Total greenhouse gas emissions per capita (excluding land use) in North America

31 countries in North America, 2024. Unit: t CO₂ eq. per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
0.23 t
United States Virgin Islands
Median country
3.33 t
half above, half below
World
6.36 t
World Bank aggregate
Range
0.23 to 24.55
United States Virgin Islands - Trinidad and Tobago

How to read it

Across 31 countries in North America, the highest value is in Trinidad and Tobago (24.55 t) and the lowest in United States Virgin Islands (0.23 t).

The median country is at 3.33 t: half are above, half below.

Total annual emissions of the six greenhouse gases (GHG) covered by the Kyoto Protocol (carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), and sulphurhexafluoride (SF6)) from the energy, industry, waste, and agriculture sectors, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by…

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Source: EDGAR (Emissions Database for Global Atmospheric Research) Community GHG Database, Joint Research Centre (JRC) - European Commission, uri… · via World Bank WDI (EN.GHG.ALL.PC.CE.AR5) · licence

GHG per capita over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1United States Virgin Islands0.23
2Haiti1.17
3Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1.84
4Grenada2.06
5Honduras2.25
6Dominica2.30
7El Salvador2.33
8Guatemala2.36
9Belize2.48
10Saint Lucia2.61
11British Virgin Islands2.74
12Nicaragua2.77
13Barbados3.23
14Cuba3.28
15Jamaica3.32
16Costa Rica3.33
17Saint Kitts and Nevis3.96
18Panama4.26
19Dominican Republic4.51
20Antigua and Barbuda4.55
21Bahamas4.60
22Bermuda4.73
23Turks and Caicos Islands5.11
24Mexico5.25
25Aruba5.45
26Cayman Islands5.45
27Puerto Rico5.50
28Greenland11.60
29United States17.39
30Canada18.61
31Trinidad and Tobago24.55
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