Enlarge / Per capita emissions for the top 4 countries/groups. The solid line simply calculates emissions taking place within their borders, while the dashed line adjusts for consumption of goods
Most are in the Middle East: In 2017 Qatar had the highest emissions at 49 tonnes (t) per person, followed by Trinidad and Tobago (30t); Kuwait (25t); United Arab Emirates (25t); Brunei (24t); Bahrain (23t) and Saudi Arabia (19t). Saudi Arabia - 17.50 tons per person. Kazakhstan - 17.03 tons per person. *Australia and the United States place 11 and 12 on the per-capital list. **Source: ourworldindata.org. Further This is because the emissions growth recorded in China and India suggests that citizens of these countries are now the biggest contributors to climate change. In reality, however, even after the dramatic growth recorded over the past three decades, per capita emissions remain higher in both Europe (7.3 MtCO2) and the US (16.1 MtCO2) than China Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions by Country in the world with Global share of CO2 greenhouse emissions by country. Per capita Share of world ; 1: China Of the Top 10 Emitters, the US, Russia, Japan and the EU Have Reduced Per Capita Emissions. When looking at the top 10 total GHG emitters, the EU has reduced its per capita GHG emissions by 29% since 1990 and is now ranked at number 8 (7.04 tCO2e per person), below China (8.6 tCO2e per person) and Indonesia (7.2 tCO2e per person). Much of the responsibility lies with countries like Canada, where the report found that per-capita consumption emissions are six times higher than India's, which average to 2.2 tonnes per personCountry CO2 Emissions per capita (tons) CO2 Emissions (tons, 2016) Population (2016) 1: China: Carbon Dioxide (CO2) Emissions per Capita - Worldometer. Sources.
In 2020, EU's consumption-based COâ‚‚-emissions are estimated at 3.2 billion tonnes. More than 70% of those originate from the EU economy itself. Some 10% originate from non-EU and non-G20 countries (rest of the World grouping in Table 2). With 6.6 %, China is the single country with the biggest share in EU's consumption-based COâ‚‚-emissionszxzJc9s.