environmental2023
Per capita carbon dioxide emissions from transport
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,117.1kilograms per person
Median: 930.5kilograms per person
Countries Covered
191
with available data
Highest
Palau
7,886.9kilograms per person
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0kilograms per person
Top 5 Countries
1Palau7,886.9kilograms per person
2Luxembourg6,299.8kilograms per person
3United States of America4,876.5kilograms per person
4Saudi Arabia4,298.0kilograms per person
5Cook Islands4,212.3kilograms per person
By Region
Oceania3,256.3kilograms per person(2 countries)
North America2,704.0kilograms per person(4 countries)
Europe1,842.9kilograms per person(32 countries)
Asia1,349.1kilograms per person(25 countries)
South America1,077.4kilograms per person(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0kilograms per person)High (7,886.9kilograms per person)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,117.1kilograms per person)
Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (32)
Asia (25)
South America (7)
Other (112)
Africa (9)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 7,886.9kilograms per person |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 6,299.8kilograms per person |
| 3 | United States of America | 4,876.5kilograms per person |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 4,298.0kilograms per person |
| 5 | Cook Islands | 4,212.3kilograms per person |
| 6 | Canada | 4,185.8kilograms per person |
| 7 | Qatar | 3,910.6kilograms per person |
| 8 | Australia | 3,655.4kilograms per person |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 3,571.7kilograms per person |
| 10 | Kuwait | 3,521.5kilograms per person |
| 11 | New Zealand | 2,857.2kilograms per person |
| 12 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,832.5kilograms per person |
| 13 | Oman | 2,681.6kilograms per person |
| 14 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2,678.6kilograms per person |
| 15 | Maldives | 2,566.5kilograms per person |
| 16 | Bahrain | 2,529.2kilograms per person |
| 17 | Libya | 2,472.1kilograms per person |
| 18 | Slovenia | 2,468.9kilograms per person |
| 19 | Iceland | 2,425.4kilograms per person |
| 20 | Norway | 2,322.8kilograms per person |
| 21 | Marshall Islands | 2,316.7kilograms per person |
| 22 | Bahamas | 2,303.2kilograms per person |
| 23 | Austria | 2,232.1kilograms per person |
| 24 | Ireland | 2,193.7kilograms per person |
| 25 | Lithuania | 2,137.3kilograms per person |
| 26 | South Korea | 2,037.9kilograms per person |
| 27 | Belgium | 2,012.3kilograms per person |
| 28 | Israel | 1,983.5kilograms per person |
| 29 | Croatia | 1,919.9kilograms per person |
| 30 | Russian Federation | 1,898.5kilograms per person |
| 31 | Spain | 1,881.4kilograms per person |
| 32 | Denmark | 1,864.5kilograms per person |
| 33 | Czech Republic | 1,824.3kilograms per person |
| 34 | France | 1,820.6kilograms per person |
| 35 | Guyana | 1,815.2kilograms per person |
| 36 | Malaysia | 1,809.5kilograms per person |
| 37 | Estonia | 1,806.6kilograms per person |
| 38 | Greece | 1,796.4kilograms per person |
| 39 | Italy | 1,761.0kilograms per person |
| 40 | Poland | 1,714.3kilograms per person |
| 41 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1,710.0kilograms per person |
| 42 | Nauru | 1,680.7kilograms per person |
| 43 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,676.7kilograms per person |
| 44 | Portugal | 1,674.9kilograms per person |
| 45 | Finland | 1,663.9kilograms per person |
| 46 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 1,638.8kilograms per person |
| 47 | Switzerland | 1,633.5kilograms per person |
| 48 | Latvia | 1,625.6kilograms per person |
| 49 | Germany | 1,619.5kilograms per person |
| 50 | Seychelles | 1,563.0kilograms per person |
| 51 | United Kingdom | 1,544.5kilograms per person |
| 52 | Japan | 1,498.3kilograms per person |
| 53 | Suriname | 1,494.7kilograms per person |
| 54 | Turkmenistan | 1,492.3kilograms per person |
| 55 | Cyprus | 1,464.7kilograms per person |
| 56 | Montenegro | 1,452.1kilograms per person |
| 57 | Bulgaria | 1,449.4kilograms per person |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 1,448.6kilograms per person |
| 59 | Malta | 1,444.8kilograms per person |
| 60 | Chile | 1,444.1kilograms per person |
| 61 | Netherlands | 1,427.7kilograms per person |
| 62 | Hungary | 1,404.0kilograms per person |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,381.6kilograms per person |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 1,338.6kilograms per person |
| 65 | Slovakia | 1,335.6kilograms per person |
| 66 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1,326.6kilograms per person |
| 67 | Barbados | 1,310.4kilograms per person |
| 68 | Sweden | 1,304.1kilograms per person |
| 69 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1,290.4kilograms per person |
| 70 | Panama | 1,253.7kilograms per person |
| 71 | Ecuador | 1,234.7kilograms per person |
| 72 | Georgia | 1,229.2kilograms per person |
| 73 | Uruguay | 1,207.2kilograms per person |
| 74 | Belize | 1,191.9kilograms per person |
| 75 | Costa Rica | 1,177.2kilograms per person |
| 76 | Mexico | 1,167.1kilograms per person |
| 77 | Lebanon | 1,163.9kilograms per person |
| 78 | Serbia | 1,160.5kilograms per person |
| 79 | Romania | 1,135.6kilograms per person |
| 80 | Thailand | 1,132.5kilograms per person |
| 81 | Türkiye | 1,114.0kilograms per person |
| 82 | Belarus | 1,098.1kilograms per person |
| 83 | Fiji | 1,082.1kilograms per person |
| 84 | Argentina | 1,079.1kilograms per person |
| 85 | Bolivia | 1,067.4kilograms per person |
| 86 | Mongolia | 1,043.1kilograms per person |
| 87 | Brazil | 1,036.9kilograms per person |
| 88 | Algeria | 1,014.6kilograms per person |
| 89 | Singapore | 1,008.8kilograms per person |
| 90 | Botswana | 967.6kilograms per person |
| 91 | Mauritius | 965.8kilograms per person |
| 92 | Jamaica | 961.3kilograms per person |
| 93 | Tonga | 955.9kilograms per person |
| 94 | Azerbaijan | 955.6kilograms per person |
| 95 | Grenada | 939.4kilograms per person |
| 96 | Iraq | 930.5kilograms per person |
| 97 | Paraguay | 873.7kilograms per person |
| 98 | Bhutan | 839.3kilograms per person |
| 99 | Peru | 792.4kilograms per person |
| 100 | Armenia | 791.6kilograms per person |
| 101 | South Africa | 756.8kilograms per person |
| 102 | Dominica | 751.5kilograms per person |
| 103 | Vanuatu | 749.0kilograms per person |
| 104 | Colombia | 747.3kilograms per person |
| 105 | People's Republic of China | 737.0kilograms per person |
| 106 | Dominican Republic | 722.8kilograms per person |
| 107 | Moldova, Republic of | 714.0kilograms per person |
| 108 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 710.2kilograms per person |
| 109 | Namibia | 685.1kilograms per person |
| 110 | El Salvador | 667.2kilograms per person |
| 111 | Jordan | 653.9kilograms per person |
| 112 | Samoa | 646.1kilograms per person |
| 113 | Tunisia | 631.9kilograms per person |
| 114 | Venezuela | 608.5kilograms per person |
| 115 | Egypt | 603.8kilograms per person |
| 116 | Guatemala | 586.5kilograms per person |
| 117 | Albania | 547.7kilograms per person |
| 118 | Eswatini | 528.2kilograms per person |
| 119 | Indonesia | 522.4kilograms per person |
| 120 | Uzbekistan | 515.0kilograms per person |
| 121 | Cape Verde | 497.8kilograms per person |
| 122 | Morocco | 485.0kilograms per person |
| 123 | Honduras | 483.8kilograms per person |
| 124 | Vietnam | 452.0kilograms per person |
| 125 | Cambodia | 418.4kilograms per person |
| 126 | Mauritania | 404.2kilograms per person |
| 127 | Benin | 399.0kilograms per person |
| 128 | Comoros | 352.8kilograms per person |
| 129 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 344.4kilograms per person |
| 130 | Sri Lanka | 327.8kilograms per person |
| 131 | Philippines | 323.4kilograms per person |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 320.9kilograms per person |
| 133 | Ghana | 318.5kilograms per person |
| 134 | Senegal | 295.4kilograms per person |
| 135 | Equatorial Guinea | 270.6kilograms per person |
| 136 | Republic of the Congo | 262.0kilograms per person |
| 137 | Myanmar | 261.6kilograms per person |
| 138 | Cote d'Ivoire | 247.7kilograms per person |
| 139 | India | 246.1kilograms per person |
| 140 | Nigeria | 243.9kilograms per person |
| 141 | Tajikistan | 238.7kilograms per person |
| 142 | Solomon Islands | 237.5kilograms per person |
| 143 | Angola | 234.6kilograms per person |
| 144 | Lesotho | 229.3kilograms per person |
| 145 | Kiribati | 226.3kilograms per person |
| 146 | Syrian Arab Republic | 217.4kilograms per person |
| 147 | Timor-Leste | 202.3kilograms per person |
| 148 | North Korea | 185.1kilograms per person |
| 149 | Kenya | 182.7kilograms per person |
| 150 | Sudan | 177.4kilograms per person |
| 151 | Pakistan | 176.2kilograms per person |
| 152 | Guinea | 173.5kilograms per person |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 173.2kilograms per person |
| 154 | Mali | 172.1kilograms per person |
| 155 | Papua New Guinea | 162.7kilograms per person |
| 156 | Burkina Faso | 159.8kilograms per person |
| 157 | Togo | 156.9kilograms per person |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 153.0kilograms per person |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 152.7kilograms per person |
| 160 | Cuba | 140.7kilograms per person |
| 161 | Yemen | 138.4kilograms per person |
| 162 | Cameroon | 133.2kilograms per person |
| 163 | Zambia | 127.4kilograms per person |
| 164 | Nepal | 125.3kilograms per person |
| 165 | Mozambique | 124.0kilograms per person |
| 166 | United Republic of Tanzania | 118.6kilograms per person |
| 167 | Djibouti | 112.8kilograms per person |
| 168 | Afghanistan | 109.8kilograms per person |
| 169 | Sierra Leone | 101.6kilograms per person |
| 170 | Bangladesh | 86.9kilograms per person |
| 171 | Uganda | 84.3kilograms per person |
| 172 | Niger | 83.3kilograms per person |
| 173 | South Sudan | 81.0kilograms per person |
| 174 | Gabon | 80.5kilograms per person |
| 175 | Liberia | 74.6kilograms per person |
| 176 | Haiti | 72.2kilograms per person |
| 177 | Eritrea | 72.0kilograms per person |
| 178 | Central African Republic | 64.0kilograms per person |
| 179 | Rwanda | 60.2kilograms per person |
| 180 | Malawi | 57.3kilograms per person |
| 181 | Ethiopia | 53.9kilograms per person |
| 182 | Burundi | 50.4kilograms per person |
| 183 | Chad | 49.7kilograms per person |
| 184 | Ukraine | 48.8kilograms per person |
| 185 | Madagascar | 48.1kilograms per person |
| 186 | Guinea-Bissau | 37.2kilograms per person |
| 187 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31.2kilograms per person |
| 188 | Somalia | 30.0kilograms per person |
| 189 | Republic of The Gambia | 29.7kilograms per person |
| 190 | Niue | 0.0kilograms per person |
| 191 | Tuvalu | 0.0kilograms per person |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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