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CO2 emissions per capita in 2018 (metric tonnes)

· lower is better · 152 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2018
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  1. 1Burundi0.05
  2. 2Chad0.07
  3. 3Central African Republic0.07
  4. 4Malawi0.09
  5. 5Rwanda0.09
  6. 6Niger0.1
  7. 7Madagascar0.13
  8. 8Sierra Leone0.13
  9. 9Uganda0.14
  10. 10Ethiopia0.15
  11. 11Guinea-Bissau0.17
  12. 12Afghanistan0.2
  13. 13Tanzania0.21
  14. 14Burkina Faso0.22
  15. 15Mozambique0.23
  16. 16Eritrea0.23
  17. 17Guinea0.25
  18. 18Liberia0.27
  19. 19Togo0.29
  20. 20Mali0.29
  21. 21Haiti0.3
  22. 22Comoros0.31
  23. 23Cameroon0.34
  24. 24Kenya0.36
  25. 25Cote d'Ivoire0.4
  26. 26Nepal0.43
  27. 27Zambia0.45
  28. 28Sudan0.48
  29. 29Djibouti0.51
  30. 30Bangladesh0.51
  31. 31Ghana0.54
  32. 32Solomon Islands0.57
  33. 33Vanuatu0.62
  34. 34Senegal0.62
  35. 35Nigeria0.67
  36. 36Cambodia0.69
  37. 37Benin0.69
  38. 38Kiribati0.69
  39. 39Tajikistan0.81
  40. 40Nicaragua0.81
  41. 41Zimbabwe0.85
  42. 42Papua New Guinea0.87
  43. 43Angola0.89
  44. 44Mauritania0.91
  45. 45Pakistan0.98
  46. 46Sri Lanka1
  47. 47Honduras1
  48. 48El Salvador1.1
  49. 49Guatemala1.1
  50. 50Paraguay1.2
  51. 51Lesotho1.2
  52. 52Philippines1.3
  53. 53Colombia1.6
  54. 54Costa Rica1.7
  55. 55Peru1.7
  56. 56Namibia1.7
  57. 57Belize1.8
  58. 58India1.8
  59. 59Bhutan1.8
  60. 60Tonga1.8
  61. 61Morocco1.9
  62. 62Armenia1.9
  63. 63Uruguay1.9
  64. 64Albania1.9
  65. 65Bolivia2
  66. 66Brazil2
  67. 67Fiji2.2
  68. 68Gabon2.2
  69. 69Indonesia2.2
  70. 70Cuba2.2
  71. 71Ecuador2.3
  72. 72Dominican Republic2.4
  73. 73Panama2.4
  74. 74Jordan2.5
  75. 75Dominica2.5
  76. 76Georgia2.5
  77. 77Tunisia2.6
  78. 78Grenada2.7
  79. 79Viet Nam2.7
  80. 80Jamaica2.9
  81. 81Guyana3.1
  82. 82Moldova3.2
  83. 83Malta3.2
  84. 84Azerbaijan3.2
  85. 85Mauritius3.3
  86. 86Uzbekistan3.4
  87. 87Sweden3.5
  88. 88Algeria3.6
  89. 89Suriname3.6
  90. 90Botswana3.6
  91. 91Thailand3.7
  92. 92Mexico3.7
  93. 93Romania3.8
  94. 94Latvia4
  95. 95Lebanon4
  96. 96Montenegro4
  97. 97Croatia4.1
  98. 98Lithuania4.1
  99. 99Ukraine4.2
  100. 100Barbados4.4
  101. 101Switzerland4.4
  102. 102France4.6
  103. 103Chile4.6
  104. 104Hungary4.7
  105. 105Portugal4.8
  106. 106Iraq4.9
  107. 107Turkiye5
  108. 108Equatorial Guinea5.1
  109. 109Italy5.4
  110. 110United Kingdom5.4
  111. 111Antigua and Barbuda5.5
  112. 112Spain5.5
  113. 113Denmark5.8
  114. 114Bulgaria5.9
  115. 115Cyprus6.1
  116. 116Greece6.1
  117. 117Iceland6.2
  118. 118Belarus6.3
  119. 119Seychelles6.4
  120. 120Serbia6.5
  121. 121New Zealand6.6
  122. 122Mongolia6.7
  123. 123Slovenia6.8
  124. 124Bosnia and Herzegovina6.8
  125. 125Israel7
  126. 126Norway7
  127. 127Austria7.1
  128. 128China7.4
  129. 129South Africa7.5
  130. 130Malaysia7.6
  131. 131Ireland7.6
  132. 132Finland8
  133. 133Belgium8.2
  134. 134Poland8.2
  135. 135Singapore8.4
  136. 136Germany8.6
  137. 137Japan8.7
  138. 138Netherlands8.8
  139. 139Libya8.8
  140. 140Kazakhstan12.1
  141. 141Estonia12.1
  142. 142Turkmenistan12.3
  143. 143Oman15.2
  144. 144United States15.2
  145. 145Saudi Arabia15.3
  146. 146Luxembourg15.3
  147. 147Australia15.5
  148. 148Canada15.5
  149. 149Palau16.2
  150. 150Bahrain19.6
  151. 151United Arab Emirates20.8
  152. 152Kuwait21.6

CO2 emissions per capita in 2018 (metric tonnes)