Greenhouse gas emissions per capita

 

We calculate greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per capita for each country in the year 2019. 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
Afghanistan 1 100.00 NA
Burundi 1 100.00 NA
Dem. Rep. Congo 1 100.00 NA
Liberia 1 100.00 NA
Malawi 1 100.00 NA
Rwanda 1 100.00 NA
Sierra Leone 1 100.00 NA
Sao Tome and Principe 1 100.00 NA
Solomon Islands 9 99.90 -0.10
Comoros 10 98.60 -1.40
Gambia 11 96.60 5.20
Kiribati 12 96.30 -3.70
Uganda 13 96.10 1.80
Cote d'Ivoire 14 93.70 -5.10
Madagascar 15 91.10 6.50
Togo 16 90.80 -0.20
Ghana 17 90.00 -10.00
Haiti 18 88.80 -2.90
Bangladesh 19 88.10 -6.30
Benin 20 87.90 -3.70
Mozambique 21 86.90 -6.50
Cameroon 22 86.30 4.60
Ethiopia 23 86.20 -0.20
Tanzania 24 84.80 -0.10
Senegal 25 83.10 -2.80
Burkina Faso 26 82.80 0.70
Guinea-Bissau 26 82.80 1.10
Tajikistan 26 82.80 -6.80
Niger 29 82.70 -1.00
Kenya 30 81.60 -0.20
Nepal 31 80.40 -10.40
Sri Lanka 31 80.40 -9.70
Djibouti 33 80.30 3.30
Cabo Verde 34 80.10 -3.90
Eritrea 35 77.50 -0.20
Zimbabwe 36 77.20 -2.30
Eswatini 37 77.10 6.80
Nigeria 38 76.60 0.50
El Salvador 39 76.30 -1.30
Lesotho 40 74.30 1.10
Zambia 41 73.90 1.10
Mali 42 73.60 -3.00
Papua New Guinea 43 73.20 -10.30
Guinea 44 72.60 -6.10
Philippines 44 72.60 -7.20
Pakistan 46 71.50 -3.50
Micronesia 47 71.30 -6.20
Honduras 48 71.00 -3.00
Guatemala 49 70.70 -5.50
Vanuatu 50 67.70 1.50
Myanmar 51 67.60 -8.80
Sudan 52 67.30 2.80
India 53 66.80 -6.20
Jordan 53 66.80 9.70
Saint Lucia 55 66.50 -1.40
Cambodia 56 65.70 -7.90
Morocco 57 65.40 -4.30
Kyrgyzstan 58 63.80 -7.00
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59 63.50 3.90
Nicaragua 60 63.30 -5.40
Peru 61 62.80 -4.30
Angola 62 62.30 6.80
Samoa 62 62.30 -12.20
Albania 64 61.50 -4.70
Grenada 64 61.50 -3.20
Jamaica 66 61.30 0.50
Tunisia 67 61.10 3.20
Costa Rica 68 61.00 -3.70
Mauritania 68 61.00 -0.20
Maldives 70 60.70 -5.50
Dominica 71 60.30 0.70
Tonga 72 60.10 -9.80
Armenia 73 59.40 -10.20
Moldova 73 59.40 -9.60
Belize 75 59.30 -1.20
Egypt 76 59.20 1.70
Lebanon 77 58.30 10.20
Central African Republic 78 57.00 2.20
Dominican Republic 79 56.90 -3.40
Marshall Islands 80 56.80 -13.20
Bhutan 81 56.60 -9.90
Cuba 82 55.70 2.20
Ecuador 83 55.20 1.00
Indonesia 84 55.10 -5.90
Republic of Congo 85 54.20 7.10
Fiji 86 54.10 -16.20
Colombia 87 53.70 -2.40
Panama 88 53.30 -3.50
Viet Nam 89 53.10 -13.20
Namibia 90 52.60 12.90
Mauritius 91 52.20 -6.00
Timor-Leste 92 51.80 -2.20
Georgia 93 50.80 -9.70
Botswana 94 48.20 2.60
Seychelles 95 48.00 9.50
Chad 96 47.70 -6.00
North Macedonia 97 47.20 1.40
Barbados 98 47.00 7.30
Switzerland 99 46.80 8.20
Laos 100 45.90 -30.50
Romania 101 44.50 0.80
Brazil 102 43.20 -2.60
Uzbekistan 102 43.20 2.70
Malta 104 42.70 5.60
Paraguay 104 42.70 -3.30
Mexico 106 42.30 5.20
Ukraine 107 42.20 8.90
Azerbaijan 108 42.10 -3.40
Thailand 109 42.00 -2.10
Chile 110 41.10 -2.00
Croatia 111 40.90 2.90
Algeria 112 40.60 -3.40
Bahamas 113 40.40 -4.20
Sweden 113 40.40 6.50
Venezuela 115 40.30 10.80
Antigua and Barbuda 116 40.00 -0.30
Turkey 117 39.60 -6.10
France 118 38.70 5.10
United Kingdom 119 38.50 10.40
Spain 120 38.10 5.20
Italy 120 38.10 5.80
Hungary 122 37.20 -1.30
Guyana 123 37.00 -7.30
Cyprus 124 36.80 5.00
Latvia 124 36.80 -5.00
Suriname 126 36.50 -5.50
Gabon 127 34.80 14.40
Denmark 128 34.40 12.00
Slovakia 129 33.50 2.10
Argentina 130 33.40 2.80
Bulgaria 131 32.80 -1.90
Greece 132 32.50 7.00
Slovenia 133 31.10 5.60
Montenegro 134 30.60 -15.40
Portugal 135 29.60 -6.00
China 136 28.00 -7.00
Germany 137 27.50 3.50
Bosnia and Herzegovina 138 27.20 -9.10
Iraq 139 26.60 -13.80
Israel 140 26.20 1.20
Lithuania 141 26.00 -8.90
Bolivia 142 25.70 -6.70
Singapore 142 25.70 22.00
South Africa 144 25.10 7.80
Japan 145 24.70 -1.50
Malaysia 146 23.90 -3.60
Poland 147 22.50 -1.60
Austria 148 22.20 1.20
Czech Republic 149 21.70 4.10
Belgium 150 21.50 2.80
Belarus 151 21.10 -6.30
Netherlands 152 20.80 4.60
Iran 153 20.10 -5.20
Serbia 154 20.00 -5.50
Uruguay 154 20.00 -0.70
Equatorial Guinea 156 19.00 16.90
Finland 157 18.50 6.30
Ireland 158 17.50 5.00
Taiwan 159 17.40 -2.00
South Korea 160 16.60 -4.60
Iceland 161 16.40 4.30
Norway 162 12.50 6.80
Estonia 163 10.40 -1.30
Luxembourg 164 9.10 8.90
Russia 165 8.40 -4.30
New Zealand 166 7.30 2.90
United States of America 167 5.70 3.20
Kazakhstan 168 5.20 -2.40
Canada 169 2.50 0.20
Saudi Arabia 170 1.60 0.90
Australia 171 0.30 0.30
United Arab Emirates 172 NA NA
Bahrain 172 NA NA
Brunei Darussalam 172 NA NA
Kuwait 172 NA NA
Mongolia 172 NA -14.80
Oman 172 NA NA
Qatar 172 NA NA
Turkmenistan 172 NA -8.90
Trinidad and Tobago 172 NA NA