ATLAS · CO₂ PER CAPITA

CO₂ per capita by Country

The whole world, recoloured by co₂ per capita. CO₂ per capita worldwide (world figure): 4.69 (2024). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Carbon-dioxide emissions per person, in tonnes, World Bank (IPCC AR5 basis).

HIGHEST

82.8

LOWEST

0.00

WORLD

4.69

203 countries with a figure

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0), 2024 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

0.268.20

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The top 25

203 countries and territories have a co₂ per capita figure. Here are the highest:

#	Country	CO₂ per capita
1	Palau	82.8
2	Qatar	47.3
3	Bahrain	23.9
4	Kuwait	23.7
5	Brunei Darussalam	20.2
6	Trinidad and Tobago	19.6
7	Oman	18.7
8	Saudi Arabia	18.5
9	United Arab Emirates	18.3
10	New Caledonia	17.1
11	Gibraltar	16.1
12	Australia	14.1
13	Canada	14.0
14	Russian Federation	14.0
15	United States	13.6
16	Kazakhstan	12.6
17	Korea, Rep.	11.4
18	Turkmenistan	10.9
19	Luxembourg	10.6
20	Greenland	10.5
21	Singapore	9.75
22	China	9.32
23	Iran, Islamic Rep.	9.05
24	Libya	8.66
25	Iceland	8.52

Palau ranks 1st of 203.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Per-Person Emissions vs Total Emissions: Reading the Carbon Map Fairly

Whether a country is a big polluter depends entirely on which question you ask. A plain-language guide to the difference between CO₂ per capita and total emissions, why the two maps look completely different, and how to read per-person carbon honestly.

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