CO₂ emissions per capita: Latvia
3.4520962 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 173 years from 1830 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 | 3.4520962 |
| 2023 | 3.5007896 |
| 2022 | 3.5129132 |
| 2021 | 3.8281586 |
| 2020 | 3.681657 |
| 2019 | 3.9876633 |
| 2018 | 4.0689178 |
| 2017 | 3.714261 |
| 2016 | 3.6791766 |
| 2015 | 3.671832 |
| 2014 | 3.5966146 |
| 2013 | 3.660572 |
| 2012 | 3.6958487 |
| 2011 | 3.7906103 |
| 2010 | 4.0777874 |
| 2009 | 3.480879 |
| 2008 | 3.7645316 |
| 2007 | 3.9246342 |
| 2006 | 3.7449162 |
| 2005 | 3.48728 |
| 2004 | 3.41457 |
| 2003 | 3.3753157 |
| 2002 | 3.2536795 |
| 2001 | 3.2059655 |
| 2000 | 2.990149 |
| 1999 | 3.2281199 |
| 1998 | 3.446172 |
| 1997 | 3.5672417 |
| 1996 | 3.7477655 |
| 1995 | 3.6742284 |
| 1994 | 4.1131306 |
| 1993 | 4.6499653 |
| 1992 | 5.428084 |
| 1991 | 6.7648315 |
| 1990 | 7.3912163 |
| 1989 | 6.733276 |
| 1988 | 7.112995 |
| 1987 | 7.3474326 |
| 1986 | 9.081071 |
| 1985 | 10.010353 |
| 1984 | 9.346051 |
| 1983 | 9.319576 |
| 1982 | 9.240255 |
| 1981 | 9.113048 |
| 1980 | 9.31418 |
| 1979 | 8.984135 |
| 1978 | 8.939921 |
| 1977 | 8.685696 |
| 1976 | 8.446608 |
| 1975 | 8.182153 |
| 1974 | 7.8400054 |
| 1973 | 7.613617 |
| 1972 | 7.36108 |
| 1971 | 7.047576 |
| 1970 | 6.693051 |
| 1969 | 6.416237 |
| 1968 | 6.2139997 |
| 1967 | 6.09829 |
| 1966 | 5.8858833 |
| 1965 | 5.6259823 |
| 1964 | 5.357548 |
| 1963 | 5.091773 |
| 1962 | 4.7981524 |
| 1961 | 4.6227727 |
| 1960 | 4.535824 |
| 1959 | 4.426499 |
| 1958 | 4.278296 |
| 1957 | 4.052988 |
| 1956 | 3.7410753 |
| 1955 | 3.4437854 |
| 1954 | 3.0651057 |
| 1953 | 2.8306215 |
| 1952 | 2.6968732 |
| 1951 | 2.538561 |
| 1950 | 2.3611345 |
| 1949 | 2.120988 |
| 1948 | 1.8680294 |
| 1947 | 1.7544781 |
| 1946 | 1.4560987 |
| 1945 | 1.2950959 |
| 1944 | 1.2229948 |
| 1943 | 0.84270734 |
| 1942 | 0.80685323 |
| 1941 | 1.4831972 |
| 1940 | 1.6888236 |
| 1939 | 1.3957318 |
| 1938 | 1.3821992 |
| 1937 | 1.3155074 |
| 1936 | 1.2904315 |
| 1935 | 1.1308987 |
| 1934 | 1.0022006 |
| 1933 | 0.83219135 |
| 1932 | 0.74741757 |
| 1931 | 0.66665393 |
| 1930 | 0.5562362 |
| 1929 | 0.40803015 |
| 1928 | 0.3801154 |
| 1927 | 0.3453774 |
| 1926 | 0.27861503 |
| 1925 | 0.19285955 |
| 1924 | 0.19597752 |
| 1923 | 0.16497649 |
| 1922 | 0.14978695 |
| 1921 | 0.12230601 |
| 1920 | 0.111493565 |
| 1919 | 0.12000549 |
| 1918 | 0.13692974 |
| 1917 | 0.33238995 |
| 1916 | 0.3495691 |
| 1915 | 0.3174479 |
| 1914 | 0.33474994 |
| 1913 | 0.3589953 |
| 1912 | 0.3198592 |
| 1911 | 0.2760982 |
| 1910 | 0.26292235 |
| 1909 | 0.2672082 |
| 1908 | 0.25470307 |
| 1907 | 0.25725034 |
| 1906 | 0.23338859 |
| 1905 | 0.20793018 |
| 1904 | 0.2367152 |
| 1903 | 0.2162075 |
| 1902 | 0.22460788 |
| 1901 | 0.23631771 |
| 1900 | 0.23391335 |
| 1899 | 0.20983437 |
| 1898 | 0.18380776 |
| 1897 | 0.16654392 |
| 1896 | 0.14637621 |
| 1895 | 0.14611734 |
| 1894 | 0.12922537 |
| 1893 | 0.12893413 |
| 1892 | 0.11178331 |
| 1891 | 0.10731377 |
| 1890 | 0.0990444 |
| 1889 | 0.088874586 |
| 1888 | 0.08362733 |
| 1887 | 0.08147189 |
| 1886 | 0.07824035 |
| 1885 | 0.07752125 |
| 1884 | 0.07232393 |
| 1883 | 0.072387144 |
| 1882 | 0.06462942 |
| 1881 | 0.062351704 |
| 1880 | 0.06015716 |
| 1879 | 0.05211059 |
| 1878 | 0.05160858 |
| 1877 | 0.04012858 |
| 1876 | 0.039957978 |
| 1875 | 0.0327053 |
| 1874 | 0.028875165 |
| 1873 | 0.024174089 |
| 1872 | 0.026173437 |
| 1871 | 0.025907654 |
| 1870 | 0.019500721 |
| 1869 | 0.018260354 |
| 1868 | 0.013679536 |
| 1867 | 0.016707897 |
| 1866 | 0.014794925 |
| 1865 | 0.004758078 |
| 1864 | 0.0050583933 |
| 1863 | 0.004583705 |
| 1862 | 0.0044479794 |
| 1861 | 0.0050103506 |
| 1860 | 0.0040082447 |
| 1859 | 0.003082084 |
| 1858 | 0.0029528774 |
| 1855 | 0.0022067856 |
| 1850 | 0.0007888181 |
| 1833 | 0.00016716748 |
| 1832 | 0.00013648359 |
| 1831 | 0.00020808178 |
| 1830 | 0.00017552492 |