CO₂ emissions per capita: Hong Kong
4.4941745 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 81 years from 1938 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 | 4.4941745 |
| 2023 | 4.428082 |
| 2022 | 4.120568 |
| 2021 | 4.4941583 |
| 2020 | 4.4742217 |
| 2019 | 5.596796 |
| 2018 | 5.7015047 |
| 2017 | 5.6993694 |
| 2016 | 5.8539157 |
| 2015 | 5.756334 |
| 2014 | 6.215143 |
| 2013 | 6.099736 |
| 2012 | 5.935016 |
| 2011 | 6.0408654 |
| 2010 | 5.6413803 |
| 2009 | 5.8862305 |
| 2008 | 6.0954485 |
| 2007 | 6.2502203 |
| 2006 | 6.0473623 |
| 2005 | 6.2725916 |
| 2004 | 5.975141 |
| 2003 | 6.2303214 |
| 2002 | 5.717772 |
| 2001 | 5.504457 |
| 2000 | 5.931011 |
| 1999 | 6.4307203 |
| 1998 | 5.968871 |
| 1997 | 4.752771 |
| 1996 | 4.586858 |
| 1995 | 5.062341 |
| 1994 | 5.1436543 |
| 1993 | 5.8920474 |
| 1992 | 5.716088 |
| 1991 | 5.0573225 |
| 1990 | 4.882152 |
| 1989 | 5.44008 |
| 1988 | 5.310116 |
| 1987 | 5.1191616 |
| 1986 | 4.6824203 |
| 1985 | 4.242701 |
| 1984 | 4.1807504 |
| 1983 | 3.9945838 |
| 1982 | 3.810174 |
| 1981 | 3.6784832 |
| 1980 | 3.3451397 |
| 1979 | 3.2603395 |
| 1978 | 3.3053992 |
| 1977 | 3.0542831 |
| 1976 | 2.7480783 |
| 1975 | 2.4801834 |
| 1974 | 2.4631546 |
| 1973 | 2.1988897 |
| 1972 | 2.2529278 |
| 1971 | 2.2938232 |
| 1970 | 2.2440343 |
| 1969 | 2.2828586 |
| 1968 | 2.021959 |
| 1967 | 1.7420363 |
| 1966 | 1.2854732 |
| 1965 | 1.2456534 |
| 1964 | 1.3456668 |
| 1963 | 1.5945636 |
| 1962 | 1.2742617 |
| 1961 | 1.0953882 |
| 1960 | 0.95403206 |
| 1959 | 0.9088656 |
| 1958 | 0.8341746 |
| 1957 | 0.8695997 |
| 1956 | 0.81756717 |
| 1955 | 0.7582753 |
| 1954 | 0.7593504 |
| 1953 | 0.7636438 |
| 1952 | 0.70904756 |
| 1951 | 0.7523117 |
| 1950 | 0.6666035 |
| 1949 | 0.015295512 |
| 1948 | 0.013938161 |
| 1947 | 0.010554882 |
| 1941 | 0.032005362 |
| 1939 | 0.032201927 |
| 1938 | 0.035799727 |