Greenhouse gases per capita — all countries

Greenhouse gases per capita — Qatar

Greenhouse gases per capita in Qatar in 2024 — 48.96 t/person. Ranked 199 in the world out of 199. Since 1850, the indicator has risen by 2,613.7%.

2024 48.96 t/person +2% vs 2023
World rank 199of 199
Period maximum 159.41 t/person1969
Period minimum 1.8 t/person1850

Trend over time

1850–2024 · tonnes CO₂e per capita

Greenhouse gases per capita — Qatar, 1850–2024050100150200185018681886190419221940195819761994201220241850: 1.8 t/person1853: 1.87 t/person1856: 1.92 t/person1859: 1.97 t/person1862: 2 t/person1865: 2.02 t/person1868: 2.04 t/person1871: 2.06 t/person1874: 2.15 t/person1877: 2.27 t/person1880: 2.34 t/person1883: 2.34 t/person1886: 2.34 t/person1889: 2.34 t/person1892: 2.34 t/person1895: 2.34 t/person1898: 2.35 t/person1901: 2.36 t/person1904: 2.37 t/person1907: 2.4 t/person1910: 2.45 t/person1913: 2.49 t/person1916: 2.51 t/person1919: 2.52 t/person1922: 2.56 t/person1925: 2.59 t/person1928: 2.61 t/person1931: 2.64 t/person1934: 2.65 t/person1937: 2.67 t/person1940: 2.72 t/person1943: 2.99 t/person1946: 3.39 t/person1949: 67.41 t/person1952: 46.87 t/person1955: 87.62 t/person1958: 33.37 t/person1961: 25.94 t/person1964: 137.62 t/person1967: 108.79 t/person1970: 140.47 t/person1973: 149.51 t/person1976: 99.66 t/person1979: 96.73 t/person1982: 63.15 t/person1985: 52.82 t/person1988: 48.26 t/person1991: 58.4 t/person1994: 84.15 t/person1997: 119.53 t/person2000: 105.8 t/person2003: 97.98 t/person2006: 83.4 t/person2009: 55.04 t/person2012: 61.08 t/person2015: 48.37 t/person2018: 45.64 t/person2021: 45.09 t/person2024: 48.96 t/person
Change over the period: +47.15 (+2,613.69%) Average annual rate: 1.92 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Qatar 48.96 t/person
World computed 6.66 t/person
Middle East & North Africa computed 7.9 t/person
Western Asia computed 9.69 t/person
High-income countries computed 12.59 t/person
Greenhouse gases per capita — Qatar, by year Qatar All countries CSV XLSX
Year t/person Change Change, %
2024 48.96 +0.96 +2%
2023 48 +2.19 +4.78%
2022 45.81 +0.71 +1.58%
2021 45.09 +0.93 +2.1%
2020 44.16 −0.17 −0.38%
2019 44.33 −1.31 −2.87%
2018 45.64 −2.11 −4.41%
2017 47.75 +3.26 +7.32%
2016 44.49 −3.88 −8.02%
2015 48.37 −3.69 −7.09%
2014 52.06 −4.66 −8.21%
2013 56.72 −4.36 −7.13%
2012 61.08 +3.4 +5.89%
2011 57.68 +2.64 +4.79%
2010 55.05 +0.01 +0.01%
2009 55.04 −4.11 −6.94%
2008 59.15 −8.98 −13.19%
2007 68.13 −15.27 −18.31%
2006 83.4 +0.05 +0.06%
2005 83.35 −9.28 −10.02%
2004 92.63 −5.35 −5.46%
2003 97.98 +2.38 +2.49%
2002 95.6 −6.82 −6.66%
2001 102.42 −3.38 −3.19%
2000 105.8 +6.53 +6.57%
1999 99.27 −3.86 −3.74%
1998 103.13 −16.4 −13.72%
1997 119.53 +30.86 +34.8%
1996 88.67 +6.99 +8.56%
1995 81.68 −2.47 −2.94%
1994 84.15 +1.01 +1.21%
1993 83.14 +5.22 +6.7%
1992 77.92 +19.52 +33.43%
1991 58.4 +11.29 +23.98%
1990 47.1 −7.08 −13.07%
1989 54.19 +5.93 +12.29%
1988 48.26 +2.01 +4.35%
1987 46.25 −7.27 −13.59%
1986 53.52 +0.7 +1.33%
1985 52.82 −7.89 −13%
1984 60.71 +6.31 +11.59%
1983 54.4 −8.75 −13.85%
1982 63.15 −10.7 −14.49%
1981 73.85 −10.24 −12.18%
1980 84.1 −12.64 −13.06%
1979 96.73 +11.38 +13.33%
1978 85.35 +0.17 +0.2%
1977 85.19 −14.47 −14.52%
1976 99.66 −4.6 −4.41%
1975 104.26 −14.41 −12.15%
1974 118.67 −30.84 −20.63%
1973 149.51 +7.53 +5.3%
1972 141.99 +5.26 +3.85%
1971 136.72 −3.75 −2.67%
1970 140.47 −18.95 −11.88%
1969 159.41 +17.71 +12.49%
1968 141.71 +32.92 +30.26%
1967 108.79 −0.28 −0.26%
1966 109.07 −14.79 −11.94%
1965 123.86 −13.76 −10%
1964 137.62 −20.42 −12.92%
1963 158.04 +131.1 +486.63%
1962 26.94 +1 +3.86%
1961 25.94 −4.87 −15.81%
1960 30.81 −3.19 −9.37%
1959 34 +0.63 +1.88%
1958 33.37 −28.28 −45.87%
1957 61.64 −40.14 −39.44%
1956 101.78 +14.17 +16.17%
1955 87.62 −42.61 −32.72%
1954 130.23 +47.75 +57.9%
1953 82.48 +35.61 +75.97%
1952 46.87 −46.11 −49.59%
1951 92.98 +5.75 +6.6%
1950 87.23 +19.82 +29.4%
1949 67.41 +63.78 +1,756.43%
1948 3.63 +0.12 +3.3%
1947 3.52 +0.12 +3.66%
1946 3.39 +0.14 +4.18%
1945 3.26 +0.14 +4.33%
1944 3.12 +0.13 +4.49%
1943 2.99 +0.12 +4.11%
1942 2.87 +0.09 +3.2%
1941 2.78 +0.06 +2.06%
1940 2.72 +0.04 +1.42%
1939 2.69 +0.01 +0.41%
1938 2.67 +0.01 +0.34%
1937 2.67 +0.01 +0.34%
1936 2.66 +0.01 +0.34%
1935 2.65 −0 −0.08%
1934 2.65 −0 −0.08%
1933 2.65 +0 +0.15%
1932 2.65 +0 +0.15%
1931 2.64 +0.01 +0.34%
1930 2.63 +0.03 +1%
1929 2.61 +0 +0.12%
1928 2.61 +0 +0.19%
1927 2.6 +0.01 +0.27%
1926 2.59 +0.01 +0.27%
1925 2.59 +0.01 +0.39%
1924 2.58 +0.01 +0.35%
1923 2.57 +0.01 +0.35%
1922 2.56 +0.01 +0.35%
1921 2.55 +0.01 +0.43%
1920 2.54 +0.02 +0.79%
1919 2.52 +0 +0.08%
1918 2.52 +0 +0.12%
1917 2.51 +0.01 +0.24%
1916 2.51 +0.01 +0.24%
1915 2.5 +0.01 +0.24%
1914 2.5 +0.01 +0.32%
1913 2.49 +0.01 +0.4%
1912 2.48 +0.01 +0.53%
1911 2.46 +0.02 +0.74%
1910 2.45 +0.03 +1.37%
1909 2.41 +0.01 +0.25%
1908 2.41 +0.01 +0.38%
1907 2.4 +0.01 +0.33%
1906 2.39 +0.01 +0.38%
1905 2.38 +0.01 +0.38%
1904 2.37 +0.01 +0.25%
1903 2.37 +0.01 +0.25%
1902 2.36 +0 +0.17%
1901 2.36 +0 +0.04%
1900 2.36 +0 +0.13%
1899 2.35 +0 +0.13%
1898 2.35 +0 +0.13%
1897 2.35 +0 +0.09%
1896 2.34 +0 +0.09%
1895 2.34 +0 +0.04%
1894 2.34 +0 +0.04%
1893 2.34 +0 +0%
1892 2.34 +0 +0%
1891 2.34 +0 +0.04%
1890 2.34 +0 +0.13%
1889 2.34 −0 −0.04%
1888 2.34 −0 −0.04%
1887 2.34 −0 −0.09%
1886 2.34 −0 −0.04%
1885 2.34 −0 −0.04%
1884 2.34 −0 −0.09%
1883 2.34 +0 +0.09%
1882 2.34 +0 +0.09%
1881 2.34 +0 +0.13%
1880 2.34 +0.01 +0.52%
1879 2.33 +0.02 +1.04%
1878 2.3 +0.03 +1.46%
1877 2.27 +0.04 +1.7%
1876 2.23 +0.04 +1.87%
1875 2.19 +0.04 +1.86%
1874 2.15 +0.04 +1.75%
1873 2.11 +0.03 +1.44%
1872 2.08 +0.02 +1.02%
1871 2.06 +0.01 +0.44%
1870 2.05 +0 +0.15%
1869 2.05 +0.01 +0.29%
1868 2.04 +0.01 +0.39%
1867 2.04 +0.01 +0.39%
1866 2.03 +0.01 +0.4%
1865 2.02 +0.01 +0.35%
1864 2.01 +0.01 +0.45%
1863 2 +0.01 +0.4%
1862 2 +0.01 +0.3%
1861 1.99 +0.01 +0.4%
1860 1.98 +0.01 +0.71%
1859 1.97 +0.01 +0.67%
1858 1.95 +0.02 +0.83%
1857 1.94 +0.02 +0.83%
1856 1.92 +0.02 +0.95%
1855 1.9 +0.02 +1.01%
1854 1.89 +0.02 +1.02%
1853 1.87 +0.02 +1.14%
1852 1.85 +0.02 +1.15%
1851 1.82 +0.02 +1.11%
1850 1.8

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.