CO₂ per person by country

Carbon dioxide released per person each year. The map opens on 2024, with figures for 213 countries.

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Highest in 2024

  1. Qatar 41.3
  2. Kuwait 26.2
  3. Brunei 26
  4. Bahrain 24.3
  5. Trinidad and Tobago 22.9

Lowest in 2024

  1. Dem. Rep. Congo 0.054
  2. Burundi 0.0653
  3. Somalia 0.0694
  4. Central African Rep. 0.074
  5. Malawi 0.0869

About the data

Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.

Unit
tonnes of CO₂ per person, per year
Years
1858–2024
Data as of
2026-09-28
Source
Our World in Data
License
CC BY 4.0
Credit
Our World in Data; Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. CC BY 4.0

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