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CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023

Figures for 2023, as Global Carbon Project published them · stored as published, never rewritten

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023 covers 210 countries. Qatar is highest, at 40.12792; DR Congo is lowest, at 0.05559. The middle country reads 3.14543. Against 2022, 210 values changed (80 up, 130 down), the same countries are covered.

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CO₂ Emissions per Capita · Data for 2023

HighestQatar

40.12792

LowestDR Congo

0.05559

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the lowest end. A higher value is the worse result.

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023, as published. Global Carbon Project ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 210 countries · select a heading to sort

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023: every country, as published by Global Carbon Project.
derived
1QatarQATWestern Asia40.12792
2BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia27.24201
3KuwaitKWTWestern Asia25.45449
4BahrainBHRWestern Asia24.71016
5Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean23.64438
6Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia20.36544
7United Arab EmiratesAREWestern Asia19.77293
8New CaledoniaNCLMelanesia17.48372
9Sint MaartenSXMCaribbean16.16635
10OmanOMNWestern Asia15.80638
11AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand14.52929
12United StatesUSANorthern America14.31945
13KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia14.07641
14CanadaCANNorthern America13.88018
15Faroe IslandsFRONorthern Europe13.04344
16TurkmenistanTKMCentral Asia12.95697
17MongoliaMNGEastern Asia12.87428
18PalauPLWMicronesia12.19660
19RussiaRUSEastern Europe11.91645
20CuraçaoCUWCaribbean11.89105
21TaiwanTWNEastern Asia11.45624
22South KoreaKOREastern Asia11.38537
23GreenlandGRLNorthern America10.88936
24LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe10.28530
25AnguillaAIACaribbean9.89639

02In 2023

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. 1Qatar40.12792
  2. 2Brunei27.24201
  3. 3Kuwait25.45449
  4. 4Bahrain24.71016
  5. 5Trinidad and Tobago23.64438

Lowest

  1. 210DR Congo0.05559
  2. 209Burundi0.06580
  3. 208Somalia0.07062
  4. 207Central African Republic0.07555
  5. 206Malawi0.08778

A higher value is the worse result. The middle country reads 3.14543. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032022 → 2023

Since 2022

What changed between 2022 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 210values changed, of 210 in both
  • 80 · 130rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

  • Qatar37.88975 → 40.12792+2.23816
  • Mongolia11.94418 → 12.87428+0.93010
  • Libya8.16384 → 8.79032+0.62648
  • Türkiye5.09546 → 5.57972+0.48426
  • Russia11.50888 → 11.91645+0.40758

Fell most

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

Read before you use

What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

The site’s method

  • The position is ours

    Global Carbon Project publishes values only. The order here sorts the published values, and the page says so wherever it prints one.

  • Which end is better

    A higher value is the worse result.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 210 countries has every column.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY 4.0. Share, adapt and use commercially. Credit the publisher and say if you changed anything.

Cite this edition

Global Carbon Project (2023). CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023 [data set], describing 2023. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/co2-per-capita/2023

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07Questions

CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023: questions and answers

Which country has the highest CO₂ emissions per person in CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023?

Qatar, at 40.12792, of the 210 countries in the file.

What year does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023 describe?

2023.

How many countries does CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023 cover?

210.

Where can I download CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2023 the newest?

No. The newest held here is CO₂ Emissions per Capita, 2024.

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