GHG emissions per capita by select country 2020

Australia emitted 20.54 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita in 2020, making it the biggest per capita greenhouse gas emitter of all OECD countries that year. The United States followed, with the average inhabitant emitting 18.15 metric tons of CO2 equivalent.

The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in dramatic emissions reductions around the world. Per capita emissions in the U.S. plummeted nine percent in 2020, relative to 2019.

Per capita greenhouse gas emissions in 2020, by select country (in metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent)

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Release date

2022

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Region

Worldwide, OECD

Survey time period

2020

Supplementary notes

* Excludes land-use, land-use change, and forestry.

Data refer to total emissions of CO2 (emissions from energy use and industrial processes, e.g. cement production), CH4 (methane emissions from solid waste, livestock, mining of hard coal and lignite, rice paddies, agriculture and leaks from natural gas pipelines), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) and nitrogen trifluoride (NF3). Data exclude indirect CO2.

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