Data for 2024

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024

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.

Download CSV Cite this year

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. A higher value is the worse result.

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.

Search this table

Showing 25 of 210 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1	QatarQATWestern Asia	41.2713
2	KuwaitKWTWestern Asia	26.2475
3	BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia	26.0469
4	BahrainBHRWestern Asia	24.2702
5	Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean	22.9319
6	Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia	20.3792
7	United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia	20.1311
8	New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia	18.0654
9	Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean	16.5547
10	OmanOMNWestern Asia	15.6511
11	AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand	14.4772
12	United StatesUSANorthern America	14.1973
13	KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia	13.9374
14	CanadaCANNorthern America	13.4199
15	Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe	13.0936
16	MongoliaMNGEastern Asia	12.8596
17	PalauPLWMicronesia	12.7776
18	CuraçaoCUWCaribbean	12.3442
19	RussiaRUSEastern Europe	12.2947
20	TaiwanTWNEastern Asia	11.3012
21	South KoreaKOREastern Asia	11.2859
22	GreenlandGRLNorthern America	11.0846
23	TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia	10.8087
24	LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe	10.4597
25	AnguillaAIACaribbean	10.1442
26	IcelandISLNorthern Europe	9.6671
27	SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia	9.2448
28	LibyaLBYNorthern Africa	8.8416
29	ChinaCHNEastern Asia	8.6584
30	IranIRNSouthern Asia	8.6562
31	ArubaABWCaribbean	8.5193
32	BermudaBMUNorthern America	8.5092
33	MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia	8.1621
34	Turks and Caicos IslandsTCACaribbean	8.1410
35	JapanJPNEastern Asia	7.7725
36	BahamasBHSCaribbean	7.6497
37	BelgiumBELWestern Europe	7.2798
38	Antigua and BarbudaATGCaribbean	7.0932
39	PolandPOLEastern Europe	7.0801
40	CzechiaCZEEastern Europe	7.0440
41	South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa	6.8716
42	GermanyDEUWestern Europe	6.7688
43	NorwayNORNorthern Europe	6.6676
44	IrelandIRLNorthern Europe	6.3388
45	NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe	6.2969
46	SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe	6.2378
47	New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand	6.2293
48	AustriaAUTWestern Europe	6.1801
49	BelarusBLREastern Europe	6.1632
50	Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe	6.1392
51	EstoniaESTNorthern Europe	6.1055
52	MontserratMSRCaribbean	6.0559
53	SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe	6.0184
54	TürkiyeTURWestern Asia	5.8650
55	Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia	5.8332
56	IsraelISRWestern Asia	5.6074
57	Saint Kitts and NevisKNACaribbean	5.5453
58	GuyanaGUYSouth America	5.4270
59	CyprusCYPWestern Asia	5.3739
60	GreeceGRCSouthern Europe	5.3107
61	FinlandFINNorthern Europe	5.3006
62	SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe	5.2828
63	AndorraANDSouthern Europe	5.1827
64	NauruNRUMicronesia	5.1386
65	ItalyITASouthern Europe	5.0879
66	IraqIRQWestern Asia	5.0744
67	SeychellesSYCEastern Africa	5.0037
68	British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean	4.8772
69	BarbadosBRBCaribbean	4.8330
70	KosovoXKXSouthern Europe	4.7780
71	CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe	4.7647
72	DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe	4.7461
73	SurinameSURSouth America	4.7094
74	BulgariaBGREastern Europe	4.6794
75	SpainESPSouthern Europe	4.5990
76	United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe	4.5258
77	Hong KongHKGEastern Asia	4.4942
78	LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe	4.3865
79	MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia	4.3695
80	AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa	4.2338
81	NiueNIUPolynesia	4.1930
82	HungaryHUNEastern Europe	4.1357
83	Marshall IslandsMHLMicronesia	4.1142
84	VenezuelaVENSouth America	4.0852
85	ChileCHLSouth America	3.9831
86	FranceFRAWestern Europe	3.9694
87	AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia	3.8533
88	UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia	3.8291
89	UkraineUKREastern Europe	3.7638
90	ArgentinaARGSouth America	3.7434
91	ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia	3.7361
92	MontenegroMNESouthern Europe	3.7217
93	Equatorial GuineaGNQMiddle Africa	3.7043
94	MauritiusMUSEastern Africa	3.6766
95	VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia	3.6730
96	North MacedoniaMKDSouthern Europe	3.6312
97	RomaniaROUEastern Europe	3.6051
98	SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe	3.5947
99	SwedenSWENorthern Europe	3.5917
100	MexicoMEXCentral America	3.5227
101	LatviaLVANorthern Europe	3.4521
102	PortugalPRTSouthern Europe	3.4089
103	LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe	3.3013
104	French PolynesiaPYFPolynesia	3.2748
105	GrenadaGRDCaribbean	3.2163
106	MaltaMLTSouthern Europe	3.2038
107	LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia	3.1403
108	GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia	3.0949
109	Saint LuciaLCACaribbean	2.9871
110	BotswanaBWASouthern Africa	2.9596
111	JamaicaJAMCaribbean	2.9592
112	Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean	2.8992
113	IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia	2.8651
114	PanamaPANCentral America	2.8046
115	LebanonLBNWestern Asia	2.6955
116	TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa	2.6605
117	DominicaDMACaribbean	2.5807
118	Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean	2.5409
119	EcuadorECUSouth America	2.5353
120	ArmeniaARMWestern Asia	2.4987
121	North KoreaPRKEastern Asia	2.3605
122	UruguayURYSouth America	2.3544
123	BoliviaBOLSouth America	2.3127
124	BrazilBRASouth America	2.2784
125	CubaCUBCaribbean	2.2259
126	EgyptEGYNorthern Africa	2.2170
127	IndiaINDSouthern Asia	2.2010
128	GabonGABMiddle Africa	2.1264
129	BhutanBTNSouthern Asia	2.0940
130	PeruPERSouth America	2.0529
131	JordanJORWestern Asia	2.0098
132	BelizeBLZCentral America	1.9086
133	MoroccoMARNorthern Africa	1.8136
134	MoldovaMDAEastern Europe	1.7552
135	ColombiaCOLSouth America	1.7520
136	Costa RicaCRICentral America	1.7077
137	KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia	1.6379
138	AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe	1.5920
139	FijiFJIMelanesia	1.5561
140	PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia	1.5096
141	MacauMACEastern Asia	1.4666
142	TongaTONPolynesia	1.4643
143	El SalvadorSLVCentral America	1.4156
144	Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa	1.3958
145	MicronesiaFSMMicronesia	1.3311
146	SyriaSYRWestern Asia	1.2880
147	CambodiaKHMSouth-eastern Asia	1.2406
148	HondurasHNDCentral America	1.1874
149	TuvaluTUVPolynesia	1.1860
150	ParaguayPRYSouth America	1.1454
151	NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa	1.1449
152	Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa	1.1313
153	SamoaWSMPolynesia	1.1264
154	LesothoLSOSouthern Africa	1.1003
155	GuatemalaGTMCentral America	1.0801
156	TajikistanTJKCentral Asia	1.0141
157	MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa	1.0134
158	Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia	0.9014
159	PalestinePSEWestern Asia	0.8698
160	EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa	0.8405
161	ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa	0.8237
162	NicaraguaNICCentral America	0.8141
163	Papua New GuineaPNGMelanesia	0.7891
164	SenegalSENWestern Africa	0.7616
165	PakistanPAKSouthern Asia	0.7156
166	ComorosCOMEastern Africa	0.6365
167	NepalNPLSouthern Asia	0.6332
168	BangladeshBGDSouthern Asia	0.6241
169	GhanaGHAWestern Africa	0.6106
170	São Tomé and PríncipeSTPMiddle Africa	0.6019
171	VanuatuVUTMelanesia	0.6013
172	AngolaAGOMiddle Africa	0.5895
173	NigeriaNGAWestern Africa	0.5837
174	MyanmarMMRSouth-eastern Asia	0.5799
175	ZambiaZMBEastern Africa	0.5650
176	KiribatiKIRMicronesia	0.5386
177	DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa	0.4827
178	Timor-LesteTLSSouth-eastern Asia	0.4770
179	Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa	0.4643
180	BeninBENWestern Africa	0.4194
181	KenyaKENEastern Africa	0.3761
182	Solomon IslandsSLBMelanesia	0.3597
183	SudanSDNNorthern Africa	0.3527
184	CameroonCMRMiddle Africa	0.3307
185	TanzaniaTZAEastern Africa	0.2920
186	GambiaGMBWestern Africa	0.2909
187	TogoTGOWestern Africa	0.2894
188	MaliMLIWestern Africa	0.2851
189	Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa	0.2763
190	GuineaGINWestern Africa	0.2729
191	AfghanistanAFGSouthern Asia	0.2538
192	HaitiHTICaribbean	0.2523
193	YemenYEMWestern Asia	0.2494
194	MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa	0.2487
195	EritreaERIEastern Africa	0.2100
196	Sierra LeoneSLEWestern Africa	0.1660
197	Guinea-BissauGNBWestern Africa	0.1554
198	LiberiaLBRWestern Africa	0.1531
199	RwandaRWAEastern Africa	0.1426
200	South SudanSSDEastern Africa	0.1420
201	MadagascarMDGEastern Africa	0.1417
202	ChadTCDMiddle Africa	0.1395
203	EthiopiaETHEastern Africa	0.1351
204	UgandaUGAEastern Africa	0.1266
205	NigerNERWestern Africa	0.1173
206	MalawiMWIEastern Africa	0.0869
207	Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa	0.0740
208	SomaliaSOMEastern Africa	0.0694
209	BurundiBDIEastern Africa	0.0653
210	DR CongoCODMiddle 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

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

The position is ours
Global Carbon Project publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.
Which end is better
A higher value is the worse result.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

.csv
For a spreadsheet or code
210 rows · 6.0 KB · UTF-8, opens in Excel
Opens with 11 lines of source notes; the table starts on row 13.
Download co2-per-capita-2024-nations-inquiry.csv
↗
The publisher’s original
Global Carbon Project’s own file, on its own site.
zenodo.17417124

What this site changed: 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.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

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

0675 held

Other years

‹ The year before
CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023
210 countries
The year after ›
This is the newest year. A newer one will get its own page at its own address; this one is never rewritten.
All of them
CO₂ Emissions per Capita: every year
75 held, with the data dictionary, coverage and licence.
How it has moved, charted by country

07Questions