CO₂ emissions per person
Carbon dioxide emitted per person a year. India's is a fraction of the world average and a small fraction of the rich economies' — the number at the centre of its case that the historical responsibility for warming is not its own. It must be read beside the total, not instead of it.
Position from worst
2.17
Published by
World Bank
CO₂ emissions per person over time
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| Period | CO₂ emissions per person |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.17 |
| 2023 | 2.1 |
| 2022 | 1.97 |
| 2021 | 1.84 |
| 2020 | 1.68 |
| 2019 | 1.84 |
| 2018 | 1.86 |
| 2017 | 1.8 |
| 2016 | 1.72 |
| 2015 | 1.72 |
| 2014 | 1.71 |
| 2013 | 1.6 |
| 2012 | 1.58 |
| 2011 | 1.46 |
| 2010 | 1.39 |
| 2009 | 1.32 |
| 2008 | 1.26 |
| 2007 | 1.19 |
| 2006 | 1.11 |
| 2005 | 1.05 |
| 2004 | 1.03 |
| 2003 | 0.97 |
| 2002 | 0.958 |
| 2001 | 0.94 |
| 2000 | 0.942 |
| 1999 | 0.926 |
| 1998 | 0.884 |
| 1997 | 0.878 |
| 1996 | 0.851 |
| 1995 | 0.829 |
| 1994 | 0.79 |
| 1993 | 0.759 |
| 1992 | 0.742 |
| 1991 | 0.731 |
| 1990 | 0.694 |
| 1989 | 0.674 |
| 1988 | 0.643 |
| 1987 | 0.62 |
| 1986 | 0.593 |
| 1985 | 0.558 |
| 1984 | 0.547 |
| 1983 | 0.508 |
| 1982 | 0.489 |
| 1981 | 0.475 |
| 1980 | 0.442 |
| 1979 | 0.429 |
| 1978 | 0.409 |
| 1977 | 0.427 |
| 1976 | 0.429 |
| 1975 | 0.411 |
| 1974 | 0.395 |
| 1973 | 0.377 |
| 1972 | 0.388 |
| 1971 | 0.382 |
| 1970 | 0.39 |
Compared with
Source
World Bank — https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5