CO₂ emissions per capita: Iceland
9.666935 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 87 years from 1936 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 | 9.666935 |
| 2023 | 9.052132 |
| 2022 | 9.458432 |
| 2021 | 9.367136 |
| 2020 | 9.107118 |
| 2019 | 9.849048 |
| 2018 | 10.387562 |
| 2017 | 10.511092 |
| 2016 | 10.411099 |
| 2015 | 10.699156 |
| 2014 | 10.519396 |
| 2013 | 10.771516 |
| 2012 | 10.90585 |
| 2011 | 10.977909 |
| 2010 | 11.398676 |
| 2009 | 11.708181 |
| 2008 | 12.003968 |
| 2007 | 11.21189 |
| 2006 | 10.380252 |
| 2005 | 10.02641 |
| 2004 | 10.634728 |
| 2003 | 10.30826 |
| 2002 | 10.402995 |
| 2001 | 10.050558 |
| 2000 | 10.42593 |
| 1999 | 10.239481 |
| 1998 | 9.624513 |
| 1997 | 9.655014 |
| 1996 | 9.380348 |
| 1995 | 9.22916 |
| 1994 | 8.829784 |
| 1993 | 9.099711 |
| 1992 | 8.61522 |
| 1991 | 8.157205 |
| 1990 | 8.719046 |
| 1989 | 7.499998 |
| 1988 | 7.37232 |
| 1987 | 7.504397 |
| 1986 | 7.3201547 |
| 1985 | 6.7213793 |
| 1984 | 7.5559406 |
| 1983 | 6.509444 |
| 1982 | 6.8156314 |
| 1981 | 7.5751667 |
| 1980 | 8.160729 |
| 1979 | 8.783563 |
| 1978 | 8.591296 |
| 1977 | 8.5766535 |
| 1976 | 7.7263575 |
| 1975 | 7.4002633 |
| 1974 | 8.075695 |
| 1973 | 8.239876 |
| 1972 | 7.087802 |
| 1971 | 7.1407037 |
| 1970 | 6.7891183 |
| 1969 | 6.213371 |
| 1968 | 7.9070706 |
| 1967 | 7.2593966 |
| 1966 | 7.640115 |
| 1965 | 7.255428 |
| 1964 | 6.91695 |
| 1963 | 7.023651 |
| 1962 | 6.5680084 |
| 1961 | 6.0977073 |
| 1960 | 6.9059305 |
| 1959 | 7.19795 |
| 1958 | 6.479631 |
| 1957 | 5.8484526 |
| 1956 | 5.890931 |
| 1955 | 5.783393 |
| 1954 | 5.058805 |
| 1953 | 6.0762854 |
| 1952 | 5.256317 |
| 1951 | 4.4341273 |
| 1950 | 5.187183 |
| 1949 | 5.3037434 |
| 1948 | 5.2441874 |
| 1947 | 4.430722 |
| 1946 | 3.830286 |
| 1945 | 3.3025787 |
| 1944 | 3.518512 |
| 1943 | 3.7276647 |
| 1942 | 3.5132532 |
| 1941 | 3.36168 |
| 1940 | 3.5156007 |
| 1937 | 0.1569595 |
| 1936 | 0.19032942 |