CO₂ emissions per capita: United Arab Emirates
20.131075 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 66 years from 1959 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 | 20.131075 |
| 2023 | 19.772913 |
| 2022 | 20.220825 |
| 2021 | 21.67451 |
| 2020 | 22.783035 |
| 2019 | 21.75957 |
| 2018 | 21.8367 |
| 2017 | 21.278515 |
| 2016 | 25.235403 |
| 2015 | 25.942865 |
| 2014 | 26.045097 |
| 2013 | 27.348331 |
| 2012 | 27.787138 |
| 2011 | 27.574131 |
| 2010 | 26.785591 |
| 2009 | 25.210455 |
| 2008 | 24.597576 |
| 2007 | 23.842087 |
| 2006 | 24.500017 |
| 2005 | 24.711319 |
| 2004 | 25.393887 |
| 2003 | 25.547222 |
| 2002 | 21.535686 |
| 2001 | 27.36482 |
| 2000 | 32.138012 |
| 1999 | 23.834599 |
| 1998 | 26.517456 |
| 1997 | 26.015919 |
| 1996 | 29.195024 |
| 1995 | 29.931713 |
| 1994 | 32.36436 |
| 1993 | 29.62612 |
| 1992 | 27.429031 |
| 1991 | 28.353796 |
| 1990 | 27.345585 |
| 1989 | 30.384678 |
| 1988 | 28.703812 |
| 1987 | 30.240154 |
| 1986 | 32.136078 |
| 1985 | 36.161884 |
| 1984 | 35.456383 |
| 1983 | 28.567318 |
| 1982 | 31.565676 |
| 1981 | 33.467804 |
| 1980 | 36.289173 |
| 1979 | 40.09546 |
| 1978 | 55.31939 |
| 1977 | 54.56501 |
| 1976 | 64.32815 |
| 1975 | 57.187145 |
| 1974 | 63.998528 |
| 1973 | 70.13039 |
| 1972 | 60.86603 |
| 1971 | 63.17694 |
| 1970 | 53.166122 |
| 1969 | 85.56304 |
| 1968 | 6.228168 |
| 1967 | 5.0971575 |
| 1966 | 0.14741246 |
| 1965 | 0.13154541 |
| 1964 | 0.114713654 |
| 1963 | 0.1444197 |
| 1962 | 0.12637708 |
| 1961 | 0.07965102 |
| 1960 | 0.08368608 |
| 1959 | 0.087971896 |