Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — G7

Greenhouse gases per capita in the G7 in 2024 — 12.15 t/person. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 15.7%.

2024 12.15 t/person −1.33% vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 19.03 t/person1973
Period minimum 12.12 t/person2020

Trend over time

1960–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — G7, 1960–2024121416182019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 14.41 t/person1962: 14.8 t/person1964: 15.36 t/person1966: 15.8 t/person1968: 17.68 t/person1970: 18.28 t/person1972: 18.55 t/person1974: 18.47 t/person1976: 18.29 t/person1978: 18.52 t/person1980: 18.18 t/person1982: 16.73 t/person1984: 16.84 t/person1986: 16.55 t/person1988: 17.16 t/person1990: 17.71 t/person1992: 17.3 t/person1994: 17.29 t/person1996: 17.51 t/person1998: 17.27 t/person2000: 17.59 t/person2002: 17.07 t/person2004: 17.24 t/person2006: 16.56 t/person2008: 16.14 t/person2010: 15.28 t/person2012: 14.61 t/person2014: 14.5 t/person2016: 13.79 t/person2018: 13.7 t/person2020: 12.12 t/person2022: 12.73 t/person2024: 12.15 t/person
Change over the period: −2.26 (−15.7%) Average annual rate: -0.27 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: G7

G7 12.15 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — G7, by year G7 All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 12.15 −0.16 −1.33%
2023 12.32 −0.41 −3.23%
2022 12.73 −0.07 −0.53%
2021 12.79 +0.67 +5.54%
2020 12.12 −1.22 −9.11%
2019 13.34 −0.37 −2.67%
2018 13.7 −0.02 −0.13%
2017 13.72 −0.07 −0.5%
2016 13.79 −0.32 −2.27%
2015 14.11 −0.39 −2.67%
2014 14.5 −0.15 −1.04%
2013 14.65 +0.04 +0.25%
2012 14.61 −0.19 −1.29%
2011 14.8 −0.48 −3.12%
2010 15.28 +0.4 +2.67%
2009 14.88 −1.26 −7.8%
2008 16.14 −0.45 −2.69%
2007 16.59 +0.03 +0.17%
2006 16.56 −0.72 −4.15%
2005 17.28 +0.04 +0.25%
2004 17.24 −0.05 −0.28%
2003 17.28 +0.22 +1.27%
2002 17.07 −0.03 −0.18%
2001 17.1 −0.5 −2.82%
2000 17.59 +0.3 +1.74%
1999 17.29 +0.02 +0.13%
1998 17.27 −0.09 −0.53%
1997 17.36 −0.14 −0.82%
1996 17.51 +0.3 +1.76%
1995 17.21 −0.09 −0.5%
1994 17.29 +0.12 +0.72%
1993 17.17 −0.13 −0.75%
1992 17.3 −0.14 −0.81%
1991 17.44 −0.27 −1.55%
1990 17.71 +0.45 +2.63%
1989 17.26 +0.09 +0.55%
1988 17.16 +0.38 +2.26%
1987 16.79 +0.23 +1.4%
1986 16.55 −0.18 −1.05%
1985 16.73 −0.11 −0.65%
1984 16.84 +0.31 +1.86%
1983 16.53 −0.19 −1.16%
1982 16.73 −0.73 −4.17%
1981 17.45 −0.73 −4%
1980 18.18 −0.58 −3.1%
1979 18.76 +0.24 +1.3%
1978 18.52 +0.07 +0.37%
1977 18.45 +0.17 +0.91%
1976 18.29 +0.6 +3.41%
1975 17.68 −0.79 −4.26%
1974 18.47 −0.56 −2.94%
1973 19.03 +0.48 +2.57%
1972 18.55 +0.27 +1.46%
1971 18.29 +0.01 +0.05%
1970 18.28 +0.36 +2.02%
1969 17.91 +0.24 +1.34%
1968 17.68 +0.88 +5.26%
1967 16.8 +1 +6.3%
1966 15.8 +0.22 +1.44%
1965 15.57 +0.21 +1.38%
1964 15.36 +0.35 +2.31%
1963 15.02 +0.21 +1.42%
1962 14.8 +0.48 +3.37%
1961 14.32 −0.09 −0.65%
1960 14.41

About the indicator

Emissions of all greenhouse gases per person, converted into CO2 equivalent. It differs from CO2 emissions per capita in that it counts methane and nitrous oxide, and that changes the picture: countries with large livestock herds and little industry rise considerably higher in this ranking than they do on carbon dioxide alone. The per capita indicator is the one usually used when the fairness of sharing the reduction effort is discussed.

Important: The aggregate for a group is all of its emissions divided by all of its population. All greenhouse gases are counted in CO2 equivalent using 100-year warming potentials.

Source: CO₂ and GHG Emissions (Our World in Data), license CC BY 4.0.