Countries With the Highest CO2 per Capita

Every country with a figure for co2 per capita, ranked from highest to lowest. The top three are Palau (82.8), Qatar (47.3) and Bahrain (23.9). The middle country of the 203 has 2.55.

What this measures

Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions excluding LULUCF per capita (t CO2e/capita), in t CO2e per capita. Source: Climate Watch / World Resources Institute. For this measure, higher is worse.

Replaces the retired EN.ATM.CO2E.PC series. The two cannot be directly compared, and they are deliberately not joined together.

This measure mostly follows how rich a country is, so this ranking is close to a ranking by national income. Each country’s page also ranks it against countries with similar incomes, which is often the fairer comparison.

The full ranking

Each country’s latest figure, from 2024–2024. The year beside each value says when it was measured.

More on co2 per capita

• Countries With the Lowest CO2 per Capita
• CO2 per capita by country: trend over time and what it goes with

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• Countries With the Highest Agricultural Land
• Countries With the Highest Protected Land
• Countries With the Highest Environment Scores

A ranking describes countries, not the people in them, and a high or low place does not by itself say why. All country rankings.