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Planet · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5

CO₂ emissions per capita

Annual carbon dioxide emissions excluding land use, land-use change, and forestry, divided by population, in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person.

Weighted average · not a median

First official point · 1970

4.14

t CO₂e per capita, excluding LULUCF

Latest official point · 2024

4.69

t CO₂e per capita, excluding LULUCF

Published World points

55

1970–2024

Gaps are years without a published World value. The line is not interpolated.

How this series is built

Population-weighted average. Not a median of countries.

Current World Bank WDI greenhouse-gas series (EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5), sourced from the European Commission JRC EDGAR Community GHG Database and the IEA. The retired WDI code EN.ATM.CO2E.PC is not used. Only years with a published World value are shown.

Source

Aggregate
Weighted average · not a median
Producer
European Commission JRC and IEA
Series
EDGAR Community GHG Database
Series code
EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5
License
CC BY 4.0
Fetched
2026-08-17