environmental2026
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita)
Latest available World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024.
Loading visualization...
Key Insights
Global Average
4.5per capita
Median: 2.6per capita
Countries Covered
203
with available data
Highest
Palau
82.8per capita
Lowest
Tuvalu
0.0per capita
Top 5 Countries
1Palau82.8per capita
2Qatar47.3per capita
3Bahrain23.9per capita
4Kuwait23.7per capita
5Brunei Darussalam20.2per capita
By Region
Oceania10.1per capita(2 countries)
Asia8.2per capita(26 countries)
North America8.1per capita(4 countries)
Europe5.5per capita(31 countries)
Other3.5per capita(124 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0per capita)High (82.8per capita)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.5per capita)
Oceania (2)
Asia (26)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Other (124)
South America (7)
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 World Bank World Development Indicators value for each country, using observations from 2020–2024. Source: World Bank World Development Indicators.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palau | 82.8per capita |
| 2 | Qatar | 47.3per capita |
| 3 | Bahrain | 23.9per capita |
| 4 | Kuwait | 23.7per capita |
| 5 | Brunei Darussalam | 20.2per capita |
| 6 | Trinidad and Tobago | 19.6per capita |
| 7 | Oman | 18.7per capita |
| 8 | Saudi Arabia | 18.5per capita |
| 9 | United Arab Emirates | 18.3per capita |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 17.1per capita |
| 11 | Gibraltar | 16.1per capita |
| 12 | Australia | 14.1per capita |
| 13 | Canada | 14.0per capita |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 14.0per capita |
| 15 | United States of America | 13.6per capita |
| 16 | Kazakhstan | 12.6per capita |
| 17 | South Korea | 11.4per capita |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 10.9per capita |
| 19 | Luxembourg | 10.6per capita |
| 20 | Greenland | 10.5per capita |
| 21 | Singapore | 9.8per capita |
| 22 | People's Republic of China | 9.3per capita |
| 23 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 9.1per capita |
| 24 | Libya | 8.7per capita |
| 25 | Iceland | 8.5per capita |
| 26 | Malaysia | 8.3per capita |
| 27 | Mongolia | 7.8per capita |
| 28 | Japan | 7.8per capita |
| 29 | Estonia | 7.8per capita |
| 30 | Poland | 7.6per capita |
| 31 | Belgium | 7.3per capita |
| 32 | Seychelles | 7.2per capita |
| 33 | Norway | 7.2per capita |
| 34 | Czech Republic | 7.1per capita |
| 35 | Germany | 6.9per capita |
| 36 | South Africa | 6.9per capita |
| 37 | Netherlands | 6.6per capita |
| 38 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.4per capita |
| 39 | Austria | 6.3per capita |
| 40 | Slovenia | 6.3per capita |
| 41 | Ireland | 6.0per capita |
| 42 | New Zealand | 6.0per capita |
| 43 | Belarus | 5.9per capita |
| 44 | Israel | 5.8per capita |
| 45 | Finland | 5.5per capita |
| 46 | Slovakia | 5.5per capita |
| 47 | Cyprus | 5.4per capita |
| 48 | Türkiye | 5.4per capita |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 5.3per capita |
| 50 | Iraq | 5.2per capita |
| 51 | Aruba | 5.1per capita |
| 52 | Italy | 5.1per capita |
| 53 | Greece | 5.0per capita |
| 54 | Cayman Islands | 5.0per capita |
| 55 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.9per capita |
| 56 | Croatia | 4.8per capita |
| 57 | Puerto Rico | 4.8per capita |
| 58 | Hong Kong | 4.6per capita |
| 59 | Guyana | 4.6per capita |
| 60 | Spain | 4.5per capita |
| 61 | Lithuania | 4.5per capita |
| 62 | Hungary | 4.5per capita |
| 63 | Denmark | 4.3per capita |
| 64 | Vietnam | 4.3per capita |
| 65 | United Kingdom | 4.2per capita |
| 66 | Bermuda | 4.1per capita |
| 67 | Uzbekistan | 4.1per capita |
| 68 | Suriname | 4.1per capita |
| 69 | Argentina | 4.0per capita |
| 70 | France | 4.0per capita |
| 71 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 4.0per capita |
| 72 | Algeria | 4.0per capita |
| 73 | Thailand | 4.0per capita |
| 74 | Chile | 3.9per capita |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 3.8per capita |
| 76 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3.8per capita |
| 77 | Switzerland | 3.7per capita |
| 78 | Romania | 3.7per capita |
| 79 | Latvia | 3.6per capita |
| 80 | Mexico | 3.6per capita |
| 81 | Bahamas | 3.6per capita |
| 82 | Sweden | 3.6per capita |
| 83 | Maldives | 3.6per capita |
| 84 | Mauritius | 3.5per capita |
| 85 | Georgia | 3.5per capita |
| 86 | French Polynesia | 3.5per capita |
| 87 | Moldova, Republic of | 3.4per capita |
| 88 | Venezuela | 3.4per capita |
| 89 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 3.4per capita |
| 90 | Portugal | 3.3per capita |
| 91 | Malta | 3.2per capita |
| 92 | Ukraine | 3.1per capita |
| 93 | Dominican Republic | 3.0per capita |
| 94 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.9per capita |
| 95 | Indonesia | 2.9per capita |
| 96 | Jamaica | 2.8per capita |
| 97 | Panama | 2.7per capita |
| 98 | Botswana | 2.7per capita |
| 99 | Ecuador | 2.6per capita |
| 100 | Tunisia | 2.6per capita |
| 101 | Uruguay | 2.6per capita |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.6per capita |
| 103 | Macao | 2.5per capita |
| 104 | Barbados | 2.5per capita |
| 105 | Egypt | 2.5per capita |
| 106 | North Korea | 2.5per capita |
| 107 | Armenia | 2.5per capita |
| 108 | Virgin Islands, British | 2.3per capita |
| 109 | Brazil | 2.3per capita |
| 110 | Bolivia | 2.3per capita |
| 111 | India | 2.2per capita |
| 112 | Jordan | 2.1per capita |
| 113 | Gabon | 2.0per capita |
| 114 | Peru | 2.0per capita |
| 115 | Bhutan | 2.0per capita |
| 116 | Cuba | 1.9per capita |
| 117 | Lebanon | 1.9per capita |
| 118 | Morocco | 1.8per capita |
| 119 | Colombia | 1.8per capita |
| 120 | Albania | 1.8per capita |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 1.7per capita |
| 122 | Costa Rica | 1.6per capita |
| 123 | Tonga | 1.6per capita |
| 124 | Fiji | 1.6per capita |
| 125 | Samoa | 1.6per capita |
| 126 | El Salvador | 1.5per capita |
| 127 | Philippines | 1.5per capita |
| 128 | Grenada | 1.5per capita |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.5per capita |
| 130 | Republic of the Congo | 1.3per capita |
| 131 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.3per capita |
| 132 | Cape Verde | 1.3per capita |
| 133 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.3per capita |
| 134 | Dominica | 1.3per capita |
| 135 | Namibia | 1.2per capita |
| 136 | Paraguay | 1.2per capita |
| 137 | Honduras | 1.1per capita |
| 138 | Guatemala | 1.1per capita |
| 139 | Cambodia | 1.1per capita |
| 140 | Sri Lanka | 1.1per capita |
| 141 | Mauritania | 1.0per capita |
| 142 | Belize | 0.9per capita |
| 143 | Tajikistan | 0.9per capita |
| 144 | Eswatini | 0.9per capita |
| 145 | Vanuatu | 0.9per capita |
| 146 | Nicaragua | 0.8per capita |
| 147 | Pakistan | 0.8per capita |
| 148 | Zimbabwe | 0.8per capita |
| 149 | Senegal | 0.8per capita |
| 150 | Djibouti | 0.8per capita |
| 151 | Angola | 0.7per capita |
| 152 | Bangladesh | 0.7per capita |
| 153 | Ghana | 0.7per capita |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.6per capita |
| 155 | Kiribati | 0.6per capita |
| 156 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6per capita |
| 157 | Myanmar | 0.6per capita |
| 158 | Nigeria | 0.6per capita |
| 159 | Zambia | 0.5per capita |
| 160 | Nepal | 0.5per capita |
| 161 | Papua New Guinea | 0.5per capita |
| 162 | Comoros | 0.5per capita |
| 163 | Timor-Leste | 0.5per capita |
| 164 | Benin | 0.5per capita |
| 165 | Sudan | 0.4per capita |
| 166 | Lesotho | 0.4per capita |
| 167 | Solomon Islands | 0.4per capita |
| 168 | Kenya | 0.4per capita |
| 169 | Cameroon | 0.4per capita |
| 170 | Guinea | 0.4per capita |
| 171 | Togo | 0.3per capita |
| 172 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.3per capita |
| 173 | Mali | 0.3per capita |
| 174 | Haiti | 0.3per capita |
| 175 | Mozambique | 0.3per capita |
| 176 | Afghanistan | 0.3per capita |
| 177 | Burkina Faso | 0.3per capita |
| 178 | Yemen | 0.3per capita |
| 179 | Malawi | 0.2per capita |
| 180 | Eritrea | 0.2per capita |
| 181 | Republic of The Gambia | 0.2per capita |
| 182 | Sierra Leone | 0.2per capita |
| 183 | Uganda | 0.2per capita |
| 184 | Rwanda | 0.2per capita |
| 185 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.2per capita |
| 186 | Liberia | 0.2per capita |
| 187 | Ethiopia | 0.1per capita |
| 188 | Madagascar | 0.1per capita |
| 189 | Chad | 0.1per capita |
| 190 | Niger | 0.1per capita |
| 191 | Burundi | 0.1per capita |
| 192 | Central African Republic | 0.1per capita |
| 193 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.1per capita |
| 194 | Somalia | 0.0per capita |
| 195 | Faroe Islands | 0.0per capita |
| 196 | Marshall Islands | 0.0per capita |
| 197 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.0per capita |
| 198 | American Samoa | 0.0per capita |
| 199 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0per capita |
| 200 | Guam | 0.0per capita |
| 201 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.0per capita |
| 202 | Nauru | 0.0per capita |
| 203 | Tuvalu | 0.0per capita |
Showing 203 of 203 countries
Topics
Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2026).
View Original Source