CO₂ emissions per capita: Lower-middle-income countries
1.5882635 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 | 1.5882635 |
| 2023 | 1.5509956 |
| 2022 | 1.4906828 |
| 2021 | 1.4661239 |
| 2020 | 1.3479433 |
| 2019 | 1.4348956 |
| 2018 | 1.4412841 |
| 2017 | 1.4111689 |
| 2016 | 1.3860203 |
| 2015 | 1.3327873 |
| 2014 | 1.317954 |
| 2013 | 1.272326 |
| 2012 | 1.2492144 |
| 2011 | 1.2011759 |
| 2010 | 1.1694223 |
| 2009 | 1.1222293 |
| 2008 | 1.0917174 |
| 2007 | 1.0571736 |
| 2006 | 1.0204601 |
| 2005 | 0.97996813 |
| 2004 | 0.9544167 |
| 2003 | 0.9352525 |
| 2002 | 0.92159325 |
| 2001 | 0.9046284 |
| 2000 | 0.9216922 |
| 1999 | 0.9104764 |
| 1998 | 0.8737707 |
| 1997 | 0.8656699 |
| 1996 | 0.8478644 |
| 1995 | 0.8124717 |
| 1994 | 0.7907041 |
| 1993 | 0.76424164 |
| 1992 | 0.74179053 |
| 1991 | 0.72854495 |
| 1990 | 0.72437775 |
| 1989 | 0.70832 |
| 1988 | 0.7098998 |
| 1987 | 0.6823738 |
| 1986 | 0.67751795 |
| 1985 | 0.6611594 |
| 1984 | 0.63170654 |
| 1983 | 0.62573886 |
| 1982 | 0.6184157 |
| 1981 | 0.61577815 |
| 1980 | 0.6088819 |
| 1979 | 0.5884045 |
| 1978 | 0.5560487 |
| 1977 | 0.552827 |
| 1976 | 0.5428791 |
| 1975 | 0.5364889 |
| 1974 | 0.5467237 |
| 1973 | 0.522244 |
| 1972 | 0.5064892 |
| 1971 | 0.48815617 |
| 1970 | 0.47978497 |
| 1969 | 0.45685092 |
| 1968 | 0.44950008 |
| 1967 | 0.43879992 |
| 1966 | 0.4405475 |
| 1965 | 0.43935513 |
| 1964 | 0.4122522 |
| 1963 | 0.4101391 |
| 1962 | 0.38986513 |
| 1961 | 0.3726552 |
| 1960 | 0.37302464 |
| 1959 | 0.3678263 |
| 1958 | 0.35001487 |
| 1957 | 0.36576852 |
| 1956 | 0.34266055 |
| 1955 | 0.3286552 |
| 1954 | 0.30394727 |
| 1953 | 0.29228806 |
| 1952 | 0.29656184 |
| 1951 | 0.28366658 |
| 1950 | 0.26185992 |
| 1949 | 0.20227991 |
| 1948 | 0.1854581 |
| 1947 | 0.1713355 |
| 1946 | 0.16108203 |
| 1945 | 0.15530868 |
| 1944 | 0.1458024 |
| 1943 | 0.12881078 |
| 1942 | 0.14214765 |
| 1941 | 0.16207686 |
| 1940 | 0.15735143 |
| 1939 | 0.13748014 |
| 1938 | 0.13675094 |
| 1937 | 0.13336402 |
| 1936 | 0.11343646 |
| 1935 | 0.118334316 |
| 1934 | 0.11286705 |
| 1933 | 0.09812831 |
| 1932 | 0.10083997 |
| 1931 | 0.09959958 |
| 1930 | 0.10793931 |
| 1929 | 0.109042004 |
| 1928 | 0.10686158 |
| 1927 | 0.10119812 |
| 1926 | 0.09656244 |
| 1925 | 0.09373743 |
| 1924 | 0.094503045 |
| 1923 | 0.08898563 |
| 1922 | 0.08625578 |
| 1921 | 0.08869802 |
| 1920 | 0.08305788 |
| 1919 | 0.10122574 |
| 1918 | 0.09464623 |
| 1917 | 0.08888437 |
| 1916 | 0.085390285 |
| 1915 | 0.08327988 |
| 1914 | 0.081088156 |
| 1913 | 0.0805065 |
| 1912 | 0.07337734 |
| 1911 | 0.06406433 |
| 1910 | 0.06091622 |
| 1909 | 0.062767744 |
| 1908 | 0.06438687 |
| 1907 | 0.057389542 |
| 1906 | 0.051795576 |
| 1905 | 0.045282114 |
| 1904 | 0.045233537 |
| 1903 | 0.040631633 |
| 1902 | 0.04012171 |
| 1901 | 0.037422795 |
| 1900 | 0.034461033 |
| 1899 | 0.02947998 |
| 1898 | 0.02661923 |
| 1897 | 0.024155758 |
| 1896 | 0.022111466 |
| 1895 | 0.020756843 |
| 1894 | 0.016942676 |
| 1893 | 0.01676677 |
| 1892 | 0.015654355 |
| 1891 | 0.014493494 |
| 1890 | 0.013455298 |
| 1889 | 0.012183713 |
| 1888 | 0.010659074 |
| 1887 | 0.009732835 |
| 1886 | 0.008892974 |
| 1885 | 0.008189107 |
| 1884 | 0.008779811 |
| 1883 | 0.0080446135 |
| 1882 | 0.007297045 |
| 1881 | 0.006319773 |
| 1880 | 0.0063929637 |
| 1879 | 0.0056791557 |
| 1878 | 0.005882239 |
| 1877 | 0.0008829322 |
| 1876 | 0.0008701941 |
| 1875 | 0.00069343357 |
| 1874 | 0.00060581946 |
| 1873 | 0.0005186973 |
| 1872 | 0.0005400381 |
| 1871 | 0.0005143516 |
| 1870 | 0.0003773003 |
| 1869 | 0.00035125157 |
| 1868 | 0.00026786514 |
| 1867 | 0.00031089663 |
| 1866 | 0.002038058 |
| 1865 | 0.0016714747 |
| 1864 | 0.0016956786 |
| 1863 | 0.0017821451 |
| 1862 | 0.0016290259 |
| 1861 | 0.0014829192 |
| 1860 | 0.0018818295 |
| 1859 | 0.0018535133 |
| 1858 | 0.0011694133 |
| 1855 | 0.00003462756 |
| 1850 | 0.000011629678 |
| 1833 | 0.0000020272328 |
| 1832 | 0.0000016263497 |
| 1831 | 0.0000024533613 |
| 1830 | 0.0000020538905 |