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World CO₂ emissions per person Ranking Map In the available data, Qatar has the highest recorded value at 41.3 t/person/year (rank #1); Japan ranks #36 at 7.8 t/person/year. Coverage: 213 countries and territories. Reference years: Qatar 2024; Japan 2024. This covers fossil-fuel and industrial CO₂ per person, not every greenhouse gas or consumption-based emissions.
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Compare co₂ emissions per person across the world. Compare co₂ emissions per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
Japan 7.8 t/person/year
Japan, world rank 36 for CO₂ emissions per person, 7.8 t/person/year
Fiji: 1.6 t/person/year Tanzania: 0.3 t/person/year Western Sahara: No data Canada: 13.4 t/person/year United States: 14.2 t/person/year Kazakhstan: 13.9 t/person/year Uzbekistan: 3.8 t/person/year Papua New Guinea: 0.8 t/person/year Indonesia: 2.9 t/person/year Argentina: 3.7 t/person/year Chile: 4 t/person/year Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.1 t/person/year Somalia: 0.1 t/person/year Kenya: 0.4 t/person/year Sudan: 0.4 t/person/year Chad: 0.1 t/person/year Haiti: 0.3 t/person/year Dominican Republic: 2.9 t/person/year Russia: 12.3 t/person/year Bahamas: 7.6 t/person/year Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 6.7 t/person/year Greenland: 11.1 t/person/year Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 0.5 t/person/year South Africa: 6.9 t/person/year Lesotho: 1.1 t/person/year Mexico: 3.5 t/person/year Uruguay: 2.4 t/person/year Brazil: 2.3 t/person/year Bolivia: 2.3 t/person/year Peru: 2.1 t/person/year Colombia: 1.8 t/person/year Panama: 2.8 t/person/year Costa Rica: 1.7 t/person/year Nicaragua: 0.8 t/person/year Honduras: 1.2 t/person/year El Salvador: 1.4 t/person/year Guatemala: 1.1 t/person/year Belize: 1.9 t/person/year Venezuela: 4.1 t/person/year Guyana: 5.4 t/person/year Suriname: 4.7 t/person/year France: 4 t/person/year Ecuador: 2.5 t/person/year Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 3 t/person/year Cuba: 2.2 t/person/year Zimbabwe: 0.8 t/person/year Botswana: 3 t/person/year Namibia: 1.1 t/person/year Senegal: 0.8 t/person/year Mali: 0.3 t/person/year Mauritania: 1 t/person/year Benin: 0.4 t/person/year Niger: 0.1 t/person/year Nigeria: 0.6 t/person/year Cameroon: 0.3 t/person/year Togo: 0.3 t/person/year Ghana: 0.6 t/person/year Côte d’Ivoire: 0.5 t/person/year Guinea: 0.3 t/person/year Guinea-Bissau: 0.2 t/person/year Liberia: 0.2 t/person/year Sierra Leone: 0.2 t/person/year Burkina Faso: 0.3 t/person/year Central African Republic: 0.1 t/person/year Republic of the Congo: 1.4 t/person/year Gabon: 2.1 t/person/year Equatorial Guinea: 3.7 t/person/year Zambia: 0.6 t/person/year Malawi: 0.1 t/person/year Mozambique: 0.2 t/person/year Eswatini: 0.8 t/person/year Angola: 0.6 t/person/year Burundi: 0.1 t/person/year Israel: 5.6 t/person/year Lebanon: 2.7 t/person/year Madagascar: 0.1 t/person/year Palestine: 0.9 t/person/year Gambia: 0.3 t/person/year Tunisia: 2.7 t/person/year Algeria: 4.2 t/person/year Jordan: 2 t/person/year United Arab Emirates: 20.1 t/person/year Qatar: 41.3 t/person/year Kuwait: 26.2 t/person/year Iraq: 5.1 t/person/year Oman: 15.7 t/person/year Vanuatu: 0.6 t/person/year Cambodia: 1.2 t/person/year Thailand: 3.7 t/person/year Laos: 3.1 t/person/year Myanmar: 0.6 t/person/year Vietnam: 3.7 t/person/year North Korea: 2.4 t/person/year South Korea: 11.3 t/person/year Mongolia: 12.9 t/person/year India: 2.2 t/person/year Bangladesh: 0.6 t/person/year Bhutan: 2.1 t/person/year Nepal: 0.6 t/person/year Pakistan: 0.7 t/person/year Afghanistan: 0.3 t/person/year Tajikistan: 1 t/person/year Kyrgyzstan: 1.6 t/person/year Turkmenistan: 10.8 t/person/year Iran: 8.7 t/person/year Syria: 1.3 t/person/year Armenia: 2.5 t/person/year Sweden: 3.6 t/person/year Belarus: 6.2 t/person/year Ukraine: 3.8 t/person/year Poland: 7.1 t/person/year Austria: 6.2 t/person/year Hungary: 4.1 t/person/year Moldova: 1.8 t/person/year Romania: 3.6 t/person/year Lithuania: 4.4 t/person/year Latvia: 3.5 t/person/year Estonia: 6.1 t/person/year Germany: 6.8 t/person/year Bulgaria: 4.7 t/person/year Greece: 5.3 t/person/year Türkiye: 5.9 t/person/year Albania: 1.6 t/person/year Croatia: 4.8 t/person/year Switzerland: 3.6 t/person/year Luxembourg: 10.5 t/person/year Belgium: 7.3 t/person/year Netherlands: 6.3 t/person/year Portugal: 3.4 t/person/year Spain: 4.6 t/person/year Ireland: 6.3 t/person/year New Caledonia: 18.1 t/person/year Solomon Islands: 0.4 t/person/year New Zealand: 6.2 t/person/year Australia: 14.5 t/person/year Sri Lanka: 0.9 t/person/year China: 8.7 t/person/year Taiwan: 11.3 t/person/year Italy: 5.1 t/person/year Denmark: 4.7 t/person/year United Kingdom: 4.5 t/person/year Iceland: 9.7 t/person/year Azerbaijan: 3.9 t/person/year Georgia: 3.1 t/person/year Philippines: 1.5 t/person/year Malaysia: 8.2 t/person/year Brunei: 26 t/person/year Slovenia: 6 t/person/year Finland: 5.3 t/person/year Slovakia: 5.3 t/person/year Czechia: 7 t/person/year Eritrea: 0.2 t/person/year Japan: 7.8 t/person/year Paraguay: 1.1 t/person/year Yemen: 0.2 t/person/year Saudi Arabia: 20.4 t/person/year Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 5.4 t/person/year Morocco: 1.8 t/person/year Egypt: 2.2 t/person/year Libya: 8.8 t/person/year Ethiopia: 0.1 t/person/year Djibouti: 0.5 t/person/year Somaliland: No data Uganda: 0.1 t/person/year Rwanda: 0.1 t/person/year Bosnia and Herzegovina: 6.1 t/person/year North Macedonia: 3.6 t/person/year Serbia: 6.2 t/person/year Montenegro: 3.7 t/person/year Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 22.9 t/person/year South Sudan: 0.1 t/person/year Japan Qatar 1 Kuwait 2 Brunei 3 Trinidad and Tobago 5 Malawi 209 Central African Republic 210 Somalia 211 Burundi 212 Democratic Republic of the Congo 213 Australia United States Kazakhstan Canada Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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View Japan's profile and all rankings→ CO₂ emissions per personRankings 36/213 7.8 t/person/year
Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? Japan ranks #36 for co₂ emissions per person. Switch themes to see how the same country changes across the map.
1 Qatar 41.3 t/person/year 2 Kuwait 26.2 t/person/year 3 Brunei 26 t/person/year 4 Bahrain 24.3 t/person/year 5 Trinidad and Tobago 22.9 t/person/year
213 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 t/person/year 212 Burundi 0.1 t/person/year 211 Somalia 0.1 t/person/year 210 Central African Republic 0.1 t/person/year 209 Malawi 0.1 t/person/year 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the CO₂ emissions per person ranking map Compare co₂ emissions per person by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 213 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Qatar (41.3 t/person/year), #2 Kuwait (26.2 t/person/year), #3 Brunei (26 t/person/year)
Japan’s position World #36 (7.8 t/person/year)
Data period latest available year by country All displayed observations use the reference period above. Check the source and definition before interpreting small differences.
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CO₂ emissions per person Full ranking213 countries #5 Trinidad and Tobago 22.9 t/person/year Profile #6 Saudi Arabia 20.4 t/person/year Profile #7 United Arab Emirates 20.1 t/person/year Profile #8 New Caledonia 18.1 t/person/year Profile #9 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 16.5 t/person/year Profile #11 Australia 14.5 t/person/year Profile #12 United States 14.2 t/person/year Profile #13 Kazakhstan 13.9 t/person/year Profile #15 Faroe Islands 13.1 t/person/year Profile #16 Mongolia 12.9 t/person/year Profile #18 Curaçao 12.3 t/person/year Profile #21 South Korea 11.3 t/person/year Profile #22 Greenland 11.1 t/person/year Profile #23 Turkmenistan 10.8 t/person/year Profile #24 Luxembourg 10.5 t/person/year Profile #25 Anguilla 10.1 t/person/year Profile #26 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 9.8 t/person/year Profile #28 Singapore 9.2 t/person/year Profile #34 Malaysia 8.2 t/person/year Profile #35 Turks and Caicos Islands 8.1 t/person/year Profile #39 Antigua and Barbuda 7.1 t/person/year Profile #42 South Africa 6.9 t/person/year Profile #46 Netherlands 6.3 t/person/year Profile #48 New Zealand 6.2 t/person/year Profile #51 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.1 t/person/year Profile #53 Montserrat 6 t/person/year Profile #56 Cook Islands 5.8 t/person/year Profile #58 St. Kitts and Nevis 5.5 t/person/year Profile #63 Slovakia 5.3 t/person/year Profile #68 Seychelles 5 t/person/year Profile #69 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 4.9 t/person/year Profile #70 British Virgin Islands 4.9 t/person/year Profile #71 Barbados 4.8 t/person/year Profile #74 Suriname 4.7 t/person/year Profile #75 Bulgaria 4.7 t/person/year Profile #77 United Kingdom 4.5 t/person/year Profile #78 Hong Kong 4.5 t/person/year Profile #79 Lithuania 4.4 t/person/year Profile #80 Maldives 4.4 t/person/year Profile #84 Marshall Islands 4.1 t/person/year Profile #85 Venezuela 4.1 t/person/year Profile #88 Azerbaijan 3.9 t/person/year Profile #89 Uzbekistan 3.8 t/person/year Profile #91 Argentina 3.7 t/person/year Profile #92 Thailand 3.7 t/person/year Profile #93 Montenegro 3.7 t/person/year Profile #94 Equatorial Guinea 3.7 t/person/year Profile #95 Mauritius 3.7 t/person/year Profile #97 North Macedonia 3.6 t/person/year Profile #99 Switzerland 3.6 t/person/year Profile #103 Portugal 3.4 t/person/year Profile #104 Liechtenstein 3.3 t/person/year Profile #105 French Polynesia 3.3 t/person/year Profile #106 Grenada 3.2 t/person/year Profile #109 Georgia 3.1 t/person/year Profile #110 St. Lucia 3 t/person/year Profile #113 Dominican Republic 2.9 t/person/year Profile #114 Indonesia 2.9 t/person/year Profile #116 Wallis and Futuna 2.7 t/person/year Profile #117 Lebanon 2.7 t/person/year Profile #118 Tunisia 2.7 t/person/year Profile #119 Dominica 2.6 t/person/year Profile #120 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.5 t/person/year Profile #121 Ecuador 2.5 t/person/year Profile #122 Armenia 2.5 t/person/year Profile #123 North Korea 2.4 t/person/year Profile #124 Uruguay 2.4 t/person/year Profile #125 Bolivia 2.3 t/person/year Profile #130 Saint Helena 2.2 t/person/year Profile #136 Morocco 1.8 t/person/year Profile #137 Moldova 1.8 t/person/year Profile #138 Colombia 1.8 t/person/year Profile #139 Costa Rica 1.7 t/person/year Profile #140 Kyrgyzstan 1.6 t/person/year Profile #141 Albania 1.6 t/person/year Profile #143 Philippines 1.5 t/person/year Profile #146 El Salvador 1.4 t/person/year Profile #147 Republic of the Congo 1.4 t/person/year Profile #148 Micronesia 1.3 t/person/year Profile #150 Cambodia 1.2 t/person/year Profile #151 Honduras 1.2 t/person/year Profile #153 Paraguay 1.1 t/person/year Profile #154 Namibia 1.1 t/person/year Profile #155 Cabo Verde 1.1 t/person/year Profile #157 Lesotho 1.1 t/person/year Profile #158 Guatemala 1.1 t/person/year Profile #159 Tajikistan 1 t/person/year Profile #160 Mauritania 1 t/person/year Profile #161 Sri Lanka 0.9 t/person/year Profile #162 Palestine 0.9 t/person/year Profile #163 Eswatini 0.8 t/person/year Profile #164 Zimbabwe 0.8 t/person/year Profile #165 Nicaragua 0.8 t/person/year Profile #166 Papua New Guinea 0.8 t/person/year Profile #167 Senegal 0.8 t/person/year Profile #168 Pakistan 0.7 t/person/year Profile #169 Comoros 0.6 t/person/year Profile #171 Bangladesh 0.6 t/person/year Profile #173 Sao Tome and Principe 0.6 t/person/year Profile #174 Vanuatu 0.6 t/person/year Profile #176 Nigeria 0.6 t/person/year Profile #177 Myanmar 0.6 t/person/year Profile #179 Kiribati 0.5 t/person/year Profile #180 Djibouti 0.5 t/person/year Profile #181 Timor-Leste 0.5 t/person/year Profile #182 Côte d’Ivoire 0.5 t/person/year Profile #185 Solomon Islands 0.4 t/person/year Profile #187 Cameroon 0.3 t/person/year Profile #189 Tanzania 0.3 t/person/year Profile #192 Burkina Faso 0.3 t/person/year Profile #194 Afghanistan 0.3 t/person/year Profile #197 Mozambique 0.2 t/person/year Profile #198 Eritrea 0.2 t/person/year Profile #199 Sierra Leone 0.2 t/person/year Profile #200 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 t/person/year Profile #201 Liberia 0.2 t/person/year Profile #203 South Sudan 0.1 t/person/year Profile #204 Madagascar 0.1 t/person/year Profile #206 Ethiopia 0.1 t/person/year Profile #210 Central African Republic 0.1 t/person/year Profile #211 Somalia 0.1 t/person/year Profile #212 Burundi 0.1 t/person/year Profile #213 Democratic Republic of the Congo 0.1 t/person/year Profile