Compare national carbon emissions per person using the newest comparable observations.
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Where are per-person CO₂ emissions highest?
Compare national carbon emissions per person using the newest comparable observations.
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Top 25
Years can differ because official releases do not arrive simultaneously. Every row shows its observation year; aggregates and territories are excluded.
- 01PalauEast Asia & Pacific · 202482.84 tonnes per person
- 02QatarMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202447.33 tonnes per person
- 03BahrainMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202423.90 tonnes per person
- 04KuwaitMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202423.67 tonnes per person
- 05Brunei DarussalamEast Asia & Pacific · 202420.24 tonnes per person
- 06Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & Caribbean · 202419.58 tonnes per person
- 07OmanMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202418.65 tonnes per person
- 08Saudi ArabiaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202418.48 tonnes per person
- 09United Arab EmiratesMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 202418.26 tonnes per person
- 10New CaledoniaEast Asia & Pacific · 202417.08 tonnes per person
- 11GibraltarEurope & Central Asia · 202416.15 tonnes per person
- 12AustraliaEast Asia & Pacific · 202414.10 tonnes per person
- 13CanadaNorth America · 202414.01 tonnes per person
- 14Russian FederationEurope & Central Asia · 202413.98 tonnes per person
- 15United StatesNorth America · 202413.62 tonnes per person
- 16KazakhstanEurope & Central Asia · 202412.57 tonnes per person
- 17Korea, Rep.East Asia & Pacific · 202411.36 tonnes per person
- 18TurkmenistanEurope & Central Asia · 202410.86 tonnes per person
- 19LuxembourgEurope & Central Asia · 202410.56 tonnes per person
- 20GreenlandEurope & Central Asia · 202410.45 tonnes per person
- 21SingaporeEast Asia & Pacific · 20249.75 tonnes per person
- 22ChinaEast Asia & Pacific · 20249.32 tonnes per person
- 23Iran, Islamic Rep.Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 20249.05 tonnes per person
- 24LibyaMiddle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan · 20248.66 tonnes per person
- 25IcelandEurope & Central Asia · 20248.52 tonnes per person
Countries are ordered by their latest valid observation. HumanPulse keeps the source year visible instead of implying every value was measured together.
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