List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita

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Global map of Per capita carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and industry, 2022. Land use change is not included.[1]
Annual CO2 emissions by region. This measures fossil fuel and industry emissions. Land use change is not included.[2]

This is a list of sovereign states and territories by per capita carbon dioxide emissions[n 1] due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission. The following table lists the annual per capita CO2 emissions estimates (in kilotons of CO2 per year) for the year 2023, as well as the change from the year 2000.[3]

The data only considers carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture, but not emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry[n 2] Over the last 150 years, estimated cumulative emissions from land use and land-use change represent approximately one-third of total cumulative anthropogenic CO2 emissions.[6] Emissions from international shipping or bunker fuels are also not included in national figures,[7] which can make a large difference for small countries with important ports.

Measures of territorial-based emissions, also known as production-based emissions, do not account for emissions embedded in global trade, where emissions may be imported or exported in the form of traded goods, as it only reports emissions emitted within geographical boundaries. Accordingly, a proportion of the CO2 produced and reported in Asia and Africa is for the production of goods consumed in Europe and North America.[8]

According to the review of the scientific literature conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon dioxide is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas by warming contribution.[9] The other major anthropogenic greenhouse gases[n 3][10]:147[11]) are not included in the following list, nor are humans emissions of water vapor (H2O), the most important greenhouse gases, as they are negligible compared to naturally occurring quantities.[12]

According to Science for Policy report in 2024 by the Joint Research Centre (JRC – the European Commission's science and knowledge service) and International Energy Agency (IEA), in 2023, global GHG emissions primarily consisted of CO2, resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels (73.7%).[3]

Per capita CO2 emissions by country/territory

The data in the following table is extracted from EDGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research.[3]

List of countries by carbon emissions per capita
Location % of
global
average
Emissions per capita
(tons per year)
% change
from 2000
20232000
 World100%4.864.19Negative increase +16%
European Union117%5.668.32Positive decrease −32%
Palau[n 4]1288%62.59110.66Positive decrease −43%
Qatar896%43.5553.61Positive decrease −19%
Kuwait512%24.9026.56Positive decrease −6%
Brunei435%21.1218.23Negative increase +16%
New Caledonia430%20.9010.22Negative increase +105%
Bahrain426%20.7026.74Positive decrease −23%
United Arab Emirates416%20.2228.04Positive decrease −28%
Trinidad and Tobago406%19.7115.09Negative increase +31%
Gibraltar405%19.6710.94Negative increase +80%
Saudi Arabia353%17.1512.77Negative increase +34%
Oman352%17.1111.60Negative increase +47%
Canada307%14.9117.67Positive decrease −16%
Curaçao302%14.6642.90Positive decrease −66%
Russia297%14.4511.48Negative increase +26%
Australia293%14.2118.56Positive decrease −23%
United States285%13.8321.03Positive decrease −34%
Seychelles263%12.769.38Negative increase +36%
Kazakhstan256%12.438.78Negative increase +42%
Taiwan240%11.6810.90Negative increase +7%
Luxembourg230%11.1820.18Positive decrease −45%
South Korea227%11.0410.01Negative increase +10%
Turkmenistan216%10.518.71Negative increase +21%
Greenland210%10.210.02Negative increase+42,740%
Singapore193%9.3811.63Positive decrease −19%
China190%9.242.86Negative increase +223%
Iran187%9.105.35Negative increase +70%
Libya183%8.889.20Positive decrease −3%
Estonia183%8.8712.42Positive decrease −29%
Iceland181%8.7910.18Positive decrease −14%
Czech Republic175%8.5212.86Positive decrease −34%
Mongolia174%8.453.77Negative increase +124%
Cook Islands172%8.373.36Negative increase +149%
Malaysia171%8.305.64Negative increase +47%
Norway162%7.869.28Positive decrease −15%
Poland157%7.638.12Positive decrease −6%
Japan155%7.549.79Positive decrease −23%
New Zealand149%7.228.52Positive decrease −15%
Belgium148%7.1812.15Positive decrease −41%
Netherlands146%7.0911.11Positive decrease −36%
Germany145%7.0610.70Positive decrease −34%
Austria137%6.658.26Positive decrease −20%
South Africa135%6.567.59Positive decrease −14%
Ireland134%6.5011.39Positive decrease −43%
Falkland Islands133%6.482.50Negative increase +160%
Slovakia132%6.407.72Positive decrease −17%
Bosnia and Herzegovina130%6.333.79Negative increase +67%
Serbia and Montenegro125%6.085.01Negative increase +21%
Maldives124%6.002.27Negative increase +165%
Bulgaria121%5.866.02Positive decrease −3%
Bermuda120%5.842.35Negative increase +149%
Cyprus120%5.837.56Positive decrease −23%
Slovenia119%5.817.56Positive decrease −23%
Belarus119%5.795.66Negative increase +2%
Saint Pierre and Miquelon118%5.732.80Negative increase +105%
Finland118%5.7311.09Positive decrease −48%
Cayman Islands112%5.423.15Negative increase +72%
Italy (including San Marino and Vatican City)107%5.197.94Positive decrease −35%
Turkey106%5.133.59Negative increase +43%
Aruba101%4.912.96Negative increase +66%
Greece97%4.698.62Positive decrease −46%
Spain (including Andorra)96%4.687.66Positive decrease −39%
Lithuania96%4.663.33Negative increase +40%
Hungary95%4.615.82Positive decrease −21%
Denmark94%4.569.95Positive decrease −54%
Hong Kong93%4.516.29Positive decrease −28%
Chile92%4.453.53Negative increase +26%
Suriname92%4.453.13Negative increase +42%
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha91%4.442.20Negative increase +102%
Macao91%4.423.45Negative increase +28%
United Kingdom91%4.429.36Positive decrease −53%
Croatia89%4.314.38Positive decrease −1%
Iraq88%4.303.77Negative increase +14%
French Polynesia88%4.273.03Negative increase +41%
France (including Monaco)88%4.256.73Positive decrease −37%
North Macedonia86%4.194.44Positive decrease −6%
Azerbaijan85%4.143.54Negative increase +17%
 Israel85%4.136.42Positive decrease −36%
Guyana85%4.112.21Negative increase +86%
Bahamas83%4.043.35Negative increase +21%
Uzbekistan82%4.015.26Positive decrease −24%
Algeria82%3.992.82Negative increase +42%
Thailand81%3.942.78Negative increase +42%
Argentina81%3.933.69Negative increase +7%
 Switzerland (including Liechtenstein)80%3.876.25Positive decrease −38%
Malta79%3.855.38Positive decrease −28%
Puerto Rico78%3.806.63Positive decrease −43%
Romania76%3.704.40Positive decrease −16%
Vietnam76%3.690.70Negative increase +424%
Portugal74%3.586.22Positive decrease −43%
Latvia73%3.563.03Negative increase +17%
Mexico72%3.523.90Positive decrease −10%
Laos72%3.490.18Negative increase+1,892%
Sweden71%3.436.53Positive decrease −47%
Georgia69%3.331.10Negative increase +202%
Mauritius68%3.292.06Negative increase +60%
Panama68%3.291.71Negative increase +92%
Ukraine65%3.177.37Positive decrease −57%
Lebanon62%3.004.73Positive decrease −37%
Antigua and Barbuda62%2.991.62Negative increase +85%
Botswana60%2.932.37Negative increase +23%
Martinique58%2.831.74Negative increase +63%
Réunion58%2.812.78Negative increase +1%
Barbados57%2.762.18Negative increase +26%
Dominican Republic56%2.742.22Negative increase +24%
Turks and Caicos Islands56%2.710.94Negative increase +189%
Armenia54%2.631.16Negative increase +126%
Guadeloupe54%2.611.45Negative increase +79%
Tunisia53%2.572.18Negative increase +18%
Ecuador52%2.511.75Negative increase +44%
Uruguay51%2.501.68Negative increase +49%
Moldova51%2.501.64Negative increase +52%
Venezuela51%2.475.62Positive decrease −56%
North Korea51%2.463.22Positive decrease −24%
Equatorial Guinea50%2.444.47Positive decrease −45%
Indonesia50%2.411.41Negative increase +70%
Fiji48%2.351.80Negative increase +30%
Jamaica48%2.343.84Positive decrease −39%
Bhutan47%2.310.71Negative increase +225%
Egypt47%2.311.83Negative increase +26%
Samoa47%2.301.08Negative increase +113%
Jordan46%2.253.23Positive decrease −30%
British Virgin Islands46%2.211.34Negative increase +65%
Brazil45%2.201.99Negative increase +10%
Gabon44%2.165.36Positive decrease −60%
India43%2.070.95Negative increase +119%
Saint Kitts and Nevis42%2.051.09Negative increase +88%
Bolivia41%1.980.98Negative increase +101%
Colombia41%1.971.55Negative increase +27%
Tonga40%1.951.03Negative increase +89%
Cuba39%1.922.60Positive decrease −26%
Morocco38%1.821.16Negative increase +57%
Cape Verde35%1.710.65Negative increase +164%
Peru35%1.701.12Negative increase +52%
Costa Rica34%1.661.30Negative increase +27%
Saint Lucia33%1.620.61Negative increase +164%
Kyrgyzstan33%1.600.98Negative increase +64%
Albania32%1.561.04Negative increase +50%
Namibia31%1.531.03Negative increase +49%
Anguilla30%1.431.40Negative increase +2%
Philippines29%1.410.95Negative increase +48%
Grenada26%1.290.56Negative increase +128%
El Salvador26%1.270.99Negative increase +29%
Syria25%1.192.80Positive decrease −57%
Congo24%1.181.40Positive decrease −16%
French Guiana24%1.171.07Negative increase +10%
Guatemala23%1.130.83Negative increase +36%
Paraguay23%1.130.69Negative increase +64%
Honduras22%1.080.77Negative increase +41%
Dominica22%1.050.80Negative increase +32%
Cambodia21%1.030.16Negative increase +528%
Sri Lanka20%0.970.61Negative increase +58%
Tajikistan19%0.930.45Negative increase +108%
Eswatini19%0.921.03Positive decrease −11%
Vanuatu19%0.920.46Negative increase +101%
São Tomé and Príncipe19%0.920.40Negative increase +131%
Pakistan19%0.910.81Negative increase +13%
Mauritania19%0.900.39Negative increase +129%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines18%0.870.39Negative increase +125%
Nicaragua18%0.870.75Negative increase +16%
Angola16%0.781.00Positive decrease −22%
Kiribati16%0.760.39Negative increase +96%
Ghana15%0.740.32Negative increase +130%
Djibouti15%0.721.03Positive decrease −30%
Bangladesh15%0.710.20Negative increase +248%
Belize14%0.660.56Negative increase +18%
Senegal13%0.650.40Negative increase +60%
Papua New Guinea13%0.640.53Negative increase +21%
Zimbabwe13%0.621.19Positive decrease −48%
Solomon Islands13%0.610.57Negative increase +7%
Myanmar12%0.590.22Negative increase +173%
Nigeria12%0.580.82Positive decrease −30%
  Nepal12%0.570.14Negative increase +299%
Ivory Coast11%0.510.42Negative increase +22%
Benin10%0.490.23Negative increase +118%
East Timor10%0.480.26Negative increase +82%
Western Sahara9%0.410.81Positive decrease −49%
Zambia8%0.400.19Negative increase +113%
Cameroon8%0.380.37Negative increase +3%
Kenya8%0.380.28Negative increase +34%
Lesotho8%0.360.19Negative increase +93%
Comoros7%0.340.17Negative increase +105%
 Sudan

 South Sudan

7%0.340.18Negative increase +91%
Yemen7%0.340.88Positive decrease −62%
Haiti6%0.300.20Negative increase +52%
Mali6%0.300.07Negative increase +311%
Liberia6%0.300.14Negative increase +113%
Malawi6%0.290.27Negative increase +7%
Tanzania6%0.280.09Negative increase +210%
Mozambique6%0.280.09Negative increase +219%
Togo6%0.280.25Negative increase +10%
Burkina Faso5%0.260.08Negative increase +249%
Guinea5%0.250.17Negative increase +50%
Gambia5%0.240.22Negative increase +11%
Afghanistan4%0.210.05Negative increase +324%
Guinea-Bissau3%0.160.16Positive decrease −1%
Chad3%0.140.03Negative increase +399%
Uganda3%0.140.06Negative increase +137%
Ethiopia3%0.140.06Negative increase +138%
Madagascar3%0.140.11Negative increase +27%
Sierra Leone3%0.130.10Negative increase +32%
Rwanda2%0.120.08Negative increase +39%
Eritrea2%0.120.20Positive decrease −42%
Niger2%0.100.06Negative increase +69%
Central African Republic1%0.070.07Negative increase +2%
Burundi1%0.060.05Negative increase +41%
Somalia1%0.050.07Positive decrease −30%
Faroe Islands1%0.040.04Negative increase +11%
Democratic Republic of the Congo1%0.040.04Positive decrease −3%

CO2 emissions per capita embedded in global trade

CO2 emissions are typically measured on the basis of ‘production’. This accounting method – which is sometimes referred to as ‘territorial’ emissions – is used when countries report their emissions, and set targets domestically and internationally. In addition to the commonly reported production-based emissions statisticians also calculate ‘consumption-based’ emissions. These emissions are adjusted for trade. To calculate consumption-based emissions, traded goods are tracked across the world, and whenever a good was imported all CO2 emissions that were emitted in the production of that good are also imported, and vice versa to subtract all CO2 emissions that were emitted in the production of goods that were exported.[13]

Consumption-based emissions reflect the consumption and lifestyle choices of a country's citizens.[13] They are national or regional emissions that have been adjusted for trade, calculated as domestic (or ‘production-based’) emissions minus the emissions generated in the production of goods and services that are exported to other countries or regions, plus emissions from the production of goods and services that are imported.[14]

Consumption-based emissions = Production-based – Exported + Imported emissions[14]

This is measured as the net import-export balance in tons of CO2 per year. Positive values represent netimporters of CO2. Negative values represent net exporters of CO2.[15]

The data in the following table is extracted from Our World in Data database.[16] Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

Country / territoryProduction vs. consumption-based CO2 emissions per capita
(tCO2/cap)
CO2 emissions
embedded in
global trade
(tCO2/cap)
199020052017202020212020
PCPCPCPCPCC-P(C-P)/P (%)Net
 Aruba7.41328.7718.4437.3078.054
 Afghanistan0.1890.0770.2770.3000.296
 Angola0.4300.9770.8050.6070.619
 Anguilla6.15110.5569.5018.4169.173
 Albania1.6751.6861.4051.9231.9322.1381.6492.0151.6180.36522.14%importer
 Andorra7.5897.2056.3015.7755.729
 United Arab Emirates27.21029.46026.74133.57323.61623.98221.43619.84821.792−1.588−7.41%exporter
 Argentina3.4343.4334.1323.5964.2424.3373.7583.5354.118−0.223−5.95%exporter
 Armenia2.5151.6831.4361.9151.9432.0312.2922.5872.4390.29512.86%importer
 Antigua and Barbuda3.4704.6795.3874.5915.027
 Australia16.31614.26419.14317.05116.85015.36915.57913.81115.091−1.768−11.35%exporter
 Austria8.09311.6309.61212.9807.91110.4586.9649.1187.2432.15430.93%importer
 Azerbaijan6.9103.7583.9614.0913.4363.4123.6473.8063.7320.1594.35%importer
 Burundi0.0380.0210.0480.0540.055
 Belgium12.07815.54311.94621.4978.70717.6427.81615.3928.2447.57696.93%importer
 Benin0.1130.1810.3060.4600.5870.6630.5750.6540.5970.08013.84%importer
 Caribbean Netherlands5.4684.3584.2063.5853.868
 Burkina Faso0.0640.0880.0810.1230.2280.2630.2500.2820.2580.03212.64%importer
 Bangladesh0.1310.1700.2670.2740.4990.7490.5420.8070.5500.26448.74%importer
 Bulgaria8.7486.9996.4826.2156.6235.7445.2975.2296.181−0.067−1.27%exporter
 Bahrain23.97622.44921.9578.69322.53913.11025.45114.77526.664−10.676−41.95%exporter
 Bahamas7.4725.4785.2525.3305.850
 Bosnia and Herzegovina4.3193.9196.4416.3084.148
 Belarus10.3895.8805.9704.3286.1056.1566.0825.9886.223−0.094−1.55%exporter
 Belize1.7061.5031.6431.5561.723
 Bermuda8.7319.2509.9577.7668.533
 Bolivia1.4101.2851.1911.0662.0532.0661.7651.8321.9310.0673.78%importer
 Brazil1.4511.6301.9511.8712.3862.3932.0751.9972.281−0.077−3.73%exporter
 Barbados4.1344.8954.3213.6394.002
 Brunei23.62616.56613.27812.34121.63519.52223.89022.55023.532−1.341−5.61%exporter
 Bhutan0.2300.5711.6391.9411.958
 Botswana2.0132.0132.1621.3932.9474.9642.4584.7022.5112.24491.32%importer
 Central African Republic0.0650.0510.0430.0400.042
 Canada16.56817.46417.83818.90415.63514.51814.11712.95014.300−1.166−8.26%exporter
 Switzerland6.58012.7746.16314.6514.51715.2133.96412.3564.0198.392211.73%importer
 Chile2.4652.4033.7673.7704.5774.7994.3444.4324.3830.0892.04%importer
 China2.1542.0124.5033.6137.0996.4887.6897.0418.046−0.648−8.42%exporter
 Ivory Coast0.4010.4990.3950.4040.4830.6150.4090.5490.4260.14034.31%importer
 Cameroon0.2280.2630.2080.3480.3930.4620.3400.3760.3420.03610.47%importer
 Democratic Republic of the Congo0.1180.0260.0290.0270.027
 Republic of the Congo0.4230.2711.0731.3211.279
 Cook Islands2.5644.3484.6285.2175.368
 Colombia1.7451.9001.4231.5051.6482.2351.6792.1361.7800.45727.18%importer
 Comoros0.1530.2410.3510.3500.363
 Cape Verde0.4920.9071.0251.0731.136
 Costa Rica0.9221.6361.5582.2051.6422.4981.3822.1951.5170.81358.83%importer
 Cuba2.7902.1732.2251.7461.960
 Curaçao30.76834.32126.7848.8419.686
 Cyprus5.9018.6227.6739.2906.2276.4855.8745.4786.109−0.397−6.75%exporter
 Czech Republic15.94114.69512.22610.73310.23110.5498.7229.4859.2420.7638.75%importer
 Germany13.25415.01710.66712.9219.50810.8877.6739.2348.0901.56120.35%importer
 Djibouti0.4760.4980.3770.3330.343
 Dominica0.8432.0802.2891.9982.189
 Denmark10.41612.0719.48012.3016.0628.5974.8557.3095.0522.45450.55%importer
 Dominican Republic1.2531.3141.9583.5772.2562.8782.3982.8632.6010.46519.38%importer
 Algeria3.0073.2314.0453.9703.990
 Ecuador1.5751.6242.1762.3832.4002.7381.9592.3192.3220.36018.36%importer
 Egypt1.3151.4312.0871.8652.5552.5062.1942.2482.2850.0542.46%importer
 Eritrea0.0000.2720.2070.2200.227
 Spain5.9486.8248.4719.4025.9046.3414.5045.3494.9200.84518.76%importer
 Estonia23.50719.98212.63014.28614.24012.7987.0289.3857.8642.35733.54%importer
 Ethiopia0.0620.0820.0640.0520.1440.1860.1450.1730.1480.02819.02%importer
 Finland11.41416.18310.87415.4048.09310.0666.7998.6816.7921.88227.68%importer
 Fiji1.0271.1731.4231.5541.590
 France6.9748.7326.8789.1055.2616.6884.3435.8214.7411.47834.03%importer
 Faroe Islands14.80914.94014.07013.19913.198
 Federated States of Micronesia1.0571.2941.3801.405
 Gabon4.5623.3322.9372.4832.440
 United Kingdom10.52211.6979.44512.4455.8638.2974.8656.9295.1542.06442.42%importer
 Georgia2.9581.8251.2672.2162.6973.0022.8393.4722.9300.63322.30%importer
 Ghana0.2450.3140.3020.4870.4610.6760.6110.7130.6490.10216.66%importer
 Guinea0.1580.1580.2000.1890.2650.4250.3430.4350.3580.09226.70%importer
 Guadeloupe3.4085.9296.2625.7915.785
 Gambia0.1900.1940.2490.2380.248
 Guinea-Bissau0.1770.1540.1620.1630.171
 Equatorial Guinea0.1349.2965.4203.1263.197
 Greece8.0999.35410.2488.4067.0005.3965.2905.0535.391−0.237−4.48%exporter
 Grenada1.0731.9602.3032.3122.561
 Greenland11.22911.3189.6878.9299.076
 Guatemala0.5470.7480.9220.7741.0450.9241.0131.2351.1540.22121.84%importer
 French Guiana6.3212.9652.6242.2392.190
 Guyana1.5102.1323.0394.0033.838
 Hong Kong4.65014.7676.30412.7225.68711.5084.20010.7714.2256.571156.44%importer
 Honduras0.4960.6580.9040.7081.0630.8430.9730.8071.060−0.165−17.01%exporter
 Croatia4.7154.3035.2705.8564.4715.2454.1185.5154.3601.39733.93%importer
 Haiti0.1440.1890.2850.2320.251
 Hungary7.0578.8375.9847.7615.0586.7184.8496.2354.9901.38628.58%importer
 Indonesia0.7950.7671.5251.4372.1452.1632.2432.2962.2620.0532.37%importer
 India0.6640.6611.0260.9491.7981.6901.7511.6311.925−0.120−6.88%exporter
 Ireland9.45211.35011.68517.6198.18910.4207.1078.8157.5281.70824.03%importer
 Iran3.7633.6276.5995.6388.1117.0238.3637.5438.517−0.819−9.80%exporter
 Iraq2.7783.9295.3434.0774.263
 Iceland8.6899.99410.4819.0789.113
 Israel7.45810.3248.41911.0007.0819.3546.2818.4196.1272.13834.04%importer
 Italy7.7449.9898.63010.5915.8797.4425.0806.5355.5481.45428.63%importer
 Jamaica3.1473.1163.8912.6042.7772.2542.4622.2422.719−0.220−8.93%exporter
 Jordan3.0104.6473.5994.2662.4893.0692.2822.6682.2960.38516.89%importer
 Japan9.36310.65310.09912.0809.38210.3508.3219.4798.5661.15713.90%importer
 Kazakhstan16.52917.14812.8028.93417.51511.00114.6699.77414.413−4.895−33.37%exporter
 Kenya0.2460.3480.2330.3210.3480.5240.3520.5180.3750.16647.25%importer
 Kyrgyzstan4.3974.5451.0621.4241.5272.7681.3212.5871.4261.26695.82%importer
 Cambodia0.1410.2070.2090.7080.7901.8511.1412.3501.1471.210106.06%importer
 Kiribati0.2930.6340.5480.5500.555
 Saint Kitts and Nevis2.6134.2325.0584.5284.992
 South Korea5.6787.25710.41312.12412.70713.40111.52712.72111.8861.19310.35%importer
 Kuwait22.57223.35431.83629.36623.25822.74222.88322.23224.972−0.651−2.85%exporter
 Laos0.1190.1860.2280.3952.8133.0362.7993.0412.7980.2418.62%importer
 Lebanon2.1893.5864.5584.3224.463
 Liberia0.2110.1990.2560.2220.230
 Libya8.6189.7628.3788.80211.065
 Saint Lucia1.2622.3482.8542.4612.705
 Liechtenstein6.9116.6134.1083.6613.865
 Sri Lanka0.2230.3670.6071.0351.0711.7250.9991.6940.9540.69469.46%importer
 Lesotho0.8191.0171.1580.9711.000
 Lithuania9.44811.4554.1856.3934.6737.7774.8417.1974.9812.35648.66%importer
 Luxembourg31.01031.01026.00331.01815.53116.29112.84312.64313.068−0.201−1.56%exporter
 Latvia7.3118.0323.4976.0083.6917.3643.6877.3483.8783.66199.30%importer
 Macau2.9503.7423.0181.8811.874
 Morocco0.9071.2401.4681.5431.7301.8411.7641.8031.9040.0392.20%importer
 Moldova8.1551.2341.6411.7021.830
 Madagascar0.0780.1170.0920.1550.1570.2160.1420.1930.1470.05136.13%importer
 Maldives0.7651.9573.2034.0064.062
 Mexico3.8803.9274.4004.6563.7904.2053.1093.4323.2140.32310.38%importer
 Marshall Islands2.0903.1053.5613.778
 North Macedonia6.9395.3783.5533.1503.257
 Mali0.0470.1100.1840.1850.190
 Malta6.5529.2166.4478.0133.19318.4593.10416.6123.27313.509435.23%importer
 Myanmar0.1060.2410.4520.6760.675
 Montenegro3.0822.7663.3253.8972.789
 Mongolia4.5304.1243.3273.40911.0269.81715.05813.11415.030−1.944−12.91%exporter
 Mozambique0.0740.3000.0880.2850.2430.4550.2140.4200.2230.20696.29%importer
 Mauritania0.4260.4770.8220.8570.892
 Montserrat2.7078.5446.2064.1474.659
 Martinique4.5876.1186.0375.6705.695
 Mauritius1.3412.4932.6183.5733.5034.5113.2434.4963.4431.25438.66%importer
 Malawi0.0770.1600.0710.0660.0760.0700.0760.1280.0780.05268.36%importer
 Malaysia3.0983.7416.9955.4907.7627.1697.8167.3217.626−0.495−6.33%exporter
 Mayotte0.7231.2041.0920.8940.865
 Namibia0.0000.0001.1781.1501.7834.1111.5853.6541.5872.069130.53%importer
 New Caledonia8.89211.60318.79718.80719.097
 Niger0.0720.0510.1040.1020.107
 Nigeria0.4080.3990.7530.6900.5830.5620.6250.6370.6420.0132.01%importer
 Nicaragua0.4830.6350.7830.9440.8431.1210.6750.8690.7390.19528.90%importer
 Niue2.8631.9483.8755.9106.092
 Netherlands10.82713.46810.87913.4899.4439.8377.9078.7138.0590.80710.20%importer
 Norway8.2749.3749.5558.3839.5347.6578.7567.5731.09914.35%importer
 Nepal0.0370.0590.1140.1750.4130.3870.4750.8490.4720.37478.75%importer
 Nauru12.9506.0264.6944.7014.756
 New Zealand7.5077.9109.05510.1037.5198.0886.8087.6656.5870.85712.58%importer
 Oman6.2196.94811.7169.99615.10815.26015.95912.92917.917−3.030−18.98%exporter
 Kosovo4.6745.1013.396
 Pakistan0.5880.6260.7720.8400.9991.1110.9261.0060.9920.0808.59%importer
 Panama1.0741.1972.1092.7404.3912.7143.7062.9950.99136.53%importer
 Peru0.9681.0791.3121.3361.7001.9861.4261.7301.6690.30421.32%importer
 Philippines0.6721.0190.8491.0931.2661.5701.2091.5041.2670.29524.40%importer
 Palau15.30911.07312.10612.89113.210
 Papua New Guinea0.5570.6740.7100.8540.855
 Poland9.8998.4698.3847.5148.7658.2897.8987.4718.577−0.428−5.42%exporter
 North Korea5.6913.1122.0282.1392.171
 Portugal4.5295.1856.62512.2345.3565.6734.0594.6553.9650.59614.68%importer
 Paraguay0.5260.9310.6901.0551.2701.8961.2141.8431.2790.62951.82%importer
 Palestine0.4050.7740.6950.6010.602
 French Polynesia2.0832.8932.9143.0613.124
 Qatar25.83624.28559.72635.47236.94326.76033.64025.77135.587−7.869−23.39%exporter
 Réunion1.9134.4454.7734.2844.247
 Romania7.5967.0474.7534.7214.0634.3503.8134.1714.1040.3589.39%importer
 Russia17.12713.79510.8428.31711.3729.58311.1549.34112.099−1.813−16.26%exporter
 Rwanda0.0720.0720.0570.0560.0950.1370.1260.1650.1300.03830.21%importer
 Saudi Arabia13.02712.10016.22514.37918.82418.50818.36818.27818.703−0.090−0.49%exporter
 Sudan0.2260.3390.5510.4510.461
 Senegal0.4170.4520.5050.6090.7100.8950.7750.9380.8060.16220.93%importer
 Singapore14.40523.5499.28130.8236.44627.1185.06124.2385.47219.177378.93%importer
 Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha1.1051.9781.9912.2972.540
 Solomon Islands0.4520.5850.4440.4480.449
 Sierra Leone0.1190.0750.1370.1480.154
 El Salvador0.4610.7661.0431.3670.9531.2521.0331.3561.1410.32331.30%importer
 Somalia0.1040.0570.0430.0350.036
 Saint Pierre and Miquelon14.43710.15311.0299.49610.505
 Serbia7.0676.5946.0996.0554.230
 South Sudan0.0910.1190.1360.1410.147
 São Tomé and Príncipe0.3960.4760.6160.5690.592
 Suriname4.2093.0773.5934.2954.557
 Slovakia11.68313.9157.9597.9606.6397.5375.6986.8626.4811.16320.42%importer
 Slovenia7.6018.2928.4469.4776.9689.4696.0768.8995.9212.82346.47%importer
 Sweden6.73610.0155.97310.1064.2467.2143.5225.9363.4252.41468.56%importer
 Eswatini1.1240.9470.8560.8980.912
 Sint Maarten20.47419.12716.87713.47714.705
 Seychelles2.1144.4365.6495.1015.337
 Syria2.9852.6841.7181.2591.266
 Turks and Caicos Islands5.3137.9328.8236.9927.558
 Chad0.0650.0770.1310.1080.113
 Togo0.2520.3310.3010.1980.2750.2680.2660.8350.2710.569214.24%importer
 Thailand1.5702.1513.4533.3024.1343.7213.8813.8433.890−0.038−0.97%exporter
 Tajikistan2.2250.9520.3520.9370.8801.7650.9891.3541.0600.36637.00%importer
 Turkmenistan8.4169.30012.29111.52513.089
 Timor-Leste0.1810.5100.5530.557
 Tonga0.8531.0751.2861.6161.649
 Trinidad and Tobago13.4089.27527.71511.00227.26716.39623.55317.25323.677−6.300−26.75%exporter
 Tunisia1.5551.8842.1441.4672.5811.8752.2682.0832.575−0.185−8.14%exporter
 Turkey2.7923.9703.8544.4085.2415.3874.9144.7795.263−0.134−2.74%exporter
 Tuvalu1.1950.7380.6750.6970.708
 Taiwan6.0278.49911.68913.24012.03612.23111.09411.64611.8550.5524.98%importer
 Tanzania0.0810.1390.1360.2220.2030.2970.1990.2860.2050.08743.60%importer
 Uganda0.0430.0860.0720.1270.1340.1900.1240.1680.1260.04435.70%importer
 Ukraine13.6829.7046.6735.3274.9964.0654.7134.3324.637−0.380−8.07%exporter
 Uruguay1.2731.5751.7262.2881.8012.9141.8362.9531.9671.11760.83%importer
 United States20.64820.34820.67622.66915.80117.08814.03715.47114.8591.43410.21%importer
 Uzbekistan5.0234.3873.4103.5273.569
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.7161.9622.0481.8532.048
 Venezuela6.1684.7636.1433.8594.5932.1552.6840.6342.828−2.050−76.37%exporter
 British Virgin Islands4.2157.6335.6024.6525.090
 Vietnam0.3180.3481.1390.8832.4781.6033.4032.1083.345−1.295−38.06%exporter
 Vanuatu0.4370.2690.4800.5460.548
 Wallis and Futuna1.3592.0112.1442.3182.387
 Samoa0.5230.8931.1821.3311.344
 Yemen0.7120.9280.3530.3760.378
 South Africa7.8475.4958.4855.8757.7575.5807.4125.1427.340−2.270−30.62%exporter
 Zambia0.3130.3560.1940.3620.3960.4770.3850.3910.3940.0061.54%importer
 Zimbabwe1.5381.7800.8750.9120.6510.7120.6770.7410.7060.0649.48%importer
Africa1.0330.9231.1400.9461.0921.0371.0190.9761.041−0.043−4.18%exporter
Asia2.0592.0423.1482.8084.3634.0444.4374.1264.621−0.311−7.00%exporter
Asia (excl. China and India)2.9913.0853.5953.5294.1483.8993.9573.7634.036−0.194−4.91%exporter
Europe11.12610.7478.8009.4687.5558.0916.7077.2837.1120.5768.59%importer
Europe (excl. EU-27)13.73411.0869.0408.0778.3157.8547.9167.3968.349−0.520−6.56%exporter
Europe (excl. EU-28)14.48110.9448.9376.9639.0027.7308.7877.5309.269−1.257−14.31%exporter
 European Union (27)9.23610.5018.63510.4247.0388.2535.8887.2076.2761.31922.40%importer
 European Union (28)9.39010.6458.73510.6716.8868.2595.7547.1716.1281.41724.62%importer
North America14.23314.02314.25315.40011.06511.7319.77310.53010.2830.7587.75%importer
North America (excl. USA)5.0364.9565.4905.4834.8414.6924.2234.1004.350−0.123−2.91%exporter
Oceania11.67510.18712.94411.50611.20610.02110.3559.00710.021−1.348−13.02%exporter
South America2.0192.0342.4212.1782.6732.6282.2742.1782.476−0.096−4.20%exporter
Low-income countries (UN)0.6350.0620.3980.0570.3040.1090.2840.1100.287−0.174−61.19%exporter
Middle-income countries (UN)
Lower middle income1.1120.9281.2631.0741.7601.5801.7601.5851.847−0.175−9.94%exporter
Upper middle income3.7373.2354.6553.7216.2395.5086.3705.6446.672−0.726−11.40%exporter
High-income countries12.10712.96812.79314.57910.91212.0699.68910.90510.1481.21612.55%importer

Notes

  1. Carbon dioxide (CO2) is a colourless, odourless and non-poisonous gas formed by combustion of carbon and in the respiration of living organisms and is considered a greenhouse gas.
    Emissions means the release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time.
    Carbon dioxide emissions or CO2 emissions are emissions stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement; they include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels as well as gas flaring
  2. Global Carbon Project (2022)[4]
    The rate of build-up of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere can be reduced by taking advantage of the fact that atmospheric CO2 can accumulate as carbon in vegetation and soils in terrestrial ecosystems. Under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change any process, activity or mechanism which removes a greenhouse gas (GHG) from the atmosphere is referred to as a "sink". Human activities impact terrestrial sinks, through land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), consequently, the exchange of CO2 (carbon cycle) between the terrestrial biosphere and the atmosphere is altered.[5]
  3. Greenhouse gases (GHG) constitute a group of gases contributing to global warming and climate change.
    The Kyoto Protocol, an environmental agreement adopted by many of the parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1997 to curb global warming, nowadays covers seven greenhouse gases:
    • the non-fluorinated gases:
      • carbon dioxide (CO2),
      • methane (CH4),
      • nitrous oxide (N2O),
    • the fluorinated gases:
      • hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs),
      • perfluorocarbons (PFCs),
      • sulphur hexafluoride (SF6),
      • nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).
    Converting them to carbon dioxide (or CO2) equivalents makes it possible to compare them and to determine their individual and total contributions to global warming.
  4. Palau, which has only 22,000 inhabitants derives half its GDP from its 89,000 tourists and most of the transport and imported food are used by them.

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