CO₂ emissions per capita: British Virgin Islands
4.873842 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 63 years from 1962 to 2024 are below.
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Source and method · All countries and regions.
Every year
| Year | Value (tonnes per person) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 4.873842 |
| 2023 | 4.7523646 |
| 2022 | 4.8443384 |
| 2021 | 4.8423333 |
| 2020 | 4.8313017 |
| 2019 | 5.029789 |
| 2018 | 4.54276 |
| 2017 | 5.486371 |
| 2016 | 6.7003303 |
| 2015 | 6.4740605 |
| 2014 | 6.5531707 |
| 2013 | 6.6981435 |
| 2012 | 6.8770127 |
| 2011 | 7.268576 |
| 2010 | 7.672467 |
| 2009 | 7.128928 |
| 2008 | 7.2422075 |
| 2007 | 7.215155 |
| 2006 | 7.3223214 |
| 2005 | 6.9590173 |
| 2004 | 6.718533 |
| 2003 | 6.615211 |
| 2002 | 6.4897923 |
| 2001 | 6.157984 |
| 2000 | 5.7854533 |
| 1999 | 5.749633 |
| 1998 | 5.326134 |
| 1997 | 5.4619603 |
| 1996 | 5.4035397 |
| 1995 | 4.9228015 |
| 1994 | 5.0450945 |
| 1993 | 4.954845 |
| 1992 | 4.8515196 |
| 1991 | 4.521224 |
| 1990 | 4.1935525 |
| 1989 | 4.338662 |
| 1988 | 4.48531 |
| 1987 | 4.382467 |
| 1986 | 3.9973817 |
| 1985 | 3.5837784 |
| 1984 | 3.1379633 |
| 1983 | 3.2534711 |
| 1982 | 3.0676491 |
| 1981 | 3.8236368 |
| 1980 | 2.6293507 |
| 1979 | 2.668123 |
| 1978 | 2.6881878 |
| 1977 | 2.7083063 |
| 1976 | 2.3896394 |
| 1975 | 2.413475 |
| 1974 | 2.437791 |
| 1973 | 2.4690027 |
| 1972 | 2.1435258 |
| 1971 | 2.1729763 |
| 1970 | 1.8380656 |
| 1969 | 1.9175215 |
| 1968 | 1.6242934 |
| 1967 | 0.42255795 |
| 1966 | 1.3026783 |
| 1965 | 0.88470364 |
| 1964 | 0.89453125 |
| 1963 | 0.45034415 |
| 1962 | 0.45273694 |