Ranking Countries

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CO₂ emissions

Energy-related carbon dioxide emissions per person, tonnes. Country figures cover all CO₂ sources; state figures cover energy-related CO₂, which is most but not all of it.

Darker = better (lower), by rank · 186 countries · World Bank · tap a country to pin it here

Countries

186 · World Bank
  1. 1stNauru0
  2. 1stTuvalu0
  3. 3rdMicronesia0
  4. 4thMarshall Islands0
  5. 5thSomalia0
  6. 6thDR Congo0.1
  7. 7thCentral African Republic0.1
  8. 8thBurundi0.1
  9. 9thNiger0.1
  10. 10thChad0.1
  11. 11thMadagascar0.1
  12. 12thEthiopia0.1
  13. 13thLiberia0.2
  14. 14thGuinea-Bissau0.2
  15. 15thRwanda0.2
  16. 16thUganda0.2
  17. 17thSierra Leone0.2
  18. 18thGambia0.2
  19. 19thEritrea0.2
  20. 20thMalawi0.2
  21. 21stYemen0.3
  22. 22ndBurkina Faso0.3
  23. 23rdAfghanistan0.3
  24. 24thMozambique0.3
  25. 25thHaiti0.3
  26. 26thMali0.3
  27. 27thTanzania0.3
  28. 28thTogo0.3
  29. 29thGuinea0.4
  30. 30thCameroon0.4
  31. 31stKenya0.4
  32. 32ndSolomon Islands0.4
  33. 33rdLesotho0.4
  34. 34thSudan0.4
  35. 35thBenin0.5
  36. 36thTimor-Leste0.5
  37. 37thComoros0.5
  38. 38thPapua New Guinea0.5
  39. 39thNepal0.5
  40. 40thZambia0.5
  41. 41stNigeria0.6
  42. 42ndMyanmar0.6
  43. 43rdIvory Coast0.6
  44. 44thKiribati0.6
  45. 45thSão Tomé and Príncipe0.6
  46. 46thGhana0.7
  47. 47thBangladesh0.7
  48. 48thAngola0.7
  49. 49thDjibouti0.8
  50. 50thSenegal0.8
  51. 51stZimbabwe0.8
  52. 52ndPakistan0.8
  53. 53rdNicaragua0.8
  54. 54thVanuatu0.9
  55. 55thEswatini0.9
  56. 56thTajikistan0.9
  57. 57thBelize0.9
  58. 58thMauritania1
  59. 59thSri Lanka1.1
  60. 60thCambodia1.1
  61. 61stGuatemala1.1
  62. 62ndHonduras1.1
  63. 63rdParaguay1.2
  64. 64thNamibia1.2
  65. 65thDominica1.3
  66. 66thSyria1.3
  67. 67thCape Verde1.3
  68. 68thSaint Vincent and the Grenadines1.3
  69. 69thRepublic of the Congo1.3
  70. 70thKyrgyzstan1.5
  71. 71stGrenada1.5
  72. 72ndPhilippines1.5
  73. 73rdEl Salvador1.5
  74. 74thSamoa1.6
  75. 75thFiji1.6
  76. 76thTonga1.6
  77. 77thCosta Rica1.6
  78. 78thSaint Lucia1.7
  79. 79thAlbania1.8
  80. 80thColombia1.8
  81. 81stMorocco1.8
  82. 82ndLebanon1.9
  83. 83rdCuba1.9
  84. 84thBhutan2
  85. 85thPeru2
  86. 86thGabon2
  87. 87thJordan2.1
  88. 88thIndia2.2
  89. 89thBolivia2.3
  90. 90thBrazil2.3
  91. 91stArmenia2.5
  92. 92ndNorth Korea2.5
  93. 93rdEgypt2.5
  94. 94thBarbados2.5
  95. 95thEquatorial Guinea2.6
  96. 96thUruguay2.6
  97. 97thTunisia2.6
  98. 98thEcuador2.6
  99. 99thBotswana2.7
  100. 100thPanama2.7
  101. 101stJamaica2.8
  102. 102ndIndonesia2.9
  103. 103rdSaint Kitts and Nevis2.9
  104. 104thDominican Republic3
  105. 105thUkraine3.1
  106. 106thMalta3.2
  107. 107thPortugal3.3
  108. 108thLaos3.4
  109. 109thVenezuela3.4
  110. 110thMoldova3.4
  111. 111thGeorgia3.5
  112. 112thMauritius3.5
  113. 113thMaldives3.6
  114. 114thSweden3.6
  115. 115thBahamas3.6
  116. 116thMexico3.6
  117. 117thLatvia3.6
  118. 118thRomania3.7
  119. 119thSwitzerland3.7
  120. 120thAntigua and Barbuda3.8
  121. 121stAzerbaijan3.8
  122. 122ndChile3.9
  123. 123rdThailand4
  124. 124thAlgeria4
  125. 125thNorth Macedonia4
  126. 126thFrance4
  127. 127thArgentina4
  128. 128thSuriname4.1
  129. 129thUzbekistan4.1
  130. 130thUnited Kingdom4.2
  131. 131stVietnam4.3
  132. 132ndDenmark4.3
  133. 133rdHungary4.5
  134. 134thLithuania4.5
  135. 135thSpain4.5
  136. 136thGuyana4.6
  137. 137thCroatia4.8
  138. 138thGreece5
  139. 139thItaly5.1
  140. 140thIraq5.2
  141. 141stBulgaria5.3
  142. 142ndTürkiye5.4
  143. 143rdCyprus5.4
  144. 144thSlovakia5.5
  145. 145thFinland5.5
  146. 146thIsrael5.8
  147. 147thBelarus5.9
  148. 148thNew Zealand6
  149. 149thIreland6
  150. 150thSlovenia6.3
  151. 151stAustria6.3
  152. 152ndBosnia and Herzegovina6.4
  153. 153rdNetherlands6.6
  154. 154thSouth Africa6.9
  155. 155thGermany6.9
  156. 156thCzechia7.1
  157. 157thNorway7.2
  158. 158thSeychelles7.2
  159. 159thBelgium7.3
  160. 160thPoland7.6
  161. 161stEstonia7.8
  162. 162ndJapan7.8
  163. 163rdMongolia7.8
  164. 164thMalaysia8.3
  165. 165thIceland8.5
  166. 166thLibya8.7
  167. 167thIran9.1
  168. 168thChina9.3
  169. 169thSingapore9.8
  170. 170thLuxembourg10.6
  171. 171stTurkmenistan10.9
  172. 172ndSouth Korea11.4
  173. 173rdKazakhstan12.6
  174. 174thUnited States13.6
  175. 175thRussia14
  176. 176thCanada14
  177. 177thAustralia14.1
  178. 178thUnited Arab Emirates18.3
  179. 179thSaudi Arabia18.5
  180. 180thOman18.7
  181. 181stTrinidad and Tobago19.6
  182. 182ndBrunei20.2
  183. 183rdKuwait23.7
  184. 184thBahrain23.9
  185. 185thQatar47.3
  186. 186thPalau82.8

US states

51 · US EIA
  1. 1stDistrict of Columbia3.9
  2. 2ndMaryland8.2
  3. 3rdCalifornia8.4
  4. 4thNew York8.4
  5. 5thMassachusetts8.5
  6. 6thVermont8.5
  7. 7thOregon8.9
  8. 8thRhode Island9.3
  9. 9thWashington9.6
  10. 10thNew Hampshire9.9
  11. 11thNew Jersey10
  12. 12thConnecticut10.3
  13. 13thFlorida10.4
  14. 14thIdaho10.7
  15. 15thMaine10.8
  16. 16thNorth Carolina10.9
  17. 17thArizona11.1
  18. 18thVirginia11.1
  19. 19thGeorgia11.4
  20. 20thDelaware12.4
  21. 21stHawaii12.6
  22. 22ndNevada12.7
  23. 23rdSouth Carolina12.7
  24. 24thTennessee12.9
  25. 25thIllinois14.6
  26. 26thMinnesota14.8
  27. 27thColorado15.2
  28. 28thMichigan15.3
  29. 29thWisconsin15.4
  30. 30thPennsylvania16.5
  31. 31stOhio16.7
  32. 32ndSouth Dakota17.2
  33. 33rdUtah17.8
  34. 34thMissouri18.3
  35. 35thArkansas20.7
  36. 36thKansas21.2
  37. 37thAlabama21.5
  38. 38thOklahoma21.7
  39. 39thNew Mexico22
  40. 40thTexas22.1
  41. 41stMississippi22.1
  42. 42ndIowa22.3
  43. 43rdIndiana23.9
  44. 44thKentucky24.3
  45. 45thNebraska24.4
  46. 46thMontana26.3
  47. 47thLouisiana41.8
  48. 48thWest Virginia44.6
  49. 49thAlaska56.3
  50. 50thNorth Dakota73.2
  51. 51stWyoming96.6

186 countries ranked and 51 US states.

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