CO₂ emissions per capita: Maldives
4.3694687 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 54 years from 1971 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 | 4.3694687 |
| 2023 | 4.1925783 |
| 2022 | 4.22769 |
| 2021 | 3.8687005 |
| 2020 | 3.3420072 |
| 2019 | 4.0866613 |
| 2018 | 3.6709237 |
| 2017 | 3.301859 |
| 2016 | 3.231609 |
| 2015 | 2.995107 |
| 2014 | 3.1889908 |
| 2013 | 2.738313 |
| 2012 | 2.8700407 |
| 2011 | 2.6375725 |
| 2010 | 2.5794091 |
| 2009 | 2.5353708 |
| 2008 | 2.4958682 |
| 2007 | 2.4051108 |
| 2006 | 2.3697755 |
| 2005 | 1.9609632 |
| 2004 | 2.2002282 |
| 2003 | 1.7177105 |
| 2002 | 2.0227754 |
| 2001 | 1.6098306 |
| 2000 | 1.597986 |
| 1999 | 1.5188359 |
| 1998 | 1.1016155 |
| 1997 | 1.231776 |
| 1996 | 1.1033032 |
| 1995 | 0.9707473 |
| 1994 | 0.788802 |
| 1993 | 0.7929667 |
| 1992 | 0.9676097 |
| 1991 | 0.663854 |
| 1990 | 0.7498443 |
| 1989 | 0.57210827 |
| 1988 | 0.45170438 |
| 1987 | 0.3952128 |
| 1986 | 0.4092836 |
| 1985 | 0.3467836 |
| 1984 | 0.318242 |
| 1983 | 0.2863443 |
| 1982 | 0.2732117 |
| 1981 | 0.2809418 |
| 1980 | 0.2667249 |
| 1979 | 0.18277505 |
| 1978 | 0.14077057 |
| 1977 | 0.09645722 |
| 1976 | 0.074502334 |
| 1975 | 0.051184263 |
| 1974 | 0.02636085 |
| 1973 | 0.027146572 |
| 1972 | 0.02797395 |
| 1971 | 0.028838586 |