Territorial vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita

Consumption-based emissions are national emissions that have been adjusted for trade. They are territorial emissions minus emissions embedded in exports,plus emissions embedded in imports.

	Territorial emissions tonnes per person				Consumption-based emissions tonnes per person
Country/area	1750	2023	Absolute Change	Relative Change	1750	2023	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan		0.27 t
Albania		1.83 t
Algeria		3.86 t
Andorra		5.24 t
Angola		0.57 t
Anguilla		10.01 t
Antigua and Barbuda		6.91 t
Argentina		4.30 t
Armenia		2.58 t
Aruba		8.03 t
Australia	0.00 t	14.48 t	+14.48 t
Austria		6.42 t
Azerbaijan		4.26 t
Bahamas		6.27 t
Bahrain		23.27 t
Bangladesh		0.66 t
Barbados		4.22 t
Belarus		6.20 t
Belgium		7.12 t
Belize		1.62 t
Benin		0.40 t
Bermuda		8.07 t
Bhutan		2.18 t
Bolivia		1.91 t
Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba		3.84 t
Bosnia and Herzegovina		6.34 t
Botswana		2.71 t
Brazil		2.30 t
British Virgin Islands		4.75 t
Brunei		25.64 t
Bulgaria		5.31 t
Burkina Faso		0.27 t
Burundi		0.05 t
Cambodia		1.16 t
Cameroon		0.35 t
Canada		13.98 t
Cape Verde		1.02 t
Central African Republic		0.05 t
Chad		0.16 t
Chile		3.93 t
China		8.37 t
Colombia		2.01 t
Comoros		0.53 t
Congo		1.24 t
Cook Islands		5.11 t
Costa Rica		1.62 t
Cote d'Ivoire		0.42 t
Croatia		4.50 t
Cuba		2.10 t
Curacao		10.91 t
Cyprus		5.33 t
Czechia		7.92 t
Democratic Republic of Congo		0.04 t
Denmark		4.58 t
Djibouti		0.43 t
Dominica		2.45 t
Dominican Republic		2.83 t
East Timor		0.46 t
Ecuador		2.40 t
Egypt		2.35 t
El Salvador		1.30 t
Equatorial Guinea		3.32 t
Eritrea		0.18 t
Estonia		7.33 t
Eswatini		0.90 t
Ethiopia		0.12 t
Faroe Islands		14.57 t
Fiji		1.24 t
Finland		5.65 t
France		4.10 t
French Polynesia		3.26 t
Gabon		2.18 t
Gambia		0.26 t
Georgia		3.09 t
Germany		7.05 t
Ghana		0.58 t
Greece		5.39 t
Greenland		10.66 t
Grenada		2.90 t
Guatemala		1.12 t
Guinea		0.28 t
Guinea-Bissau		0.14 t
Guyana		4.29 t
Haiti		0.30 t
Honduras		1.04 t
Hong Kong		4.55 t
Hungary		4.15 t
Iceland		9.71 t
India		2.13 t
Indonesia		2.61 t
Iran		9.03 t
Iraq		3.91 t
Ireland		6.63 t
Israel		6.43 t
Italy		5.27 t
Jamaica		2.69 t
Japan		7.95 t
Jordan		1.85 t
Kazakhstan		12.55 t
Kenya		0.39 t
Kiribati		0.52 t
Kosovo		4.93 t
Kuwait		20.51 t
Kyrgyzstan		1.44 t
Laos		3.24 t
Latvia		3.46 t
Lebanon		3.37 t
Lesotho		1.68 t
Liberia		0.14 t
Libya		8.35 t
Liechtenstein		3.97 t
Lithuania		4.37 t
Luxembourg		10.51 t
Macao		1.48 t
Madagascar		0.14 t
Malawi		0.08 t
Malaysia		8.22 t
Maldives		3.92 t
Mali		0.28 t
Malta		3.42 t
Marshall Islands		3.95 t
Mauritania		0.88 t
Mauritius		3.25 t
Mexico		3.72 t
Micronesia (country)		1.33 t
Moldova		1.94 t
Mongolia		13.66 t
Montenegro		3.68 t
Montserrat		5.01 t
Morocco		1.82 t
Mozambique		0.24 t
Myanmar		0.56 t
Namibia		1.41 t
Nauru		4.83 t
Nepal		0.56 t
Netherlands		6.56 t
New Caledonia		17.48 t
New Zealand	0.00 t	5.82 t	+5.82 t
Nicaragua		0.82 t
Niger		0.10 t
Nigeria		0.56 t
Niue		4.16 t
North Korea		2.30 t
North Macedonia		4.07 t
Norway	0.00 t	7.05 t	+7.05 t
Oman		15.55 t
Pakistan		0.81 t
Palau		12.53 t
Palestine		0.65 t
Panama		3.14 t
Papua New Guinea		0.80 t
Paraguay		1.19 t
Peru		1.65 t
Philippines		1.35 t
Poland		7.46 t
Portugal		3.57 t
Qatar		38.84 t
Romania		3.57 t
Russia		12.49 t
Rwanda		0.11 t
Saint Helena		2.09 t
Saint Kitts and Nevis		4.99 t
Saint Lucia		2.85 t
Saint Pierre and Miquelon		9.74 t
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		2.34 t
Samoa		1.19 t
Sao Tome and Principe		0.72 t
Saudi Arabia		22.13 t
Senegal		0.66 t
Serbia		6.25 t
Seychelles		4.31 t
Sierra Leone		0.15 t
Singapore		8.51 t
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)		16.20 t
Slovakia		5.57 t
Slovenia		5.35 t
Solomon Islands		0.38 t
Somalia		0.03 t
South Africa		6.36 t
South Korea		11.16 t
South Sudan		0.14 t
Spain		4.63 t
Sri Lanka		0.88 t
Sudan		0.40 t
Suriname		4.21 t
Sweden		3.46 t
Switzerland		3.69 t
Syria		1.08 t
Taiwan	0.00 t	11.20 t	+11.20 t
Tajikistan		0.87 t
Tanzania		0.27 t
Thailand		3.69 t
Togo		0.28 t
Tonga		1.91 t
Trinidad and Tobago		22.83 t
Tunisia		2.69 t
Turkey		4.95 t
Turkmenistan		8.60 t
Turks and Caicos Islands		8.02 t
Tuvalu		1.17 t
Uganda		0.12 t
Ukraine		3.62 t
United Arab Emirates		21.55 t
United Kingdom	1.00 t	4.44 t	+3.44 t	+343%
United States		14.30 t
Uruguay		2.32 t
Uzbekistan		3.50 t
Vanuatu		0.71 t
Venezuela		3.52 t
Vietnam		3.34 t
Wallis and Futuna		2.69 t
Yemen		0.25 t
Zambia		0.37 t
Zimbabwe		0.68 t
Other
Africa		0.96 t
Asia	0.00 t	4.73 t	+4.73 t
Asia (excl. China and India)	0.00 t	3.99 t	+3.99 t
Europe	0.06 t	6.69 t	+6.63 t	+10,924%
Europe (excl. EU-27)	0.21 t	8.39 t	+8.17 t	+3,813%
Europe (excl. EU-28)	0.00 t	9.58 t	+9.58 t
European Union (27)		5.57 t
European Union (28)	0.08 t	5.42 t	+5.34 t	+6,849%
High-income countries	0.05 t	9.96 t	+9.91 t	+20,028%
Low-income countries		0.27 t
Lower-middle-income countries		1.58 t
North America		10.13 t
North America (excl. USA)		4.64 t
Oceania	0.00 t	9.50 t	+9.50 t
South America		2.56 t
Upper-middle-income countries		6.15 t
World	0.01 t	4.67 t	+4.66 t	+37,705%		5 t

Territorial vs. consumption-based CO₂ emissions per capita

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