Greenhouse gas emissions per person
Excludes land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF).
Excludes land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF). Production-based estimates, not consumption footprints or overall environmental quality. Highest emissions are not best performance.
The comparison, in colour.
Bar height shows the magnitude of ghg emissions excluding lulucf per person; exact values are listed below.
Every position. Every number.
| Rank | Country / economy | GHG emissions excluding LULUCF per person ↓ |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | Palau | 86.68 t |
| 02 | Qatar | 56.95 t |
| 03 | Bahrain | 40.55 t |
| 04 | Kuwait | 35.39 t |
| 05 | Mongolia | 29.61 t |
| 06 | Brunei Darussalam | 25.64 t |
| 07 | Oman | 25.04 t |
| 08 | Trinidad and Tobago | 24.55 t |
| 09 | United Arab Emirates | 24.04 t |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 23.76 t |
| 11 | Australia | 21.75 t |
| 12 | Canada | 18.61 t |
| 13 | New Caledonia | 18.39 t |
| 14 | Russian Federation | 17.93 t |
| 15 | United States | 17.39 t |
| 16 | Gibraltar | 16.75 t |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 16.04 t |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 15.32 t |
| 19 | New Zealand | 14.71 t |
| 20 | Libya | 13.30 t |
| 21 | Uruguay | 13.18 t |
| 22 | Korea, Rep. | 12.91 t |
| 23 | Singapore | 12.60 t |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 11.90 t |
| 25 | Greenland | 11.60 t |
| 26 | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 11.52 t |
| 27 | Iceland | 11.08 t |
| 28 | Ireland | 11.06 t |
| 29 | China | 11.03 t |
| 30 | Guyana | 10.51 t |
| 31 | Estonia | 10.30 t |
| 32 | Norway | 9.65 t |
| 33 | Belarus | 9.58 t |
| 34 | Poland | 9.52 t |
| 35 | Malaysia | 9.34 t |
| 36 | Czechia | 9.20 t |
| 37 | Belgium | 9.09 t |
| 38 | Iraq | 8.98 t |
| 39 | South Africa | 8.90 t |
| 40 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8.73 t |
| 41 | Finland | 8.66 t |
| 42 | Gabon | 8.58 t |
| 43 | Japan | 8.58 t |
| 44 | Argentina | 8.19 t |
| 45 | Slovenia | 8.15 t |
| 46 | Germany | 8.07 t |
| 47 | Netherlands | 8.06 t |
| 48 | Seychelles | 8.05 t |
| 49 | Austria | 7.74 t |
| 50 | Israel | 7.66 t |
| 51 | Lithuania | 7.46 t |
| 52 | Bulgaria | 7.25 t |
| 53 | Slovak Republic | 7.19 t |
| 54 | Croatia | 6.94 t |
| 55 | Cyprus | 6.88 t |
| 56 | Greece | 6.87 t |
| 57 | Turkiye | 6.78 t |
| 58 | Denmark | 6.40 t |
| 59 | Hungary | 6.32 t |
| 60 | Italy | 6.30 t |
| 61 | Uzbekistan | 6.26 t |
| 62 | Latvia | 6.24 t |
| 63 | Brazil | 6.13 t |
| 64 | Paraguay | 5.98 t |
| 65 | Chile | 5.98 t |
| 66 | Thailand | 5.89 t |
| 67 | Venezuela, RB | 5.89 t |
| 68 | Spain | 5.85 t |
| 69 | Viet Nam | 5.79 t |
| 70 | Suriname | 5.78 t |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 5.71 t |
| 72 | United Kingdom | 5.58 t |
| 73 | France | 5.52 t |
| 74 | Puerto Rico (US) | 5.50 t |
| 75 | Cayman Islands | 5.45 t |
| 76 | Aruba | 5.45 t |
| 77 | Algeria | 5.40 t |
| 78 | North Macedonia | 5.38 t |
| 79 | Hong Kong SAR, China | 5.36 t |
| 80 | Lao PDR | 5.35 t |
| 81 | Romania | 5.35 t |
| 82 | Mexico | 5.25 t |
| 83 | Ukraine | 5.20 t |
| 84 | Mauritius | 5.19 t |
| 85 | Georgia | 5.14 t |
| 86 | Bolivia | 5.14 t |
| 87 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 5.11 t |
| 88 | Chad | 4.98 t |
| 89 | Sweden | 4.97 t |
| 90 | Portugal | 4.97 t |
| 91 | Moldova | 4.85 t |
| 92 | Botswana | 4.80 t |
| 93 | Switzerland | 4.77 t |
| 94 | Bermuda | 4.73 t |
| 95 | Namibia | 4.69 t |
| 96 | Indonesia | 4.67 t |
| 97 | Bahamas, The | 4.60 t |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 4.55 t |
| 99 | Dominican Republic | 4.51 t |
| 100 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.30 t |
| 101 | Panama | 4.26 t |
| 102 | Colombia | 4.11 t |
| 103 | Ecuador | 4.10 t |
| 104 | Maldives | 3.97 t |
| 105 | St. Kitts and Nevis | 3.96 t |
| 106 | Malta | 3.94 t |
| 107 | Congo, Rep. | 3.89 t |
| 108 | French Polynesia | 3.84 t |
| 109 | Tunisia | 3.63 t |
| 110 | Armenia | 3.55 t |
| 111 | Bhutan | 3.55 t |
| 112 | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | 3.44 t |
| 113 | Mauritania | 3.39 t |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 3.33 t |
| 115 | Jamaica | 3.32 t |
| 116 | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 3.32 t |
| 117 | Cuba | 3.28 t |
| 118 | Lebanon | 3.24 t |
| 119 | Barbados | 3.23 t |
| 120 | Kyrgyz Republic | 3.10 t |
| 121 | Peru | 3.03 t |
| 122 | Jordan | 3.02 t |
| 123 | India | 3.01 t |
| 124 | Albania | 3.00 t |
| 125 | Fiji | 2.96 t |
| 126 | Morocco | 2.86 t |
| 127 | Cambodia | 2.83 t |
| 128 | Tonga | 2.81 t |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 2.77 t |
| 130 | Sudan | 2.75 t |
| 131 | British Virgin Islands | 2.74 t |
| 132 | Macao SAR, China | 2.65 t |
| 133 | St. Lucia | 2.61 t |
| 134 | Central African Republic | 2.52 t |
| 135 | Belize | 2.48 t |
| 136 | Samoa | 2.39 t |
| 137 | Guatemala | 2.36 t |
| 138 | Eswatini | 2.36 t |
| 139 | El Salvador | 2.33 t |
| 140 | Dominica | 2.30 t |
| 141 | Philippines | 2.30 t |
| 142 | Honduras | 2.25 t |
| 143 | Myanmar | 2.16 t |
| 144 | Tajikistan | 2.10 t |
| 145 | Pakistan | 2.09 t |
| 146 | Djibouti | 2.07 t |
| 147 | Grenada | 2.06 t |
| 148 | Guinea | 1.99 t |
| 149 | Mali | 1.96 t |
| 150 | Vanuatu | 1.93 t |
| 151 | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.91 t |
| 152 | Eritrea | 1.86 t |
| 153 | Zimbabwe | 1.85 t |
| 154 | Angola | 1.85 t |
| 155 | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.84 t |
| 156 | Kenya | 1.82 t |
| 157 | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1.81 t |
| 158 | Zambia | 1.81 t |
| 159 | Faroe Islands | 1.77 t |
| 160 | Cabo Verde | 1.74 t |
| 161 | Senegal | 1.71 t |
| 162 | Sri Lanka | 1.70 t |
| 163 | Niger | 1.52 t |
| 164 | Nigeria | 1.51 t |
| 165 | Tanzania | 1.50 t |
| 166 | Burkina Faso | 1.48 t |
| 167 | Ethiopia | 1.46 t |
| 168 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.45 t |
| 169 | Nepal | 1.40 t |
| 170 | Ghana | 1.40 t |
| 171 | Cameroon | 1.39 t |
| 172 | Timor-Leste | 1.39 t |
| 173 | Lesotho | 1.31 t |
| 174 | Togo | 1.29 t |
| 175 | Bangladesh | 1.27 t |
| 176 | Benin | 1.23 t |
| 177 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.19 t |
| 178 | Haiti | 1.17 t |
| 179 | Uganda | 1.15 t |
| 180 | Madagascar | 1.12 t |
| 181 | Comoros | 1.10 t |
| 182 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1.04 t |
| 183 | Papua New Guinea | 1.02 t |
| 184 | Mozambique | 0.97 t |
| 185 | Sierra Leone | 0.92 t |
| 186 | Malawi | 0.88 t |
| 187 | Kiribati | 0.86 t |
| 188 | Yemen, Rep. | 0.81 t |
| 189 | Liberia | 0.79 t |
| 190 | Afghanistan | 0.77 t |
| 191 | Solomon Islands | 0.76 t |
| 192 | Gambia, The | 0.67 t |
| 193 | Burundi | 0.60 t |
| 194 | Rwanda | 0.59 t |
| 195 | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 0.54 t |
| 196 | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 0.54 t |
| 197 | Tuvalu | 0.43 t |
| 198 | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | 0.23 t |
| 199 | American Samoa | 0.19 t |
| 200 | Naoero | 0.12 t |
| 201 | Guam | 0.11 t |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 0.11 t |
| 203 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.09 t |
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Descending published values; exact ties share a rank. Uses the newest common observation year with at least 100 countries/economies. World Bank regional and income aggregates, missing observations and other years are excluded; recent partial-year coverage is not mixed into the comparison.
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Source publication: 2026-10-08. Snapshot first observed 2026-11-07T14:09:54+00:00. Source-check schedule: quarterly; publisher cadence: Annual observations; revisions can occur. Checking again does not change the observation period.