Impact of Individual Climate Action

Individuals in some countries can have a higher impact in reducing emissions than others, based on their CO₂emissions per person.

Click your country to see how much impact your individual action can have in reducing emissions.

Find out how much every person in your country contributed to climate change in 2019.

Highest

>9 tons of CO₂ per capita

High

9 to 5 tons of CO₂ per capita

Medium

5 to 1 tons of CO₂ per capita

< 1 ton of CO₂ per capita

Compare CO2 emissions per person in different countries.

Country	CO2 emissions per person
Afghanistan	0.3
Albania	1.9
Algeria	3.9
Andorra	6.1
Angola	1.2
Antigua and Barbuda	5.1
Argentina	3.9
Armenia	2
Aruba	8.6
Australia	16.3
Austria	7.6
Azerbaijan	3.9
Bahamas	5
Bahrain	20.9
Bangladesh	0.6
Barbados	4.1
Belarus	6.6
Belgium	8.6
Belize	1.6
Benin	0.6
Bermuda	10.1
Bhutan	2.2
Bolivia	1.9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8
Botswana	2.7
Brazil	2.2
Brunei	20.9
Bulgaria	6
Burkina Faso	0.2
Burundi	0.05
Cabo Verde	1.15
Cambodia	0.9
Cameroon	0.3
Canada	15.4
Central African Republic	0.06
Chad	0.06
Chile	4.5
China	7
Colombia	2
Comoros	0.3
Congo	0.6
Cook Islands	4.4
Costa Rica	1.7
Côte d’Ivoire	0.5
Croatia	4.3
Cuba	2.3
Curaçao	31.7
Cyprus	6.1
Czech Republic	9.4
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1.5
Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.02
Denmark	5.5
Djibouti	0.4
Dominica	2.2
Dominican Republic	2.5
Ecuador	2.3
Egypt	2.4
El Salvador	0.9
Equatorial Guinea	4.1
Eritrea	0.2
Estonia	10.4
Eswatini	0.8
Ethiopia	0.14
Fiji	2.5
Finland	7.5
France	4.9
Gabon	2.1
Georgia	2.5
Germany	8.4
Ghana	0.4
Greece	6.4
Greenland	9.1
Grenada	2.5
Guatemala	1.1
Guinea	0.2
Guinea-Bissau	0.16
Guyana	3
Haiti	0.29
Honduras	1.1
Hungary	5
Iceland	9.7
India	1.9
Indonesia	2.2
Iran	9.4
Iraq	5.6
Ireland	7.6
Israel	7.5
Italy	5.5
Jamaica	2.7
Japan	8.7
Jordan	2.5
Kazakhstan	16.9
Kenya	0.3
Kiribati	0.6
Kuwait	25.5
Kyrgyzstan	1.7
Laos	4.5
Latvia	4.3
Lebanon	4.1
Lesotho	1
Liberia	0.2
Libya	6.8
Liechtenstein	3.8
Lithuania	4.8
Luxembourg	15.8
Madagascar	0.14
Malawi	0.07
Malaysia	7.8
Maldives	3.1
Mali	0.17
Malta	3.5
Marshall Islands	2.7
Mauritania	0.9
Mauritius	3.7
Mexico	3.4
Micronesia	1.4
Moldova	1.4
Mongolia	20.3
Montenegro	3.9
Morocco	1.9
Mozambique	0.3
Myanmar	0.4
Namibia	1.6
Nauru	4.9
Nepal	0.4
Netherlands	9
New Caledonia	29.8
New Zealand	7.6
Nicaragua	0.8
Niger	0.09
Nigeria	0.7
North Macedonia	3.8
Norway	7.8
Oman	14.4
Pakistan	1.1
Palau	14.2
Panama	2.9
Papua New Guinea	0.8
Paraguay	1.1
Peru	1.6
Philippines	1.3
Poland	8.5
Portugal	4.7
Qatar	38.6
Republic of Korea	11.9
Romania	3.8
Russian Federation	11.5
Rwanda	0.08
Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.6
Saint Lucia	1.9
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2.3
Samoa	1.4
São Tomé and Príncipe	0.6
Saudi Arabia	16.9
Senegal	0.6
Serbia	6.2
Seychelles	6.3
Sierra Leone	0.13
Singapore	6.7
Slovakia	6.1
Slovenia	6.5
Solomon Islands	0.4
Somalia	0.04
South Africa	8.1
South Sudan	0.14
Spain	5.4
Sri Lanka	1.2
State of Palestine	0.6
Sudan	0.5
Suriname	4.4
Sweden	4.2
Switzerland	4.3
Syria	1.6
Tajikistan	0.9
Tanzania	0.2
Thailand	4.1
The Gambia	0.2
Timor-Leste	0.4
Togo	0.4
Tonga	1.6
Trinidad and Tobago	27
Tunisia	2.6
Turkey	4.8
Turkmenistan	14.4
Uganda	0.1
Ukraine	5
United Arab Emirates	19.5
United Kingdom	5.4
United States	16
Uruguay	1.8
Uzbekistan	3.3
Vanuatu	0.5
Venezuela	4
Vietnam	2.5
Yemen	0.3
Zambia	0.3
Zimbabwe	0.7

Source

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