CO₂ emissions per capita: Kiribati
0.5386222 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 64 years from 1961 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 | 0.5386222 |
| 2023 | 0.52276295 |
| 2022 | 0.53352547 |
| 2021 | 0.5422356 |
| 2020 | 0.55202603 |
| 2019 | 0.5617455 |
| 2018 | 0.5701696 |
| 2017 | 0.57874435 |
| 2016 | 0.46384445 |
| 2015 | 0.5018061 |
| 2014 | 0.47650838 |
| 2013 | 0.48275316 |
| 2012 | 0.48943388 |
| 2011 | 0.49665642 |
| 2010 | 0.5392349 |
| 2009 | 0.44733703 |
| 2008 | 0.45696744 |
| 2007 | 0.5025029 |
| 2006 | 0.5128164 |
| 2005 | 0.48581773 |
| 2004 | 0.45754245 |
| 2003 | 0.4279056 |
| 2002 | 0.43675297 |
| 2001 | 0.36498064 |
| 2000 | 0.41339472 |
| 1999 | 0.3363821 |
| 1998 | 0.34214213 |
| 1997 | 0.34828484 |
| 1996 | 0.39904642 |
| 1995 | 0.36075863 |
| 1994 | 0.36624894 |
| 1993 | 0.37172967 |
| 1992 | 0.33028138 |
| 1991 | 0.2878052 |
| 1990 | 0.29362112 |
| 1989 | 0.30047566 |
| 1988 | 0.30770522 |
| 1987 | 0.3151873 |
| 1986 | 0.26909915 |
| 1985 | 0.33053675 |
| 1984 | 0.33694535 |
| 1983 | 0.3425206 |
| 1982 | 0.40616983 |
| 1981 | 0.4717318 |
| 1980 | 0.47918916 |
| 1979 | 0.42610314 |
| 1978 | 0.36714652 |
| 1977 | 0.36466783 |
| 1976 | 0.5434141 |
| 1975 | 0.5404927 |
| 1974 | 0.53851557 |
| 1973 | 0.6022453 |
| 1972 | 0.428925 |
| 1971 | 0.49959093 |
| 1970 | 0.38213107 |
| 1969 | 0.19496275 |
| 1968 | 0.5936808 |
| 1967 | 0.39959285 |
| 1966 | 0.20187698 |
| 1965 | 0.20564245 |
| 1964 | 0.351591 |
| 1963 | 0.36054474 |
| 1962 | 0.22178282 |
| 1961 | 0.15157093 |