Canada vs Kenya: CO₂ per person

CO₂ per person in 2024: 14.01 tonnes in Canada and 0.38 tonnes in Kenya, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Canada, by 13.63 tonnes, or 37 times that in Kenya.

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tonnes per person · EDGAR

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What the numbers say

Canada has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
In 2024, Canada ranked 12 and Kenya ranked 167 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.

Every year

tonnes per person · EDGAR

Year	Canada	Kenya	World
2024	14.01	0.38	4.69
2023	14.16	0.38	4.68
2022	14.78	0.41	4.67
2021	14.69	0.4	4.69
2020	14.42	0.37	4.48
2019	16.19	0.38	4.7
2018	16.52	0.38	4.74
2017	16.2	0.39	4.67
2016	15.9	0.38	4.65
2015	16.09	0.36	4.7
2014	16.38	0.34	4.78
2013	16.4	0.31	4.81
2012	16.34	0.29	4.77
2011	16.77	0.32	4.76
2010	16.53	0.32	4.67
2009	16.14	0.31	4.45
2008	17.31	0.27	4.56
2007	18.08	0.26	4.59
2006	17.64	0.27	4.48
2005	18.06	0.25	4.39
2004	17.53	0.23	4.28
2003	18.13	0.21	4.15
2002	17.67	0.25	4.02
2001	17.23	0.26	4.01
2000	17.7	0.29	4.01
1999	17.22	0.27	3.95
1998	17.04	0.27	3.98
1997	16.91	0.25	4.02
1996	16.54	0.27	4.01
1995	16.24	0.25	3.99
1994	16	0.24	3.94
1993	15.57	0.25	3.97
1992	15.77	0.26	4.02
1991	15.5	0.26	4.1
1990	15.91	0.28	4.15
1989	17.43	0.3	4.16
1988	17.18	0.29	4.16
1987	16.23	0.3	4.1
1986	15.96	0.3	4.04
1985	16.51	0.28	4.05
1984	16.67	0.28	4.07
1983	16.06	0.25	4.01
1982	16.48	0.28	4.05
1981	17.4	0.31	4.18
1980	18.37	0.32	4.33
1979	18.4	0.31	4.46
1978	17.99	0.33	4.42
1977	18.04	0.34	4.36
1976	17.63	0.33	4.31
1975	17.29	0.3	4.15
1974	17.98	0.31	4.23
1973	17.87	0.32	4.32
1972	17.24	0.32	4.16
1971	16.66	0.32	4.04
1970	16.8	0.33	4.15

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Good to know

Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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