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CO₂ Emissions per capita 2020

tina-gotthardt — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 21:02:11 +0000

The Kyoto Protocol was the first serious effort to not only acknowledging a role of humans in global warming, but to also implement measures to reducing this impact caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, carbon emissions have been rising constantly, largely fuelled by considerable economic growth. Qatar has the highest emission of Carbon per capita (37 tons per year), followed by New Caledonia (30 t/y), Mongolia (26 t/y), Trinidad and Tobago (25 t/y) and Brunei (23 t/y). Overall 24 countries have Carbon emissions of more than 10 tons per capita. Democratic Republic of the Congo has the lowest Carbon emission per capita (0.027 t/y), followed by Somalia (0.035 t/y), Central African Republic (0.039 t/y) and Burundi (0.05 t/y). Overall just under 60 countries have a per capita Carbon emissions lower than 1 ton per year.

CO₂ Emissions from Cement production 2020

tina-gotthardt — Wed, 01 Dec 2021 09:42:54 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions from Cement production in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Carbon dioxide emissions from chemical reactions in the manufacture of cement. Some emissions from the production of lime are also included.

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Data sources
This map uses data by Global Carbon Atlas (last accessed November 2021). We aim to map as complete data as possible and therefore estimate data for missing values. In some cases, missing data for very small territories is not used in the cartogram and that area is therefore omitted in the map.

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions from Gas flaring 2020

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:20:45 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions from Gas flaring in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Gas flaring: combustion of vented natural gas and the venting of CO2 in the oil and gas industry converting methane into carbon dioxide.

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions from Gas 2020

tina-gotthardt — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:46:39 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions from the oxidation of natural gas in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions from Oil 2020

tina-gotthardt — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 19:28:58 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions from the oxidation of oil in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions from Coal 2020

tina-gotthardt — Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:50:02 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions from the oxidation of coal in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions 2020

tina-gotthardt — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 23:37:03 +0000

This map is resized according to absolute CO₂ emissions in that territory (MtCO2 = 1 million tonnes of CO2).

Definition:

Territorial Emissions: Carbon dioxide emissions attributed to the country in which they physically occur. For more information see: Andrew and Peters (2021).

Further notes on the data, as well as all modifications to the original data source are noted in our data sheets (available soon).

CO₂ Emissions per capita 2016

tina-gotthardt — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 10:00:58 +0000

The Kyoto Protocol was the first serious effort to not only acknowledging a role of humans in global warming, but to also implement measures to reducing this impact caused by greenhouse gas emissions. Since then, carbon emissions have been rising constantly, largely fuelled by considerable economic growth. Curaçao has the highest emission of Carbon per capita (45 tons per year), followed by Qatar (38 t/y), Trinidad and Tobago (25 t/y), Kuwait (25 t/y) and the United Arab Emirates (23t/y). Overall 25 countries have Carbon emissions of more than 10 tons per capita. Greenland has lowest Carbon emissions per capita, followed by the Faroer Islands, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Somalia and Mali. Overall more than 60 countries have per capita Carbon emissions lower than 1 ton per year. Read more about this map in our blog