We calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita for each country in the year 2017. A score of 100 indicates a country is among the least polluting on a per capita bases (≤5th-percentile), and a score of 0 indicates that a country is among the most polluting (≥95th-percentile). Emission data come from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK).
Greenhouse gas emissions per capita
| Country | Rank | EPI Score | 10-Year Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1 | 100 | - |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 100 | - |
| Rwanda | 1 | 100 | - |
| Dem. Rep. Congo | 1 | 100 | - |
| Comoros | 1 | 100 | - |
| Burundi | 1 | 100 | - |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 100 | - |
| Liberia | 1 | 100 | - |
| Sierra Leone | 9 | 99.3 | -0.7 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 10 | 95.8 | -4.2 |
| Kiribati | 11 | 95.4 | -4.6 |
| Eritrea | 12 | 95 | 3.9 |
| Gambia | 13 | 93.8 | -1.7 |
| Uganda | 14 | 93.3 | -3.6 |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 15 | 91.7 | -3.4 |
| Togo | 16 | 91.4 | -5.1 |
| Ghana | 17 | 89.9 | -4.2 |
| Bangladesh | 18 | 89.7 | -6.4 |
| Madagascar | 19 | 89.4 | 7.9 |
| Mozambique | 20 | 86.6 | 0.1 |
| Tajikistan | 21 | 86.5 | -1.1 |
| Haiti | 22 | 86.4 | -3.9 |
| Benin | 23 | 85.7 | -1 |
| Nepal | 24 | 85.5 | -8.4 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 25 | 85.1 | 1.3 |
| Kenya | 26 | 84.3 | 3.7 |
| Ethiopia | 27 | 83.5 | -2.1 |
| Senegal | 28 | 82.4 | -1.7 |
| Niger | 29 | 81.9 | -0.5 |
| Tanzania | 30 | 81.6 | -0.9 |
| Nigeria | 31 | 80.9 | 5.3 |
| Cameroon | 32 | 80.7 | 9.4 |
| Sri Lanka | 33 | 80.2 | -14.1 |
| Burkina Faso | 34 | 79.7 | -0.5 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 79 | 3.6 |
| Cabo Verde | 36 | 77.3 | -6.2 |
| Laos | 36 | 77.3 | -4.5 |
| Guatemala | 38 | 76.9 | -2.3 |
| El Salvador | 39 | 76.8 | 0.4 |
| Honduras | 40 | 74.8 | 0.6 |
| Djibouti | 40 | 74.8 | -2.8 |
| Philippines | 42 | 74.1 | -6.8 |
| Pakistan | 43 | 73.9 | -1.3 |
| Cambodia | 44 | 73.8 | -1.9 |
| Zimbabwe | 44 | 73.8 | 0.8 |
| Mali | 46 | 73 | -2.1 |
| Guinea | 47 | 72.7 | -6.6 |
| Micronesia | 48 | 72 | -5.7 |
| Myanmar | 49 | 70.6 | -5.3 |
| Zambia | 50 | 70.5 | 3.5 |
| Lesotho | 50 | 70.5 | -3.4 |
| Tonga | 52 | 69.9 | -5.3 |
| Morocco | 52 | 69.9 | -2.3 |
| Eswatini | 54 | 69.7 | 1.5 |
| Republic of Congo | 55 | 68.8 | 7 |
| Jordan | 56 | 68.7 | 14.8 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 57 | 68.5 | 0.9 |
| Vanuatu | 58 | 68.3 | 2.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 59 | 68.1 | -4.6 |
| Sudan | 60 | 67.7 | 3.9 |
| Moldova | 61 | 67.4 | -5.2 |
| Samoa | 62 | 67.3 | -7.5 |
| Timor-Leste | 63 | 67.2 | -5 |
| India | 64 | 66.5 | -8.6 |
| Nicaragua | 65 | 65.2 | -3.5 |
| Maldives | 66 | 64.7 | -4.7 |
| Marshall Islands | 67 | 64.5 | -9.3 |
| Lebanon | 68 | 63.9 | 4.4 |
| Dominica | 69 | 63.5 | 1.8 |
| Grenada | 70 | 63.4 | -1.1 |
| Costa Rica | 71 | 63.3 | -1.9 |
| Belize | 72 | 63.2 | -3.5 |
| Fiji | 73 | 61.2 | -3.9 |
| Bhutan | 74 | 61.1 | -10.8 |
| Tunisia | 75 | 61 | 1.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 76 | 60.5 | -1 |
| Egypt | 77 | 60.4 | 1.6 |
| Armenia | 78 | 60.3 | -6.9 |
| Angola | 78 | 60.3 | 7.9 |
| Georgia | 80 | 59.5 | -5.7 |
| Peru | 81 | 59.4 | -7.4 |
| Jamaica | 82 | 59.3 | 7.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 83 | 59.1 | 0.5 |
| Viet Nam | 84 | 59 | -10.7 |
| Mauritania | 85 | 58.6 | 0.6 |
| Indonesia | 86 | 58.5 | -4.9 |
| Albania | 87 | 58.3 | -6 |
| Colombia | 88 | 57.2 | -1.9 |
| Panama | 89 | 56.6 | -3.9 |
| Ecuador | 90 | 55.9 | 1 |
| Mauritius | 91 | 52.4 | -6.5 |
| Gabon | 92 | 49.3 | 19.3 |
| Cuba | 93 | 48.4 | -5.5 |
| Chad | 94 | 46.5 | -23.6 |
| Barbados | 95 | 45.7 | 1.5 |
| Romania | 96 | 45.2 | 7.2 |
| Central African Republic | 97 | 44.7 | 2.4 |
| Algeria | 98 | 44.6 | 0.6 |
| North Macedonia | 99 | 44.3 | 3.6 |
| Brazil | 100 | 43.6 | -1.9 |
| Seychelles | 101 | 43.5 | 13.6 |
| Uzbekistan | 102 | 43.2 | 5.2 |
| Guyana | 103 | 42.7 | -6.6 |
| Paraguay | 104 | 42.5 | -3.1 |
| Namibia | 104 | 42.5 | 2.2 |
| Ukraine | 104 | 42.5 | 15.7 |
| Suriname | 107 | 41.6 | -6.4 |
| Switzerland | 108 | 41.5 | 5.2 |
| Azerbaijan | 109 | 40.3 | -4.9 |
| Mexico | 110 | 39.3 | 2.2 |
| Chile | 111 | 39.2 | -0.9 |
| Croatia | 112 | 38.9 | 5.8 |
| Turkey | 113 | 38.5 | -4.9 |
| Thailand | 114 | 37.7 | -6 |
| Iraq | 115 | 37 | -17.1 |
| Sweden | 115 | 37 | 8.2 |
| France | 117 | 36.7 | 5.4 |
| Italy | 118 | 36.6 | 9.4 |
| Hungary | 119 | 35.8 | 2 |
| Malta | 120 | 35.6 | 2.1 |
| Spain | 121 | 35.5 | 9 |
| Latvia | 122 | 35.3 | -4.3 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 123 | 35.2 | -0.3 |
| United Kingdom | 124 | 35.1 | 12.7 |
| Montenegro | 125 | 34.2 | -4.2 |
| Denmark | 126 | 31.8 | 13.9 |
| Cyprus | 127 | 31.2 | 4.4 |
| Botswana | 128 | 30.5 | -8.5 |
| Slovakia | 128 | 30.5 | 1.5 |
| Venezuela | 130 | 30.2 | 2.2 |
| Bahamas | 131 | 29.9 | -6.7 |
| Bulgaria | 132 | 29.8 | 1.1 |
| Argentina | 132 | 29.8 | 1.1 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 134 | 28.6 | -11.9 |
| Slovenia | 135 | 28.2 | 5.5 |
| Portugal | 136 | 28.1 | -7.1 |
| China | 137 | 27.7 | -9.5 |
| Greece | 138 | 27.4 | 6.6 |
| Israel | 139 | 26.7 | 3.3 |
| Bolivia | 140 | 26.3 | -6.4 |
| Lithuania | 141 | 24.9 | -4.9 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 142 | 24.7 | 11.6 |
| Malaysia | 143 | 23.7 | -3.7 |
| Germany | 144 | 23.2 | 2.4 |
| Serbia | 145 | 23.1 | -2.6 |
| Japan | 146 | 23 | 0.7 |
| Austria | 146 | 23 | 0.3 |
| South Africa | 148 | 22 | 4.2 |
| Iran | 149 | 21.8 | -3.4 |
| Uruguay | 150 | 21 | -2.6 |
| Poland | 151 | 20.6 | -0.8 |
| Czech Republic | 152 | 20.4 | 6.1 |
| Belgium | 153 | 19.6 | 1.9 |
| Belarus | 154 | 19 | -6.4 |
| Finland | 155 | 18.7 | 9.7 |
| Netherlands | 156 | 17 | 3 |
| Taiwan | 157 | 16 | -0.4 |
| South Korea | 158 | 15.9 | -4.4 |
| Ireland | 159 | 13.3 | 4.3 |
| Norway | 159 | 13.3 | 6.7 |
| Singapore | 161 | 11.9 | -23.6 |
| Russia | 162 | 9.2 | -1.5 |
| Iceland | 163 | 8.4 | -4.1 |
| Luxembourg | 164 | 7.3 | 7.3 |
| Estonia | 165 | 5.7 | -1.2 |
| New Zealand | 166 | 5.5 | 3 |
| United States of America | 167 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Oman | 168 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Canada | 168 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| Kazakhstan | 170 | 2.1 | -2.8 |
| Mongolia | 171 | 1.1 | -16 |
| Australia | 172 | - | - |
| Qatar | 172 | - | - |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 172 | - | - |
| Kuwait | 172 | - | - |
| Bahrain | 172 | - | - |
| Turkmenistan | 172 | - | -2.9 |
| United Arab Emirates | 172 | - | - |
| Saudi Arabia | 172 | - | -4.3 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 172 | - | - |