CO₂ emissions per capita: Upper-middle-income countries
6.0688443 tonnes per person in 2024, the latest year published. Figures for 175 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 | 6.0688443 |
| 2023 | 6.0059032 |
| 2022 | 5.8245397 |
| 2021 | 5.6609697 |
| 2020 | 5.4793777 |
| 2019 | 5.546152 |
| 2018 | 5.388783 |
| 2017 | 5.2779713 |
| 2016 | 5.191324 |
| 2015 | 5.2628665 |
| 2014 | 5.3415513 |
| 2013 | 5.323111 |
| 2012 | 5.2911077 |
| 2011 | 5.192524 |
| 2010 | 4.8377314 |
| 2009 | 4.5340486 |
| 2008 | 4.448894 |
| 2007 | 4.24448 |
| 2006 | 4.0596857 |
| 2005 | 3.8190486 |
| 2004 | 3.5585485 |
| 2003 | 3.3620772 |
| 2002 | 3.0160017 |
| 2001 | 2.8892605 |
| 2000 | 2.8499165 |
| 1999 | 2.8138196 |
| 1998 | 2.7511027 |
| 1997 | 2.8357134 |
| 1996 | 2.8173432 |
| 1995 | 2.756619 |
| 1994 | 2.6534808 |
| 1993 | 2.6208394 |
| 1992 | 2.595429 |
| 1991 | 2.5914369 |
| 1990 | 2.5821772 |
| 1989 | 2.603829 |
| 1988 | 2.6309016 |
| 1987 | 2.5537028 |
| 1986 | 2.4987807 |
| 1985 | 2.4594257 |
| 1984 | 2.348964 |
| 1983 | 2.2826407 |
| 1982 | 2.2544613 |
| 1981 | 2.1808345 |
| 1980 | 2.2403514 |
| 1979 | 2.2703035 |
| 1978 | 2.2472024 |
| 1977 | 2.1271093 |
| 1976 | 2.041582 |
| 1975 | 1.9705683 |
| 1974 | 1.8618608 |
| 1973 | 1.849956 |
| 1972 | 1.7744505 |
| 1971 | 1.7223233 |
| 1970 | 1.6180545 |
| 1969 | 1.4482484 |
| 1968 | 1.3512434 |
| 1967 | 1.294399 |
| 1966 | 1.3366395 |
| 1965 | 1.2659637 |
| 1964 | 1.2127491 |
| 1963 | 1.1765602 |
| 1962 | 1.1686165 |
| 1961 | 1.2452691 |
| 1960 | 1.4202368 |
| 1959 | 1.3315378 |
| 1958 | 1.157401 |
| 1957 | 0.9063864 |
| 1956 | 0.8405729 |
| 1955 | 0.78184915 |
| 1954 | 0.68722266 |
| 1953 | 0.63972074 |
| 1952 | 0.6290527 |
| 1951 | 0.582981 |
| 1950 | 0.53421545 |
| 1949 | 0.46218234 |
| 1948 | 0.4811162 |
| 1947 | 0.46022025 |
| 1946 | 0.41175973 |
| 1945 | 0.40698436 |
| 1944 | 0.44033155 |
| 1943 | 0.4021618 |
| 1942 | 0.40495896 |
| 1941 | 0.4766719 |
| 1940 | 0.4993357 |
| 1939 | 0.46112218 |
| 1938 | 0.44124654 |
| 1937 | 0.44675153 |
| 1936 | 0.4313599 |
| 1935 | 0.4002154 |
| 1934 | 0.36130887 |
| 1933 | 0.3187201 |
| 1932 | 0.29441434 |
| 1931 | 0.29280555 |
| 1930 | 0.2959424 |
| 1929 | 0.2867597 |
| 1928 | 0.27768537 |
| 1927 | 0.27565017 |
| 1926 | 0.27389434 |
| 1925 | 0.28007787 |
| 1924 | 0.29428554 |
| 1923 | 0.2830609 |
| 1922 | 0.27553353 |
| 1921 | 0.27528462 |
| 1920 | 0.26133704 |
| 1919 | 0.1990456 |
| 1918 | 0.17645219 |
| 1917 | 0.19769101 |
| 1916 | 0.1862282 |
| 1915 | 0.16921209 |
| 1914 | 0.1772745 |
| 1913 | 0.1923876 |
| 1912 | 0.16575994 |
| 1911 | 0.17181635 |
| 1910 | 0.16193803 |
| 1909 | 0.15546717 |
| 1908 | 0.14758368 |
| 1907 | 0.14195004 |
| 1906 | 0.10164643 |
| 1905 | 0.09010423 |
| 1904 | 0.089007325 |
| 1903 | 0.07994782 |
| 1902 | 0.073257394 |
| 1901 | 0.0721766 |
| 1900 | 0.06537148 |
| 1899 | 0.066985644 |
| 1898 | 0.061215263 |
| 1897 | 0.05427869 |
| 1896 | 0.0485239 |
| 1895 | 0.04564973 |
| 1894 | 0.04052707 |
| 1893 | 0.038162604 |
| 1892 | 0.03260102 |
| 1891 | 0.028376028 |
| 1890 | 0.025494354 |
| 1889 | 0.024338678 |
| 1888 | 0.02127712 |
| 1887 | 0.01999336 |
| 1886 | 0.01796033 |
| 1885 | 0.017743496 |
| 1884 | 0.016687904 |
| 1883 | 0.015870575 |
| 1882 | 0.013957171 |
| 1881 | 0.01348598 |
| 1880 | 0.012647037 |
| 1879 | 0.011565725 |
| 1878 | 0.011755089 |
| 1877 | 0.010041281 |
| 1876 | 0.0096072955 |
| 1875 | 0.009263444 |
| 1874 | 0.008850655 |
| 1873 | 0.008438509 |
| 1872 | 0.008386231 |
| 1871 | 0.0077699157 |
| 1870 | 0.00636186 |
| 1869 | 0.006025859 |
| 1868 | 0.0055596204 |
| 1867 | 0.005331769 |
| 1866 | 0.0054475614 |
| 1865 | 0.0036485323 |
| 1864 | 0.003136873 |
| 1863 | 0.0024359557 |
| 1862 | 0.0026956229 |
| 1861 | 0.0025230097 |
| 1860 | 0.002086284 |
| 1859 | 0.001827435 |
| 1858 | 0.0017742463 |
| 1857 | 0.0014655638 |
| 1856 | 0.0013408596 |
| 1855 | 0.00021524825 |
| 1850 | 0.000069601 |
| 1833 | 0.000011601692 |
| 1832 | 0.000009299634 |
| 1831 | 0.000013995547 |
| 1830 | 0.000011714657 |