CO₂ Emissions per Capita by Country (2026)

The three highest countries are Palau (82.84), Qatar (47.33), Bahrain (23.9); the three lowest are Tuvalu (0), Nauru (0), Micronesia (0).

Across all 203 countries the median is 2.55 tonnes per person and the simple (unweighted) average is 4.5; the spread from 0 to 82.84 shows how differently countries fare on this measure.

Over roughly the last decade the biggest increases were in Palau (+11.28 pts), Turks and Caicos Islands (+2.75 pts), Laos (+2.7 pts), while the largest decreases were in Estonia (-9.55 pts), Trinidad and Tobago (-8.07 pts), Luxembourg (-7.09 pts).

By continent, the leaders are Qatar in Asia (47.33), Gibraltar in Europe (16.15), Libya in Africa (8.66), Trinidad and Tobago in North America (19.58), Guyana in South America (4.56), Palau in Oceania (82.84).

Per-capita CO₂ emissions divide total fossil and industrial emissions by population. Small oil and gas producers (Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain) top the list; many of the world's poorest countries emit less than 0.1 tonnes per person.

Source: World Bank Open Data (indicator EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5). Countries without a published value are not ranked. Each country's own page shows the full historical series and its rank on this and every other indicator.