CO₂ emissions per capita: Low-income countries
0.2786571 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 116 years from 1905 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 | 0.2786571 |
| 2023 | 0.28398272 |
| 2022 | 0.28252012 |
| 2021 | 0.28573832 |
| 2020 | 0.3047875 |
| 2019 | 0.32522604 |
| 2018 | 0.31084704 |
| 2017 | 0.32332775 |
| 2016 | 0.2613912 |
| 2015 | 0.25754416 |
| 2014 | 0.30364034 |
| 2013 | 0.29757747 |
| 2012 | 0.32311472 |
| 2011 | 0.3586537 |
| 2010 | 0.40257937 |
| 2009 | 0.414435 |
| 2008 | 0.429627 |
| 2007 | 0.41660693 |
| 2006 | 0.41801384 |
| 2005 | 0.41103175 |
| 2004 | 0.41154236 |
| 2003 | 0.4182897 |
| 2002 | 0.37728137 |
| 2001 | 0.41916212 |
| 2000 | 0.42385504 |
| 1999 | 0.41976216 |
| 1998 | 0.40615475 |
| 1997 | 0.42048386 |
| 1996 | 0.42782333 |
| 1995 | 0.46236467 |
| 1994 | 0.48437157 |
| 1993 | 0.5150162 |
| 1992 | 0.5580723 |
| 1991 | 0.6262004 |
| 1990 | 0.6509332 |
| 1989 | 0.98273396 |
| 1988 | 0.9834033 |
| 1987 | 0.90915513 |
| 1986 | 0.83954096 |
| 1985 | 0.80725914 |
| 1984 | 0.79337907 |
| 1983 | 0.7547903 |
| 1982 | 0.7156733 |
| 1981 | 0.73151785 |
| 1980 | 0.71997344 |
| 1979 | 0.72053444 |
| 1978 | 0.69048035 |
| 1977 | 0.73138255 |
| 1976 | 0.7212941 |
| 1975 | 0.72139776 |
| 1974 | 0.70938534 |
| 1973 | 0.6951039 |
| 1972 | 0.6598756 |
| 1971 | 0.7898463 |
| 1970 | 0.59550416 |
| 1969 | 0.56760633 |
| 1968 | 0.571 |
| 1967 | 0.46104798 |
| 1966 | 0.44070098 |
| 1965 | 0.41909984 |
| 1964 | 0.36320487 |
| 1963 | 0.33855295 |
| 1962 | 0.33343142 |
| 1961 | 0.30235574 |
| 1960 | 0.29501823 |
| 1959 | 0.25396577 |
| 1958 | 0.21916041 |
| 1957 | 0.19818407 |
| 1956 | 0.16962843 |
| 1955 | 0.1575158 |
| 1954 | 0.13766924 |
| 1953 | 0.06940411 |
| 1952 | 0.05945953 |
| 1951 | 0.05312908 |
| 1950 | 0.04872791 |
| 1949 | 0.021700762 |
| 1948 | 0.017235123 |
| 1947 | 0.00457621 |
| 1946 | 0.004391515 |
| 1945 | 0.0029967644 |
| 1944 | 0.18042132 |
| 1943 | 0.17372273 |
| 1942 | 0.1805418 |
| 1941 | 0.16518062 |
| 1940 | 0.14972398 |
| 1939 | 0.118576705 |
| 1938 | 0.09225808 |
| 1937 | 0.07016876 |
| 1936 | 0.06524643 |
| 1935 | 0.05605312 |
| 1934 | 0.04828702 |
| 1933 | 0.03659258 |
| 1932 | 0.032005064 |
| 1931 | 0.02914159 |
| 1930 | 0.02939948 |
| 1929 | 0.03017134 |
| 1928 | 0.026750188 |
| 1927 | 0.02345497 |
| 1926 | 0.022421075 |
| 1925 | 0.020393446 |
| 1924 | 0.014080051 |
| 1923 | 0.012925109 |
| 1922 | 0.010209838 |
| 1921 | 0.009196288 |
| 1920 | 0.008554958 |
| 1919 | 0.0066048806 |
| 1918 | 0.0056283427 |
| 1916 | 0.005826238 |
| 1915 | 0.0070731454 |
| 1914 | 0.005716751 |
| 1913 | 0.0040307064 |
| 1912 | 0.0034946625 |
| 1911 | 0.0028133674 |
| 1910 | 0.0023851313 |
| 1909 | 0.0019055991 |
| 1905 | 0.00017791848 |