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Countries by fossil CO2 emissions per person

Qatar had the highest fossil CO2 emissions per person of 213 countries in 2018, at 37.17 tonnes of CO2 per person. Democratic Republic of the Congo had the lowest, at 0.04 tonnes of CO2 per person. The median was 2.93 tonnes of CO2 per person and the figure for the World was 4.75 tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: Global Carbon Project.

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Highest37.17Qatar
Lowest0.04Democratic Republic of the Congo
Median2.93213 countries
World4.75History

Map of countries, 2018

United Arab Emirates: 21.84 tonnes of CO2 per personAfghanistan: 0.28 tonnes of CO2 per personAntigua and Barbuda: 6.77 tonnes of CO2 per personAlbania: 1.79 tonnes of CO2 per personArmenia: 2 tonnes of CO2 per personAngola: 0.74 tonnes of CO2 per personArgentina: 4.09 tonnes of CO2 per personAustria: 7.53 tonnes of CO2 per personAustralia: 16.51 tonnes of CO2 per personAzerbaijan: 3.44 tonnes of CO2 per personBosnia and Herzegovina: 6.52 tonnes of CO2 per personBangladesh: 0.53 tonnes of CO2 per personBelgium: 8.77 tonnes of CO2 per personBurkina Faso: 0.26 tonnes of CO2 per personBulgaria: 6.19 tonnes of CO2 per personBurundi: 0.05 tonnes of CO2 per personBenin: 0.46 tonnes of CO2 per personBrunei: 21.34 tonnes of CO2 per personBolivia: 1.96 tonnes of CO2 per personBrazil: 2.31 tonnes of CO2 per personBahamas: 6.25 tonnes of CO2 per personBhutan: 2.21 tonnes of CO2 per personBotswana: 3.32 tonnes of CO2 per personBelarus: 6.56 tonnes of CO2 per personBelize: 1.73 tonnes of CO2 per personCanada: 15.42 tonnes of CO2 per personDemocratic Republic of the Congo: 0.04 tonnes of CO2 per personCentral African Republic: 0.06 tonnes of CO2 per personRepublic of the Congo: 1.19 tonnes of CO2 per personSwitzerland: 4.34 tonnes of CO2 per personCôte d’Ivoire: 0.38 tonnes of CO2 per personChile: 4.47 tonnes of CO2 per personCameroon: 0.4 tonnes of CO2 per personChina: 7.29 tonnes of CO2 per personColombia: 1.85 tonnes of CO2 per personCosta Rica: 1.61 tonnes of CO2 per personCuba: 2.05 tonnes of CO2 per personCape Verde: 1.11 tonnes of CO2 per personCyprus: 5.76 tonnes of CO2 per personCzechia: 10.08 tonnes of CO2 per personGermany: 9.1 tonnes of CO2 per personDjibouti: 0.44 tonnes of CO2 per personDenmark: 5.97 tonnes of CO2 per personDominican Republic: 2.34 tonnes of CO2 per personAlgeria: 4.1 tonnes of CO2 per personEcuador: 2.26 tonnes of CO2 per personEstonia: 13.47 tonnes of CO2 per personEgypt: 2.29 tonnes of CO2 per personEritrea: 0.19 tonnes of CO2 per personSpain: 5.7 tonnes of CO2 per personEthiopia: 0.14 tonnes of CO2 per personFinland: 8.29 tonnes of CO2 per personFiji: 1.61 tonnes of CO2 per personFaroe Islands: 14.22 tonnes of CO2 per personFrance: 4.93 tonnes of CO2 per personGabon: 2.51 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited Kingdom: 5.69 tonnes of CO2 per personGeorgia: 2.61 tonnes of CO2 per personGhana: 0.5 tonnes of CO2 per personGreenland: 9.34 tonnes of CO2 per personGambia: 0.27 tonnes of CO2 per personGuinea: 0.3 tonnes of CO2 per personEquatorial Guinea: 4.35 tonnes of CO2 per personGreece: 6.69 tonnes of CO2 per personGuatemala: 1.09 tonnes of CO2 per personGuinea-Bissau: 0.1 tonnes of CO2 per personGuyana: 2.93 tonnes of CO2 per personHong Kong: 5.7 tonnes of CO2 per personHonduras: 1.01 tonnes of CO2 per personCroatia: 4.4 tonnes of CO2 per personHaiti: 0.31 tonnes of CO2 per personHungary: 5.05 tonnes of CO2 per personIndonesia: 2.25 tonnes of CO2 per personIreland: 7.99 tonnes of CO2 per personIsrael: 7.05 tonnes of CO2 per personIndia: 1.89 tonnes of CO2 per personIraq: 4.62 tonnes of CO2 per personIran: 7.72 tonnes of CO2 per personIceland: 10.39 tonnes of CO2 per personItaly: 5.79 tonnes of CO2 per personJamaica: 2.86 tonnes of CO2 per personJordan: 2.43 tonnes of CO2 per personJapan: 8.97 tonnes of CO2 per personKenya: 0.34 tonnes of CO2 per personKyrgyzstan: 1.76 tonnes of CO2 per personCambodia: 0.86 tonnes of CO2 per personKiribati: 0.57 tonnes of CO2 per personNorth Korea: 2.41 tonnes of CO2 per personSouth Korea: 12.98 tonnes of CO2 per personKuwait: 23.7 tonnes of CO2 per personKazakhstan: 17.41 tonnes of CO2 per personLaos: 2.87 tonnes of CO2 per personLebanon: 4.31 tonnes of CO2 per personSri Lanka: 0.9 tonnes of CO2 per personLiberia: 0.12 tonnes of CO2 per personLesotho: 0.99 tonnes of CO2 per personLithuania: 4.79 tonnes of CO2 per personLuxembourg: 15.71 tonnes of CO2 per personLatvia: 4.07 tonnes of CO2 per personLibya: 9.15 tonnes of CO2 per personMorocco: 1.74 tonnes of CO2 per personMoldova: 1.7 tonnes of CO2 per personMontenegro: 3.9 tonnes of CO2 per personMadagascar: 0.13 tonnes of CO2 per personNorth Macedonia: 3.47 tonnes of CO2 per personMali: 0.25 tonnes of CO2 per personMyanmar: 0.65 tonnes of CO2 per personMongolia: 14.31 tonnes of CO2 per personMauritania: 1.02 tonnes of CO2 per personMauritius: 3.46 tonnes of CO2 per personMalawi: 0.09 tonnes of CO2 per personMexico: 3.76 tonnes of CO2 per personMalaysia: 7.98 tonnes of CO2 per personMozambique: 0.24 tonnes of CO2 per personNamibia: 1.41 tonnes of CO2 per personNew Caledonia: 20.85 tonnes of CO2 per personNiger: 0.08 tonnes of CO2 per personNigeria: 0.52 tonnes of CO2 per personNicaragua: 0.81 tonnes of CO2 per personNetherlands: 9.08 tonnes of CO2 per personNorway: 8.37 tonnes of CO2 per personNepal: 0.5 tonnes of CO2 per personNew Zealand: 7.28 tonnes of CO2 per personOman: 15.37 tonnes of CO2 per personPanama: 2.19 tonnes of CO2 per personPeru: 1.76 tonnes of CO2 per personFrench Polynesia: 3.14 tonnes of CO2 per personPapua New Guinea: 0.81 tonnes of CO2 per personPhilippines: 1.28 tonnes of CO2 per personPakistan: 0.9 tonnes of CO2 per personPoland: 8.78 tonnes of CO2 per personPalestine: 0.61 tonnes of CO2 per personPortugal: 4.97 tonnes of CO2 per personPalau: 11.93 tonnes of CO2 per personParaguay: 1.32 tonnes of CO2 per personQatar: 37.17 tonnes of CO2 per personRomania: 4.08 tonnes of CO2 per personSerbia: 6.34 tonnes of CO2 per personRussia: 11.68 tonnes of CO2 per personRwanda: 0.11 tonnes of CO2 per personSaudi Arabia: 21.48 tonnes of CO2 per personSolomon Islands: 0.41 tonnes of CO2 per personSudan: 0.46 tonnes of CO2 per personSweden: 4.11 tonnes of CO2 per personSingapore: 8.93 tonnes of CO2 per personSlovenia: 7.04 tonnes of CO2 per personSlovakia: 6.65 tonnes of CO2 per personSierra Leone: 0.14 tonnes of CO2 per personSenegal: 0.71 tonnes of CO2 per personSomalia: 0.07 tonnes of CO2 per personSuriname: 3.49 tonnes of CO2 per personSouth Sudan: 0.17 tonnes of CO2 per personEl Salvador: 1.04 tonnes of CO2 per personSyria: 1.62 tonnes of CO2 per personEswatini: 0.87 tonnes of CO2 per personChad: 0.15 tonnes of CO2 per personTogo: 0.25 tonnes of CO2 per personThailand: 4.04 tonnes of CO2 per personTajikistan: 0.87 tonnes of CO2 per personTimor-Leste: 0.48 tonnes of CO2 per personTurkmenistan: 9.21 tonnes of CO2 per personTunisia: 2.65 tonnes of CO2 per personTürkiye: 5.02 tonnes of CO2 per personTrinidad and Tobago: 27.41 tonnes of CO2 per personTaiwan: 12.01 tonnes of CO2 per personTanzania: 0.25 tonnes of CO2 per personUkraine: 5.13 tonnes of CO2 per personUganda: 0.13 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited States: 16 tonnes of CO2 per personUruguay: 1.94 tonnes of CO2 per personUzbekistan: 3.16 tonnes of CO2 per personVenezuela: 3.73 tonnes of CO2 per personVietnam: 2.65 tonnes of CO2 per personVanuatu: 0.62 tonnes of CO2 per personSamoa: 1.13 tonnes of CO2 per personYemen: 0.34 tonnes of CO2 per personSouth Africa: 7.74 tonnes of CO2 per personZambia: 0.48 tonnes of CO2 per personZimbabwe: 0.75 tonnes of CO2 per person
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tonnes of CO2 per person, 2018. Hatched areas have no value for this period. Source: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset: fossil CO2 emissions per person, tonnes of CO2. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

Top 40 countries, 2018

Qatar: 37.17 tonnes of CO2 per personQatar37.17Trinidad and Tobago: 27.41 tonnes of CO2 per personTrinidad and Tobago27.41Curaçao: 23.81 tonnes of CO2 per personCuraçao23.81Kuwait: 23.7 tonnes of CO2 per personKuwait23.7United Arab Emirates: 21.84 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited Arab Emirates21.84Bahrain: 21.83 tonnes of CO2 per personBahrain21.83Saudi Arabia: 21.48 tonnes of CO2 per personSaudi Arabia21.48Brunei: 21.34 tonnes of CO2 per personBrunei21.34New Caledonia: 20.85 tonnes of CO2 per personNew Caledonia20.85Kazakhstan: 17.41 tonnes of CO2 per personKazakhstan17.41Sint Maarten: 17.25 tonnes of CO2 per personSint Maarten17.25Australia: 16.51 tonnes of CO2 per personAustralia16.51United States: 16 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited States16Luxembourg: 15.71 tonnes of CO2 per personLuxembourg15.71Canada: 15.42 tonnes of CO2 per personCanada15.42Oman: 15.37 tonnes of CO2 per personOman15.37Mongolia: 14.31 tonnes of CO2 per personMongolia14.31Faroe Islands: 14.22 tonnes of CO2 per personFaroe Islands14.22Estonia: 13.47 tonnes of CO2 per personEstonia13.47South Korea: 12.98 tonnes of CO2 per personSouth Korea12.98Taiwan: 12.01 tonnes of CO2 per personTaiwan12.01Palau: 11.93 tonnes of CO2 per personPalau11.93Russia: 11.68 tonnes of CO2 per personRussia11.68Bermuda: 10.91 tonnes of CO2 per personBermuda10.91Iceland: 10.39 tonnes of CO2 per personIceland10.39Czechia: 10.08 tonnes of CO2 per personCzechia10.08Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 9.92 tonnes of CO2 per personSaint Pierre and Miquelon9.92Greenland: 9.34 tonnes of CO2 per personGreenland9.34Turkmenistan: 9.21 tonnes of CO2 per personTurkmenistan9.21Libya: 9.15 tonnes of CO2 per personLibya9.15Germany: 9.1 tonnes of CO2 per personGermany9.1Netherlands: 9.08 tonnes of CO2 per personNetherlands9.08Japan: 8.97 tonnes of CO2 per personJapan8.97Anguilla: 8.96 tonnes of CO2 per personAnguilla8.96Singapore: 8.93 tonnes of CO2 per personSingapore8.93Poland: 8.78 tonnes of CO2 per personPoland8.78Belgium: 8.77 tonnes of CO2 per personBelgium8.77Turks and Caicos Islands: 8.64 tonnes of CO2 per personTurks and Caicos Islands8.64Norway: 8.37 tonnes of CO2 per personNorway8.37Finland: 8.29 tonnes of CO2 per personFinland8.29Qatar: 37.17 tonnes of CO2 per personQatar37.17Trinidad and Tobago: 27.41 tonnes of CO2 per personTrinidad and Tobago27.41Curaçao: 23.81 tonnes of CO2 per personCuraçao23.81Kuwait: 23.7 tonnes of CO2 per personKuwait23.7United Arab Emirates: 21.84 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited Arab Emirates21.84Bahrain: 21.83 tonnes of CO2 per personBahrain21.83Saudi Arabia: 21.48 tonnes of CO2 per personSaudi Arabia21.48Brunei: 21.34 tonnes of CO2 per personBrunei21.34New Caledonia: 20.85 tonnes of CO2 per personNew Caledonia20.85Kazakhstan: 17.41 tonnes of CO2 per personKazakhstan17.41Sint Maarten: 17.25 tonnes of CO2 per personSint Maarten17.25Australia: 16.51 tonnes of CO2 per personAustralia16.51United States: 16 tonnes of CO2 per personUnited States16Luxembourg: 15.71 tonnes of CO2 per personLuxembourg15.71Canada: 15.42 tonnes of CO2 per personCanada15.42Oman: 15.37 tonnes of CO2 per personOman15.37Mongolia: 14.31 tonnes of CO2 per personMongolia14.31Faroe Islands: 14.22 tonnes of CO2 per personFaroe Islands14.22Estonia: 13.47 tonnes of CO2 per personEstonia13.47South Korea: 12.98 tonnes of CO2 per personSouth Korea12.98Taiwan: 12.01 tonnes of CO2 per personTaiwan12.01Palau: 11.93 tonnes of CO2 per personPalau11.93Russia: 11.68 tonnes of CO2 per personRussia11.68Bermuda: 10.91 tonnes of CO2 per personBermuda10.91Iceland: 10.39 tonnes of CO2 per personIceland10.39Czechia: 10.08 tonnes of CO2 per personCzechia10.08Saint Pierre and Miquelon: 9.92 tonnes of CO2 per personSaint Pierre and Miquelon9.92Greenland: 9.34 tonnes of CO2 per personGreenland9.34Turkmenistan: 9.21 tonnes of CO2 per personTurkmenistan9.21Libya: 9.15 tonnes of CO2 per personLibya9.15Germany: 9.1 tonnes of CO2 per personGermany9.1Netherlands: 9.08 tonnes of CO2 per personNetherlands9.08Japan: 8.97 tonnes of CO2 per personJapan8.97Anguilla: 8.96 tonnes of CO2 per personAnguilla8.96Singapore: 8.93 tonnes of CO2 per personSingapore8.93Poland: 8.78 tonnes of CO2 per personPoland8.78Belgium: 8.77 tonnes of CO2 per personBelgium8.77Turks and Caicos Islands: 8.64 tonnes of CO2 per personTurks and Caicos Islands8.64Norway: 8.37 tonnes of CO2 per personNorway8.37Finland: 8.29 tonnes of CO2 per personFinland8.29
tonnes of CO2 per person. Source: Global Carbon Project, Global Carbon Project fossil CO2 emissions dataset: fossil CO2 emissions per person, tonnes of CO2. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankCountries2018
tonnes of CO2 per person		Change on 2017
1Qatar37.17-4.8%
2Trinidad and Tobago27.41-1.7%
3Curaçao23.81-19.2%
4Kuwait23.7-1.6%
5United Arab Emirates21.84+2.6%
6Bahrain21.83-1.7%
7Saudi Arabia21.48+2.6%
8Brunei21.34-0.8%
9New Caledonia20.85+5.9%
10Kazakhstan17.41+2.2%
11Sint Maarten17.25-4.4%
12Australia16.51-1.2%
13United States16+2.3%
14Luxembourg15.71+1.3%
15Canada15.42+0.2%
16Oman15.37+5.1%
17Mongolia14.31+30.1%
18Faroe Islands14.22+1.5%
19Estonia13.47-4.7%
20South Korea12.98+2.1%
21Taiwan12.01-0.7%
22Palau11.93-1.7%
23Russia11.68+2.8%
24Bermuda10.91+8.1%
25Iceland10.39-1.2%
26Czechia10.08-1.4%
27Saint Pierre and Miquelon9.92-11%
28Greenland9.34-2.3%
29Turkmenistan9.21-4.8%
30Libya9.15-8.1%
31Germany9.1-3.6%
32Netherlands9.08-3.1%
33Japan8.97-3.8%
34Anguilla8.96+0.8%
35Singapore8.93-0.1%
36Poland8.78-0.2%
37Belgium8.77+0.5%
38Turks and Caicos Islands8.64-2%
39Norway8.37-0%
40Finland8.29+2.3%
41Aruba8.16-3.1%
42Ireland7.99-1.6%
43Malaysia7.98+5.6%
44South Africa7.74+1.4%
45Iran7.72-5.8%
46Austria7.53-4.8%
47China7.29+3%
48New Zealand7.28-1.7%
49Israel7.05+0.2%
50Slovenia7.04-0.8%
51Antigua and Barbuda6.77+1.9%
52Greece6.69-3.9%
53Slovakia6.65-0.1%
54Andorra6.63+3.5%
55Belarus6.56+4.8%
56Bosnia and Herzegovina6.52+0.9%
57Montserrat6.42+15.1%
58Serbia6.34-1.9%
59Bahamas6.25-3.2%
60Bulgaria6.19-7.6%
61Denmark5.97-0.7%
62Italy5.79-0.8%
63Cyprus5.76-3.2%
64Spain5.7-2.3%
65Hong Kong5.70%
66United Kingdom5.69-2.6%
67Saint Kitts and Nevis5.3+3.1%
68Caribbean Netherlands5.24-6.6%
69Seychelles5.19+1.5%
70Barbados5.15+3.2%
71Ukraine5.13+4.4%
72Hungary5.05-0%
73Türkiye5.02-3.1%
74Portugal4.97-6.9%
75France4.93-4.9%
76Nauru4.79-1.3%
77Lithuania4.79+2%
78Cook Islands4.64+2.7%
79Iraq4.62+8.6%
80British Virgin Islands4.55-17.2%
81Chile4.47-1.4%
82Croatia4.4-4.2%
83Equatorial Guinea4.35-0.2%
84Switzerland4.34-4.1%
85Lebanon4.31-4.5%
86Sweden4.11-2.3%
87Algeria4.1+3.5%
88Niue4.1-0.3%
89Argentina4.09-3.3%
90Romania4.08+1%
91Latvia4.07+9.5%
92Thailand4.04+1.4%
93Montenegro3.9+15.1%
94Mexico3.76-0.1%
95Liechtenstein3.74-9%
96Venezuela3.73-18%
97Maldives3.67+11.2%
98Suriname3.49-14.7%
99North Macedonia3.47-5.1%
100Mauritius3.46-1.7%
101Azerbaijan3.44-1.1%
102Botswana3.32+6.6%
103Marshall Islands3.24+2.7%
104Malta3.19-2.8%
105Uzbekistan3.16-7.6%
106French Polynesia3.14+0.5%
107Guyana2.93+4.3%
108Saint Lucia2.88+2.6%
109Laos2.87+2.8%
110Jamaica2.86+3.6%
111Grenada2.66+4.8%
112Vietnam2.65+11%
113Tunisia2.65-2.7%
114Georgia2.61-1.8%
115Gabon2.51-1.4%
116Jordan2.43-4.7%
117Dominica2.42+7.6%
118North Korea2.41-10.6%
119Dominican Republic2.34+6.3%
120Brazil2.31-4.8%
121Saint Vincent and the Grenadines2.3+14.6%
122Egypt2.29-6.3%
123Ecuador2.26-3.6%
124Indonesia2.25+5.4%
125Bhutan2.21+1.3%
126Panama2.19-6.3%
127Wallis and Futuna2.17+1%
128Cuba2.05-6.1%
129Saint Helena2.01+0.4%
130Armenia2+5.3%
131Bolivia1.960%
132Uruguay1.94+6.6%
133India1.89+5.8%
134Macao1.89-36.7%
135Colombia1.85+6.8%
136Albania1.79-2.7%
137Kyrgyzstan1.76+17%
138Peru1.76+0.5%
139Morocco1.74+0.9%
140Belize1.73-2.9%
141Moldova1.7+6.4%
142Syria1.62-9.5%
143Fiji1.61+1.9%
144Costa Rica1.61-1.1%
145Namibia1.41-1.5%
146Paraguay1.32+5.6%
147Micronesia1.3-0.4%
148Philippines1.28+3.4%
149Tonga1.25-7.9%
150Republic of the Congo1.19+13%
151Samoa1.13-1%
152Cape Verde1.11-0.1%
153Guatemala1.09+6.1%
154El Salvador1.04+8.5%
155Mauritania1.02+20.5%
156Tuvalu1.02+51.6%
157Honduras1.01-4.9%
158Lesotho0.99-6.4%
159Sri Lanka0.9-9.8%
160Pakistan0.9-5.5%
161Eswatini0.87+3.6%
162Tajikistan0.87+14.7%
163Cambodia0.86+13.9%
164Nicaragua0.81-6.1%
165Papua New Guinea0.81+13.3%
166Zimbabwe0.75+12.3%
167Angola0.74-4.7%
168Senegal0.71+2.4%
169São Tomé and Príncipe0.66-1.5%
170Myanmar0.65+42.9%
171Vanuatu0.62+23.3%
172Palestine0.61-11.4%
173Kiribati0.57-1.5%
174Bangladesh0.53-0.7%
175Nigeria0.52-7.3%
176Nepal0.5+12.7%
177Ghana0.5+19.6%
178Timor-Leste0.48-12.6%
179Zambia0.48+12.6%
180Sudan0.46-2.4%
181Benin0.46-0.8%
182Djibouti0.44+12.2%
183Solomon Islands0.41-2.1%
184Cameroon0.4-0.1%
185Côte d’Ivoire0.38-15.5%
186Comoros0.37+6.2%
187Kenya0.34+3%
188Yemen0.34+21.2%
189Haiti0.31+7.1%
190Guinea0.3-24.2%
191Afghanistan0.28+6.3%
192Gambia0.27+6%
193Burkina Faso0.26+10.1%
194Mali0.25+5.7%
195Tanzania0.25+2.1%
196Togo0.25+3.8%
197Mozambique0.24-1.5%
198Eritrea0.19+9.9%
199South Sudan0.17+21%
200Chad0.15-1.5%
201Ethiopia0.14+7.4%
202Sierra Leone0.14-7.5%
203Uganda0.13-0.8%
204Madagascar0.13-7.7%
205Liberia0.12-10.6%
206Rwanda0.11+9.7%
207Guinea-Bissau0.1+5.5%
208Malawi0.09+37.9%
209Niger0.08-22.3%
210Somalia0.07+0.5%
211Central African Republic0.06-6.8%
212Burundi0.05+21.2%
213Democratic Republic of the Congo0.04+25%

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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.

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L2  - https://invokely.ai/rankings/fossil-co2-emissions-per-capita/countries?period=2018
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/fossil-co2-emissions-per-capita/countries?period=2018.
N1  - Publisher attribution: 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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Rank Countries by fossil CO2 emissions per person using official data, and cite the source.
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Which country has the highest fossil CO2 emissions per person?

Qatar, with 37.17 tonnes of CO2 per person in 2018, according to Global Carbon Project.

Which country has the lowest fossil CO2 emissions per person?

Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 0.04 tonnes of CO2 per person in 2018.

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.

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