List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions per capita. This is a list of sovereign states and territories by per capita carbon dioxide emissions due to certain forms of human activity, based on the EDGAR database created by European Commission. The following table lists the annual per capita  emissions estimates (in kilotons of  per year) for the year 2023, as well as the change from the year 2000.

The data only consider carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and cement manufacture, but not emissions from land use, land-use change and forestry Over the last 150 years, estimated cumulative emissions from land use and land-use change represent approximately one-third of total cumulative anthropogenic  emissions. Emissions from international shipping or bunker fuels are also not included in national figures, which can make a large difference for small countries with important ports.

Measures of territorial-based emissions, also known as production-based emissions, do not account for emissions embedded in global trade, where emissions may be imported or exported in the form of traded goods, as it only reports emissions emitted within geographical boundaries. Accordingly, a proportion of the  produced and reported in Asia and Africa is for the production of goods consumed in Europe and North America.

According to the review of the scientific literature conducted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), carbon dioxide is the most important anthropogenic greenhouse gas by warming contribution. The other major anthropogenic greenhouse gases) are not included in the following list, nor are humans emissions of water vapor (), the most important greenhouse gases, as they are negligible compared to naturally occurring quantities.

According to Science for Policy report in 2024 by the Joint Research Centre (JRC – the European Commission's science and knowledge service) and International Energy Agency (IEA), in 2023, global GHG emissions primarily consisted of , resulting from the combustion of fossil fuels (73.7%).

Per capita  emissions by country/territory 

The data in the following table is extracted from EDGAR - Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research.

emissions per capita embedded in global trade 

 emissions are typically measured on the basis of ‘production’. This accounting method – which is sometimes referred to as ‘territorial’ emissions – is used when countries report their emissions, and set targets domestically and internationally. In addition to the commonly reported production-based emissions statisticians also calculate ‘consumption-based’ emissions. These emissions are adjusted for trade. To calculate consumption-based emissions, traded goods are tracked across the world, and whenever a good was imported all  emissions that were emitted in the production of that good are also imported, and vice versa to subtract all  emissions that were emitted in the production of goods that were exported.

Consumption-based emissions reflect the consumption and lifestyle choices of a country's citizens. They are national or regional emissions that have been adjusted for trade, calculated as domestic (or ‘production-based’) emissions minus the emissions generated in the production of goods and services that are exported to other countries or regions, plus emissions from the production of goods and services that are imported.

This is measured as the net import-export balance in tons of  per year. Positive values represent netimporters of . Negative values represent net exporters of .

The data in the following table is extracted from Our World in Data database. Sorting is alphabetical by country code, according to ISO 3166-1 alpha-3.

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See also 

 List of countries by carbon dioxide emissions
 List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions
 List of countries by greenhouse gas emissions per capita
 Climate change
 Land use, land-use change, and forestry (LULUCF)
 List of countries by carbon intensity of GDP
 List of countries by renewable electricity production
 United Nations  Sustainable Development Goal 13 – Climate action

External links
 UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform – The SDGs
GHG data from UNFCCC – United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data
Total greenhouse gas emissions (kt of  equivalent) – World Bank
CO emissions in metric tons per capita – Google Public Data Explorer

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