CO₂ emissions per capita: Saudi Arabia
20.379194 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 89 years from 1936 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 | 20.379194 |
| 2023 | 20.36544 |
| 2022 | 20.729954 |
| 2021 | 22.196955 |
| 2020 | 21.088715 |
| 2019 | 23.244812 |
| 2018 | 21.47873 |
| 2017 | 20.936852 |
| 2016 | 20.873049 |
| 2015 | 20.835636 |
| 2014 | 20.177479 |
| 2013 | 20.807848 |
| 2012 | 22.38202 |
| 2011 | 20.694223 |
| 2010 | 22.086767 |
| 2009 | 20.81001 |
| 2008 | 20.15771 |
| 2007 | 18.92472 |
| 2006 | 20.736025 |
| 2005 | 20.050425 |
| 2004 | 20.727654 |
| 2003 | 18.695478 |
| 2002 | 19.369787 |
| 2001 | 19.034441 |
| 2000 | 19.139835 |
| 1999 | 15.364221 |
| 1998 | 14.670433 |
| 1997 | 15.8017025 |
| 1996 | 19.485096 |
| 1995 | 20.663662 |
| 1994 | 22.839817 |
| 1993 | 24.374388 |
| 1992 | 23.617598 |
| 1991 | 21.910164 |
| 1990 | 17.101427 |
| 1989 | 20.079727 |
| 1988 | 20.999521 |
| 1987 | 20.855421 |
| 1986 | 23.708317 |
| 1985 | 21.147978 |
| 1984 | 20.200571 |
| 1983 | 22.172148 |
| 1982 | 23.133492 |
| 1981 | 27.301842 |
| 1980 | 27.981815 |
| 1979 | 24.19486 |
| 1978 | 21.371885 |
| 1977 | 23.227917 |
| 1976 | 21.102219 |
| 1975 | 18.273563 |
| 1974 | 22.828215 |
| 1973 | 23.147812 |
| 1972 | 17.99441 |
| 1971 | 16.046154 |
| 1970 | 12.702217 |
| 1969 | 10.321827 |
| 1968 | 8.8582735 |
| 1967 | 8.072057 |
| 1966 | 2.1077485 |
| 1965 | 1.4395939 |
| 1964 | 2.495125 |
| 1963 | 2.5516472 |
| 1962 | 2.3846583 |
| 1961 | 1.4124409 |
| 1960 | 1.0981162 |
| 1959 | 0.78947014 |
| 1958 | 0.8819732 |
| 1957 | 0.961497 |
| 1956 | 0.774121 |
| 1955 | 1.0404352 |
| 1954 | 0.6316494 |
| 1953 | 0.25173175 |
| 1952 | 0 |
| 1951 | 0 |
| 1950 | 3.0180545 |
| 1949 | 6.0323205 |
| 1948 | 5.954311 |
| 1947 | 12.636632 |
| 1946 | 8.501508 |
| 1945 | 3.0057127 |
| 1944 | 1.1225336 |
| 1943 | 0.692445 |
| 1942 | 0.6667003 |
| 1941 | 0.6404235 |
| 1940 | 0.7666813 |
| 1939 | 0.5954849 |
| 1938 | 0.074620694 |
| 1937 | 0.009413391 |
| 1936 | 0.002714283 |