CO₂ emissions per capita: Switzerland
3.5946856 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 167 years from 1858 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 | 3.5946856 |
| 2023 | 3.604899 |
| 2022 | 3.7477124 |
| 2021 | 4.1233916 |
| 2020 | 3.974646 |
| 2019 | 4.2928753 |
| 2018 | 4.3381386 |
| 2017 | 4.522791 |
| 2016 | 4.6836095 |
| 2015 | 4.6784573 |
| 2014 | 4.791576 |
| 2013 | 5.3370247 |
| 2012 | 5.280982 |
| 2011 | 5.1770616 |
| 2010 | 5.754552 |
| 2009 | 5.625207 |
| 2008 | 5.849575 |
| 2007 | 5.7464805 |
| 2006 | 6.0660357 |
| 2005 | 6.1594725 |
| 2004 | 6.1253977 |
| 2003 | 6.088628 |
| 2002 | 5.9717827 |
| 2001 | 6.2389235 |
| 2000 | 6.071895 |
| 1999 | 6.2214174 |
| 1998 | 6.2757573 |
| 1997 | 6.072131 |
| 1996 | 6.2369266 |
| 1995 | 6.1663036 |
| 1994 | 6.1010094 |
| 1993 | 6.2855296 |
| 1992 | 6.6934896 |
| 1991 | 6.7869825 |
| 1990 | 6.5764318 |
| 1989 | 5.9250574 |
| 1988 | 6.1630116 |
| 1987 | 6.1386414 |
| 1986 | 6.4915795 |
| 1985 | 6.14473 |
| 1984 | 6.0709605 |
| 1983 | 6.232855 |
| 1982 | 5.7221565 |
| 1981 | 6.106163 |
| 1980 | 6.4054956 |
| 1979 | 6.331979 |
| 1978 | 6.711996 |
| 1977 | 6.532135 |
| 1976 | 6.4155893 |
| 1975 | 6.1605844 |
| 1974 | 6.5324173 |
| 1973 | 7.3255005 |
| 1972 | 6.8544397 |
| 1971 | 6.7423453 |
| 1970 | 6.51224 |
| 1969 | 6.201451 |
| 1968 | 5.9312277 |
| 1967 | 5.4286466 |
| 1966 | 5.322196 |
| 1965 | 5.1806326 |
| 1964 | 4.8614626 |
| 1963 | 5.107865 |
| 1962 | 4.3300924 |
| 1961 | 3.7495637 |
| 1960 | 3.6625376 |
| 1959 | 3.1573226 |
| 1958 | 3.1380975 |
| 1957 | 3.4533043 |
| 1956 | 3.3723254 |
| 1955 | 2.7253482 |
| 1954 | 2.5535774 |
| 1953 | 2.123149 |
| 1952 | 2.3358543 |
| 1951 | 2.594848 |
| 1950 | 2.1845193 |
| 1949 | 1.8389218 |
| 1948 | 2.225985 |
| 1947 | 2.0808475 |
| 1946 | 1.2832824 |
| 1945 | 0.36479387 |
| 1944 | 1.011716 |
| 1943 | 1.4181014 |
| 1942 | 1.3555924 |
| 1941 | 1.5525644 |
| 1940 | 1.9632797 |
| 1939 | 2.8207507 |
| 1938 | 2.5009625 |
| 1937 | 2.5130696 |
| 1936 | 2.3924453 |
| 1935 | 2.2948186 |
| 1934 | 2.3241498 |
| 1933 | 2.336685 |
| 1932 | 2.5075653 |
| 1931 | 2.4866319 |
| 1930 | 2.3641477 |
| 1929 | 2.550196 |
| 1928 | 2.2367952 |
| 1927 | 2.154521 |
| 1926 | 1.8771276 |
| 1925 | 1.9057696 |
| 1924 | 1.8369185 |
| 1923 | 1.9552894 |
| 1922 | 1.5761833 |
| 1921 | 1.1492369 |
| 1920 | 1.8687274 |
| 1919 | 1.1947299 |
| 1918 | 1.4960932 |
| 1917 | 1.5964996 |
| 1916 | 2.2253122 |
| 1915 | 2.3503044 |
| 1914 | 2.2273138 |
| 1913 | 2.454267 |
| 1912 | 2.3326352 |
| 1911 | 2.305075 |
| 1910 | 2.1002643 |
| 1909 | 2.194669 |
| 1908 | 2.2008965 |
| 1907 | 2.2262087 |
| 1906 | 1.9431022 |
| 1905 | 1.7801423 |
| 1904 | 1.7218349 |
| 1903 | 1.6585895 |
| 1902 | 1.550116 |
| 1901 | 1.5536394 |
| 1900 | 1.7210897 |
| 1899 | 1.5714949 |
| 1898 | 1.4735289 |
| 1897 | 1.393468 |
| 1896 | 1.3358426 |
| 1895 | 1.2344265 |
| 1894 | 1.1626678 |
| 1893 | 0.9436851 |
| 1892 | 1.1511933 |
| 1891 | 1.179614 |
| 1890 | 0.97156745 |
| 1889 | 0.8647928 |
| 1888 | 0.7879734 |
| 1887 | 0.774655 |
| 1886 | 0.7183012 |
| 1885 | 0.70712334 |
| 1884 | 0.68185574 |
| 1883 | 0.6665993 |
| 1882 | 0.60506636 |
| 1881 | 0.54979306 |
| 1880 | 0.5900532 |
| 1879 | 0.51395345 |
| 1878 | 0.48436847 |
| 1877 | 0.5100133 |
| 1876 | 0.5412863 |
| 1875 | 0.46611035 |
| 1874 | 0.42889434 |
| 1873 | 0.45748076 |
| 1872 | 0.47416753 |
| 1871 | 0.41552633 |
| 1870 | 0.3380895 |
| 1869 | 0.28182352 |
| 1868 | 0.29323864 |
| 1867 | 0.2583718 |
| 1866 | 0.26546693 |
| 1865 | 0.2697936 |
| 1864 | 0.22275527 |
| 1863 | 0.18379712 |
| 1862 | 0.18482648 |
| 1861 | 0.16842847 |
| 1860 | 0.121176094 |
| 1859 | 0.08220266 |
| 1858 | 0.059032958 |