* indicates monthly or quarterly data series

Carbon dioxide emissions per capita, 2020:

The average for 2020 based on 47 countries was 0.85 metric tons. The highest value was in South Africa: 6.69 metric tons and the lowest value was in Democratic Republic of the Congo: 0.03 metric tons. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2020. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Measure: metric tons; Source: The World Bank
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Countries Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions per capita, 2020 Global rank Available data
South Africa 6.69 1 1990 - 2020
Seychelles 6.08 2 1990 - 2020
Mauritius 2.94 3 1990 - 2020
Eq. Guinea 2.73 4 1990 - 2020
Gabon 2.33 5 1990 - 2020
Botswana 2.26 6 1990 - 2020
Namibia 1.59 7 1991 - 2020
R. of Congo 1.25 8 1990 - 2020
Cape Verde 1.07 9 1990 - 2020
Lesotho 1.03 10 1990 - 2020
Swaziland 0.97 11 1990 - 2020
Mauritania 0.86 12 1990 - 2020
S.T.&Principe 0.65 13 1990 - 2020
Senegal 0.65 14 1990 - 2020
Benin 0.63 15 1990 - 2020
Ghana 0.6 16 1990 - 2020
Angola 0.59 17 1990 - 2020
Nigeria 0.54 18 1990 - 2020
Zimbabwe 0.53 19 1990 - 2020
Sudan 0.47 20 1990 - 2020
Comoros 0.41 21 1990 - 2020
Ivory Coast 0.41 22 1990 - 2020
Zambia 0.4 23 1990 - 2020
Cameroon 0.37 24 1990 - 2020
Kenya 0.37 25 1990 - 2020
Guinea 0.34 26 1990 - 2020
Togo 0.29 27 1990 - 2020
Burkina Faso 0.25 28 1990 - 2020
Gambia 0.24 29 1990 - 2020
Liberia 0.23 30 1990 - 2020
Tanzania 0.23 31 1990 - 2020
Mozambique 0.22 32 1990 - 2020
Eritrea 0.2 33 1990 - 2020
Mali 0.2 34 1990 - 2020
G.-Bissau 0.16 35 1990 - 2020
Ethiopia 0.15 36 1990 - 2020
Sierra Leone 0.13 37 1990 - 2020
Uganda 0.13 38 1990 - 2020
Rwanda 0.11 39 1990 - 2020
Madagascar 0.1 40 1990 - 2020
Chad 0.09 41 1990 - 2020
Niger 0.09 42 1990 - 2020
Malawi 0.08 43 1990 - 2020
Burundi 0.06 44 1990 - 2020
C.A. Republic 0.04 45 1990 - 2020
Somalia 0.04 46 1990 - 2020
DR Congo 0.03 47 1990 - 2020



Definition: Carbon dioxide emissions are those stemming from the burning of fossil fuels and the manufacture of cement. They include carbon dioxide produced during consumption of solid, liquid, and gas fuels and gas flaring.

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