Countries ranked by CO₂ emissions per capita

Every country ranked by CO₂ emissions per capita, highest to lowest. Qatar tops the list at 41.3 t; Uganda is lowest at 0.1 t.

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Highest

1Qatar41.3 t
2Kuwait26.2 t
3Brunei26.0 t
4Bahrain24.3 t
5Trinidad and Tobago22.9 t

Lowest

213Uganda0.1 t
212Chad0.1 t
211South Sudan0.1 t
210Somalia0.1 t
209Rwanda0.1 t

Full ranking — all 213 countries

#	Country	CO₂ emissions per capita
1	Qatar	41.3 t
2	Kuwait	26.2 t
3	Brunei	26.0 t
4	Bahrain	24.3 t
5	Trinidad and Tobago	22.9 t
6	Saudi Arabia	20.4 t
7	United Arab Emirates	20.1 t
8	New Caledonia	18.1 t
9	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	16.5 t
10	Oman	15.7 t
11	Australia	14.5 t
12	United States	14.2 t
13	Kazakhstan	13.9 t
14	Canada	13.4 t
15	Faroe Islands	13.1 t
16	Mongolia	12.9 t
17	Palau	12.8 t
18	Curacao	12.3 t
19	Russia	12.3 t
20	South Korea	11.3 t
21	Taiwan	11.3 t
22	Greenland	11.1 t
23	Turkmenistan	10.8 t
24	Luxembourg	10.5 t
25	Anguilla	10.1 t
26	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	9.8 t
27	Iceland	9.7 t
28	Singapore	9.2 t
29	Libya	8.8 t
30	China	8.7 t
31	Iran	8.7 t
32	Aruba	8.5 t
33	Bermuda	8.5 t
34	Malaysia	8.2 t
35	Turks and Caicos Islands	8.1 t
36	Japan	7.8 t
37	Bahamas	7.6 t
38	Belgium	7.3 t
39	Antigua and Barbuda	7.1 t
40	Poland	7.1 t
41	Czechia	7.0 t
42	South Africa	6.9 t
43	Germany	6.8 t
44	Norway	6.7 t
45	Ireland	6.3 t
46	Netherlands	6.3 t
47	Austria	6.2 t
48	Belarus	6.2 t
49	New Zealand	6.2 t
50	Serbia	6.2 t
51	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6.1 t
52	Estonia	6.1 t
53	Montserrat	6.0 t
54	Slovenia	6.0 t
55	Turkey	5.9 t
56	Cook Islands	5.8 t
57	Israel	5.6 t
58	Saint Kitts and Nevis	5.5 t
59	Cyprus	5.4 t
60	Guyana	5.4 t
61	Finland	5.3 t
62	Greece	5.3 t
63	Slovakia	5.3 t
64	Andorra	5.2 t
65	Iraq	5.1 t
66	Italy	5.1 t
67	Nauru	5.1 t
68	Seychelles	5.0 t
69	Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba	4.9 t
70	British Virgin Islands	4.9 t
71	Barbados	4.8 t
72	Croatia	4.8 t
73	Bulgaria	4.7 t
74	Denmark	4.7 t
75	Suriname	4.7 t
76	Spain	4.6 t
77	United Kingdom	4.5 t
78	Hong Kong	4.5 t
79	Lithuania	4.4 t
80	Maldives	4.4 t
81	Algeria	4.2 t
82	Hungary	4.1 t
83	Marshall Islands	4.1 t
84	Niue	4.1 t
85	Venezuela	4.1 t
86	Chile	4.0 t
87	France	4.0 t
88	Azerbaijan	3.9 t
89	Ukraine	3.8 t
90	Uzbekistan	3.8 t
91	Argentina	3.7 t
92	Equatorial Guinea	3.7 t
93	Montenegro	3.7 t
94	Mauritius	3.7 t
95	Thailand	3.7 t
96	Vietnam	3.7 t
97	Switzerland	3.6 t
98	North Macedonia	3.6 t
99	Romania	3.6 t
100	Sweden	3.6 t
101	Latvia	3.5 t
102	Mexico	3.5 t
103	Portugal	3.4 t
104	Liechtenstein	3.3 t
105	French Polynesia	3.3 t
106	Grenada	3.2 t
107	Malta	3.2 t
108	Georgia	3.1 t
109	Laos	3.1 t
110	Botswana	3.0 t
111	Jamaica	3.0 t
112	Saint Lucia	3.0 t
113	Dominican Republic	2.9 t
114	Indonesia	2.9 t
115	Panama	2.8 t
116	Lebanon	2.7 t
117	Tunisia	2.7 t
118	Wallis and Futuna	2.7 t
119	Dominica	2.6 t
120	Armenia	2.5 t
121	Ecuador	2.5 t
122	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.5 t
123	North Korea	2.4 t
124	Uruguay	2.4 t
125	Bolivia	2.3 t
126	Brazil	2.3 t
127	Cuba	2.2 t
128	Egypt	2.2 t
129	India	2.2 t
130	Saint Helena	2.2 t
131	Bhutan	2.1 t
132	Gabon	2.1 t
133	Peru	2.1 t
134	Jordan	2.0 t
135	Belize	1.9 t
136	Colombia	1.8 t
137	Morocco	1.8 t
138	Moldova	1.8 t
139	Costa Rica	1.7 t
140	Albania	1.6 t
141	Fiji	1.6 t
142	Kyrgyzstan	1.6 t
143	Macao	1.5 t
144	Philippines	1.5 t
145	Tonga	1.5 t
146	Congo	1.4 t
147	El Salvador	1.4 t
148	Micronesia (country)	1.3 t
149	Syria	1.3 t
150	Honduras	1.2 t
151	Cambodia	1.2 t
152	Tuvalu	1.2 t
153	Cape Verde	1.1 t
154	Guatemala	1.1 t
155	Lesotho	1.1 t
156	Namibia	1.1 t
157	Paraguay	1.1 t
158	Samoa	1.1 t
159	Mauritania	1.0 t
160	Tajikistan	1.0 t
161	Sri Lanka	0.9 t
162	Palestine	0.9 t
163	Nicaragua	0.8 t
164	Papua New Guinea	0.8 t
165	Senegal	0.8 t
166	Eswatini	0.8 t
167	Zimbabwe	0.8 t
168	Pakistan	0.7 t
169	Angola	0.6 t
170	Bangladesh	0.6 t
171	Comoros	0.6 t
172	Ghana	0.6 t
173	Myanmar	0.6 t
174	Nigeria	0.6 t
175	Nepal	0.6 t
176	Sao Tome and Principe	0.6 t
177	Vanuatu	0.6 t
178	Zambia	0.6 t
179	Cote d'Ivoire	0.5 t
180	Djibouti	0.5 t
181	Kiribati	0.5 t
182	East Timor	0.5 t
183	Benin	0.4 t
184	Kenya	0.4 t
185	Sudan	0.4 t
186	Solomon Islands	0.4 t
187	Afghanistan	0.3 t
188	Burkina Faso	0.3 t
189	Cameroon	0.3 t
190	Guinea	0.3 t
191	Gambia	0.3 t
192	Haiti	0.3 t
193	Mali	0.3 t
194	Togo	0.3 t
195	Tanzania	0.3 t
196	Eritrea	0.2 t
197	Guinea-Bissau	0.2 t
198	Liberia	0.2 t
199	Mozambique	0.2 t
200	Sierra Leone	0.2 t
201	Yemen	0.2 t
202	Burundi	0.1 t
203	Central African Republic	0.1 t
204	Democratic Republic of Congo	0.1 t
205	Ethiopia	0.1 t
206	Madagascar	0.1 t
207	Malawi	0.1 t
208	Niger	0.1 t
209	Rwanda	0.1 t
210	Somalia	0.1 t
211	South Sudan	0.1 t
212	Chad	0.1 t
213	Uganda	0.1 t

Common questions

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per capita?

Qatar, at 41.3 t — the highest of all 213 countries with data.

Which country has the lowest CO₂ emissions per capita?

Uganda, at 0.1 t, ranks lowest among the 213 countries in this list.

How many countries are ranked?

213 countries and territories with recent data are included, ordered from highest to lowest.

Where does the data come from?

Global Carbon Project (via Our World in Data). The ranking updates as new data is published.

Source: Global Carbon Project (via Our World in Data). See the data on the interactive CO₂ emissions per capita map, or browse all country rankings.

Last updated: 3 August 2026.