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Per capita greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry

t/person · lower is better · 194 countries

Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0); underlying sources incl. V-DemCC BY 4.0updated 2024
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League table

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  1. 1Niger0.25
  2. 2Malawi0.28
  3. 3Burundi0.29
  4. 4Afghanistan0.37
  5. 5Rwanda0.38
  6. 6Madagascar0.41
  7. 7Congo, Dem. Rep.0.42
  8. 8Yemen, Rep.0.44
  9. 9Ethiopia0.45
  10. 10Chad0.46
  11. 11Mali0.47
  12. 12Sierra Leone0.49
  13. 13South Sudan0.51
  14. 14Gambia, The0.52
  15. 15Somalia, Fed. Rep.0.53
  16. 16Uganda0.53
  17. 17Burkina Faso0.56
  18. 18Guinea-Bissau0.57
  19. 19Tanzania0.58
  20. 20Central African Republic0.61
  21. 21Liberia0.62
  22. 22Guinea0.63
  23. 23Eritrea0.65
  24. 24Solomon Islands0.66
  25. 25Timor-Leste0.67
  26. 26Kenya0.67
  27. 27Benin0.72
  28. 28Sudan0.74
  29. 29Kiribati0.75
  30. 30Haiti0.76
  31. 31Cote d'Ivoire0.78
  32. 32Mozambique0.78
  33. 33Bangladesh0.79
  34. 34Myanmar0.79
  35. 35Cameroon0.82
  36. 36Togo0.87
  37. 37Nepal0.89
  38. 38Sao Tome and Principe0.92
  39. 39Vanuatu0.96
  40. 40Senegal0.97
  41. 41Pakistan0.98
  42. 42Ghana1
  43. 43Zambia1
  44. 44Comoros1
  45. 45Papua New Guinea1.1
  46. 46Djibouti1.1
  47. 47Nicaragua1.1
  48. 48Sri Lanka1.2
  49. 49Nigeria1.2
  50. 50Zimbabwe1.2
  51. 51Tuvalu1.3
  52. 52Tajikistan1.3
  53. 53Angola1.3
  54. 54Cabo Verde1.4
  55. 55Samoa1.4
  56. 56Micronesia, Fed. Sts.1.4
  57. 57Mauritania1.4
  58. 58Syrian Arab Republic1.4
  59. 59Lesotho1.5
  60. 60Cambodia1.5
  61. 61Paraguay1.6
  62. 62Honduras1.6
  63. 63Macao SAR, China1.6
  64. 64El Salvador1.7
  65. 65Namibia1.7
  66. 66Guatemala1.8
  67. 67Philippines1.8
  68. 68Tonga1.9
  69. 69Albania2
  70. 70Fiji2.1
  71. 71Kyrgyz Republic2.2
  72. 72Costa Rica2.3
  73. 73Moldova2.3
  74. 74Peru2.4
  75. 75Morocco2.4
  76. 76India2.5
  77. 77Colombia2.5
  78. 78Jordan2.5
  79. 79Egypt, Arab Rep.2.6
  80. 80Bolivia2.7
  81. 81Belize2.8
  82. 82Cuba2.8
  83. 83Armenia2.9
  84. 84Korea, Dem. People's Rep.3
  85. 85St. Vincent and the Grenadines3
  86. 86Dominica3.1
  87. 87Jamaica3.1
  88. 88Bhutan3.2
  89. 89Brazil3.2
  90. 90Panama3.2
  91. 91St. Lucia3.2
  92. 92Tunisia3.2
  93. 93Ecuador3.3
  94. 94Dominican Republic3.4
  95. 95Lebanon3.4
  96. 96Malta3.4
  97. 97Grenada3.6
  98. 98Liechtenstein3.6
  99. 99Congo, Rep.3.6
  100. 100Lao PDR3.6
  101. 101Uruguay3.9
  102. 102Switzerland3.9
  103. 103Georgia3.9
  104. 104Indonesia4
  105. 105Portugal4.1
  106. 106Botswana4.1
  107. 107Mauritius4.2
  108. 108Sweden4.2
  109. 109Viet Nam4.2
  110. 110Mexico4.2
  111. 111North Macedonia4.2
  112. 112Latvia4.2
  113. 113Thailand4.3
  114. 114Argentina4.3
  115. 115Montenegro4.4
  116. 116France4.4
  117. 117Romania4.5
  118. 118Uzbekistan4.6
  119. 119Venezuela, RB4.7
  120. 120Azerbaijan4.7
  121. 121Maldives4.8
  122. 122Chile4.8
  123. 123United Kingdom4.8
  124. 124Hungary4.9
  125. 125Ukraine5
  126. 126British Virgin Islands5
  127. 127Spain5.1
  128. 128Equatorial Guinea5.1
  129. 129Naoero5.2
  130. 130Hong Kong SAR, China5.2
  131. 131Lithuania5.3
  132. 132Barbados5.3
  133. 133Italy5.5
  134. 134Croatia5.5
  135. 135Suriname5.5
  136. 136Denmark5.6
  137. 137Algeria5.6
  138. 138Andorra5.6
  139. 139Seychelles5.8
  140. 140Bulgaria5.8
  141. 141Greece6
  142. 142St. Kitts and Nevis6.3
  143. 143Finland6.3
  144. 144Slovak Republic6.5
  145. 145Israel6.6
  146. 146Estonia6.7
  147. 147Slovenia6.7
  148. 148Austria6.8
  149. 149Ireland6.8
  150. 150Netherlands6.8
  151. 151Serbia6.9
  152. 152Turkiye7
  153. 153Cyprus7.1
  154. 154Germany7.2
  155. 155Belarus7.3
  156. 156New Zealand7.5
  157. 157Antigua and Barbuda7.7
  158. 158Bosnia and Herzegovina7.8
  159. 159South Africa7.9
  160. 160Japan8
  161. 161Norway8
  162. 162Poland8.1
  163. 163Belgium8.2
  164. 164Czechia8.2
  165. 165Turks and Caicos Islands8.3
  166. 166Iraq8.5
  167. 167Bahamas, The8.6
  168. 168Guyana8.8
  169. 169Aruba8.8
  170. 170Malaysia8.9
  171. 171China9.7
  172. 172Iran, Islamic Rep.10.4
  173. 173Iceland10.5
  174. 174Singapore10.5
  175. 175Luxembourg10.7
  176. 176Korea, Rep.12
  177. 177Taiwan12
  178. 178Libya12.5
  179. 179Turkmenistan13.1
  180. 180Russian Federation15.4
  181. 181Kazakhstan15.7
  182. 182Canada15.9
  183. 183United States16.2
  184. 184Palau16.5
  185. 185Australia17.1
  186. 186Mongolia19.4
  187. 187Oman21.8
  188. 188United Arab Emirates23.6
  189. 189Saudi Arabia23.7
  190. 190Trinidad and Tobago27.1
  191. 191Brunei Darussalam30.4
  192. 192Kuwait34.4
  193. 193Bahrain39.2
  194. 194Qatar48.8

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels and industry