Countries by fossil CO2 emissions per person
Qatar had the highest fossil CO2 emissions per person of 213 countries in 2013, at 44.98 tonnes of CO2 per person. The Central African Republic had the lowest, at 0.02 tonnes of CO2 per person. The median was 2.75 tonnes of CO2 per person and the figure for the World was 4.84 tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: Global Carbon Project.
Map of countries, 2013
- Under 0.4
- 0.4 to 1
- 1 to 2.6
- 2.6 to 5.4
- 5.4 to 8.7
- 8.7 and over
- No data
Top 40 countries, 2013
Full ranking
| Rank | Countries | 2013 | Change on 2012 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qatar | 44.98 | -8.5% |
| 2 | Curaçao | 36.37 | -6.9% |
| 3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 32.42 | -1.4% |
| 4 | United Arab Emirates | 27.35 | -1.6% |
| 5 | Bahrain | 24.84 | +11.1% |
| 6 | Kuwait | 23.68 | -21.9% |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 20.81 | -7% |
| 8 | Sint Maarten | 19.93 | -0.3% |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 19 | -7.1% |
| 10 | Brunei | 18.55 | -20.8% |
| 11 | Australia | 17.12 | -3.4% |
| 12 | Oman | 17.11 | -3.8% |
| 13 | United States | 17.1 | +1.7% |
| 14 | Canada | 16.11 | +0.2% |
| 15 | Mongolia | 15.25 | +21.8% |
| 16 | Estonia | 14.9 | +10.9% |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 14.44 | +1.9% |
| 18 | New Caledonia | 14.34 | +5.1% |
| 19 | Faroe Islands | 13.43 | +8.8% |
| 20 | Palau | 12.87 | +2.3% |
| 21 | South Korea | 12.67 | +0.1% |
| 22 | Taiwan | 11.73 | +0.2% |
| 23 | Russia | 11.32 | -3.9% |
| 24 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 11.04 | +0.3% |
| 25 | Turkmenistan | 10.83 | -6% |
| 26 | Montserrat | 10.79 | +28.4% |
| 27 | Iceland | 10.77 | -1.2% |
| 28 | Japan | 10.27 | +0.9% |
| 29 | Germany | 10.26 | +2% |
| 30 | Czechia | 10.15 | -4.1% |
| 31 | Greenland | 9.95 | +3.3% |
| 32 | Netherlands | 9.72 | -0.8% |
| 33 | Finland | 9.51 | +0.6% |
| 34 | Belgium | 9.21 | -0.2% |
| 35 | Norway | 8.77 | -0.6% |
| 36 | Singapore | 8.73 | +0.2% |
| 37 | Anguilla | 8.57 | -5.2% |
| 38 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 8.49 | -3.3% |
| 39 | Bermuda | 8.41 | +46.2% |
| 40 | Poland | 8.41 | -1.3% |
| 41 | Aruba | 8.4 | -36.5% |
| 42 | South Africa | 8.34 | -2.8% |
| 43 | Libya | 8.14 | -18.3% |
| 44 | Israel | 8.14 | -17.2% |
| 45 | Ireland | 8.06 | -3% |
| 46 | Malaysia | 8.01 | +11.5% |
| 47 | Austria | 7.99 | +0.1% |
| 48 | New Zealand | 7.91 | -2.9% |
| 49 | Iran | 7.59 | +0.5% |
| 50 | Greece | 7.45 | -9.9% |
| 51 | Denmark | 7.44 | +4.3% |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 7.42 | -2.7% |
| 53 | Slovenia | 7.36 | -4.1% |
| 54 | China | 7.21 | +1.1% |
| 55 | Belarus | 6.78 | +2.5% |
| 56 | British Virgin Islands | 6.7 | -2.6% |
| 57 | Venezuela | 6.63 | +11.5% |
| 58 | Slovakia | 6.58 | -1% |
| 59 | Ukraine | 6.45 | -2.1% |
| 60 | Andorra | 6.33 | -0.1% |
| 61 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.32 | -0.9% |
| 62 | Serbia | 6.13 | +2.5% |
| 63 | Hong Kong | 6.1 | +2.8% |
| 64 | Italy | 6.09 | -8.6% |
| 65 | Equatorial Guinea | 6.07 | +14.2% |
| 66 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6.04 | +0.1% |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 5.86 | -11.2% |
| 68 | Malta | 5.67 | -12% |
| 69 | France | 5.59 | 0% |
| 70 | Cyprus | 5.56 | -10.8% |
| 71 | Barbados | 5.55 | -1.2% |
| 72 | Suriname | 5.54 | +25% |
| 73 | Spain | 5.38 | -8.8% |
| 74 | Switzerland | 5.34 | +1.1% |
| 75 | Bahamas | 5.26 | -3.6% |
| 76 | Liechtenstein | 5.22 | +3% |
| 77 | Caribbean Netherlands | 4.77 | -7.1% |
| 78 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4.75 | -0.1% |
| 79 | Sweden | 4.7 | -4% |
| 80 | Chile | 4.62 | +1.7% |
| 81 | Portugal | 4.6 | -3.1% |
| 82 | Türkiye | 4.59 | -3.8% |
| 83 | Cook Islands | 4.58 | +0.3% |
| 84 | Nauru | 4.53 | +15.4% |
| 85 | Argentina | 4.45 | -2.1% |
| 86 | Lithuania | 4.44 | -5.5% |
| 87 | Hungary | 4.4 | -6.7% |
| 88 | Croatia | 4.34 | -3% |
| 89 | Mexico | 4.19 | -2.5% |
| 90 | Niue | 4.16 | +99.4% |
| 91 | Seychelles | 4.06 | -3.4% |
| 92 | Iraq | 4.02 | +0.8% |
| 93 | Romania | 3.93 | -11.9% |
| 94 | Lebanon | 3.86 | -9.5% |
| 95 | Uzbekistan | 3.78 | -6.9% |
| 96 | Thailand | 3.78 | -0.1% |
| 97 | North Macedonia | 3.7 | -11.3% |
| 98 | Algeria | 3.68 | +2.3% |
| 99 | Latvia | 3.66 | -1% |
| 100 | Azerbaijan | 3.53 | +1% |
| 101 | Montenegro | 3.4 | -2.8% |
| 102 | French Polynesia | 3.21 | +0.2% |
| 103 | Mauritius | 3.15 | +2.4% |
| 104 | Jamaica | 3.04 | +6.9% |
| 105 | Jordan | 3.01 | -5.1% |
| 106 | Saint Lucia | 2.81 | -0.5% |
| 107 | Marshall Islands | 2.75 | +4.2% |
| 108 | Maldives | 2.74 | -4.6% |
| 109 | Gabon | 2.71 | -0.1% |
| 110 | Panama | 2.69 | +5.8% |
| 111 | Brazil | 2.68 | +6% |
| 112 | Grenada | 2.65 | +11.6% |
| 113 | Botswana | 2.65 | +9.9% |
| 114 | Tunisia | 2.58 | +0.8% |
| 115 | Guyana | 2.54 | -3.3% |
| 116 | Ecuador | 2.51 | +4.3% |
| 117 | Cuba | 2.47 | -5.3% |
| 118 | Egypt | 2.3 | +0.7% |
| 119 | Dominica | 2.26 | -5.3% |
| 120 | Uruguay | 2.24 | -13.2% |
| 121 | Georgia | 2.11 | -2.4% |
| 122 | Wallis and Futuna | 2.06 | +1.7% |
| 123 | Dominican Republic | 2.04 | -1.5% |
| 124 | Saint Helena | 2.02 | -0.6% |
| 125 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2 | -5.8% |
| 126 | Indonesia | 1.93 | -5.5% |
| 127 | Armenia | 1.89 | -3.7% |
| 128 | Colombia | 1.87 | +8.8% |
| 129 | Albania | 1.84 | +8.5% |
| 130 | Bhutan | 1.75 | +9.1% |
| 131 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.68 | -5.2% |
| 132 | Morocco | 1.68 | -1.9% |
| 133 | Vietnam | 1.67 | +3.7% |
| 134 | Bolivia | 1.66 | -0.4% |
| 135 | Macao | 1.65 | -14.3% |
| 136 | Costa Rica | 1.61 | +3.9% |
| 137 | Syria | 1.58 | -22.3% |
| 138 | India | 1.54 | +2.2% |
| 139 | Moldova | 1.44 | +5% |
| 140 | Peru | 1.43 | -7% |
| 141 | North Korea | 1.43 | -23.1% |
| 142 | Belize | 1.38 | -2.1% |
| 143 | Namibia | 1.33 | -8.4% |
| 144 | Micronesia | 1.25 | +5.5% |
| 145 | Republic of the Congo | 1.21 | +14.6% |
| 146 | Eswatini | 1.16 | +17.8% |
| 147 | Fiji | 1.13 | +13.9% |
| 148 | Honduras | 1.05 | +0.4% |
| 149 | Lesotho | 1.03 | -24.7% |
| 150 | Tonga | 1.03 | +3.8% |
| 151 | El Salvador | 0.99 | -6.3% |
| 152 | Angola | 0.98 | -4.6% |
| 153 | Cape Verde | 0.97 | -1.5% |
| 154 | Samoa | 0.96 | -0.9% |
| 155 | Yemen | 0.93 | +29.3% |
| 156 | Philippines | 0.93 | +6.4% |
| 157 | Paraguay | 0.86 | -1.2% |
| 158 | Zimbabwe | 0.83 | +2.2% |
| 159 | Guatemala | 0.81 | +8% |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 0.77 | -0.3% |
| 161 | Pakistan | 0.7 | -3.2% |
| 162 | Tuvalu | 0.67 | -33.7% |
| 163 | Sri Lanka | 0.66 | -8.9% |
| 164 | Nigeria | 0.65 | +3.8% |
| 165 | Laos | 0.64 | +24.4% |
| 166 | Solomon Islands | 0.63 | +5.6% |
| 167 | Mauritania | 0.58 | -14.1% |
| 168 | Senegal | 0.57 | +3.5% |
| 169 | São Tomé and Príncipe | 0.57 | -1.9% |
| 170 | Palestine | 0.56 | +8.4% |
| 171 | Papua New Guinea | 0.55 | +0.9% |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 0.54 | +2.7% |
| 173 | Kiribati | 0.48 | -1.4% |
| 174 | Ghana | 0.46 | -2.6% |
| 175 | Sudan | 0.46 | +7.7% |
| 176 | Vanuatu | 0.43 | -8.3% |
| 177 | Benin | 0.43 | +0.7% |
| 178 | Bangladesh | 0.41 | +7.5% |
| 179 | Côte d’Ivoire | 0.4 | +11.1% |
| 180 | Djibouti | 0.39 | +27.5% |
| 181 | Cambodia | 0.37 | -0.5% |
| 182 | Cameroon | 0.37 | +0.4% |
| 183 | Tajikistan | 0.35 | -3.3% |
| 184 | Zambia | 0.29 | +2.6% |
| 185 | Afghanistan | 0.28 | -11.7% |
| 186 | Kenya | 0.27 | +5.5% |
| 187 | Haiti | 0.26 | +17.7% |
| 188 | Comoros | 0.26 | +16.6% |
| 189 | Myanmar | 0.25 | +6.6% |
| 190 | Tanzania | 0.23 | +5.3% |
| 191 | Nepal | 0.23 | +13.4% |
| 192 | Togo | 0.22 | -28.1% |
| 193 | Gambia | 0.2 | -7.6% |
| 194 | Liberia | 0.2 | -6.5% |
| 195 | Guinea | 0.19 | -15.3% |
| 196 | Eritrea | 0.19 | -7.5% |
| 197 | Burkina Faso | 0.16 | +4.4% |
| 198 | Mali | 0.16 | +9.4% |
| 199 | Sierra Leone | 0.16 | +23.4% |
| 200 | Chad | 0.15 | +15% |
| 201 | Mozambique | 0.14 | +13.9% |
| 202 | South Sudan | 0.13 | +4.6% |
| 203 | Madagascar | 0.13 | +12% |
| 204 | Niger | 0.11 | +8.1% |
| 205 | Uganda | 0.11 | +0.6% |
| 206 | Ethiopia | 0.1 | +18.7% |
| 207 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.08 | +22.5% |
| 208 | Rwanda | 0.07 | +5.8% |
| 209 | Malawi | 0.07 | +4.6% |
| 210 | Somalia | 0.07 | -0.2% |
| 211 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.05 | +35.5% |
| 212 | Burundi | 0.04 | +7.3% |
| 213 | Central African Republic | 0.02 | -44.4% |
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About this ranking
Fossil CO2 emissions (fossil_co2_emissions) in tonnes of CO2 divided by the population, as published by the Global Carbon Project with the population series it ships with the dataset.
More on how it is measured
- Fossil CO2 covers the burning of coal, oil and gas, gas flaring, cement production and other industrial carbonate use.
- Emissions are counted in the country where they occur (territorial emissions).
- International aviation and shipping are left out of country figures and included in the World total.
- Land use change is not included.
Countries that refine oil or produce energy intensive goods for export, and small states with large ports or refineries, show high values that their residents' consumption alone would not cause. Each annual Global Carbon Budget release revises past years.
Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.
How to cite
Andrew, R. M. and Peters, G. P., The Global Carbon Project's fossil CO2 emissions dataset, Global Carbon Budget (Friedlingstein et al.). Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset: fossil CO2 emissions per person, tonnes of CO2. https://zenodo.org/records/17417124. Retrieved 2026-10-12. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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Questions
Which country has the highest fossil CO2 emissions per person?
Qatar, with 44.98 tonnes of CO2 per person in 2013, according to Global Carbon Project.
Which country has the lowest fossil CO2 emissions per person?
The Central African Republic, with 0.02 tonnes of CO2 per person in 2013.
Where does this ranking come from?
Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset: fossil CO2 emissions per person, tonnes of CO2. Retrieved 2026-10-12.