CO₂ emissions per capita (excluding land use) in South America

12 countries in South America, 2024. Unit: tonnes CO₂ per person. World ranking →

First in the ranking
1.16 t
Paraguay
Median country
2.61 t
half above, half below
World
4.69 t
World Bank aggregate
Range
1.16 to 4.56
Paraguay - Guyana

How to read it

Across 12 countries in South America, the highest value is in Guyana (4.56 t) and the lowest in Paraguay (1.16 t).

The median country is at 2.61 t: half are above, half below.

Total annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), one of the six Kyoto greenhouse gases (GHG), from the agriculture, energy, waste, and industrial sectors, excluding LULUCF, standardized to carbon dioxide equivalent values divided by the economy's population. This measure excludes GHG fluxes caused by Land Use, Land-Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF), as these fluxes have larger uncertainties.

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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.CO2.PC.CE.AR5) · licence

CO₂ per capita over time

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Ranking of countries

2024
In chart Share of the highest value
1Paraguay1.16
2Colombia1.80
3Peru2.02
4Bolivia2.29
5Brazil2.32
6Uruguay2.57
7Ecuador2.64
8Venezuela3.39
9Chile3.94
10Argentina4.01
11Suriname4.06
12Guyana4.56
World Bank, WDI · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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