Palau is the top country by CO2 emissions per capita in the world. As of 2021, CO2 emissions per capita in Palau was 60.17 tons of CO2 per capita. The top 5 countries also includes Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Trinidad and Tobago.

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Carbon dioxide emissions are those 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 and gas flaring.

CO2 emissions per capita (tons of CO2 per capita)

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Afghanistan0.160.240.050.050.280.400.330.270.240.250.220.230.250.220.220.21
Albania2.242.031.051.371.571.711.571.651.761.681.581.821.811.711.601.56
Algeria1.302.622.692.963.233.343.663.703.894.053.933.944.144.173.903.93
Angola1.320.931.010.820.980.990.961.071.131.171.070.880.780.800.700.72
Antigua and Barbuda4.716.415.907.989.0510.2810.9710.8911.1210.8310.857.668.288.136.657.34
Argentina3.683.083.764.054.394.564.564.664.564.594.504.394.304.063.784.12
Armenia4.315.851.191.531.551.772.041.921.911.861.761.861.972.132.172.30
Australia12.5816.3318.6119.0918.4618.0617.7817.2216.6116.6416.7816.7316.4216.2114.8314.31
Austria7.198.128.429.848.898.648.238.237.767.877.908.147.787.987.217.50
Azerbaijan6.217.543.453.572.733.053.323.373.483.383.393.333.383.643.563.65
Bahamas20.7911.0411.418.608.909.0210.8010.3510.059.379.549.7911.1610.928.929.86
Bahrain13.9324.1726.7326.2823.2322.6823.2324.4224.9224.4023.5022.6221.7222.4421.4821.50
Bangladesh0.050.140.210.280.390.410.430.440.460.520.530.560.580.620.610.62
Barbados3.185.255.946.577.028.388.318.577.567.747.776.046.776.675.536.13
Belarus7.5010.675.736.377.046.726.866.846.776.316.326.456.806.586.066.21
Belgium14.6411.6612.2311.3210.549.539.349.418.749.108.958.768.778.677.818.22
Belize1.511.752.032.272.312.282.432.542.422.632.552.131.861.711.401.57
Benin0.110.080.230.360.560.530.490.500.530.550.660.650.720.690.660.69
Bhutan0.120.340.730.841.271.521.431.441.451.651.761.872.082.292.132.34
Bolivia0.680.960.991.101.531.651.701.801.921.922.022.062.071.991.751.92
Bosnia and Herzegovina4.205.533.814.485.986.866.416.465.855.916.706.856.896.506.454.40
Botswana0.152.052.422.411.742.001.702.613.293.213.013.263.193.112.782.85
Brazil1.151.532.082.062.292.372.532.632.742.562.382.412.282.252.062.28
Brunei15.7612.9214.6714.1718.8819.0718.7118.2017.5215.6116.7917.3617.7716.7216.2016.05
Bulgaria8.308.955.986.766.517.286.655.976.356.746.396.756.386.165.456.33
Burkina Faso0.050.050.090.090.140.140.160.180.150.210.200.230.240.250.240.25
Burundi0.020.050.050.030.040.050.040.050.040.040.040.050.060.060.060.06
Cape Verde0.680.190.731.401.611.701.431.371.431.421.441.561.531.541.491.59
Cambodia0.030.050.160.200.360.370.380.380.460.550.670.740.820.980.991.00
Cameroon0.140.410.380.320.390.360.350.380.400.410.420.420.430.410.380.38
Canada16.8116.0117.7317.9016.5216.7116.4716.5616.5716.3216.1316.2816.4716.3214.5914.86
Central African Republic0.050.070.080.070.050.050.050.030.040.050.050.060.060.060.050.05
Chad0.050.050.030.050.050.060.090.100.100.110.110.140.140.140.130.13
Chile2.922.493.503.654.244.594.674.874.464.734.954.954.895.134.524.61
China1.102.072.894.806.847.437.627.807.847.717.697.838.138.298.398.73
Colombia1.441.531.521.391.421.521.511.651.681.681.731.561.621.671.451.53
Comoros0.120.120.190.240.240.200.200.230.200.210.240.310.330.350.300.31
Congo1.320.981.411.171.211.080.971.151.091.161.101.061.211.321.311.26
Democratic Republic of the Congo0.150.100.040.050.050.050.050.060.070.050.040.040.040.040.040.04
Costa Rica0.780.951.311.491.601.661.641.681.691.611.701.721.741.691.441.59
Côte d’Ivoire0.500.250.420.360.370.350.440.460.480.500.500.520.510.530.520.54
Croatia5.295.274.435.404.964.854.484.414.264.364.454.604.394.474.184.40
Cuba2.523.642.602.322.492.452.542.552.352.572.382.312.342.261.902.14
Cyprus3.545.837.387.647.136.776.235.665.955.886.206.276.106.065.335.55
Czechia19.3815.7612.6712.3811.2810.9810.6310.169.869.9810.1810.2110.099.618.699.19
Denmark12.7010.4110.119.488.857.906.997.286.586.196.355.955.945.314.484.69
Djibouti5.491.991.161.051.020.720.890.950.940.840.740.680.700.650.570.60
Dominica0.400.802.354.665.275.775.815.325.765.645.762.652.932.822.332.56
Dominican Republic0.851.122.222.042.112.112.162.092.092.272.332.212.362.512.252.47
Ecuador0.831.721.752.062.512.492.462.582.682.622.502.392.452.381.962.34
Egypt0.721.591.822.312.532.562.672.562.552.572.592.752.832.652.362.48
El Salvador0.430.500.991.171.131.171.181.151.161.201.221.101.171.331.141.26
Equatorial Guinea0.140.154.8812.0811.3011.3910.529.497.976.486.305.385.694.824.744.82
Eritrea0.190.100.200.150.120.130.140.140.140.130.130.140.170.170.140.15
Estonia15.8923.9412.1214.5016.5816.1315.3817.3816.5415.1215.3516.1316.5611.5410.6611.49
Ethiopia0.040.040.060.070.080.090.100.110.130.130.150.160.170.180.160.17
Falkland Islands7.177.9020.8373.4785.1391.7593.2381.3789.0684.1888.5016.8018.6818.4617.1018.11
Fiji1.381.381.932.172.001.481.411.511.671.721.631.711.761.811.811.86
Finland9.5111.4611.1511.0912.2710.799.669.849.068.408.888.328.627.886.856.97
Gabon1.026.485.374.563.633.433.353.353.343.343.412.802.622.652.562.52
The Gambia0.220.160.250.250.280.270.250.240.250.250.240.240.230.240.230.24
Georgia5.486.421.141.111.471.801.992.182.392.602.742.782.772.992.883.00
Germany13.8012.8810.7810.3310.119.789.9210.129.609.659.689.479.168.517.628.06
Ghana0.280.220.320.340.460.480.570.590.560.570.580.600.660.700.700.75
Greece3.487.728.719.287.877.637.256.626.426.296.216.246.095.654.704.82
Grenada0.421.382.253.894.605.225.415.655.235.145.263.353.503.442.833.16
Guatemala0.440.420.830.890.810.810.830.880.921.051.091.021.101.130.971.11
Guinea0.130.190.190.200.250.240.220.190.200.230.250.250.240.240.230.24
Guinea-Bissau0.080.200.190.220.220.200.190.190.190.200.200.160.160.150.150.16
Guyana2.131.582.211.982.362.452.662.612.712.703.183.173.303.623.403.65
Haiti0.110.160.200.200.260.290.250.270.300.320.330.320.310.310.260.28
Honduras0.450.480.780.971.011.061.081.091.081.111.051.021.071.070.900.99
Hong Kong2.476.076.236.256.006.386.276.456.606.096.165.985.925.804.354.37
Hungary6.426.965.715.955.235.164.804.534.564.854.935.225.245.275.135.29
Iceland9.499.1910.2210.7611.7011.1811.2611.4510.8711.099.579.929.779.557.908.40
India0.390.690.941.061.411.481.601.631.731.731.741.821.891.871.731.90
Indonesia0.270.891.401.591.802.032.031.871.991.991.942.052.262.402.172.19
Iran2.793.645.336.647.727.757.747.908.117.938.018.198.278.098.278.43
Iraq2.343.973.763.233.623.654.054.223.943.803.984.214.324.503.994.17
Ireland7.159.2111.5211.248.928.098.137.887.838.168.438.138.067.596.747.11
Jamaica4.303.113.853.872.722.682.462.622.522.472.652.523.002.912.482.77
Japan8.179.419.8210.029.549.9510.2510.3510.019.719.639.559.279.008.348.60
Jordan1.602.833.233.562.872.783.072.872.932.802.672.742.542.502.302.35
Kazakhstan11.9715.228.7311.7514.8615.6515.2315.9213.0511.2711.7712.3312.3011.9911.3411.14
Kenya0.340.280.270.250.320.320.290.320.340.370.410.400.360.440.390.41
Kiribati0.370.230.420.690.600.560.540.540.520.530.540.600.590.600.590.61
North Korea5.276.503.223.342.151.571.591.151.331.111.302.242.062.272.362.41
South Korea1.956.3210.2110.6012.0912.6612.6712.5612.4012.7213.0213.1313.1812.6711.7512.13
Kuwait51.3315.4226.4933.0528.8028.1026.6625.8324.0724.0023.9523.2122.9022.7621.1822.49
Kyrgyzstan5.025.420.991.081.211.431.831.701.721.781.671.611.891.681.541.69
Laos0.110.060.180.230.470.490.520.610.671.342.352.812.852.752.822.83
Latvia5.797.673.183.664.314.053.993.923.873.933.893.914.304.233.673.85
Lebanon2.342.214.734.164.764.574.774.384.464.594.644.814.524.574.154.33
Lesotho0.090.080.210.230.280.260.270.270.270.260.280.310.300.300.270.28
Liberia0.840.220.160.230.220.220.230.210.260.260.280.250.280.270.260.28
Libya18.437.349.209.9510.317.2210.029.929.768.638.499.009.149.027.349.38
Lithuania6.429.563.374.224.474.624.734.434.444.584.574.734.794.904.754.87
Luxembourg54.4230.7820.2826.5922.1721.4120.4819.0217.7316.4915.7815.7916.1516.2513.5113.82
Macao1.262.723.724.363.243.163.173.063.364.354.204.883.844.013.994.01
North Macedonia5.515.624.454.704.444.954.644.244.023.823.603.833.624.133.433.59
Madagascar0.120.070.120.120.120.150.180.200.190.190.190.190.170.200.180.19
Malawi0.070.100.130.120.140.110.100.090.080.080.080.090.100.100.080.09
Malaysia1.323.195.727.097.697.607.568.008.338.227.967.618.058.207.797.56
Maldives0.090.422.442.212.923.153.823.945.063.583.703.704.134.694.644.74
Mali0.050.050.080.080.140.140.140.160.170.190.240.260.260.280.270.28
Malta2.236.455.456.566.336.236.595.745.674.013.293.673.733.973.744.00
Mauritania0.350.380.440.530.620.600.650.580.640.630.580.830.830.860.830.87
Mauritius0.371.132.072.442.952.932.993.073.173.173.223.323.283.313.033.24
Mexico2.333.413.914.144.094.114.214.053.893.903.913.883.713.643.003.09
Moldova4.647.321.621.992.082.092.051.811.952.022.042.022.152.252.222.38
Mongolia4.376.023.784.405.385.836.216.546.335.926.136.507.037.447.647.69
Morocco0.470.901.161.461.611.711.761.731.741.761.741.811.831.981.821.97
Mozambique0.350.090.090.130.150.170.190.200.220.230.290.280.270.280.250.26
Myanmar/Burma0.180.110.220.230.170.180.250.280.340.370.430.630.650.720.720.72
Namibia1.161.061.031.281.481.531.581.651.671.731.711.671.641.611.461.48
Nepal0.020.060.140.130.180.200.230.220.260.260.360.430.510.450.460.47
Netherlands10.4210.7911.0911.1211.1710.4010.2110.119.6410.0810.139.949.599.278.338.52
New Zealand5.367.078.728.977.827.577.957.807.877.807.577.807.627.956.896.69
Nicaragua0.680.480.750.820.810.840.820.770.810.900.900.900.820.830.700.77
Niger0.050.080.060.060.090.090.120.110.110.110.100.090.090.100.090.10
Nigeria0.520.780.820.720.580.620.590.640.660.610.620.590.580.600.580.60
Norway9.658.829.549.5610.089.609.239.249.099.088.858.628.528.037.657.70
Oman10.138.6011.1713.1416.9218.4519.4619.0218.9318.8818.6217.7617.7117.2916.6317.95
Pakistan0.310.610.790.860.890.880.870.860.890.921.001.060.990.980.971.04
Palau173.68142.83110.6487.11103.09115.02173.5987.1860.0956.1453.2155.0556.0257.1156.8760.17
Panama1.721.111.722.142.522.702.772.682.762.682.652.482.393.112.602.87
Papua New Guinea0.450.490.570.850.610.640.590.590.680.720.760.700.720.730.730.74
Paraguay0.280.540.710.680.860.880.860.880.921.021.131.251.301.251.171.24
Peru1.300.961.121.151.561.651.631.641.721.741.801.711.691.751.401.64
Philippines0.740.720.970.940.920.900.941.001.051.121.201.311.341.391.261.33
Poland9.559.808.138.288.598.538.348.237.918.008.308.668.668.207.808.48
Portugal1.984.386.236.455.024.884.744.624.675.014.935.415.044.593.873.80
Puerto Rico0.500.250.440.620.630.651.021.161.171.141.240.340.340.340.330.35
Qatar134.4035.7053.6850.4238.7639.9338.9239.8940.1039.7439.0838.3737.0538.4033.9334.40
Romania6.327.954.394.834.054.394.303.943.954.013.954.124.194.133.774.08
Russia11.8216.2311.4312.0812.1112.7112.5712.1712.0312.0411.8612.0712.5913.0812.5013.52
Rwanda0.030.080.080.080.080.080.080.080.080.090.090.090.100.100.090.09
Saint Kitts and Nevis1.111.344.487.598.449.569.789.249.609.269.475.305.655.534.534.94
Saint Lucia0.911.352.313.283.654.184.354.264.384.234.263.093.014.303.543.94
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.440.721.633.543.934.244.964.214.574.404.462.802.682.291.892.10
Samoa0.460.751.161.251.431.471.451.411.411.601.661.621.571.741.741.78
São Tomé and Príncipe0.240.410.450.630.760.710.720.700.670.690.700.710.680.730.660.69
Saudi Arabia8.0610.6312.7714.4917.7618.0318.5418.2719.0419.3818.9018.1717.1016.9116.5616.63
Senegal0.320.320.410.520.550.570.540.560.580.620.670.630.640.680.650.68
Seychelles2.524.5410.5611.8510.788.439.438.459.6410.0710.8911.6710.2410.3610.4810.79
Sierra Leone0.170.180.110.110.120.130.140.160.170.140.140.140.130.120.120.12
Singapore3.1910.5011.649.319.679.969.559.859.9210.009.6610.329.799.699.409.71
Slovakia10.3911.447.627.817.387.006.686.736.276.356.526.926.806.396.076.88
Slovenia5.698.307.909.198.758.197.897.887.217.267.607.757.747.506.906.81
Solomon Islands0.430.510.630.670.700.730.700.690.630.550.500.490.500.500.490.50
Somalia0.200.100.080.080.070.060.060.060.060.060.050.050.050.050.040.05
South Africa8.138.357.588.908.978.498.688.778.858.308.198.278.148.107.297.34
Sri Lanka0.250.250.610.740.680.800.870.750.901.041.111.181.101.211.161.13
Suriname4.503.983.143.393.333.684.554.224.784.935.304.443.894.634.334.64
Eswatini0.571.592.682.712.471.591.270.880.830.860.910.971.111.121.011.03
Sweden12.006.786.636.255.905.425.134.914.724.734.654.584.304.203.853.82
Syria1.002.652.793.213.032.802.381.581.411.371.481.661.551.441.311.32
Taiwan2.496.0010.3011.8311.7211.9311.6811.8812.0611.9512.1212.3112.1611.7111.2912.07
Tajikistan2.592.320.460.480.410.400.450.450.580.610.730.850.971.040.971.05
Tanzania0.120.080.090.150.150.170.200.220.210.220.210.210.210.220.200.21
Thailand0.491.662.773.493.653.643.894.033.974.063.993.963.914.063.833.88
Timor-Leste0.000.000.260.340.300.330.540.620.580.530.480.480.460.420.410.40
Togo0.170.200.250.230.390.350.320.270.240.210.280.240.250.260.250.26
Tonga0.230.921.111.231.231.191.151.101.181.201.221.441.251.471.471.51
Trinidad and Tobago6.7110.3714.7826.3029.9330.0627.4726.7726.5526.1723.3823.6423.0223.6921.0921.01
Tunisia0.841.792.192.322.642.482.632.602.722.732.612.612.582.552.322.64
Turkey1.352.793.583.604.304.514.594.394.604.694.915.395.275.034.975.32
Turkmenistan7.9912.398.7211.1512.1112.9213.4913.4913.4313.6413.4013.1412.9012.7111.9913.62
Uganda0.060.040.070.080.130.120.110.120.130.130.130.140.140.160.140.14
Ukraine10.7415.227.327.536.747.157.016.825.884.944.974.494.824.564.354.28
United Arab Emirates82.5430.5928.0626.7720.8120.3420.9021.7221.7422.7022.9322.2019.6920.5819.2919.47
United Kingdom12.3510.289.369.327.937.257.567.306.686.416.065.825.705.494.744.95
United States22.3920.0721.2920.1618.0517.2116.3916.7116.6516.1915.7615.4315.8115.2313.4714.24
Uruguay1.911.271.671.661.902.282.582.211.931.981.931.801.931.921.801.94
Uzbekistan4.146.165.124.584.564.584.003.893.593.363.513.593.643.743.683.73
Vanuatu0.890.690.500.450.670.780.620.590.650.580.570.610.770.740.730.74
Venezuela4.955.175.635.835.985.766.416.296.155.545.064.644.293.623.023.12
Vietnam0.400.300.701.191.771.761.731.801.952.362.402.422.933.423.273.24
Yemen0.260.590.881.071.110.950.881.121.080.530.400.380.360.420.380.39
Zambia0.880.380.190.200.210.230.300.300.320.330.350.430.470.390.350.36
Zimbabwe1.871.691.190.880.720.830.850.850.820.820.700.640.750.700.650.68