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 |