	Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	7.7725
36	Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	7.6497
37	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.2798
38	Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	7.0932
39	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	7.0801
40	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.0440
41	South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	6.8716
42	Germany`DEU`Western Europe	6.7688
43	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	6.6676
44	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	6.3388
45	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	6.2969
46	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	6.2378
47	New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	6.2293
48	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	6.1801
49	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	6.1632
50	Bosnia and Herzegovina`BIH`Southern Europe	6.1392
51	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	6.1055
52	Montserrat`MSR`Caribbean	6.0559
53	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	6.0184
54	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	5.8650
55	Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	5.8332
56	Israel`ISR`Western Asia	5.6074
57	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	5.5453
58	Guyana`GUY`South America	5.4270
59	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	5.3739
60	Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	5.3107
61	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	5.3006
62	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	5.2828
63	Andorra`AND`Southern Europe	5.1827
64	Nauru`NRU`Micronesia	5.1386
65	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	5.0879
66	Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	5.0744
67	Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	5.0037
68	British Virgin Islands`VGB`Caribbean	4.8772
69	Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	4.8330
70	Kosovo`XKX`Southern Europe	4.7780
71	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	4.7647
72	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	4.7461
73	Suriname`SUR`South America	4.7094
74	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	4.6794
75	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	4.5990
76	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	4.5258
77	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	4.4942
78	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	4.3865
79	Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	4.3695
80	Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	4.2338
81	Niue`NIU`Polynesia	4.1930
82	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	4.1357
83	Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	4.1142
84	Venezuela`VEN`South America	4.0852
85	Chile`CHL`South America	3.9831
86	France`FRA`Western Europe	3.9694
87	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.8533
88	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	3.8291
89	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	3.7638
90	Argentina`ARG`South America	3.7434
91	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	3.7361
92	Montenegro`MNE`Southern Europe	3.7217
93	Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	3.7043
94	Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	3.6766
95	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	3.6730
96	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	3.6312
97	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	3.6051
98	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	3.5947
99	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	3.5917
100	Mexico`MEX`Central America	3.5227
101	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	3.4521
102	Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	3.4089
103	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	3.3013
104	French Polynesia`PYF`Polynesia	3.2748
105	Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	3.2163
106	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	3.2038
107	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	3.1403
108	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	3.0949
109	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	2.9871
110	Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	2.9596
111	Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	2.9592
112	Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	2.8992
113	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	2.8651
114	Panama`PAN`Central America	2.8046
115	Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	2.6955
116	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	2.6605
117	Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	2.5807
118	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	2.5409
119	Ecuador`ECU`South America	2.5353
120	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	2.4987
121	North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	2.3605
122	Uruguay`URY`South America	2.3544
123	Bolivia`BOL`South America	2.3127
124	Brazil`BRA`South America	2.2784
125	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	2.2259
126	Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	2.2170
127	India`IND`Southern Asia	2.2010
128	Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	2.1264
129	Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	2.0940
130	Peru`PER`South America	2.0529
131	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	2.0098
132	Belize`BLZ`Central America	1.9086
133	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.8136
134	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.7552
135	Colombia`COL`South America	1.7520
136	Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	1.7077
137	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	1.6379
138	Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	1.5920
139	Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	1.5561
140	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	1.5096
141	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	1.4666
142	Tonga`TON`Polynesia	1.4643
143	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	1.4156
144	Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	1.3958
145	Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	1.3311
146	Syria`SYR`Western Asia	1.2880
147	Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	1.2406
148	Honduras`HND`Central America	1.1874
149	Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	1.1860
150	Paraguay`PRY`South America	1.1454
151	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	1.1449
152	Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	1.1313
153	Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	1.1264
154	Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	1.1003
155	Guatemala`GTM`Central America	1.0801
156	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.0141
157	Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	1.0134
158	Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	0.9014
159	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.8698
160	Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	0.8405
161	Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	0.8237
162	Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	0.8141
163	Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	0.7891
164	Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	0.7616
165	Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	0.7156
166	Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	0.6365
167	Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	0.6332
168	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.6241
169	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	0.6106
170	São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	0.6019
171	Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	0.6013
172	Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	0.5895
173	Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	0.5837
174	Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	0.5799
175	Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	0.5650
176	Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	0.5386
177	Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	0.4827
178	Timor-Leste`TLS`South-eastern Asia	0.4770
179	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	0.4643
180	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	0.4194
181	Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	0.3761
182	Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	0.3597
183	Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	0.3527
184	Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	0.3307
185	Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	0.2920
186	Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	0.2909
187	Togo`TGO`Western Africa	0.2894
188	Mali`MLI`Western Africa	0.2851
189	Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	0.2763
190	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.2729
191	Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	0.2538
192	Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	0.2523
193	Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	0.2494
194	Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	0.2487
195	Eritrea`ERI`Eastern Africa	0.2100
196	Sierra Leone`SLE`Western Africa	0.1660
197	Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	0.1554
198	Liberia`LBR`Western Africa	0.1531
199	Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	0.1426
200	South Sudan`SSD`Eastern Africa	0.1420
201	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	0.1417
202	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.1395
203	Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	0.1351
204	Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	0.1266
205	Niger`NER`Western Africa	0.1173
206	Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	0.0869
207	Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	0.0740
208	Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	0.0694
209	Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	0.0653
210	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.0540

02In 2024

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

1Qatar41.2713
2Kuwait26.2475
3Brunei26.0469
4Bahrain24.2702
5Trinidad and Tobago22.9319

Lowest

210DR Congo0.0540
209Burundi0.0653
208Somalia0.0694
207Central African Republic0.0740
206Malawi0.0869

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.2100. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032023 → 2024

Since 2023

What changed between 2023 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+0 / −0countries joined / left
210values changed, of 210 in both
121 · 89rose · fell
0unchanged

Rose most

Qatar40.1279 → 41.2713+1.1433
Kuwait25.4545 → 26.2475+0.7930
Iceland9.0522 → 9.6671+0.6150
New Caledonia17.4837 → 18.0654+0.5817
Palau12.1966 → 12.7776+0.5810

Fell most

Turkmenistan12.9570 → 10.8087−2.1483
Brunei27.2420 → 26.0469−1.1951
Trinidad and Tobago23.6444 → 22.9319−0.7125
Czechia7.6998 → 7.0440−0.6558
Canada13.8802 → 13.4199−0.4603

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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

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